USA Swimming released the complete roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships this afternoon. The competition is set to be held in Fukuoka, Japan from the 14th to 30 of July, with pool swimming starting on the 23rd.
As previously reported by SwimSwam, the 2nd 50 fly spot on the men’s roster should have fallen to Shaine Casas and it has, as he has the fastest 50 fly time on the team (23.31) after working through the qualifiers in the 100 fly. Casas will join Dare Rose in the 50 fly, but had Thomas Heilman had an ‘A’ cut in the 50 it would have been his event to swim over Casas. Much like last year with Annie Lazor in the women’s 50 breaststroke, Casas’s time is from a 100 split that he swam in the summer of 2022, a time that is under the ‘A’ cut of 23.53 for these World Championships.
The 2nd spot in the men’s 50 breast was not filled as no swimmer on the team, outside of the already-qualified Nic Fink, has the ‘A’ cut. In the backstroke, last year’s gold medalist Justin Ress is joined by the current World Record holder and 100 back National Champion Hunter Armstrong.
On the women’s side things were much clearer. Regan Smith adds the 50 back, as the winner of the 100, and Lydia Jacoby adds the 50 breast, as the next fastest swimmer on the team. Lastly, Torri Huske adds the 50 Fly to her event line-up due to her winning the 100 fly.
Men’s 50 Stroke Swimmers
- 50 Fly: Dare Rose and Shaine Casas
- 50 Back: Justin Ress and Hunter Armstrong
- 50 Breast: Nic Fink
Women’s 50 Stroke Swimmers
- 50 Fly: Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske
- 50 Back: Katharine Berkoff and Regan Smith
- 50 Breast: Lilly King and Lydia Jacoby
See the full rosters below. Please note that no selection regarding the mixed relays has been made and only the swimmers who qualified for the team in a relay, as opposed to the individual event, have that marked as an event, ie Jack Alexy does not have the 4×100 free relay listed as an event (he’ll race the 100 free individually) but Matt King does (he won’t swim individually).
The added 50 events have been bolded below
Men’s Roster
| Name | Event(s) | Affiliated Team |
| Jack Alexy | 50 FR, 100 FR | California Aquatics |
| Hunter Armstrong | 50 BK, 100 BK | New York Athletic Club/California Aquatics |
| Shaine Casas | 50 FL, 200 IM | Longhorn Aquatics |
| Charlie Clark | 1500 FR | Vacationland Swim Club/Ohio State |
| Ross Dant | 800 FR | Hickory Foundation YMCA/Wolfpack Elite/NC State |
| Matt Fallon | 200 BR | Athens Bulldog Swim Club/University of Pennsylvania |
| Nic Fink | 50 BR, 100 BR | Metro Atlantic Aquatic Club |
| Bobby Finke | 800 FR, 1500 FR | St. Petersburg Aquatics/Gator Swim Club |
| Carson Foster | 200 FL, 200 IM, 400 IM | Mason Manta Rays |
| Brennan Gravley | 5K, 10K | University of Florida |
| Dylan Gravley | 5K | Arizona State University |
| Chris Guiliano | 100 FR | University of Notre Dame |
| Thomas Heilman | 100 FL, 200 FL | Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Family YMCA |
| Ryan Held | 50 FR, 4×100 FR | New York Athletic Club |
| Luke Hobson | 200 FR | Lakeridge Swim Team/University of Texas |
| David Johnston | 400 FR | Rockwall Aquatic Center/University of Texas |
| Chase Kalisz | 400 IM | Sun Devil Swimming |
| Drew Kibler | 4×200 FR | Carmel Swim Club |
| Matt King | 4×100 FR | Texas Ford Aquatics |
| Destin Lasco | 4×100 FR, 200 BK | California Aquatics |
| Josh Matheny | 100 BR, 200 BR | Indiana Swim Club/Indiana University |
