Most high school sophomores are getting ready to go back to school.

Warwick's Emily Cameron is also getting ready to go to Hawaii.

Cameron, who competes for the Lancaster Aquatic Club, has been selected for the US Swimming Junior Pan Pacific team, which will compete Thursday, Aug. 26-Monday, Aug. 30, in Maui, Hawaii.

"I can't wait," she said Friday about competing for her first national team.

It will cap off a busy summer of swimming that included two trips to major meets in California.

In June, she competed in the Santa Clara (Calif.) International Grand Prix.

Earlier this month, she competed in the ConocoPhillips National Championships and the Speedo Junior National Championships, both in Irvine, Calif.

The roster for the Junior Pan Pacific team was selected based on the results from the two championships in Irvine.

In the junior nationals, Cameron finished second in the 200 individual medley (2:15.91) and fourth in the 400 individual medley (4:47.25), both personal-best times in long-course meters.

She was eighth in the overall women's standings, finishing 11th in the 100 breaststroke, 12th in the 200 breaststroke, 13th in the 50 freestyle, 18th in the 100 freestyle, 42nd in the 100 butterfly and 48th in the 200 butterfly.

In the senior national championships, Cameron swam the 100 freestyle and finished 29th in the 200 breaststroke (2:34.43).

Cameron has improved her time in the 200-meter IM by about 5 1/2 seconds, from 2:21.4 to 2:15.91, since the 2009 season.

"It's been a little bit of everything," Casey Coble, LAC's head coach, said in explaining the improvement. "It's maturity, hard work, understanding the sport a little better, executing the strokes better."

In addition, she's gotten stronger with another year of growth.

Cameron's schedule of events for Hawaii isn't finalized, but she could swim in six events: the 50 and 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly and 200 and 400 individual medley.

"I might cut it down to five events," Coble said. "We'll look at where she has the best chance to do well."

The Junior Pan Pacific competition includes swimmers 18 and under from 10 countries.

"My goal was just to make the team," she said. "That's a huge accomplishment. It would be really neat to get in the top three, even the top eight."

As a freshman at Warwick, Cameron won two PIAA titles: the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.31) and the 200-yard IM, in which she set a meet record in 1:59.00.

Cameron also was a standout last year in cross-country, finishing second in the L-L League championships and ninth in the District Three meet.

But she's decided to give up the sport because of her swimming commitments.

"No, unfortunately [I won't be running]," she said. "Preseason has already started, and I wouldn't be in good [running] shape for the start of the season.

"I want to give my all to one sport."