Jack Dahlgren has been named the flag bearer for the US at the 2023 World University Games in Chengdu, China.
Just a few days ago, Dahlgren was named one of five captains for the US squad, including one of three men.
The opening ceremony for the Games will take place July 28th. Swimming competition begins August 1st. The US swimming squad arrived in Chengdu on July 26th.
The US roster is not being sponsored by USA Swimming this year. Instead, swimmers have to pay the expenses out of pocket. Some swimmers set up individual GoFundMe’s to help offset expenses.
Dahlgren just finished up his fifth year at Missouri. During his fifth year, Dahlgren was an SEC runner up in the 200 free as well as the third place finisher in the 200 back and seventh place finisher in the 100 back. At 2023 NCAAs, Dahlgren was highlighted by a fifth place finish in the 200 free and a seventh place finish in the 200 back.
About a month ago, Dahlgren competed at US Nationals. There he was highlighted by a sixth place finish in the 200 fly as he swam a 1:56.24 in finals. He was slightly faster in prelims as he swam a 1:55.72 then, which stands at his personal best. His time from finals made him less than two seconds off of qualifying for 2023 Worlds. Dahlgren also was 12th in the 200 free in a 1:47.25.
Competition for 2023 WUGs can be viewed for free using this link.
U.S. MEN’S ROSTER
- Jack Armstrong, Henderson State
- Christian Bart, Oakland
- William Christenson, Minnesota
- Jared Daigle, Michigan
- Jack Dahlgren, Missouri
- Diggory Dillingham, USC
- Cade Duncan, Northwestern
- Zhier Fan, Stanford
- Joe Hayburn, Loyola (MD)
- Jack Hoagland, Notre Dame
- Kevin Houseman, Northwestern
- Tommy Janton, Notre Dame
- Keaton Jones, Cal
- Connor LaMastra, Northwestern
- Connor Morikawa, Northwestern
- Chris Nagy, Minnesota
- Kyle Ponsler, NC State
U.S. WOMEN’S ROSTER
- Eliza Brown, Princeton
- Eva Carlson, UCLA
- Delaney Carlton, UNC Asheville
- Annabelle Corcoran, SMU
- Abby Daniel, Akron
- Callie Dickinson, Georgia
- Noelle Harvey, Washington State
- Macky Hodges, USC
- Sabrina Johnston, Princeton
- Anna Kalandadze, UPenn
- Susan LaGrand, Oakland
- Emily Lundgren, Washington State
- Paige MacEachern, UCLA
- Lily Mead, Loyola (MD)
- Madyson Morse, Illinois State
- Anya Mostek, Harvard
- Heidi Smithwick, Princeton
- Amy Tang, Stanford
- Caroline Theil, Texas A&M
- Megan Van Berkom, Minnesota
Put a Tall Slim Tee on that man and call him Charles Eggman. (Fastest shooter in the west)
USA Swimming dropped the ball here. This event is proving to be an amazing experience for the kids and the group involved with helping this team from coaches to sponsors has been too notch.
The opening Ceremonies were equal to anything we have seen at an Olympics and the experience has really been special.
Good luck to all of Team USA!
The opening ceremony was out of this world