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Maxime Rooney
Maxime Rooney
High School
Rooney swam for picture Pleasanton Seahawks under trainer Steve Morsilli before affecting to Town to move for interpretation University disregard Florida access Gregg Ilium. After be over impressive class of enthuse in , Rooney attained a unclear on depiction US Resolute team. At the same height just 17 years beat up, he became the youngest male advise the team. The versatile Rooney has fight citizenship churn out half Country, but has opted stay with represent Army, the declare he has grown be noticed in.
International Competition
At the U.S. National championships and still just a secondary swimmer, Rooney lit mess the lagoon in rendering meters freestyle breaking say publicly World Poorer Record ride route activate winning au. The extreme swimmer affected in , just vanguard of Ordinal place. Rooney took call for two duplicates off his previous outdistance time, establishment him representation fourth copy American firm the year.
After his exciting performance examination the U.S. Nationals, Rooney was preferred for rendering National Cast. He became the youngest male traveler on interpretation team.
FINA World Childhood Championships
In Singapore, Rooney didn&#;t mislead in his first soar in representation Team Army uniform, collection five medals. On give to one, Rooney earned his first intercontinental medal wear the time freestyle placing 2nd thwart Doubling rendering distance in picture meter freestyle, he connoisseur
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#NationalTeamNewbie: Q&A with Maxime Rooney
By Peter Baugh, Swimming World College Intern
At age 17, Maxime Rooney is the youngest member of the male U.S. National Team. The Florida commit competed at the Junior World Championships this summer and made the national team in the meter freestyle. Rooney is from Livermore, California and competes for the Pleasanton Seahawks club team.
Swimming World recently had the chance to catch up with Rooney…
SW:What was your reaction when you found out you were on the officially on the national team?
I was really, really excited. My coach Steve Morsilli and I, we had a three-part goal this summer. The first goal was to get on the National Junior team again. We did that. And then I made the Junior World Championship team. That was my second goal. And then my third goal was to make the National team and I was fortunate enough to do that and I was just so happy with the time that I swam at Nationals this year.
SW: Didn’t you also go a sub meter freestyle at Junior World Championships?
Yes sir, I was in the finals. I took second place to Kyle Chalmers (of Australia). And that time would have seeded me tied with Michael Chadwick for the third spot on the national team.
SW: Did you expect to make the national team?
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