University of Florida Graphic Designer and varsity swimmer Dan Wallace designed the above graphic, in honor of Florida’s huge Olympic swimming group.
Looking for a special rooting interest for this week’s swimming competition at the Olympics? Have a non-swimming friend who you’re looking to hook in to the fever? Below, we have a list compiled by SwimSwam contributors Reed Shimberg and Matt Salzberg, a pair of Tufts University graduates and two incredibly knowledgeable and passionate swimming historians.
The most stunning list was the University of Florida. Even we here at SwimSwam didn’t realize just how far their reach was, with 23 former swimmers competing at the Olympics.
| First Name | Last Name | Country | School |
| Alex | Meyer | USA | Harvard |
| Ryan | Lochte | USA | University of Florida |
| Conor | Dwyer | USA | University of Florida (Also swam at Iowa) |
| Clark | Burckle | USA | University of Florida |
| Elizabeth | Beisel | USA | University of Florida |
| Dana | Vollmer | USA | University of Florida |
| Raul | Martinez | Puerto Rico | University of Florida |
| Sinead | Russell | Canada | University of Florida |
| Gemma | Spofforth | Great Britain | University of Florida |
| Brett | Fraser | Cayman Islands | University of Florida |
| Shaune | Fraser | Cayman Islands | University of Florida |
| Darian | Townsend | South Africa | University of Florida |
| Melanie | Costa-Schmid | Spain | University of Florida |
| Marcin | Cieslak | Poland | University of Florida |
| Omar | Pinzon | Columbia | University of Florida |
| Gemma Lowe | Lowe | Great Britain | University of Florida |
| Sebastian | Rosseau | South Africa | University of Florida |
| Marco | Loughran | United Kingtom | University of Florida |
| Sarra | Lajnef | Tunisia | University of Florida |
| Hilda | Luthersdottir | Iceland | University of Florida |
| Sarah | Bateman | Iceland | University of Florida |
| Bradley | Ally | Barbados | University of Florida |
| Stephanie | Proud | Great Britain | University of Florida |
| Csaba | Gercsak | Hungary | University of Florida |
| Gal | Nevo | Israel | Georgia Tech |
| Andrew | Chetcuti | Malta | Georgia Tech |
| Peter | Vanderkaay | USA | University of Michigan |
| Tyler | Clary | USA | University of Michigan |
| Charlie | Houchin | USA | University of Michigan |
| Davis | Tarwater | USA | University of Michigan |
| Connor | Jaeger | USA | University of Michigan |
| Derya | Büyükuncu | Turkey | University of Michigan |
| Brendan | Hansen | USA | University of Texas |
| Ricky | Berens | USA | University of Texas |
| Jimmy | Feigen | USA | University of Texas |
| Kathleen | Hersey | USA | University of Texas |
| Christian | Schurr | Mexico | University of Texas |
| Susana | Escobar | Mexico | University of Texas |
| Clark | Burckle | USA | University of Arizona |
| Nick | Thoman | USA | University of Arizona |
| Alyssa | Anderson | USA | University of Arizona |
| Jean | Basson | South Africa | University of Arizona |
| Simon (Great Britain) | Burnett | Great Britain | University of Arizona |
| Nicolas | Nilo-Oliveira | Brazil | University of Arizona |
| Roland | Schoeman | South Africa | University of Arizona |
| Nimrod | Shapira Bar-Or | Israel | University of Arizona |
| Albert | Subirats | Venezuela | University of Arizona |
| Darian | Townsend | South Africa | University of Arizona |
| Nathan | Adrian | USA | Cal Berekely |
| Anthony | Ervin | USA | Cal Berekely |
