2025 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, June 3 – Saturday, June 7, 2025
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indiana University Natatorium
- LCM (50 meters)
- World Championship Selection Criteria
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Another two* women and seven men guaranteed themselves a trip to Singapore today at the 2025 U.S. National Championships.
Claire Weinstein was already in the running for a spot on the Worlds team after finishing 2nd in the 800 free yesterday, but today she locked in her spot by beating 800 free champion Katie Ledecky in the 200 free. Claire Curzan, meanwhile, puncher ticket by overcoming American Record holder Regan Smith in the 200 back. Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh, Katie Ledecky, and Kate Douglass all added additional events after initially qualifying yesterday.
*Additionally, Erin Gemmell and Anna Peplowski tied for 4th in the 200 free. The top four finishers in that event are guaranteed spots on the team, and while there’s a decent chance that the 5th-place finisher may get an invite as well, it looks like there may be a swim-off later on in the week between Gemmell and Peplowski. Until then, we’re not sure which one definitely has a spot on the team, unless one of two manages to qualify in another event.
Meanwhile, seven different men qualified today — Luke Hobson, Gabriel Jett, Rex Maurer, and Henry McFadden by virtue of top four finishes in the 200 free, Josh Matheny in the 200 breast, Jack Aikins in the 200 back, and Dare Rose in the 50 fly. While Hobson is the only one in that group with Olympic experience, McFadden, Matheny, and Rose all have prior World Championships experience.
Again, those are the only swimmers who are guaranteed roster spots based on today’s swims. Plenty of other swimmers put themselves in line for a Worlds roster spot by finishing 2nd (in most events) or 5th or 6th (in the 200 free). See further below for a discussion of roster limits and doubles.
While yesterday we focused on the World Championships roster, today we’ve added our projected rosters for the World Junior Championships and the World University Games. We’ve done our best to ensure they’re accurate, but it’s not always clear who is eligible for WUGs, and there’s always a chance that we’ve made a mistake somewhere along the line. Additionally, swimmers routinely turn down WUGs and Junior Worlds roster spots for a variety of reasons. All that to say, please don’t book plane tickets just because we’ve projected your favorite swimmer to make one of the teams below.
2025 U.S. World Championship Team After Day 2
Selection Criteria at a Glance
- Selection priority is based on overall finish in finals. I.e., an eligible swimmer who makes the ‘A’ final takes priority over a swimmer in any other final, regardless of the time they swam in finals.
- Priorities
- Top four in 100/200 free, and best-finishing available swimmer in the other individual events.
- Next-best-finishing available swimmer in the individual events other than the 100 and 200 freestyles.
- Fifth-best-finishing available swimmers from the 100 and 200 freestyles.
- Sixth-best-finishing available swimmers from the 100 and 200 freestyles.
Swimmers who qualified today are highlighted in bold.
Women – Guaranteed
- Caroline Bricker – 200 fly
- Torri Huske – 100 free, 4×200 free
- Gretchen Walsh – 100 free, 50 fly
- Simone Manuel – 4×100 free relay
- Kate Douglass – 4×100 free relay, 200 breast, 50 fly
- Katie Ledecky – 800 free, 200 free
- Claire Weinstein – 200 free, 800 free
- Claire Curzan – 200 back
Note: Erin Gemmell and Anna Peplowski tied for 4th. As the top four swimmers in that event are included in priority #1, it appears as if a swim-off will be necessary later this to determine who gets the guaranteed spot, and who gets bumped to priority #3.
Women – Potential
- Regan Smith – 200 fly, 200 back
- Erin Gemmell – 4×100 free (4×200 free)
- Alex Walsh – 200 breast
- Anna Moesch – 4×100 free
- Bella Sims – 4×200 free
Men – Guaranteed
- Luca Urlando – 200 fly
- Jack Alexy – 100 free
- Patrick Sammon – 100 free
- Chris Guiliano – 4×100 free relay
- Destin Lasco – 4×100 free relay
- Bobby Finke – 1500 free
- Luke Hobson – 200 free
- Gabriel Jett – 200 free
- Rex Maurer – 4×200 free
- Henry McFadden – 4×200 free
- Josh Matheny – 200 breast
- Jack Aikins – 200 back
- Dare Rose – 50 fly
Men – Potential
- Carson Foster – 200 fly, 4×200 free
- Jonny Kulow – 4×100 free relay
- Shaine Casas – 4×100 free relay
- David Johnston – 1500 free
- AJ Pouch – 200 breast
- Keaton Jones – 200 back
- Michael Andrew – 50 fly
- Kieran Smith – 4×200 free
DOUBLES
Here’s an overly-simplified version of the U.S. World Championship selection process: the team can have a maximum of 26 men and 26 women. Swimmers are added to the roster in these priorities until the roster cap is hit:
- Top 4 in 100/200 frees, Winner of all other events
- 2nd-place finisher in all other events (besides 100/200 free)
- 5th-place finisher in 100/200 free
- 6th-place finisher in 100/200 free
For a full breakdown of selection procedures, follow this link.
