Arizona swimmer Albert Subirats, of Venezuela, competes in the 100-yard butterfly event of the second day of the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Friday, March 28, 2008, at the Weyerhauser Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. Subirats won the event. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

 Ted S. Warren

Ex-UA champ Subirats making comebackย 

Albert Subirats, who won three individual NCAA swimming championships at Arizona in 2007 and 2008, is making a comeback. At 28, Subirats hopes to make his third Olympic team for Venezuela. He finished sixth Friday in the 100 butterfly at the 2015 Pro Swim Series in Charlotte, North Carolina, a second behind third-placeย Michael Phelps. Also making a comeback is ex-UA All-Americanย Lara Jackson, a former American record holder in the 50 freestyle; Jackson is competing in Charlotte this weekend.ย 

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