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RI Olympic swimmer to attend Florida

Ken Bell

Story Created: Nov 4, 2009 at 5:06 PM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 4, 2009 at 5:06 PM EDT


NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Olympic swimmer
Elizabeth Beisel (BYE'-suhl) has announced that she plans to attend
the University of Florida next fall.

The 17-year-old senior at North Kingstown High School tells The
Providence Journal that she called Gators' coach Gregg Troy last
Saturday to inform him of her decision.

Beisel was 15 when she finished fourth in the 200-meter
individual medley and fifth in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2008
Olympics in Beijing. She also two individual titles at the U.S.
National Swimming Championships in June and a bronze medal in the
200-yard backstroke at the World Championships in Rome in August.

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