{"id":200845,"date":"2024-07-22T16:27:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T02:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=200845"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T23:57:32","slug":"uh-swimming-alumni-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/22\/uh-swimming-alumni-paris-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> swimming alumni set for Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Three former University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa swimming standouts will represent the Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine programs at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.<\/p>\n

Kane Follows (2016–20) and Laticia Transom (2022–23) qualified for New Zealand\u2019s national team and Micah Masei (2017–21) is slated to compete in his second Olympics for American Samoa.<\/p>\n

Follows is entered in the 200-meter backstroke and 100-meter backstroke. He broke a 12-year-old national record in the event with a time of 1:57.13 at the Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming Championships held in April.<\/p>\n

Transom earned a spot with New Zealand\u2019s Olympic contingent as part of the women\u2019s 4×200 freestyle relay team. She claimed the 100-meter freestyle title at the New Zealand championships with a time of 53.94 and earned silver in the 200-meter free to secure her spot on the Olympic team.<\/p>\n

Masei competed in the 100-meter breaststroke in the 2020 Tokyo Games for American Samoa and earned a trip to Paris for his second Olympics. He placed second in the 100-meter breast at the 13th Oceania Championships held in April in Australia with a personal-best of 1:04.64. He also won gold in the 50-meter breast in the meet.<\/p>\n

More UH<\/abbr> Olympic athletes<\/strong>: <\/p>\n