Breakdown: 20 New Women, 16 New Men on 2014-2015 U.S. National Team

Update: After initial release, USA Swimming made one update to the National Team roster. See here for more details.

The way USA Swimming, and most major swimming nations, assign  their National Team rosters is by a collection of individual event results. That results in a list like the one seen here.

At the end of the day though, the swimmers, collectively, are the U.S. National Team, a full team, a collective team, and so below we’ve presented that team with this in mind.

Some observations:

• In total, there were 51 men and 53 women on this year’s USA Swimming National Team.
• Jordan Wilimovsky, who made the U.S. National Team in the 1500 meter free and the open water 10km swim, is on his first pool National Team.
• By our math, that’s a decrease of four men and the same number of women as last year’s team.
• Ryan Lochte earned the most invites onto the National Team with 5. Michael Phelps, Tyler Clary, Missy Franklin, Elizabeth Beisel, and Becca Mann got four each. Franklin was the only swimmer who got four invites without one of them being an IM event.
• Kendyl Stewart was on the National Team last year, but in the 200 backstroke. This year, she made the team as the National Champion, and number-one ranked, 100 butterflier.
• Maya DiRado is also the top-ranked American in the 200 IM from the relevant qualifying meets – also in an event that she didn’t even make the National Team in last year.
• There was huge turnover in the women’s distance events. In the 400 free, four out of six National Team swimmers are new from last season, and in the 800 free, five of the six are new. The exception is Katie Ledecky.
• Every event saw at least one swimmer change. The rare three instances with just one swimmer changed in an event were the men’s 100 back, the men’s 400 IM, and the men’s open water 10k.
• Allison Schmitt missed the Pan Pacs roster, but she did earn her way back on to the National Team, thanks to her 200 free.
• Molly Hannis has progressed so far in her 200 breaststroke that she made the National Team in that event, not her previously-preferred 100 breaststroke that put her on the squad in 2013-2014.

Below, see the full rosters. Keep scrolling to see a breakdown of what has changed since last year.

Team Rosters

New to team

Men

Seth Stubblefield*
Michael Phelps
Reed Malone*
Clay Youngquist*
Ryan Feeley
Janardan Burns*
Connor Green*
Jonathan Roberts*
Brendan McHugh*
Zach Hayden*
DJ MacDonald*
Giles Smith
Matt Ellis*
Ben Colley*
Jay Litherland*
David Heron (open water)

Women

Abbey Weitzeil*
Madeline Locus*
Madison Kennedy
Lia Neal
Leah Smith*
Allion Schmitt
Chelsea Chenault*
Cierra Runge*
Katy Campbell*
Clara Smiddy*
Lisa Bratton*
Courtney Bartholomew*
Lillia King*
Katie Meili*
Kaylin Burchell*
Tina Bechtel*
Hali Flickinger*
Meghan Small*
Karlee Bispo*
Christine Jennings (open water)

* – First time ever on the U.S. National Team (senior level only)

Out of team

Men

Karl Krug
Ricky Berens (retired)
Charlie Houchin (retired after Nationals)
Michael Wynalda
Nicholas Caldwell
Chad la Tourette (retired)
Zane Grothe
Arthur Frayler
Eugene Godsoe
Shane Ryan
Jack Conger
Drew TeDuits
Brad Craig
Mike Alexandrov
Scott Weltz
Clark Burckle (Hasn’t raced, in graduate school)
Tyler McGill (retired)
Kyler van Swol
Tom Luchsinger
Austin Surhoff
Stephen Schmuhl
Joey Pedraza (open water)

Women

Megan Romano
Christine Magnuson (retired)
Kiera Janzen
Jordan Mattern
Gillian Ryan
Sarah Henry
Chloe Sutton
Stephanie Peacock
Sarah Denninghoff (returning from major injury)
Laura Sogar
Katy Freeman (hesitating to say ‘officially retired,’ but doesn’t plan to compete)
Annie Zhu
Dana Vollmer (hasn’t raced)
Erika Erndl (didn’t race Nationals)
Olivia Scott
Lauren Harrington
Megan Kingsley
Justine Mueller Bowker (RETIRED???)
Celina Li
Meghan Hawthorne (didn’t race long course)
Tristin Baxter (open water)