| Natalie | Coughlin | USA | Cal Berekely |
| Jessica | Hardy | USA | Cal Berekely |
| Caitlin | Leverenz | USA | Cal Berekely |
| Rachel | Bootsma | USA | Cal Berekely |
| Dana | Vollmer | USA | Cal Berekely |
| Stephanie | Au | Hong Kong | Cal Berekely |
| Henrique | Barbosa | Brazil | Cal Berekely |
| Lauren | Boyle | New Zealand | Cal Berekely |
| Milorad | Cavic | Serbia | Cal Berekely |
| Damir | Dugonjic | Slovenia | Cal Berekely |
| Mathias | Gydesen | Denmark | Cal Berekely |
| Sara | Isakovic | Slovenia | Cal Berekely |
| Martin | Liivamagi | Estonia | Cal Berekely |
| Dominik | Meichtry | Switzerland | Cal Berekely |
| Graeme | Moore | South Africa | Cal Berekely |
| Marcin | Tarczynski | Poland | Cal Berekely |
| Hannah | Wilson | Hong Kong | Cal Berekely |
| Matt | Grevers | USA | Northwestern |
| Scott | Weltz | USA | UC Davis |
| Cullen | Jones | USA | NC State |
| Tyler | McGill | USA | Auburn |
| Micah | Lawrence | USA | Auburn |
| Arianna | Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | Auburn |
| Eric | Shanteau | USA | Auburn |
| George | Bovell | Trinidad & Tobago | Auburn |
| Cesar | Cielo | Brazil | Auburn |
| Kirsty | Coventry | Zimbabwe | Auburn |
| Matt | Targett | Australia | Auburn |
| Adam | Brown | Great Britain | Auburn |
| Stephanie | Horder | Canada | Auburn |
| Gideon | Louw | South Africa | Auburn |
| Marcello | Chierighini | Brazil | Auburn |
| James | Disney-May | Great Britain | Auburn |
| Megan | Fonteno | American Samoa | Auburn |
| Matt | Mclean | USA | University of Virginia |
| Lauren | Perdue | USA | University of Virginia |
| Yannick | Kaeser | Switzerland | University of Virginia |
| David | Karasek | Switzerland | University of Virginia |
| Katya | Bachrouche | Lebanon | University of Virginia |
| Andrew | Gemmell | USA | University of Georgia |
| Kara Lynn | Joyce | USA | University of Georgia |
| Shannon | Vreeland | USA | University of Georgia |
| Allison | Schmitt | USA | University of Georgia |
| Amanda | Weir | USA | University of Georgia |
| Wendy | Trot | South Africa | University of Georgia |
| Troy | Prinsloo | South Africa | University of Georgia |
| Yousef | Alaskari | Kuwait | University of Georgia |
| Matias | Koski | Finland | University of Georgia |
| Brittany | MacLean | Canada | University of Georgia |
| Sarah | Poewe | Germany | University of Georgia |
| Ediz | Yildirimer | Turkey | University of Georgia |
| Haley | Anderson | USA | USC |
| Rebecca | Soni | USA | USC |
| Amanda | Weir | USA | USC |
| Ous | Mellouli | Tunisia | USC |
| Dimitri | Colupaev | Germany | USC |
| Stina | Gardell | Sweden | USC |
| Katinka | Hosszu | Hungary | USC |
| Clement | Lefert | France | USC |
| Lynette | Lim | Singapore | USC |
| Vladimir | Morozov | Russia | USC |
| Cristian | Quintero | Venezuela | USC |
| Katarzyna | Will | Poland | USC |
| Breeja | Larson | USA | Texas A&M |
| Cammile | Adams | USA | Texas A&M |
| Triin | Aljand | Estonia | Texas A&M |
| Alia | Atkinson | Jamaica | Texas A&M |
| Erica | Dittmer | Mexico | Texas A&M |
| Amini | Fonua | Tonga | Texas A&M |
| Liliana | Ibanez | Mexico | Texas A&M |
| Rita | Medrano | Mexico | Texas A&M |
| Kim | Pavlin | Croatia | Texas A&M |
| Julia | Wilkinson | Canada | Texas A&M |
| Claire | Donahue | USA | Western Kentucky |
| Ariana | Kukors | USA | University of Washington |
| Octavio | Alesi | Venezuela | University of Tennessee |
