With the revelation of the full entry lists for the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships, there has been one key last-minute change to event lineups for next week’s meet in Budapest.
Trenton Julian has been added to the 400 IM to swim alongside Carson Foster. Julian was previously scheduled to swim only the 200 fly individually, the event for which he is most known. He has been pretty good in the 400 IM in short course, including a third-place finish and a best time at the Swimming World Cup stop in Singapore in November.
Given his penchant for taking races out hard and his stroke specialty, surprisingly he was not leading after the butterfly leg, though relative to the top two finishers Leon Marchand (3:58.45) and Alberto Razzetti (4:00.59) he was much closer on the fly leg than he was in the rest of the race.
Julian’s Best 400 IM times:
- 400 yard IM – 3:39.83
- 400 SCM IM – 4:04.46
- 400 LCM IM – 4:17.03
While there was some discussion of filling in the 100 back slot vacated when Hunter Armstrong withdrew from the meet, USA Swimming ultimately decided to leave that event vacant.
Shaine Casas, who swam 44.18 in the 100 yard backstroke at his last meet two weeks ago, would have been the most likely fill-in there, but he will stick with just a single individual entry in the 200 IM plus, presumably, some relay swims. He has better 100 back times in all three courses than Aikins, with the biggest gaps being in short course, so Casas may still get the nod for finals relay swims.
Racing begins at the Duna Arena on Tuesday, December 10 and runs through Sunday, December 15.
The Full U.S. Lineup for the 2024 Short Course World Championships
| Swimmer 1 | Swimmer 2 | Event | Swimmer 1 | Swimmer 2 |
| Alexy | Guiliano | 50 Free | Douglass | G Walsh |
| Alexy | Guiliano | 100 free | G Walsh | Douglass |
| K Smith | Hobson | 200 Free | Weinstein | Madden |
| Foster | K Smith | 400 Free | Madden | Weinstein |
| Clark | Matheson | 800 Free | Madden | Grimes |
| Matheson | Clark | 1500 Free | Cox | Hurst |
| Andrew | 50 Back | R Smith | Berkoff | |
| Aikins | 100 Back | R Smith | Berkoff | |
| Aikins | 200 Back | R Smith | Bacon | |
| Andrew | 50 Breast | L King | Weber | |
| Andrew | 100 Breast | L King | Weber | |
| Pouch | 200 Breast | Douglass | A Walsh | |
| Andrew | Rose | 50 Fly | G Walsh | |
| Harting | Rose | 100 Fly | G Walsh | R Smith |
| Rose | Julian | 200 Fly | R Smith | Alex Shackell |
| Andrew | 100 IM | Douglass | G Walsh | |
| Casas | Foster | 200 IM | Douglass | A Walsh |
| Foster | 400 IM | Grimes | Bognar | |
| M King | Relays |
It is unbelievable we don’t have a second eligible breaststroker. Why is that?
SC Worlds is a perfect example of why swimmers who may not be top 2 in their respective events should keep grinding and wait for opportunities like this to contend for a World Championship podium. A a spectator it is also exciting to see some new stars emerge.
I like how Michael Andrew is doing all the non-Olympic events.
Casas not swimming the 100 back is like MA not swimming only 50’s.
Should have Emma Sticklen on the 2 fly with how she has been swimming SCY
World Aquatics has Kate Douglass entered as the second swimmer in the 50 fly.
Underage Budapest women beware
Wow. No casas in 100 back or 100 im. F in the chat, but I hope that means he will be cooking where hes focused