Articles tagged: Kara Lynn Joyce
Kara Lynn Joyce loses Olympic swim-off, fails to reach 50 free semifinals
Posted: Aug 03, 2012Pioneer High School graduate Kara Lynn Joyce finished second in a swim-off for the final spot in the 50-meter freestyle semifinals Friday in London. Joyce, Great Britain’s Amy Smith and Iceland’s Sarah Blake Bateman finished ... Read more »
Friday Olympic Preview: Kara Lynn Joyce enters pool, Michael Phelps to swim last individual event and more local highlights
Posted: Aug 02, 2012A preview of Friday's Olympic schedule, with an emphasis on athletes with Ann Arbor-area ties: Kara Lynn Joyce, Michael Phelps, Connor Jaeger, Nick Willis, Betsey Armstrong and more. Read more »
Pioneer grad Kara Lynn Joyce is 50 meters from 1st individual Olympic medal
Posted: Jul 14, 2012“I have to pinch myself multiple times a day. I am just so happy I am here,” Joyce said in a telephone conversation from Olympic camp in Knoxville, Tenn. “It has been a crazy journey the past couple of years. I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.” Read more »
Pioneer grad Kara Lynn Joyce a 3-time Olympian, Michigan's Connor Jaeger also London-bound
Posted: Jul 02, 2012The final two races of the 2012 Olympic swimming trials resulted in two Olympic bids for swimmers with Ann Arbor ties. Pioneer High School graduate Kara Lynn Joyce finished second in the women’s 50-meter freestyle ... Read more »
Kara Lynn Joyce now inspiring others on her quest for a third Olympic bid
Posted: Jul 01, 2012Now one of the veterans at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Pioneer graduate Kara Lynn Joyce’s face is everywhere. She's on a larger-than-life poster in the CenturyLink Center and Speedo has T-shirts with her name on the back. They sold out in the first three days of the meet. Read more »
Slow start to Olympic trials for Pioneer graduate Kara Lynn Joyce
Posted: Jun 29, 2012By Dan D’Addona For AnnArbor.com OMAHA, Neb. -- The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials didn’t start the way Kara Lynn Joyce hoped. Bidding for her third Olympic team, Joyce finished 18th in the 100-meter freestyle preliminaries ... Read more »
List of swimmers with Ann Arbor-area ties expected to compete at U.S Olympic Trials
Posted: Jun 23, 2012A list of swimmers with Ann Arbor-area ties competing in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials beginning Monday in Omaha, Neb. Listed below each name is their seeds in the events they will participate. MEN ... Read more »
Swimmers with Ann Arbor ties come up short at world championships
Posted: Jul 24, 2011SHANGHAI — Former Michigan swimmer Peter Vanderkaay missed the medal stand by one spot and Club Wolverine alumnus Michael Phelps was on the third-place 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the world championships Sunday. Phelps, kicking off ... Read more »
Kara Lynn Joyce returns home, Michael Phelps sets record at Day 1 of Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix
Posted: Apr 08, 2011Kara Lynn Joyce's return trips to Ann Arbor are rare these days. But the four-time Olympic silver medalist, now living and training in California, has followed the USA Swimming Grand Prix circuit back home. The ... Read more »
Q&A: Eleven-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin part of all-star swimming lineup in Ann Arbor this weekend
Posted: Apr 07, 2011Natalie Coughlin is one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. In two Games, she has swum in 11 events — and won 11 medals. Yet after winning six medals in Beijing in 2008, ... Read more »
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