With two of three qualifying meets complete, the framework of the 2018-2019 U.S. National Team is well in place. There... Archive photo via Mike Lewis/Ola Vista Photography
With two of three qualifying meets complete, the framework of the 2018-2019 U.S. National Team is well in place. There could be some shuffling based on Junior Pan Pacs results, but with senior Pan Pacs and U.S. Nationals out of the way, the vast majority of next year’s National Team is all but locked in.
What is the National Team?
In contrast to the traveling rosters for meets like Pan Pacs, World Championships or World University Games, the U.S. National Team refers to a broader roster of the nation’s top swimmers in every event who can qualify for a wide range of benefits from USA Swimming.
For more detail on those specific benefits, check out our story on the subject from late 2014 here. The short version is that making the national team carries a certain level of prestige, financial support and other perks like access to the Olympic Training Center and video review and massages at some major meets.
For 2018-2019, the U.S. National Team will be selected from the top 6 times in each Olympic event from the combined results of U.S. Nationals, Pan Pacs and Junior Pan Pacs. As opposed to travel roster selection, this roster does take into account prelims swims in addition to swims from any final. Relay leadoffs, time trials, swim-offs and intermediate splits aren’t included.
Open water swimmers have already been selected based on the top 6 finishers at the 2018 U.S. Open Water Nationals 10K race. Unlike the pool team, they’re locked into their spots.
Projected Rosters
These rosters aren’t final, only because a swimmer from Junior Pan Pacs could still improve their standing. These lists, in a way, then, are incentive lists for any Junior Pan Pac swimmer looking for National Team status. Those who don’t make it will be likely to make the Junior National Team instead. The junior team is selected in a somewhat-similar way: the top 6 juniors (as of September 1, 2018) in each Olympic event are eligible make the roster, though this team is selected from long course times swum in the calendar year 2018 rather than from specific meets. It also limits the total roster to 40 swimmers and bases priority and selection on world ranks.
Men’s 50 free
Michael Andrew
21.46
Caeleb Dressel
21.67
Nathan Adrian
21.85
Michael Chadwick
22.00
Michael Jensen
22.03
Zach Apple
22.06
Men’s 100 free
Zach Apple
48.03
Blake Pieroni
48.08
Caeleb Dressel
48.13
Tate Jackson
48.20
Nathan Adrian
48.25
Maxime Rooney
48.27
Men’s 200 free
Townley Haas
1:45.56
Andrew Seliskar
1:45.70
Blake Pieroni
1:45.93
Conor Dwyer
1:46.08
Jack Levant
1:46.39
Zach Apple
1:46.56
Men’s 400 free
Zane Grothe
3:45.32
Grant Shoults
3:46.90
Conor Dwyer
3:48.45
Andrew Abruzzo
3:48.58
Chris Wieser
3:48.69
Trey Freeman
3:49.02
Men’s 800 free
Zane Grothe
7:43.74
Jordan Wilimovsky
7:45.19
Robert Finke
7:51.45
Nick Norman
7:54.47
Logan Houck
7:54.80
True Sweetser
7:56.08
Men’s 1500 free
Jordan Wilimovsky
14:46.93
Zane Grothe
14:48.40
Robert Finke
14:48.70
Michael Brinegar
15:07.04
Nick Norman
15:08.81
True Sweetser
15:10.65
Men’s 100 back
Ryan Murphy
51.94
Matt Grevers
52.55
