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Senior Shelby Fortin will face tough competition as she travels to Minnesota for her second consecutive appearance in NCAAs.

Shelby Fortin will have one last chance at NCAA glory.

This week, the Penn swimming senior will head to the NCAA championships at the Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis , her second consecutive trip to the premier showcase of college swimming.

Fortin is scheduled to swim in three events over the course of the three-day competition: the 500 free on Thursday, the 200 free on Friday and the 100 free on Saturday.

This season’s championship marks a step up for Fortin, who finished 49th in the 200 free with a time of 1:48.58 at last year’s NCAA championships, the only event she qualified for.

Fortin has won a Penn-record seven Ivy League championships in her four-year career at Penn, including a first-place, 1:45.69 finish in the 200 free at this year’s Ivy League championships that easily sent her to nationals.

The competition at the Minnesota-hosted event will be fierce, but if Fortin has proven anything throughout her final campaign in Sheerr Pool, it won’t be anything she hasn’t seen before. 

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