by Tim Clinton

A number of Olympic champions, including Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.), Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and hometown favorite Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.), are expected to highlight the field at USA Swimming’s 2015 AT&T Winter National Championships, set for Dec. 3-5 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Tickets are on sale now for the three-day event, which consists of daily prelims at 9 a.m. PT and finals at 6 p.m. PT, on Thursday, Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 5. Tickets can be purchased online now with all-session passes costing $60 for adults and $45 for children 12 and under. Single-day and single-session tickets also are available.

In addition to Adrian, Franklin and Phelps, fellow individual Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.), Anthony Ervin (Valencia, Calif.), Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Allison Schmitt (Canton, Mich.) also are expected to compete in Federal Way.

In total, more than 40 USA Swimming National Team members are among the approximately 700 swimmers slated to swim at AT&T Winter Nationals.

A live webcast of the entire meet will be available via usaswimming.org, and NBC will televise action from AT&T Winter Nationals on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 1-2 p.m. ET. A full order of events for the long-course meters competition is available at usaswimming.org.