USA Swimming has introduced its roster for the 2024 World Quick Course Swimming Championships that can be held from December Tenth-Fifteenth on the Duna Enviornment in Budapest Hungary.
The roster of 16 males and 16 girls embody 21 swimmers who represented the USA on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.
The large names embody Gretchen Walsh, who broke the World Report within the 100 fly in lengthy course on the U.S. Olympic Trials and is arguably higher briefly course; 200 breaststroke Olympic champion Kate Douglass; 100 fly Olympic champion Torri Huske, and breaststroke World Report holder Lilly King.
This will even be the primary massive worldwide championship for 11-time Quick Course World Championship medalist Michael Andrew after his teaching change – although he nonetheless has not introduced who his new coach can be.
Different big-name Olympians on the roster embody 8-time Olympic medalist Regan Smith, Carson Foster, Alex Shackell, and Jack Alexy. Smith, a adorned lengthy course swimmer, has by no means opted to race on the Quick Course World Championship meet, although she has been eligible a number of instances.
Kieran Smith, who gained three gold medals, together with the 400 free individually, on the final version can be on the roster.
Quite a lot of energetic NCAA swimmers are included on the listing. The meet is without doubt one of the exception occasions exterior of bona fide NCAA competitors that’s cleared for NCAA qualifying instances.
Present NCAA swimmers embody Jack Aikins, Alexy, Charlie Clark, Luke Hobson, Matt King, Daniel Matheson, Dare Rose, Phoebe Bacon, Jillian Cox, Kate Hurst, Huske, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, and Emma Weber.
The Walsh sisters and Weber all swim for the four-time defending NCAA Champions the College of Virginia.
Matheson and AJ Pouch are each making their senior worldwide debuts at World Aquatics competitions for Staff USA.
The 32-swimmer crew is the biggest allowed by USA Swimming guidelines. To be eligible, swimmers needed to be members of the 2024-2025 Nationwide Staff. They have been then chosen based mostly on the quickest lengthy course instances within the qualifying interval, which was January 1, 2024 by means of August 24, 2024 (the identical interval because the Nationwide Staff choice).
The U.S. led the medals desk on the final version of this meet in 2022 with 17 gold and 36 complete medals. They’ve had probably the most gold medals at each Quick Course Worlds since 2014 (Brazil gained 7, US 2) and probably the most complete medals at each version since 2008 (Nice Britain gained 24, US 17).
The meet will happen December 10-15.
Males’s Roster
| Identify | Occasion(s) | Hometown | Coaching Location | Faculty Affiliation |
| Jack Aikins | 100/200 BK | Atlanta, Ga. | College of Virginia | Virginia, ’26 |
| Jack Alexy | 50/100 FR | Mendham, N.J. | College of California-Berkeley | California, ’25 |
| Michael Andrew | 50/100 BR | Encinitas, Calif. | MA Swim Academy | N/A |
| Hunter Armstrong | 50/100 BK | Dover, Ohio | California Aquatics | Ohio State, ’24 |
| Shaine Casas | 200 IM | McAllen, Texas | Longhorn Aquatics | N/A |
| Charlie Clark | 1500 FR | Sandusky, Ohio | Ohio State College | Ohio State, ’24 |
| Carson Foster | 200/400 IM | Cincinnati, Ohio | Longhorn Aquatics | Texas, ’24 |
| Chris Guiliano | 50/100 FR | Douglassville, Pa. | Notre Dame College | Notre Dame, ’25 |
| Zach Harting | 100 FL | Huntsville, Ala. | Cardinal Aquatics | Louisville, ’19 |
| Luke Hobson | 200 FR | Reno, Nev. | College of Texas | Texas, ’25 |
| Trenton Julian | 200 FL | Glendale, Calif. | Mission Viejo Nadadores | California, ’21 |
| Matt King | Relay | Snohomish, Wash. | Indiana Swim Membership | Indiana, ’25 |
| Daniel Matheson | 800/1500 FR | Peoria, Ariz. | Arizona State College | Arizona State, ’25 |
| AJ Pouch | 200 BR | Henderson, Nev. | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech, ’24 |
| Dare Rose | 50/100 FL | Jersey Metropolis, N.J. | California Aquatics | California, ’24 |
| Kieran Smith | 200/400 FR | Ridgefield, Conn. | Gator Swim Membership | Florida, ’22 |
Ladies’s Roster
| Identify | Occasion(s) | Hometown | Coaching Location | Faculty Affiliation |
| Phoebe Bacon | 200 BK | Chevy Chase, Md. | Wisconsin Aquatics | Wisconsin, ’24 |
| Katharine Berkoff | 100 BK | Missoula, Mont. | Wolfpack Elite | NC State, ’23 |
| Lilla Bognar | 400 IM | Vacationers Relaxation, S.C. | Staff Greenville | Florida, ’29 |
| Jillian Cox | 1500 FR | Cedar Park, Texas | College of Texas | Texas, ’28 |
| Kate Douglass | 50/100 FR; 200 BR; 200 IM | Pelham, N.Y. | College of Virginia | Virginia, ’23 |
| Katie Grimes | 800 FR; 400 IM | Las Vegas, Nev. | Sandpipers of Nevada | Virginia, ’28 |
| Kate Hurst | 1500 FR | Hillsdale, N.J. | College of Texas | Texas, ’28 |
| Torri Huske | 100 FR; 100 FL | Arlington, Va. | Stanford | Stanford, ’25 |
| Lilly King | 50/100 BR | Evansville, Ind. | Indiana Swim Membership | Indiana, ’19 |
| Paige Madden | 200/400/800 FR | Cellular, Ala. | Solar Satan Swimming | Virginia, ’21 |
| Alex Shackell | 200 FL | Carmel, Ind. | Carmel Swim Membership | California, ’29 |
| Regan Smith | 50/100/200 BK; 200 FL | Lakeville, Minn. | Longhorn Aquatics | N/A |
| Alex Walsh | 200 BR; 200 IM | Nashville, Tenn. | College of Virginia | Virginia, ’24 |
| Gretchen Walsh | 50 FR; 50/100 FL | Nashville, Tenn. | College of Virginia | Virginia, ’25 |
| Emma Weber | 100 BR | Denver, Colo. | College of Virginia | Virginia, ’26 |
| Claire Weinstein | 200/400 FR | White Plains, N.Y. | Sandpipers of Nevada | California, ’29 |