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Her father also swam for Pittsburgh.
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Elizabeth Pelton
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At the 2009 United States. Nationals and World Championship Trials, Pelton placed second in the 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, and 200-meter individual medley, earning berths on the United States. national team for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. Pelton opted not to compete in the 200-meter individual medley in Rome because of a scheduling conflict with the 100-meter backstroke, and was replaced by Ariana Kukors for the event. Pelton also opted to swim the 50-meter backstroke at the World Championships.
At the 2009 FINA World Championships, Pelton placed sixth in the 200-meter backstroke (2:0804), 13th in the 100-meter backstroke (1:0051), and 22nd in the 50-meter backstroke (2886).
Additionally, Pelton swam the backstroke leg of the 4x100-meter medley relay preliminaries, but the United States. team did not advance to the final.
Pelton attended the, where she joined the California Golden Bears swimming team in 2012.
In her first season at Cal, she set the American record in the 200-yard backstroke, then bested her own record again at 2013 Pac-12 Conference championships (1:4839), then breaking the national, United States. open record at the 2013 NCAAs with 1:47.84.
Career
Pelton trained at the T2 Aquatics Swim Club under Paul Yetter, who also coached Katie Hoff. bests (long course) As of June 28, 2013.
