U.S. Para Swimming Reveals Roster of 33 for Paris Paralympics

2024 U.S. PARA SWIMMING TRIALS

• June 27 – 29, 2024
• Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center — Minneapolis, MN
• 50 meters (LCM)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet (pre-scratch)
• Results
• Day 1 Recap
• Day 2 Recap
• Day 3 Recap

After three days of U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 33 swimmers were selected Sunday morning for the Paris 2024 Paralympics in late August. The American women outnumber the men 21 to 12.

After leading all Trials swimmers with five individual wins combined on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 29-time Paralympic medalist Jessica Long punched her ticket to her team-leading sixth Paralympics. The 32-year-old Long is the defending Paralympic champion in the 200 IM SM8, 100 butterfly S8, and 4×100 medley relay.

The quartet of Mallory Weggemann, Evan Austin, McKenzie Coan, and Colleen Young qualified for their fourth Paralympics. Weggemann is a three-time Paralympic champion, Austin is a one-time champion, Coan is a four-time champion, and Young is a three-time medalist.

One of the standout performers at Trials was Elizabeth Marks, who tied her own world record in the 100 back S6 on Thursday (1:19.57) and broke the continental record in the 50 free S6 (33.13 in prelims) on Saturday. Marks will be headed to her third Paralympics along with reigning 100 back S9 Paralympic champion Hannah Aspden, three-time Paralympic medalist Lizzi Smith, and University of Minnesota’s Natalie Sims.

Morgan Stickney has tons of momentum heading into Paris courtesy of her recent world record in the 400 free S7 (4:51.50). The 27-year-old won the Paralympic title in the 400 free S8 in 2021 and the world title in the same event in 2022 before reclassifying to S7 for last year’s Worlds, where she broke an 11-year-old world record with a time of 4:54.28.

Along with Stickney, Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini headline the crew of second-time Paralympians after they both broke world records as teenagers in Tokyo in the 400 free S11 and 100 back S13, respectively. Other returners include Tokyo Paralympic medalists David Abrahams, Leanne Smith, Ahalya Lettenberger, Julia Gaffney, Jamal Hill, and Matthew Torres.

Ten swimmers will be making their Paralympic debuts in Paris, including newly-minted American record holder Ali Truwit. It will be the former Yale swimmer’s first time competing at a major international meet after losing her foot in a shark attack last year. Other first-time Paralympians include 2023 world champions Noah Jaffe, Olivia Chambers, and 37-year-old mother of three Christie Raleigh Crossley.

“We are exceptionally proud of these athletes, who represent the best that Team USA has to offer,” U.S. Paralympics Swimming director Erin Popovich said. “They have taken full advantage of the shortened, three-year Paralympic quad since Tokyo, and we are so excited to support them as they compete against the best in the world this summer.”

2024 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team

Men

• David Abrahams
• Evan Austin
• Yaseen El-Demerdash
• Jamal Hill
• Noah Jaffe
• Abbas Karimi
• Jack O’Neil
• Morgan Ray
• Lawrence Sapp
• Zachary Shattuck
• Matthew Torres
• Evan Wilkerson

Alternates:

• Adin Williams

Women

• Hannah Aspden
• Olivia Chambers
• McKenzie Coan
• Julia Gaffney
• Keegan Knott
• Ahalya Lettenberger
• Jessica Long
• Elizabeth Marks
• Grace Nuhfer
• Anastasia Pagonis
• Gia Pergolini
• Christie Raleigh Crossley
• Summer Schmit
• Natalie Sims
• Leanne Smith
• Lizzi Smith
• Morgan Stickney
• Alexandra Truwit
• Mallory Weggemann
• Taylor Winnett
• Colleen Young

Alternates:

• McClain Hermes
• Audrey Kim