USA Swimming Reveals 2023 Southern Zone Select Camp Roster

USA Swimming has announced the 54 participants for the 2023 Southern Zone Select Camp. The camp is slated to begin May 18, and will be held at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. 

North Carolina Aquatic Club’s Daisy Collins and Bolles School Sharks’ Dillon Brigman highlight their respective rosters, as both of whom won the Junior 5k event at Open Water Nationals last month. 

In terms of clubs, five teams have three swimmers on the roster including: TAC Titans, Nitro Swimming, SwimAtlanta, North Carolina Aquatic Club, and the Houston Bridge Bats. 

• See full roster here. 

The Southern Zone Select Camp is one of four Zone Select Camps held each year. In each zone, 28 girls and 28 boys are chosen to attend, with the girls being ages 12-13 at the time of their performance and boys being 13-14 years old. Athletes are selected by the following criteria:

1. The top seven IMX scoring athletes in each age and gender (28 total)
2. The next fastest available swimmer in each Olympic event per gender (28 total)

Note: The Southern Zone has named 54 athletes to the roster this year rather than the full 56.

To be selected, athletes must also be U.S. citizens who have not already been to the National Select Camps or been named to the National or Junior National Teams. The camps work as a progression, meaning that once an athlete has attended a higher level camp, they cannot “step down.” 

The camps consist of both in-water practices and classroom sessions that cover various information designed to motivate and empower athletes as they continue their swimming careers.