July 30th was the final day of the free agency period for the International Swimming League’s (ISL) 2021 season. The free agency period was a 30-day window following the conclusion of the ISL draft, where teams could bolster their rosters by signing undrafted athletes. According to the ISL rules for this season, this is the end of the free agency period, therefore additional swimmer may not be added to rosters from this point forward.
Although there won’t be any new additions to ISL teams this season, we may still see some swimmers decide to pull out. The ISL has seen its first Olympian withdraw from the 2021 season, with Adam Peaty announcing today he will be taking a break from swimming “for at least a month.” This seemingly indicates the breaststroke powerhouse will not be taking part in this ISL season, which is slated to begin on August 24th, before his one-month-minimum break is over.
We’ve already seen one post-Olympic withdrawal from the ISL and expect more in the coming days as athletes digest their summer schedules and develop fall plans. For any Olympians, this will be the best opportunity for a break before jumping into a hectic three-year -period before Paris has been condensed from the usual four by the Tokyo delay.
Free agent signings for the 2021 ISL season:
Out of the 10 ISL teams, the Tokyo Frog Kings had the busiest free agency period, signing 13 athletes to the team. Some notable additions include Gabby DeLoof, who will be joining her sister Catie on the team, and Zac Stubblety-Cook who recently won Gold in the men’s 200 breast at the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Frog Kings:
- Tomomi Aoki
- Gabby DeLoof
- Harriet Jones
- Keanna Macinnes
- Miranda Tucker
- Leah Gingrich
- Julie Meynen
- Pedro Spajari
- Richard Bohus
- Daniil Pasynkov
- Maarten Brzoskowski
- Federico Poggio
- Zac Stubblety-Cook
Iron also had a big free agency period, adding 8 athletes to the team, which gives them the largest current roster in the league. Among the free agents is 30-year-old Alys Thomas, the defending Commonwealth Games Gold medalist in the women’s 200 fly.
Iron:
- Alys Thomas
- Luiz Altamir Melo
- Silvia Scalia
- Danielle Hill
- Sasha Touretski
- Lorenzo Mora
- Maxim Lobanovszkij
- Erik Persson
London Roar added 6 swimmers in the free agency period, including Dutch SCM specialist Valerie Van Roon. Van Roon is a 3x SC European Champion, and a 3x SC World Championships Silver medalist. Fellow Netherlands native, Kim Busch, is also a SC force. Busch is a 6x Silver medalist at SC World Champs, and a 2x SC World Champs Bronze medalist. Van Roon and Busch are just 22 and 23 years old respectively.
London Roar:
NY Breakers picked up 4 athletes during free agency. British sprinter Elliot Clogg is a 2x Commonwealth Games medalist and a Short Course junior British Record-holder. Stan Pijnenburg is a SC World Championships relay Silver medalist.
New York Breakers:
- Elliot Clogg
- Paulina Peda
- Jakub Kraska
- Stan Pijnenburg
The Cali Condors picked up 5 free agents, including Katerine Savard, an Olympic Bronze medalist for Canada, and a 2x SC Worlds medalist. Also in the list of free agents was Tom Peribonio, who holds 9 Ecuadorian national records.
Cali Condors:
DC Trident signed 3 more athletes to the team following the draft. Among them was 2020-2021 NCAA All-American butterflier Camden Murphy. The UGA graduate will be making his ISL debut this fall. The Trident also signed veteran sprinter Madison Kennedy, a 7x SC World Champs medalist, including 4 Gold medals.
