Lynn Colella Nathan Hale High School 1968 Swimming

SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA

High School • Championship swimmer for Nathan Hale Raiders and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) teams • Eight-time winner at PTA-sponsored All-City Swim Carnival (no varsity girls swimming offered) College • Attended University of Washington; trained and swam unofficially with men’s team (no women’s team offered) • Swam with club team and the UW intramural women’s group that competed at AIAW (equivalent of NCAA) nationals one year • In 1971, set American record at national AAU indoor championships and won two golds medals at Pan America games • Won 3 titles at Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Nationals • Set 3 meet records in Women’s National Intercollegiate swimming and diving championships in 1972 • Named 1971 co-winner of Seattle P-I Man of the Year Award (with brother Rick) Other • Made 1972 US Olympic team and chosen as co-captain; won silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly • Continued competitive swimming, winning numerous AAU, national and international competitions • Won 2 Gold medals at the 1971 Pan American Games and 3 Gold Medals at the 1970 World Student Games • Inducted into UW’s Husky Hall of Fame in 1980; became first women to be admitted and was awarded four years of varsity letters after the fact