NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Rhode Island Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel (BYE'-suhl) has announced that she plans to attend the University of Florida next fall.
The 17-year-old senior at North Kingstown High School tells The Providence Journal that she called Gators' coach Gregg Troy last Saturday to inform him of her decision.
Beisel was 15 when she finished fourth in the 200-meter individual medley and fifth in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She also two individual titles at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in June and a bronze medal in the 200-yard backstroke at the World Championships in Rome in August.