| Henry McFadden | 4×200 FR | Jersey Wahoos |
| Jake Mitchell | 4×200 FR | Carmel Swim Club/University of Florida |
| Ryan Murphy | 100 BK, 200 BK | California Aquatics |
| Baylor Nelson | 4×200 FR | SwimMAC/Texas A&M |
| Justin Ress | 50 BK, 4×100 FR | Mission Viejo Nadadores |
| Dare Rose | 50 FL, 100 FL | California Aquatics |
| Kieran Smith | 200 FR, 400 FR | Ridgefield Aquatic Club |
| Joey Tepper | 10K | University of Tennessee |
Women’s Roster
| Name | Event(s) | Affiliated Team |
| Katharine Berkoff | 50 BK, 100 BK | Missoula Aquatic Club/NC State |
| Jillian Cox | 800 FR | Longhorn Aquatics |
| Mariah Denigan | 5K, 10K | Indiana University |
| Kate Douglass | 100 FR, 200 BR, 200 IM | New York Athletic Club |
| Erin Gemmell | 4×200 FR | Nation’s Capital Swim Club |
| Katie Grimes | 400 IM, 1500M, 5K, 10K | Sandpipers of Nevada |
| Torri Huske | 50 FL, 100 FL, 4×100 FR | Arlington Aquatic Club |
| Lydia Jacoby | 50 BR, 100 BR | Seward Tsunami Swim Club/University of Texas Texas |
| Lilly King | 50 BR, 100 BR, 200 BR | Indiana Swim Club |
| Katie Ledecky | 400 FR, 800 FR, 1500 FR | Gator Swim Club |
| Lindsay Looney | 200 FL | Metroplex Aquatics/Arizona State |
| Maxine Parker | 4×100 FR | Cats Aquatic Club/University of Virginia |
| Anna Peplowski | 4×200 FR | Indiana University |
| Alex Shackell | 4×200 FR | Carmel Swim Club |
| Bella Sims | 200 FR, 400 FR | Sandpipers of Nevada |
| Leah Smith | 4×200 FR | Longhorn Aquatics |
| Regan Smith | 200 FL, 50 BK, 100 BK, 200 BK | Sun Devil Swimming |
| Olivia Smoliga | 4×100 FR | Sun Devil Swimming |
| Alex Walsh | 200 IM, 400 IM | Nashville Aquatic Club/University of Virginia |
| Gretchen Walsh | 50 FR, 50 FL, 100 FL, 4×100 FR | Nashville Aquatic Club/University of Virginia |
| Claire Weinstein | 200 FR | Sandpipers of Nevada |
| Abbey Weitzeil | 50 FR, 100 FR | California Aquatics |
| Rhyan White | 200 BK | Wasatch Front Fish Market/Wolfpack Elite |
Cause he didn’t qualify.
Ledecky does not swim 200 free?
Only in the relay
When are the final rosters for World Juniors, Pan-Ams and Euro Un23 going to be announced??
Swimmers have gotten notifications, so hopefully soon.
How does Heilman not have a time under 25.5? I don’t know his split but u less he negative splitted his 100 he should’ve gotten under that cut there right?
Its a typo…prob the 50 back QT
23.53*
Swimswam commenters are brutal lol
Ben Proud only swims 50 free and 50 fly. Flo will probably be in only the 50 free as his sprint endurance is not what it used to be.
Didn’t Flo go like a 48.0 at nationals a month ago?
Maybe he swims the 100 free on relay.
Do we know when official entries from FINA will come out? Presumably it’s past the entry deadline at this point
Last year the official PDF didn’t come out until 3 days before but they might have been listed on the WA website a bit earlier (I can’t remember).
And MA has a month off to surf
Take the rest of the year off.
It’s all God’s plan.
Then “… get back to training”.
Why isn’t Alexy swimming the relay?
Please note that no selection regarding the mixed relays has been made and only the swimmers who qualified for the team in a relay, as opposed to the individual event, have that marked as an event, ie Jack Alexy does not have the 4×100 free relay listed as an event (he’ll race the 100 free individually) but Matt King does (he won’t swim individually).
Read the article
You bring shame on fellow Andys