Emily Overholt to defer UBC commitment until after 2016 Summer Olympics Games

Canadian swimmer Emily Overholt has chosen to concede her acknowledgement to the University of British Columbia and their varsity swim group so as to concentrate on the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Overholt was acknowledged to study science at UBC and will be a colossal part to their effectively beat quality varsity squad. The UBC Thunderbirds won both the men's and ladies' CIS Championships this year, and Overholt's abilities will probably help them keep up their prosperity for a considerable year to come.

At the point when Overholt joins the group in the fall of 2016, she'll have a lot of incredible preparing accomplices, for example, Erika Seltrenreich-Hodgson in the IMs. UBC's womens group is going to lose immense numbers next season, so Overholt will be joining the squad at an extremely advantageous time. With respect to preparing, Overholt is as of now extremely acquainted with what goes ahead at UBC. She's as of now preparing at the superior focus in Vancouver which is matched up with the college. She has some of Canada's top mentors, for example, Tom Johnson and Steve Price available to her.

Overholt qualified this April to swim at both the 2015 Pan Am Games which will be held in Canada, and the 2015 World Championships. Overholt was one of the couple of swimmers who figured out how to plunge under the 'main 16′ standard that was established as the qualifying time for the Canadian universes squad. At the meet, she won the 200m free-form, 400m free-form, and set second in the 400m IM. She is presently preparing at the elite summer in readiness for the two universal meets this summer.