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.
