She was UGA's first Black female swimmer. Now she works to bring more minorities into the sport https://t.co/VExETEodWG via @onlineathens
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Monday, March 1, 2021
She was UGA's first Black female swimmer. Now she works to bring more minorities into the sport
As a Bulldog, McClendon won 11 NCAA titles and was a 27-time All-American. After her decorated career at UGA, she became the first Black female swimmer to make a U.S. Olympic team in 2004. In 2019, just 1% of Division I female swimmers were Black, a total of 71, according to the NCAA Demographics database. For men the total was 72, just 2% of all Division I swimmers.
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