2024 Golden Goggle Awards
- November 23, 2024
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Livestream
- 2024 Nominees
- SwimSwam Official Ballot
- Full winners list/live recap
Bobby Finke and Torri Huske are the 2024 USA Swimming Golden Goggles Swimmers of the Year, but as one SwimSwam reader put it: “we’re here for the outfits!”
As is the case with most award shows, seeing who ate on the red carpet is as much fun as seeing who wins the actual awards.
The color theme among the women on Team USA were muted tones with Abbey Weitzeil‘s pink dress that shimmered under the bright lights on stage emerging as a fan favorite:
World Record holder Gretchen Walsh was a standout as well, with a pattern green-and-gold sequined halter dress (photo 7 in the album below).
View this post on Instagram
High school senior Alex Shackell, one of the youngest members of the American team, added a youthful pop of color to the red carpet with a bright pink dress (bottom center below).
It looked really nice with the subtle tartan on her brother Aaron’s black suit (slide 4 below):
My personal favorite might have been Emma Weyant’s long sleeved red dress that evoked an entire safari’s worth of animals, replete with leopard print, zebra print, and feathers around the cuffs. I know how it sounds as I write it, but in real life, it was the perfect amount of avante garde to stand out at this event.
Courtesy: USA Swimming
The guys were pretty conservative, though Bobby Finke looked sharp as always in a well-cut black suit with a white button up open at the top. Remember that last year he rocked the black-on-black turtle-neck look that also turned heads. Pictured below with his girlfriend and former Florida swimmer Ellie Zwiefel, Finke is consistently one of the best-dressed men on Team USA with an effortless chic-ness.
Chris Guiliano looked very modern and on-trend as well with velvet lapels in a monochromatic suit.
Courtesy: USA Swimming
Maybe the best red-carpet photo of the night came from the Berkoffs, with dad David (’88 and ’92) and daughter Katharine (’24) showing off their matching Olympic tattoos.
Katharine David Berkoff. Courtesy: Zack Jano/Instagram
The father daughter dynamic of David and Katherine is absolutely adorable. Like he changed the world of backstroke (and maybe swimming as a whole) and now gets to be a part of it again 30 years later
I’ve always thought the Walsh sisters looked very similar, but the fifth photo in Abbey’s queue makes her look like sisters with Gretchen, not Alex. Near twinning with their hair and smiles
ok i’ve always thought they kind of look alike too!
Definitely not Regan Smith or Katie Ledecky
Regan Smith popped what are you on about
My winners were Regan Smith for the women (gorgeous dimensional floral dress) and David Johnston for the men (classy plaid jacket and textured shirt). Everyone looked great!
Walsh sisters stole the show like normal
Someone PLEASE get Katie Ledecky a new stylist.
What are you talking about she looks great.
And Reagan Smith
What in the gen z is this headline fr fr ong
Deadass bro. This headline is not bussin, no cap
KL looks like she’s wearing a Star Trek uniform.
It does looked like Star Trek. The enterprise had a bowling alley in the Original Star Trek. Maybe, there was pool on the later enterprises like in Next Generation or the space station Deep Space Nine.
there’s always the hollodeck .
I thought she had the clark Kent theme going. Half professional/half superhero look. I liked it!