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Local Swimmer Going To Olympics

Brendan Hansen qualifies for the 2012 London Olympics after finishing first place in the men's 100m breast finals.

Former Havertown native and former Suburban Seahawk of the , Brendan Hansen will be going back to the Olympics.

Hansen has qualified to go to the 2012 London Olympics this summer after he finished first place in the men’s 100m breast finals on Tuesday, reported SB Nation, a sports website.

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How Shane is performing at Olympic trials:

From Anne Davis of Radnor Aquatic Club:

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He swam the 100M Backstroke on Tuesday morning. Did great! He won his heat and finished 28th overall with a personal best of 56.27. He was 4th among all 18 & unders. He actually was seeded high enough that his race was aired on NBC Sports Network.

He is swimming the 100M freestyle this morning (June 28) around 11am. And again on Saturday morning, 50M freestyle, around 11am. 

The events are being streamlined live via usaswimming.org.  Our coaches are using Twitter to communicate results @radnoraqautic.

Read more about Ryan here.


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