Justin Ress
53.26
Michael Andrew
53.55
Bryce Mefford
53.84
Jacob Pebley
53.96
Men’s 200 back
Ryan Murphy
1:53.57
Jacob Pebley
1:55.68
Austin Katz
1:55.69
Clark Beach
1:57.06
Nick Alexander
1:57.18
Bryce Mefford
1:57.46
Men’s 100 breast
Michael Andrew
59.38
Andrew Wilson
59.42
Devon Nowicki
59.48
Kevin Cordes
59.72
Cody Miller
59.77
Nic Fink
59.86
Men’s 200 breast
Josh Prenot
2:07.28
Andrew Wilson
2:08.66
Will Licon
2:08.72
Nic Fink
2:09.24
Kevin Cordes
2:09.58
Daniel Roy
2:09.76
Men’s 100 fly
Caeleb Dressel
50.50
Jack Conger
51.11
Jack Saunderson
51.48
Michael Andrew
51.53
Tom Shields
51.94
Zach Harting
52.00
Men’s 200 fly
Justin Wright
1:54.63
Zach Harting
1:55.05
Jack Conger
1:55.18
Gianluca Urlando
1:55.21
Tom Shields
1:55.25
Chase Kalisz
1:55.42
Men’s 200 IM
Chase Kalisz
1:55.40
Abrahm DeVine
1:57.41
Gunnar Bentz
1:58.23
Andrew Seliskar
1:58.23
Josh Prenot
1:58.57
Jay Litherland
1:58.97
Men’s 400 IM
Chase Kalisz
4:07.95
Jay Litherland
4:10.21
Sean Grieshop
4:12.72
Sam Stewart
4:13.65
Abrahm DeVine
4:13.77
Charlie Swanson
4:14.01
Men’s Open Water
Jordan Wilimovsky
David Heron
Michael Brinegar
Brendan Casey
Taylor Abbott
Brennan Gravley
Women’s 50 free
Simone Manuel
24.10
Abbey Weitzeil
24.58
Margo Geer
24.77
Mallory Comerford
24.80
Grace Ariola
24.83
Madison Kennedy
24.92
Women’s 100 free
Simone Manuel
52.54
Mallory Comerford
52.94
Margo Geer
53.44
Abbey Weitzeil
53.56
Lia Neal
53.95
Kelsi Dahlia
54.09
Women’s 200 free
Katie Ledecky
1:54.60
Allison Schmitt
1:55.82
Gabby Deloof
1:56.55
Leah Smith
1:56.78
Melanie Margalis
1:56.84
Katie McLaughlin
1:56.88
Women’s 400 free
Katie Ledecky
3:58.50
Leah Smith
4:02.21
Haley Anderson
4:07.21
Kaersten Meitz
4:07.60
Sierra Schmidt
4:08.12
Hali Flickinger
4:08.40
Women’s 800 free
Katie Ledecky
8:09.13
Leah Smith
8:17.21
Haley Anderson
8:24.13
Ally McHugh
8:24.22
Erica Sullivan
8:26.27
Mariah Denigan
8:28.15
Women’s 1500 free
Katie Ledecky
15:38.97
Ashley Twichell
15:55.68
Leah Smith
16:00.82
Ally McHugh
16:02.56
Erica Sullivan
16:02.88
Haley Anderson
16:04.26
Women’s 100 back
Kathleen Baker
58.00
Olivia Smoliga
58.75
Regan Smith
58.83
Phoebe Bacon
59.12
Elise Haan
59.73
Lisa Bratton
59.76
Women’s 200 back
Kathleen Baker
2:06.14
Regan Smith
2:06.43
Isabelle Stadden
2:08.24
Lisa Bratton
2:08.37
Olivia Smoliga
2:08.58
Asia Seidt
2:09.20
Women’s 100 breast
Lilly King
1:05.36
Molly Hannis
1:05.78
Katie Meili
1:06.19
Micah Sumrall
1:06.34
Bethany Galat
1:06.41
Breeja Larson
1:07.80
Women’s 200 breast
Micah Sumrall
2:21.88
Lilly King
2:22.12
Bethany Galat
2:23.32
Annie Lazor
2:24.42
Emily Escobedo
2:25.22
Zoe Bartel
2:25.67
Women’s 100 fly
Kelsi Dahlia
56.44
Katie McLaughlin
57.51
Kendyl Stewart
57.70
Mallory Comerford
57.95
Sarah Gibson
58.09
Hellen Moffitt
58.15
Women’s 200 fly
Hali Flickinger
2:05.87
Katie Drabot
2:07.18
Regan Smith
2:07.42
Dakota Luther
2:08.09
Olivia Carter
2:09.40
Sarah Gibson
2:09.54
Women’s 200 IM
Kathleen Baker
2:08.32
Melanie Margalis
2:09.43
Ella Eastin
2:09.90
Evie Pfeifer
2:11.53
Meghan Small
2:11.65
Alex Walsh
2:11.83
Women’s 400 IM
Ally McHugh
4:34.80
Brooke Forde
4:35.09
Melanie Margalis
4:35.50
Leah Smith
4:35.68
Evie Pfeifer
4:38.68
Emma Barksdale
4:40.20
Women’s Open Water
Ashley Twichell
Haley Anderson
Erica Sullivan