| Barry | Murphy | Ireland | University of Tennessee |
| Martin | Moravcikova | Czech Republic | University of Tennessee |
| Rafael | Alfaro | El Salvador | BYU |
| Andrew | Rutherfurd | Bolivia | BYU |
| Allan | Gutierrez | Honduras | Florida Southern |
| Marko | Blazevski | Macedonia | Wingate |
| Anja | Carman | Slovenia | SMU |
| Lars | Froelander | Sweden | SMU |
| Nina | Rangelova | Bulgaria | SMU |
| Mindaugas | Sadauskas | Lithuania | SMU |
| Denisa | Smolenova | Slovakia | SMU |
| Therese | Svendensen | Sweden | SMU |
| Eszter | Povazsay | Hungary | University of Louisville |
| Joao | De Lucca | Brazil | University of Louisville |
| Carlos | Almeida | Portugal | University of Louisville |
| Pedro | Oliveria | Portugal | University of Louisville |
| Dorina | Szekeres | Hungary | Indiana University |
| Nicholas | Schwab | Dominican Republic | Indiana University |
| Margeuax | Farrell | France | Indiana University |
| Markus | Rogan | Austria | Stanford |
| Jason | Dunford | Kenya | Stanford |
| David | Dunford | Kenya | Stanford |
| Tobias | Oriwol | Canada | Stanford |
| Samantha | Cheverton | Canada | Ohio State |
| Mateo | De Angulo | Columbia | Florida State University |
| Esau | Simpson | Grenada | Nova Southeastern University |
| Arni | Arneson | Iceland | Old Dominion University |
| Sidni | Hoxha | Albania | Old Dominion University |
| Jason | Lezak | USA | California-Santa Barbara |
| Joe | Bartoch | Canada | UNLV |
| Richard | Hortness | Canada | UNLV |
| Zsu | Jakabos | Hungary | UNLV |
| Scott | Dickens | Canada | Oakland University (MI) |
| Danielle | Beaubrun | St. Lucia | FGCU |
| Karen | Vilorio | Honduras | FGCU |
| Therese | Alshammar | Sweden | Nebraska |
| Dragos | Agache | Romania | Iowa |
| Jillian | Tyler | Canada | Minnesota |
| Chinyere | Pigot | Suriname | Uconn |
| Diguan | Pigot | Suriname | UConn |
| Roy | Birch | Bermuda | Springfield College |
Also, Edgar Crespo and Alejandro Gomez both swam for TCU. Gomez now trains in Gainesville but was TCU. Crespo from Panama and Gomez from Venezuela and of note that a certain GreggTroy is also a Horned Frog alum.
Which NCAA College had the most USA Swimmers?????
Gal Nevo (Israel) and Andrew Chetcuti (Malta) – Georgia Tech
Chinyere Pigot and Diguan Pigot from University of Connecticut swim for Suriname
Roy Burch- Springfield College- Bermuda
Joe Bartoch (CAN), Richard Hortness (CAN), and Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) from UNLV!
Somewhat of a disappointing list from a US investment perspective. Better to see more time, money and opportunity go to home grown kids.
Agree! Too many foreign athletes on full rides at US schools. It is time for a NCAA limit on foreign scholarship athletes. Time for these foreign countries to come up with a better system for their athletes to stay and train at home. I know this is a hot button topic and the New York Times just had an interesting article about it not to long ago.
How about increasing the number of scholarships, except the foreign swimmer’s home country national swimming organization has to pay for their scholarship? That way everyone can swim against the best and it doesn’t reduce scholarships to U.S. athletes. Only catch is that a swimmer from a poor country would not be able to pay.
Agreed…… no one wants to limit their training opportunities in the US. Just do it on your own dime.
Scott Dickens- Oakland University (MI)