We track ‘doubles’ as a way of knowing when the next priority of swimmers can be officially added to the team. A ‘double’ is effectively a swimmer qualifying in more than one event. One swimmer qualifying in three events counts as two ‘doubles’ for our purposes.
The Magic Numbers:
- 12 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side means all Priority 2 athletes (2nd-place finishers) can be added for that gender
- 14 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side means all Priority 4 athletes (5th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender
- 16 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side means all priority 5 athletes (6th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender
Doubles After Day 2
Women
- Torrie Huske – 100 free, 4×200 free
- Gretchen Walsh – 100 free, 50 fly
- Claire Weinstein – 200 free, 800 free
- Katie Ledecky – 800 free, 200 free
- Kate Douglass – 4×100 free relay, 200 breast, 50 fly
2025 U.S. World Junior Championship Team After Day 2
Swimmers who stand to be selected to the World Championships under Priorities 2-4 are denoted in italics. If these swimmers make the World Championships teams, we’ll update the projected roster below.
Selection Criteria at a Glance
- Must be 18 or younger on December 31, 2025
- Swimmers who are selected for this summer’s senior World Championships, even as a relay-only swimmer, are ineligible for the World Junior Champs team.
- Selection priority is based on overall finish in finals. I.e., an eligible swimmer who makes the ‘A’ final takes priority over a swimmer in any other final, regardless of the time they swam in finals.
- Priorities
- Top four in 100/200 free, and best-finishing available swimmer in the other individual events (excluding stroke 50s).
- Next-best-finishing available swimmer in the other individual events (excluding stroke 50s).
- Best-finishing available swimmers in the stroke 50s
- Fifth-best-finishing available swimmers from the 100 and 200 freestyles
Women – Guaranteed
- Audrey Derivaux – 200 fly, 200 back
- Rylee Erisman – 100 free, 200 free
- Madi Minteko – 100 free, 200 free
- Lily King – 4×100 free
- Liberty Clark – 4×100 free, 4×200 free
- Kayla Han – 4×200 free
- Kayda Geyer – 200 breast
- Charlotte Crush – 200 back
- Kennedi Dobson – 800 free, 4×200 free
Women – Potential
- Kelsey Zhang – 200 fly
- Kaidy Stout – 200 breast
- Mena Boardman – 50 fly
- Julie Mishler – 4×100 free
Men – Guaranteed
- Thomas Heilman – 200 fly, 50 fly
- Aiden Hammer – 1500 free
- Mike Rice – 100 free
- Austin Carpenter – 100 free
- Rowan Cox – 4×100 free
- Kenneth Barnicle – 4×100 free
- Luka Mijatovic – 200 free
- Norvin Clontz – 200 free
- Tim Wu – 4×200 free
- Gabriel Manteufel – 4×200 free
- Gabe Nunziata – 200 breast
- Gavin Keogh – 200 back
Men – Potential
- Will Mulgrew – 1500 free
- Luke Vatev – 4×100 free
- Noah Cakir – 200 fly
- Andrew Eubanks – 200 breast
- David Melnykchuk – 200 back
- William Allen – 4×200 free
2025 U.S. World University Games Team After Day 2
Swimmers who stand to be selected to the World Championships under Priorities 2-4 are denoted in italics. If these swimmers make the World Championships teams, we’ll update the projected roster below.
Selection Criteria at a Glance
- Must be between 18-25 on December 31, 2025
- Must be currently enrolled in college/university, or have graduated in 2024 (note: this sometimes requires some guesswork on our part)
- Selection priority is based on overall finish in finals. I.e., an eligible swimmer who makes the ‘A’ final takes priority over a swimmer in any other final, regardless of the time they swam in finals.
- Priorities
- Top two in 100/200 free, and best-finishing available swimmer in the other individual events (excluding stroke 50s).
- Next-best-finishing available swimmer in the events other than the 100/200 free (excluding stroke 50s).
- Third-best-finishing available swimmers from the 100 free.
