Chelsea Wild Class: Junior Hometown: Laguna Beach, Calif. High School: Laguna Beach Height: 5-1 Event: Free Birthdate: 09/04/1990

THIS SEASON: Chelsea Wild, a 2012 junior, is a solid distance swimmer for the Trojans who provides dual-meet depth and scoring at the conference level.

2011: As a 2011 sophomore, Wild competed in three events at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships, taking 19th in the 1650y free (17:06.39), 24th in the 400y IM (4:28.29) and 27th in the 500y free (4:54.82). She earned 2011 Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention notice.

2010: Wild raced in three events at the 2010 Pac-10 Championships, taking 14th in the 1650y free (16:48.58, personal best), 26th in the 500y free (4:52.82) and 36th in the 200y free (1:53.84).

HIGH SCHOOL: Wild prepped at Laguna Beach (Calif.) High, where she was a prep All-American sophomore through senior year and her team's MVP each year in school ... She won South Coast League titles in the 100y fly, 200y free and 500y free, setting league records in each ... She was also a CIF Division III finalist in the 200y (second) and 500y free (third) ... She was a junior national qualifier ... She was a member of the National Honor Society for three years and was on her school's Honor Roll.

CLUB/COACH: Irvine Novaquatics/Adam Crossen ... Her father Bill Wild was an All-American swimmer at Tennessee.

PERSONAL: Wild was born Sept. 4, 1990 ... She plans to study communication.

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