Katy Campbell
Chase Travis
Hannah Moore
Full Projected Rosters By Name
Men (57)
Abrahm DeVine
Andrew Abruzzo
Andrew Seliskar
Andrew Wilson
Austin Katz
Blake Pieroni
Brendan Casey
Brennan Gravley
Bryce Mefford
Caeleb Dressel
Charlie Swanson
Chase Kalisz
Chris Wieser
Clark Beach
Cody Miller
Conor Dwyer
Daniel Roy
David Heron
Devon Nowicki
Gianluca Urlando
Grant Shoults
Gunnar Bentz
Jack Conger
Jack Levant
Jack Saunderson
Jacob Pebley
Jay Litherland
Jordan Wilimovsky
Josh Prenot
Justin Ress
Justin Wright
Kevin Cordes
Logan Houck
Matt Grevers
Maxime Rooney
Michael Andrew
Michael Brinegar
Michael Chadwick
Michael Jensen
Nathan Adrian
Nic Fink
Nick Alexander
Nick Norman
Robert Finke
Ryan Murphy
Sam Stewart
Sean Grieshop
Tate Jackson
Taylor Abbott
Tom Shields
Townley Haas
Trey Freeman
True Sweetser
Will Licon
Zach Apple
Zach Harting
Zane Grothe
Women (54)
Abbey Weitzeil
Alex Walsh
Allison Schmitt
Ally McHugh
Annie Lazor
Ashley Twichell
Asia Seidt
Bethany Galat
Breeja Larson
Brooke Forde
Chase Travis
Dakota Luther
Elise Haan
Ella Eastin
Emily Escobedo
Emma Barksdale
Erica Sullivan
Evie Pfeifer
Gabby Deloof
Grace Ariola
Haley Anderson
Hali Flickinger
Hannah Moore
Hellen Moffitt
Isabelle Stadden
Kaersten Meitz
Kathleen Baker
Katie Drabot
Katie Ledecky
Katie McLaughlin
Katie Meili
Katy Campbell
Kelsi Dahlia
Kendyl Stewart
Leah Smith
Lia Neal
Lilly King
Lisa Bratton
Madison Kennedy
Mallory Comerford
Margo Geer
Mariah Denigan
Meghan Small
Melanie Margalis
Micah Sumrall
Molly Hannis
Olivia Carter
Olivia Smoliga
Phoebe Bacon
Regan Smith
Sarah Gibson
Sierra Schmidt
Simone Manuel
Zoe Bartel
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What’s Sydney Pickrem doing in there? Anything we should know about there? 🙂
Not that it impacts your National team comments, but National Junior team is far more complicated and smaller than 6 per event. Max 40 per gender and must be in top 75 world women and top 100 world men if not top 2 US (more for relays) in an event.
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I see 40 limit is mentioned in article, either I missed it or it got added. The real limit, at least from last time was the world ranking. I think men was in low 30’s pool swimmers with some events having 6 names and others have 2.
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What’s Sydney Pickrem doing in there? Anything we should know about there? 🙂
Sydney Pickrem is Canadian.
Nope, just a missed translation in pulling times from USA Swimming’s ranks. It’s updated now.
If you’re from Texas, you’ve gotta be American.
Is there a link to projected Worlds/WUGs/PanAm teams?
Still very tentative and unofficial at this point: https://swimswam.com/final-rosters-king-into-worlds-in-200-breast-bumps-galat-to-pan-ams/
Not that it impacts your National team comments, but National Junior team is far more complicated and smaller than 6 per event. Max 40 per gender and must be in top 75 world women and top 100 world men if not top 2 US (more for relays) in an event.
I see 40 limit is mentioned in article, either I missed it or it got added. The real limit, at least from last time was the world ranking. I think men was in low 30’s pool swimmers with some events having 6 names and others have 2.