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Anya Littlefield of Kapa\u2018a High earned the attention of Sports Illustrated magazine<\/p><\/div>\n

Get used to seeing Anya Littlefield’s face. The Kapa’a High School junior has been making waves in the pool since she could hold her head up above water.<\/p>\n

The Princeville native’s quick progression to the top of her age group in competitive swimming has helped her pick up some national attention.<\/p>\n

In the Sept. 20, 2010, issue of Sports Illustrated<\/I>‘s “Faces in the Crowd” section, Littlefield broke through and put her face and accomplishments on the map for the rest of the nation to see.<\/p>\n

“I was so excited, it’s so much bigger than anything else I’ve gotten at the local level – just so excited,” she says.<\/p>\n

“Faces in the Crowd” features the accomplishments of amateur athletes across the country at any age and in any sport.<\/p>\n

Littlefield is part of Swim Kaua’i Aquatics, and its president, Dan Britzmann, played a critical role in getting her into Sports Illustrated<\/I>.<\/p>\n

“He got in touch with them and they were impressed enough with what I’ve accomplished thus far,” Littlefield says.<\/p>\n

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Anya Littlefield (right) with fellow medalist Ryann Linthicum<\/p><\/div>\n

It took a couple of months of waiting before she finally heard the news and, at first, she didn’t believe it.<\/p>\n

“That was huge and to see that in there,” she says. “I thought they were kidding; it was so unreal.”<\/p>\n

The section lists her accomplishments as follows: Won the 200-(2:11.73), 400- (4:40.34), 800- (9:29.76) and 1,500-meter freestyle races (18:07.08), along with the 200 (2:27.55) butterfly in the 15- to-16-year-old division at the Hawaii long course championships, earning high-point honors for her age group. She also finished second in the 100 free (1:01.63).<\/p>\n

“I think I made it because of the last swim meet this past summer,” she says. “It’s because of all the state titles and records I broke.”<\/p>\n

In March, Littlefield is heading up to Seattle for sectionals, where she hopes to turn even more heads.<\/p>\n

“I want to swim in college,” she says, “but I’m still unsure as to where and what I want to major in.”<\/p>\n

But that may change this spring after she heads to the East Coast to visit colleges, including the University of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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Anya (left) and Emma Rausch<\/p><\/div>\n

“One of my coaches went there,” she says. “It’s a Division One school and it’ll take a lot of hard work to get there.”<\/p>\n

Hard work is no stranger to Littlefield, who already works hard enough in the classroom, boasting a 4.0 grade-point average so far.<\/p>\n

And that’s despite being a member of the National Honor Society and a hectic swimming schedule that includes eight practices a week plus gym time.<\/p>\n

Littlefield’s main goal right now in the pool is to hit the 16.54-mile mark at junior nationals.<\/p>\n

“It’ll take a lot of training,” she says. “I have to drop 50 seconds, but it’s doable. I’ve been dropping 20 seconds per season, so hopefully I’ll get there.”<\/p>\n

The SI <\/I>“Faces in the Crowd” honoree definitely knows what it takes to make a splash both in and out of the pool, as she eyes her next prize.<\/p>\n

“I can’t stop there,” she says. “I want to go on to bigger and better things at the next level.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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