U.S. Names 32-Swimmer Roster for 2024 Short Course World Championships

USA Swimming has announced its roster for the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships that will be held from December 10th-15th at the Duna Arena in Budapest Hungary.

The roster of 16 men and 16 women include 21 swimmers who represented the United States at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The big names include Gretchen Walsh, who broke the World Record in the 100 fly in long course at the U.S. Olympic Trials and is arguably better in short course; 200 breaststroke Olympic champion Kate Douglass; 100 fly Olympic champion Torri Huske, and breaststroke World Record holder Lilly King.

This will also be the first big international championship for 11-time Short Course World Championship medalist Michael Andrew after his coaching change – though he still has not announced who his new trainer will be.

Other big-name Olympians on the roster include 8-time Olympic medalist Regan Smith, Carson Foster, Alex Shackell, and Jack Alexy. Smith, a decorated long course swimmer, has never opted to race at the Short Course World Championship meet, though she has been eligible several times.

Kieran Smith, who won three gold medals, including the 400 free individually, at the last edition is also on the roster.

A number of active NCAA swimmers are included on the list. The meet is one of the exception events outside of bona fide NCAA competition that is cleared for NCAA qualifying times.

Current NCAA swimmers include Jack Aikins, Alexy, Charlie Clark, Luke Hobson, Matt King, Daniel Matheson, Dare Rose, Phoebe Bacon, Jillian Cox, Kate Hurst, Huske, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, and Emma Weber.

The Walsh sisters and Weber all swim for the four-time defending NCAA Champions the University of Virginia.

Matheson and AJ Pouch are both making their senior international debuts at World Aquatics competitions for Team USA.

The 32-swimmer team is the largest allowed by USA Swimming rules. To be eligible, swimmers had to be members of the 2024-2025 National Team. They were then chosen based on the fastest long course times in the qualifying period, which was January 1, 2024 through August 24, 2024 (the same period as the National Team selection).

The U.S. led the medals table at the last edition of this meet in 2022 with 17 gold and 36 total medals. They have had the most gold medals at every Short Course Worlds since 2014 (Brazil won 7, US 2) and the most total medals at every edition since 2008 (Great Britain won 24, US 17).

The meet will take place December 10-15.

Men’s Roster

Name Event(s) Hometown Training Location College Affiliation
Jack Aikins 100/200 BK Atlanta, Ga. University of Virginia Virginia, ’26
Jack Alexy 50/100 FR Mendham, N.J. University of California-Berkeley California, ’25
Michael Andrew 50/100 BR Encinitas, Calif. MA Swim Academy N/A
Hunter Armstrong 50/100 BK Dover, Ohio California Aquatics Ohio State, ’24
Shaine Casas 200 IM McAllen, Texas Longhorn Aquatics N/A
Charlie Clark 1500 FR Sandusky, Ohio Ohio State University Ohio State, ’24
Carson Foster 200/400 IM Cincinnati, Ohio Longhorn Aquatics Texas, ’24
Chris Guiliano 50/100 FR Douglassville, Pa. Notre Dame University Notre Dame, ’25
Zach Harting 100 FL Huntsville, Ala. Cardinal Aquatics Louisville, ’19
Luke Hobson 200 FR Reno, Nev. University of Texas Texas, ’25
Trenton Julian 200 FL Glendale, Calif. Mission Viejo Nadadores California, ’21
Matt King Relay Snohomish, Wash. Indiana Swim Club Indiana, ’25
Daniel Matheson 800/1500 FR Peoria, Ariz. Arizona State University Arizona State, ’25
AJ Pouch 200 BR Henderson, Nev. Virginia Tech Virginia Tech, ’24
Dare Rose 50/100 FL Jersey City, N.J. California Aquatics California, ’24
Kieran Smith 200/400 FR Ridgefield, Conn. Gator Swim Club Florida, ’22

Women’s Roster

Name Event(s) Hometown Training Location College Affiliation
Phoebe Bacon 200 BK Chevy Chase, Md. Wisconsin Aquatics Wisconsin, ’24
Katharine Berkoff 100 BK Missoula, Mont. Wolfpack Elite NC State, ’23
Lilla Bognar 400 IM Travelers Rest, S.C. Team Greenville Florida, ’29
Jillian Cox 1500 FR Cedar Park, Texas University of Texas Texas, ’28
Kate Douglass 50/100 FR; 200 BR; 200 IM Pelham, N.Y. University of Virginia Virginia, ’23
Katie Grimes 800 FR; 400 IM Las Vegas, Nev. Sandpipers of Nevada Virginia, ’28
Kate Hurst 1500 FR Hillsdale, N.J. University of Texas Texas, ’28
Torri Huske 100 FR; 100 FL Arlington, Va. Stanford Stanford, ’25
Lilly King 50/100 BR Evansville, Ind. Indiana Swim Club Indiana, ’19
Paige Madden 200/400/800 FR Mobile, Ala. Sun Devil Swimming Virginia, ’21
Alex Shackell 200 FL Carmel, Ind. Carmel Swim Club California, ’29
Regan Smith 50/100/200 BK; 200 FL Lakeville, Minn. Longhorn Aquatics N/A
Alex Walsh 200 BR; 200 IM Nashville, Tenn. University of Virginia Virginia, ’24
Gretchen Walsh 50 FR; 50/100 FL Nashville, Tenn. University of Virginia Virginia, ’25
Emma Weber 100 BR Denver, Colo. University of Virginia Virginia, ’26
Claire Weinstein 200/400 FR White Plains, N.Y. Sandpipers of Nevada California, ’29

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tea rex
1 month ago

I’m glad Dare Rose, Jack Aikins, AJ Pouch get to do an international team this year. But they are all UNDENIABLY long course swimmers. For short course, it feels like Shaine Casas should be doing way more than one individual event.

Weinstein-Madden-Ledecky-Gemmell
2 months ago

It seems like some horse trading (800 FR, 1500 FR) between Cox and Grimes.

taylor swift
2 months ago

happily surprised that lilly king isn’t retiring yet!!! let’s gooooo

Faulty Touch Pad
2 months ago

Congrats to AJ Pouch! Dude’s been at the top of US 200 breaststroke for a few years now, glad to see him getting to officially wear the USA cap in competition.

I miss the ISL (Go dawgs)
2 months ago

I would like to see Alexy try the 200 free here. He is great in the 2 free SCY and he doesn’t have great turns. Would be interesting to see!

cow from china
2 months ago

Feels foreign not to have Nic fink in there anymore 😔. he’s been there so long

Weinstein-Madden-Ledecky-Gemmell
Reply to  cow from china
2 months ago

He’s been assigned diaper duty.

Weinstein-Madden-Ledecky-Gemmell
2 months ago

The Steinway awaits Trenton Julian.

Weinstein-Madden-Ledecky-Gemmell
2 months ago

Six former/current/future University of Virginia Cavaliers on the women’s roster: P. Madden, K. Douglass, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, E. Weber, K. Grimes (freshly minted)

HOO love
Reply to  Weinstein-Madden-Ledecky-Gemmell
2 months ago

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