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Auburn's Ariana Kukors parts the waters during her record-breaking spree in the world lanes at Rome last summer.

Kukors, Olympians to compete at KCAC on Dec. 3-5


November 24, 2009 · 10:10 PM

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World record-holder Ariana Kukors of Auburn will join Olympians Rebecca Soni, Eric Shanteau and Katie Hoff at the Dec. 3-5 AT&T Short Course National Swimming Championships at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Kukors broke the 200-meter individual medley mark at the FINA World Championships in Rome last July. Kukors posted a time of 2 minutes, 6.15 seconds in the finals to capture the gold medal.

Kukors, an Auburn Mountainview graduate, was a Pac-10 champion at the University of Washington.

Competition will begin each day 9 a.m., with finals begin at 5 p.m. Five to seven events will be contested daily.

Footage from the meet will air nationally on NBC on Dec. 12 from 11 a.m.-noon.

All three days of prelims and finals will also be available for viewing on-demand at

www.oakhanswers.com.

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