Six swimmers, including Michael Andrew, led the 2019-2019 U.S. National Team roster by qualifying in four events. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
USA Swimming has finalized the roster for its 2019-2020 National Team, with all pool swimmer selections matching our projections from the end of the qualifying period last week.
as determined by USASwimming.org’s world rankings from January 1, 2019 through August 25, 2019
Rankings will be pulled from the FINA site on September 3 (giving swimmers a chance to make sure their time is included in the database)
Prelims, semifinals and finals (A, B, C and D) from all USA Swimming or FINA sanctioned meets were eligible
Relay leadoffs, time trials, swim-offs and intermediate splits were not eligible
The 2019-2020 USA Swimming Open Water National Team is comprised of the athletes selected to compete at the 2019 FINA Open Water World Championship, which took place in July in Yeosu, South Korea. Remaining positions were filled based on results from the 2019 USA Swimming 10K National Championships.
Six swimmers qualified for the team in a roster-leading four events: Katie Ledecky (200, 400, 800, 1500 free), Ally McHugh (400, 800, 1500 free; 400 IM), Ashley Twichell (400, 800, 1500 free; 10k), Michael Andrew (50 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 IM), Bobby Finke (400, 800, 1500 free; 400 IM), and Zane Grothe (400, 800, 1500 free; 10k).
Twenty-six states are represented on the team and California leads the way with 16 athletes; 12 of those athletes represent Cal, which has the most athletes on the team of any club. More than 60 USA Swimming Clubs are represented in all. 24 swimmers made their first US National team; 12 of those are junior swimmers who moved up from the 2018-2019 U.S. National Junior Team.
The full roster is listed below. Click here to view the official women’s roster with affiliated coaches and clubs; click here for men.
Interesting that from 100 BR to 200 BR and 100 BK to 200 BK there are swimmers listed in both distances, but then you look at 100 FL and 200 FL and only one guy (Tom Shields) and no women crossover.
Shibly
5 years ago
Any bold prediction who will be in the Tokyo Olympic roster
Shibly
5 years ago
Interesting to see USA women’s 400 m freestyle relay.I hope USA girls catch up Aussie gls by the Tokyo Olympic
bigswimdog
5 years ago
USA 200m free is trash
Hugh
5 years ago
Jake Mitchell y’all. Remember the name
NoFlyKick
5 years ago
Interesting that 5 of the 6 swimmers that qualified in 4 events are swimming distance events. This suggests that it is easier to qualify in multiple events as a distance swimmer. Presumably the 400-800-1500 FR have more in common than the 50-100-200 FR, for example. This makes a certain amount of sense as the 50-100-200 are each quite different in the demands they place on the different energy systems, but the 400-800-1500 are all heavily dominated by a single energy system. The distance connection seems to be more important than the FR connection as two of the five distance event qualifiers have the 400 IM as one of their events. This is a great testament to the versatility of MA,… Read more »
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Interesting that from 100 BR to 200 BR and 100 BK to 200 BK there are swimmers listed in both distances, but then you look at 100 FL and 200 FL and only one guy (Tom Shields) and no women crossover.
Any bold prediction who will be in the Tokyo Olympic roster
Interesting to see USA women’s 400 m freestyle relay.I hope USA girls catch up Aussie gls by the Tokyo Olympic
USA 200m free is trash
Jake Mitchell y’all. Remember the name
Interesting that 5 of the 6 swimmers that qualified in 4 events are swimming distance events. This suggests that it is easier to qualify in multiple events as a distance swimmer. Presumably the 400-800-1500 FR have more in common than the 50-100-200 FR, for example. This makes a certain amount of sense as the 50-100-200 are each quite different in the demands they place on the different energy systems, but the 400-800-1500 are all heavily dominated by a single energy system. The distance connection seems to be more important than the FR connection as two of the five distance event qualifiers have the 400 IM as one of their events. This is a great testament to the versatility of MA,… Read more »
Who is the male breakout swimmer? Casas or Finke
casas