DC Trident:
- Bella Hindley
- Camden Murphy
- Mark Nikoalev
- Madison Kennedy
- Joanna Evans
Current 2021 ISL rosters for Aqua Centurions, Cali Condors, DC Trident, Energy Standard, and Iron:
| Team | Aqua Centurions | Cali Condors | DC Trident | Energy Standard | Iron |
| GM | Domenico Fioravanti | Jason Lezak | Kaitlin Sandeno | James Gibson | Dorina Szekeres |
| Coach | Matteo Giunta | Jeff Julian | Cyndi Gallagher | Tom Rushton | Luka Gabrilo |
| Athletes: | Alessandro Miressi | Alexandr Krasnykh | Alexander Shchegolev | Anastasia Shkurdai | Africa Zamorano |
| Arianna Castiglioni | Anastasiia Sorokina | Ali DeLoof | Andrei Zhilkin | Alys Thomas | |
| Arno Kamminga | Angel Martinez | Andreas Vazaios | Ben Proud | Andrej Barna | |
| Chase Kalisz | Beata Nelson | Anna Hopkin | Benedetta Pilato |
Barbora Seemanova
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| Elena de liddo | Brodie Williams | Annika Bruhn | Boglarka Kapas |
Bernhard Reitshammer
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| Fabio Santi | Caeleb Dressel | Bailey Andison | Chad le Clos |
Costanza Cocconcelli
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| Fabio Scozzoli | Coleman Stewart | Bella Hindley | Charlie Swanson | Danielle Hill | |
| Fantine Lesaffre | Eddy Wang | Brianna Throssel | Climent Mignon | David Verasto | |
| Federica Pellegrini | Emily Escobedo | Camden Murphy | Emily Seebohm |
Emilie Beckmann
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| Holly Barratt | Erika Brown | Cody Miller | Etiene Medeiros | Emre Sacki | |
| Holly Hibbott | Hali Flickinger | Farida Osman | Evgenia Chikunova | Erik Persson | |
| Ilya Bordin | Jesse Puts | Felipe Silva | Evgeny Rylov |
Guilherme Bassetto
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| Kathleen Dawson | Justin Ress | Jacob Pebley | Felipe Lima | Ida Hulkko | |
| Leonardo De Dues | Kacper Machjrzak | Jay Litherland | Femke Heemskerk |
Ingeborg Loyning
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| Marcelo Chierghini | Katerine Savard | Joanna Evans | Florent Manaudou | Jenna Strauch | |
| Maria Kameneva | Kathrin Demler | Leah Neale | Helena Rosendaal-bach | Katinka Hosszu | |
| Martina Carraro | Kelsi Dahlia | Linnea Mack | Ilya Shymanovich | Kirill Strelnikov | |
| Matteo Ciampi | Kevin Cordes | Madison Kennedy | James Guy | Kristof Milak | |
| Matteo Rivolta | Khadar Baqlah | Mark Nikolaev | Kliment Kolesnikov |
Leonardo Santos
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| Nicolo Martinegnhi | Leonie Kullman | Maria Temnikova | Kregor Zirk | Lorenzo Mora | |
| Radoslaw Kawecki | Lilly King | Mohammad Samy | Maddy Banic | Lucas Mertins | |
| Rika Omoto | Maike de Waard | Ryan Hoffer | Marco de Tullio |
Luis Altamir Melo
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| Silvia di pietro | Marcin Cieslak | Serhii Shevtsov | Mary Sophie-Harvey | Marco Orsi | |
| Simone Sabbioni | Marie Pietruschka | Tatianna Belonogoff | Max Stupin | Maria Ugolkova | |
| Szebasztian Szabo | Mark Szaranek | Ting Quah | Sarah Sjostrom | Matt Richards | |
| Thomas Ceccon | Molly Hannis | Tommy Cope | Siobhan Haughey | ||
| Vladislav Grinev | Natalie Hinds | Tristian Hollard | Viktoriya Gunes |
Melanie Henique
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| Nic Fink |
Velimir Stjepanovich
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Mikhail Vekovishchev
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| Oleg Kostin | Zach Apple | Nicholas Santos | |||
| Olivia Smoliga | Zach Harting |
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
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| Sherridon Dressel | Zane Grothe | Robert Glinta | |||
| Tom Peribonio |
Zsusanna Jakabos
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Sasha Touretski | |||
| Townley Haas | Silvia Scalia | ||||
| Thom de Boer | |||||
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Veronika Andrushenko
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Current 2021 ISL rosters for LA Current, London Roar, NY Breakers, Tokyo Frog Kings, and Toronto Titans:
| Team | LA Current | London Roar | NY Breakers | Tokoyo Frog Kings | Toronto Titans |
| GM | Lenny Krayzelburg |
Rob Woodhouse
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Kosuke Kitajima | Robert Kent | |
| Coach | David Marsh | Stephen Tigg | Martin Truijens | David Salo |
Byron MacDonald
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| Athletes: | Abbey Weitzeil | Adam Peaty | Abbie Wood | Alessandro pizunti | Aimee Wilmott |