Total Event Changes

Men

IN
Seth Stubblefield – 50 free
Matt Grevers – 50 free
Michael Phelps – 100 free
Reed Malone – 200 free
Clay Youngquist – 200 free
Michael Weiss – 200 free
Ryan Feeley – 400 free
Reed Malone – 400 free
Jordan Willimovsky – 1500 free
Janardan Burns – 1500 free
Andrew Gemmell – 1500 free
Michael Phelps – 100 back
Jacob Pebley – 100 back
Connor Green – 200 back
Jonathan Roberts – 200 back
Brendan McHugh – 100 breast
Zach Hayden – 100 breast
DJ MacDonald – 100 breast
Josh Prenot – 200 breast
DJ MacDonald – 200 breast
Michael Phelps – 100 fly
Giles Smith – 100 fly
Matt Ellis – 100 fly
Chase Kalisz – 200 fly
Kyle Whitaker – 200 fly
Ben Colley – 200 fly
Michael Phelps – 200 IM
Josh Prenot – 200 IM
Tyler Clary – 200 IM
Jay Litherland – 400 IM
David Heron – 10km open water

OUT
Karl Krug – 50 free
Jimmy Feigen – 50 free
Ricky Berens – 100 free (retired)
Charlie Houchin – 200 free
Ricky Berens – 200 free (retired)
Michael Wynalda – 200 free
Nicholas Caldwell – 400 free
Charlie Houchin – 400 free
Chad la Tourette – 1500 free (???)
Zane Grothe – 1500 free (???)
Arthur Frayler – 1500 free
Eugene Godsoe – 100 back
Shane Ryan – 100 back
Jack Conger – 200 back
Drew TeDuits – 200 back
BJ Johnson – 100 breast
Brad Craig – 100 breast
Mike Alexandrov – 100 breast
Scott Weltz – 200 breast
Clark Burckle – 200 breast (retired???)
Tyler McGill – 100 fly
Eugene Godsoe – 100 fly
Kyler van Swol – 100 fly
Bobby Bollier – 200 fly
Tom Luchsinger – 200 fly
Austin Surhoff – 200 IM
Kyle Whitaker – 200 IM
Stephen Schmuhl – 200 IM
Stephen Schmuhl – 400 IM
Joey Pedraza – 10k open water

Women

In
Abbey Weitzeil – 50 free
Madeline Locus – 50 free
Madison Kennedy – 50 free
Shannon Vreeland – 100 free
Lia Neal – 100 free
Abbey Weitzeil – 100 free
Leah Smith – 200 free
Allison Schmitt – 200 free
Chelsea Chenault – 200 free
Cierra Runge – 400 free
Leah Smith – 400 free
Elizabeth Beisel – 400 free
Becca Mann – 400 free
Becca Mann – 800 free
Cierra Runge – 800 free
Lindsay Vrooman – 800 free
Katy Campbell – 800 free
Leah Smith – 800 free
Kathleen Baker – 100 back
Clara Smiddy – 100 back
Lisa Bratton – 200 back
Courtney Bartholomew – 200 back
Lilly King – 100 breast
Katie Meili – 100 breast
Melanie Margalis – 200 breast
Kaylin BUrchell – 200 breast
Molly Hannis – 200 breast
Kendyl Stewart – 100 fly
Katie McLaughlin – 100 fly
Gia Dalesandro – 100 fly
Tina Bechtel – 100 fly
Hali Flickinger – 200 fly
Courtney Weaver – 200 fly
Tina Bechtel – 200 fly
Maya DiRado – 200 IM
Meghan Small – 200 IM
Karlee Bispo – 200 IM
Becca Mann – 400 IM
Hali Flickinger – 400 IM
Melanie Margalis – 400 IM
Haley Anderson – 10km open water
Christine Jennings – 10km open water

Out
Megan Romano – 50 free
Christine Magnuson – 50 free
Margo Geer – 50 free
Natalie Coughlin – 100 free
Megan Romano – 100 free
Natalie Coughlin – 100 free
Maya DiRado – 200 free
Kiera Janzen – 200 free
Jordan Mattern – 200 free
Gillian Ryan – 400 free
Sarah Henry – 400 free
Amber McDermott – 400 free
Chloe Sutton – 400 free
Chloe Sutton – 800 free
Gillian Ryan – 800 free
Sarah Henry – 800 free
Stephanie Peacock – 800 free
Haley Anderson – 800 free
Sarah Denninghoff – 100 back
Megan Romano – 100 back
Kendyl Stewart – 200 back
Sarah Denninghoff – 200 back
Laura Sogar – 100 breast
Molly Hannis – 100 breast
Laura Sogar – 200 breast
Katy Freeman – 200 breast
Annie Zhu – 200 breast
Dana Vollmer – 100 fly
Erika Erndl – 100 fly
Olivia Scott – 100 fly
Christine Magnuson – 100 fly
Lauren Harrington – 200 fly
Becca Mann – 200 fly
Megan Kingsley – 200 fly
Justine Mueller Bowker – 200 IM
Sarah Henry – 200 IM
Celina Li – 200 IM
Celina Li – 400 IM
Sarah Henry – 400 IM
Meghan Hawthorne – 400 IM
Ashley Twichell – 10km open water
Tristin Baxter – 10km open water