Team for European Championships Short Course contains 29 names
Technical director Jacco Verhaeren today announced the team that will represent the Netherlands at the European short course championships in Eindhoven. This tournament is 25 t / m 29 November at the Pieter van den Hoogenband swimming stadium. The team has 14 swimmers and 15 swimmers and in the European Championship short track history the greatest that ever was delegated.
Women (14): Elise Bouwens , Tessa Brouwer , Inge Dekker , Femke Heemskerk , Saskia de Jonge , Ilse Dykes , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Monique Nijhuis , Sharon Rouwendaal , Hinkelien Schreuder , Rieneke Terink, Marleen Veldhuis , Lieke Verouden , Wendy van der Zanden
Men (15): Robin Aggele , Stefan de Die , Robbert Donk, Dreesens Dion , Nick Driebergen , Jan Kersten, Job Kienhuis , Bastiaan Lijesen , Joost Reijns , Lennart Stekelenburg , Bastiaan Tamminga , Bas van Velthoven, Joeri Verlinden , Sebastiaan Verschuren , Jurjen Willemsen
Jacco Verhaeren, the selection for Eindhoven together according to various criteria. Factor was the achievement of an individual limit for the Championship long course an important role as well as performances at the Istanbul 2009 European Championships Short Course and meet deadlines for the Short Course Championships in 2010. The technical director opted for a big team, partly because the European Championships held in his own country. "Therefore, on every relay quartet a Dutch registered. "
The Eindhoven team is also complemented with several young talents. "The condition for this was a good level in the past season, matched by age," Verhaeren to light. So get Dreesens Dion , who at the European Youth Championships in Helsinki in sixth place occupied in the 200 meter freestyle swim and in August at the Youth Olympics in Singapore, the chance to develop further.
In the short course tournament in Eindhoven is Marleen Veldhuis after a year without matches her comeback. The multiple European champion in early June gave birth to a daughter. Meanwhile, the training they cautiously resumed.
If you read the official perbericht of Jacco says that Dion Dreesens may also participate because of his 6th place on the 200vrij, this is obviously a good chance to gain experience at international level. But Kira Toussaint was 4th on the 50vlinder and sits closer to the EC limit. Does anyone know why did not it allowed?
Dreesens sits with his 1:51.48 near the fourth man of the 4 × 200 freestyle relay (1:50.86 BvVelthoven). That might well be the reason for him to take his chances at the World Championships are therefore reeëler than Kira Toussaint EJK or other participants.