| Abrahm Devine | Alia Atkinson | Ajna Kesely | Aly Tetzloff | Alberto Razzetti | |
| Alina Zmushka | Andi Murez | Alicia Tchorz | Bowe Becker | Anna Egorova | |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | Annie Lazor | Arina Surkova | Cassie Wild | Anton McKee | |
| Anna Ntountounaki | Cate Campbell | Brandonn Almeida | Catie DeLoof | Blake Pieroni | |
| Apostolos Christou | Christian Deiner | Brendon Smith | Chihiro Igarashi | Brent Hayden | |
| Beryl Gastaldello | Duncan Scott | Cornelia Fiedkiewicz | Christian Quintero |
Chelsea Hodges
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| Breno Correia | Dylan Carter | Daria Ustinova | Daiya Seto | Cole Pratt | |
| Bronte Campbell | Ed Mildred | Daryna Zevina | Daniil Pasynkov |
Fabian Schwingenschlogl
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| Fernando Scheffer | Emma Mckeon | David Popovici | Federico Poggio | Finlay Knox | |
| Helena Gasson | Freya Anderson | Elliot Clogg | Gabby DeLoof | Grigori Pekarski | |
| Javier Acevedo | Guilherme Guido | Felix Auboeck | Grigory Tarasevich | Jay Elliott | |
| Julia Sebastian | Ilaria Bianchi | Jacob Majerski | Harriet Jones | Kasia Wasick | |
| Kathleen Baker | Jenna Laukkanen | Jacob Whittle | Ivan Girev | Kayla Sanchez | |
| Katie McLaughlin | Katie Shanahan | Jakub Kraska | Julie Meyen | Kelsey Wog | |
| Kristian Gkolomeev | Katsumi Nakamura | James Wilby | Kanako Watanabe | Kylie Masse | |
| Madi Wilson | Kenzo Simons | Joe Litchfield | Keanna Macinnes | Laura Stephens | |
| Martin Malyutin | Kim Busch | Lewis Clareburt | Leah Gingrich | Lisa Bratton | |
| Matthew Wilson | Kira Toussaint | Lucy Hope | Leah Smith | Louise Hansson | |
| Maxime Rooney | Kirill Prigoda | Marco Koch | Maarten Brzoskowski | Luke Kroon | |
| Ryan Held | Kyle Chalmers | Marrit Steenbergen | Mallory Comerford | Marius Kusch | |
| Ryan Murphy | Laura Lahtinen | Matthew Temple | Miranda Tucker | Max Litchfileld | |
| Sara Franceschi | Luke Greenbank | Mewen Tomac | Nandor Nemeth |
Michelle Coleman
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| Tom Shields | Marie Wattel | Molly Renshaw | Paige Madden | Shane Ryan | |
| Tomoe Hvas | Minna Atherton | Paulina Peda | Pedro Spajari |
Summer McIntosh
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| Valentine Dumont | Ross Murdoch | Philip Heintz | Richard Bohus | Tessa Cieplucha | |
| Will Licon | Sam Williamson | Sarah Vasey | Suzuka Hasegawa | Yuri Kisil | |
| Sydney Pickrem | Stan Pijnenburg |
Takeshi Kawamoto
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| Teppei Morimoto | Svetlana Chimrova | Tomomi Aoki | |||
| Tom Dean | Tomoru Honda | ||||
| Vlad Morozov | |||||
| Vini Lanza | Yasuhiro Koseki | ||||
| Zach Incerti |
The lists are not the final ones, some swimmers are missing
one more addition after some digging
Energy Standard
*more corrections*
Aqua Centurions
LA Current
Aqua are swimming with only 11 available women?
Which team has the most medals in Tokyo?
Good idea for an article.
Which of the medalists did ISL? Seems like the people who raced more did better
London roar
Surely Toronto got some
p.s. i’d bet $20 for the Aqua Centurions, Energy Standard, LA Current & Toronto Titans teams to have actually picked up more free agency people but just haven’t announced it yet. for me it’s not likely that they would just stick with what they got from the draft so they could switch out athletes as needed
*got some corrections for ya Spencer Penland*
DC Trident also added
NY Breakers added
London Roar added
{as you can see I’ve been hella bored & eagerly awaiting ISL season again so yeah, just thought you should be caught up as much as i kept track of lol)
Props to Madison Kennedy for still swimming 💪🏾
Oh wow, thank you for the heads up! I wish the teams were better about communicating their roster moves. I was unable to find confirmation for Schouten, Sorensen, and Greene. Do you remember where you saw they were added?
I’ve not seen anything about Greene this year only last year. It would be their 5th male breastroker?
I was keeping track off of each team’s social media posts because like I said before I was hella bored & anxious for ISL to start up again 😅 Greene for sure on an actual post by the London Roar, the other two probably were on the NY Breakers IG stories
lol I feel that 😅😅😅 I think all that you mentioned above that I found out about were on the London Roar & NY Breakers IG stories……wish I had receipts to prove it to you oops
also your fellow swimswam writer from italy added Martina Caramignoli & Stefano Ballo to the Aqua Centurions