Women – Guaranteed
- Tess Howley – 200 fly
- Erin Gemmell – 100 free, 200 free
- Anna Moesch – 100 free
- Anna Peplowski – 200 free
- Jilian Cox – 800 free
- Bella Sims – 200 free
- Katie Christopherson – 200 breast
- Leah Shackley – 200 back
*either Gemmell or Peplowski will make the senior Worlds team in the 4×200 free and will thus be ineligible for WUGs. That means that Bella Sims is guaranteed a spot on the WUGs team, unless she does make the Worlds team as a Priority #5 selection.
Women – Potential
- Alex Shackell – 200 fly
- Kate Hurst – 800 free
- Maxine Parker – 4×100 free
- Abigail Herscu – 200 breast
- Phoebe Bacon – 200 back
- Isabel Ivey – 4×200 free
Men – Guaranteed
- Mason Laur – 200 fly
- Jonny Kulow – 100 free
- Matt King – 100 free
- Carson Hick – 1500 free
- Aaron Shackell – 200 free
- Baylor Nelson / Jake Mitchell – 200 free*
- Keaton Jones – 200 back
*It appears that Nelson and Mitchell are tied for the second spot in the 200 free. We’re not sure whether or not that means we may be in for another swim-off later this week.
Men – Potential
- Mitchell Scott – 200 fly
- Camden Taylor – 100 free
- Lance Norris – 1500 free
- Camden Taylor – 4×100 free
- Josh Bey – 200 breast
- Daniel Diehl – 200 back
Shouldn’t Anna Peplowski at least be under potential Worlds roster swimmers?
When and how is the Pan-Pac team picked?
Does Alex Shackell technically count for WUGS since she won’t start college until August when the meet is in July? Does the swimmer have to be affiliated with an NCAA college to qualify? Seems a little unfair to allow a graduating high school senior a spot on the WUGS team that could potentially exclude a current college swimmer. I also understand that some public universities allow students to select classes during the semester and pay their tuition during the summer, but I disagree with allowing a high school senior the opportunity at WUGS over a swimmer completing at least one semester of classes and participating on an NCAA team.
That’s a good question, and that’s a great example of where there are some unknowns as we try to project the WUGs roster. The USA Selection criteria states that an eligible swimmer is one who (among other things) “is officially registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at a university or similar institution whose status is recognized by the appropriate national academic authority of the U.S. at the beginning of the Qualifying Competition and throughout the Championships.”
That seems to mean that as long as a recent high school graduate has enrolled in college for the fall, they are eligible. And there is precedent for an incoming college freshman going to WUGs. For instance, in 2023, Macky Hodges competed… Read more »
Same as the international for the young side, the difference seems to be that internationally they allow a lot older university students to compete.
Sorry, where is she going to school?
You missed two female athletes that are already on the team and Claire is short some events.
Since Henry McFadden made the worlds team how does that affect the guaranteed spots on the Wugs team?
Thanks for catching that up. It means he’s off the WUGs team. Matt King should now have the 2nd 100 free spot, and Camden Taylor has the Priority #3 spot as the third-fastest eligible swimmer in the 100 free. I’ve updated the article. If Kulow makes the World team, then Taylor moves to Priority #1 and Quintin McCarty take the Priority #3 spot.
Now that the 50 fly, back and breast have been added to the Olympic program, shouldn’t the roster caps go up? (30 is a nice round number)
#5 and #6 shouldn’t be in consideration. #3 and #4 should be subject to flexible discretion.
Bring them if we need them, doubles if we don’t
Why? The more the merrier. You make the top six for relays, you make the National Team. Don’t deprive them of a hard-earned opportunity.
I would put off the swimoff for the 4×200 until the end of the meet. Whereas the men are questionable in terms of getting the requisite number of doubles, I think the women are very likely to get all 16. They are at 6 now. Ledecky is virtually guaranteed to get another 2. Both the 100 fly and the 50 free are almost certain to get two each as well. That takes them to 12. That means priority 2 swimmers are included. Smith currently has one double and is likely to get at least one more in the 50 or 100 back, likely 2 but nothing is certain. So if we get her to 2 doubles that gets the team… Read more »
4×2 is a double for ledecky regardless if she drops the individual or not.
They also are in a weird spot of having people in lower priority with double (smith, gemmell). So they are much closer to the 16 then this initial count suggests.
I agree on both points, although I seem to recall we got into some mathematical trouble a few years back when we started including people who hadn’t officially made the team yet (e.g., Regan Smith currently) in the double count.
I think that’s totally fair!
I just see it as the women have a big domino effect once they hit that 11-12 number (maybe tonight honestly)