It’s been a dominant year for American swimmers on the collegiate and national stage.
Today, USA Swimming announced which athletes were dominant enough to make the National Team.
To be selected, a swimmer must rank as one of the top six Americans in an individual Olympic event, with a time recorded at either the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships, 2017 FINA World Championships, 2017 World University Games, or the 2017 U.S. Open.
The team consists of 59 men and 56 women, hailing from 29 states and 60 USA Swimming teams. Eighteen of the 115 total swimmers qualified for the team in three or more events, with Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith as the only swimmers to qualify in five. Mallory Comerford and Caeleb Dressel were next with four events apiece.
The team includes 12 open water swimmers, headlined by Worlds 5K gold medalist Ashley Twichell.
Being named to the National Team gets members much more than bragging rights — a portion of the top athletes will receive monthly monetary stipends that vary based on professional status, as well as travel reimbursement, Olympic Training Center access, and even health insurance in some cases.
Here’s the full team:
| Women | Men |
| Bridgette Alexander | Andrew Abruzzo |
| Haley Anderson | Nathan Adrian |
| Kathleen Baker | Michael Andrew |
| Cassidy Bayer | Zach Apple |
| Elizabeth Beisel | Gunnar Bentz |
| Lisa Bratton | Michael Brinegar |
| Kayla Brumbaum | Brendan Casey |
| Katy Campbell | Michael Chadwick |
| Mallory Comerford | Pace Clark |
| Andrea Cottrell | Jack Conger |
| Madisyn Cox | Kevin Cordes |
| Ali DeLoof | Mitch D’Arrigo |
| Katie Drabot | Taylor Dale |
| Ella Eastin | Abrahm DeVine |
| Emily Escobedo | Caeleb Dressel |
| Joy Field | Conor Dwyer |
| Hali Flickinger | Anthony Ervin |
| Brooke Forde | Nic Fink |
| Bethany Galat | Robert Finke |
| Sarah Gibson | Ian Finnerty |
| Elise Haan | Andrew Gemmell |
| Molly Hannis | Matt Grevers |
| Amanda Kendall | Sean Grieshop |
| Lilly King | Zane Grothe |
| Vanessa Krause | Townley Haas |
| Breeja Larson | Zach Harting |
| Katie Ledecky | Ryan Held |
| Dakota Luther | David Heron |
| Becca Mann | Logan Houck |
| Simone Manuel | Cullen Jones |
| Melanie Margalis | Matt Josa |
| Katie Meili | Chase Kalisz |
| Allyson McHugh | Austin Katz |
| Katie McLaughlin | Simon Lamar |
| Kaersten Meitz | Sean Lehane |
| Hellen Moffitt | Will Licon |
| Hannah Moore | Jay Litherland |
| Lia Neal | Kevin Litherland |
| Vanessa Pearl | Justin Lynch |
| Meaghan Raab | Cody Miller |
| Isabella Rongione | Ryan Murphy |
| Cierra Runge | Jacob Pebley |
| Cathryn Salladin | Chip Peterson |
| Sierra Schmidt | Tim Phillips |
| Asia Seidt | Blake Pieroni |
| Leah Smith | Josh Prenot |
| Regan Smith | PJ Ransford |
| Olivia Smoliga | Justin Ress |
| Hannah Stevens | Jonathan Roberts |
| Kylie Stewart | Tom Shields |
| Erica Sullivan | Grant Shoults |
| Miranda Tucker | Clark Smith |
| Ashley Twichell | Charlie Swanson |
| Alexandra Walsh | True Sweetser |
| Abbey Weitzeil | Jonathan Tybur |
| Kelsi Worrell | Arkady Vyatchanin |
| Jordan Wilimovsky | |
| Andrew Wilson | |
| Justin Wright |
You can view the event-by-event breakdown along with more information here.
Anyone know where leah smith is training now? Did she stay in Hooville with the new coaches??
There will be even more new name I expect in Tokyo olympics usa swimming team like Carson foster in 200 free and 200 back, ivey in 200 free, ariola in 100 free relay, tuggle in 200 free and more.
And Lochte fades away
Maybe he’ll be back next year?
Special congrats to Allyson McHugh, Penn State, for making the team!!!!!❤️?
I think they can do as good as in Rio if not better with the necessary tweaks ( 3 years time span ) and training .
WOnder if Carson foster could be ready by then
He should be ready at least in 200 free and 200 back.
Great to see Arkady on the list !!! and what a Team !!! without Phelps , Franklin , Lochte or Laughlin , this Team looks and is Fantastic . The 2016-2017 Period was unbelievably good for Team Usa . The new Stars on the rising have splendid talent ( Dressel , Comerford , Regan Smith , Haas , Apple , ….) and have shown incredible progresses . Keep up the great work guys . Its a real passionate pleasure to watch them live .
You leave out MA every time
and ? He has done solid times in the 50’s – but sorry , i am more seriously impressed by Haas , Pieroni , Dressel and Comerford / King / ….or Kalisz .
When he makes a LCM senior national team, we’ll include him
^ He shouldnt be mentioned in the same sentence as dressel or haas
How is Chuck Batchelor a coach on the national team? He hasnt coached Beisel in 7 years.
Beisel actually trained at home with Chuck for most of this year!
I wonder when Claire Tuggle will make the national team. Next year? 2019?
Here’s a recent local article about the next phenom of US women’s swimming.
Interesting to read that they take their time with her and don’t push her very hard in training so far. Smart long-term approach.
http://www.clovisroundup.com/swimming-sensation-claire-tuggle-makes-national-splash/
Thanks for the link Bobo!