USA Swimming has released the first draft of their 2013 World University Games roster, which was selected from (generally) the top two collegiate finishers at the U.S. Open meet a few weeks ago. The 2013 edition of the meet will be held in Kazan, Russia
Keep in mind that these swimmers don’t have to be currently competing collegiately, they just have to be enrolled in college this coming year, which is what left the door open for veterans Mike Alexandrov and Ashley Steenvoorden to join this team well after their college eligibility is up.
No surprise, but the defending champion Cal women have put at least 4 swimmers on this roster: Liv Jensen, Catherine Breed, Rachael Acker, and Cindy Tran. USC is also wlel represented with Kendyl Stewart, Jasmine Tosky, Andrea Kropp, and Meghan Hawthorne all representing the Trojans.
These lineups are still somewhat in a state of flux, as any swimmer who makes next summer’s World Championship team would be ineligible for the World University Games team. That includes swimmers like Megan Romano, Kelsey Floyd, and Kevin Cordes, all of whom are within reach of a berth for Barcelona.
The Big Ten men asserted their power, with almost a third of the lineup holding degrees from the midwestern conference (7 out of 22).
USA Swimming has expanded their definition of “proceeding towards a degree or diploma at a university or similar institution” to include high school seniors; there are at least two high school swimmers on this team in Jack Conger and Chelsea Chenault, who will be enrolled in universities (most likely) by the time this meet rolls around next July.
The current roster has 17 men and 22 women, which is much smaller than the 26 and 26 that they are limited to. There are still unfilled spots, for example the second swimmer in the women’s 100 breaststroker.
| Women | ||
| Rachael Acker | 400 Free Relay | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/Cal |
| Catherine Breed | 100/400 Free, 800 free relay | Pleasanton Seahawks/Cal |
| Chelsea Chenault | 200 Free | Terrapins Swim Team |
| Kelsey Floyd | 100/200 fly | Tennessee |
| Meghan Hawthorne | 400 IM | Rattler Swim Club/USC |
| Sarah Henry | 200/400 IM, 800 Free Relay | Aggie Swim Club/Texas A&M |
| Liv Jensen | 50 Free, 400 Free Relay | California Aquatics/Cal |
| Andrea Kropp | 200 Breast | Rattler Swim Club/USC |
| Melanie Margalis | 200 IM | Saint Petersburg Aquatics/Georgia |
| Emily McClellan | 100 Breast | J-Hawk Aquatic Club/UW-Milwaukee |
| Stephanie Peacock | 400/800 Free | Swim Florida/North Carolina |
| Megan Romano | 50/100/200 free, 100/200 back | Athens Bulldog Swim Club/Georgia |
| Laura Sogar | 100/200 Breast | Bluefish Swimming/Texas |
| Ashley Steenvoorden | 800 Free | Minnesota |
| Kendyl Stewart | 200 Back | North Coast Aquatic Club/USC |
| Jasmine Tosky | 100/200 Fly | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/USC |
| Cindy Tran | 100 Back | Golden West Swim Club/Cal |
| Men | ||
| Michael Alexandrov | 100 Breast | Trojan Swim Club/Northwestern |
| Matt Barber | 200 Free | Arizona |
| James Barbiere | 800 Free Relay | Indiana |
| Cory Chitwood | 200 IM | Northern Kentucky Clippers/Arizona |
| Jack Conger | 100 Fly | Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club |
| Kevin Cordes | 100/200 Breast | Arizona |
| Michael Flach | 200 Fly | South Carolina |
| Adam Hinshaw | 200/400 IM, 800 Free Relay | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/Cal |
| Bernard Johnson | 200 Breast | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/Stanford |
| Tom Luchsinger | 200 Fly | Three Village Swim Club/North Carolina |
| Michael McBroom | 400/1500 Free | The Woodlands Swim Team/Texas |
| Kyle Owens | 100 Free, 100 Back | Auburn |
| Jacob Pebley | 100/200 Back | Corvallis Aquatics/Cal |
| Tyler Reed | 100 Free | Southern Kentucky Swim Club/Kentucky |
| Jacob Ritter | 400 Free Relay | Texas |
| Sean Ryan | 1500 Free | Michigan |
| Adam Small | 50 Free | Arizona |
| Austin Surhoff | 800 Free Relay | NBAC/Texas |
| Derek Toomey | 50 Free, 400 Free Relay | Minnesota |
| Kyler Van | 100 Fly | Minnesota |
| Michael Weiss | 400 IM | Wisconsin |
| Michael Wynalda | 200 Free, 400 Free Relay | Michigan |
Well it’s nice but some of these swimmers like Chelsea Chenault, Megan Romano, Andrea Kropp, Jasmine Tosky, Kevin Cordes or Jack Conger can qualify for the world championships in Barcelona next year. Don’t tell me they prefer to go to the world university games in Russia! It would be hard to believe it.
Way to go Emily McClellan!
Good for Jensen and Tran. Jansen seems to just missed out on world teams and Olympic teams and Tran is a great yard swimmer. Noticed Tran is the best female swimmer on Golden West since Shirley Bashashoff who swam in the same pool from 1970 to 1973 before she switched to Mission Viejo. In those days it was known as Huntington Beach instead of Golden West.
Plus – Liv Jensen grew up swimming at PASA and swam under Tony Batis
Yes, congrats to PASA but not just Tony…the whole staff. I don’t think they all swim with Tony?
BJ and Jasmine swim with the Tony Batis and Adam Hinshaw and Rachael Acker swim at the SCRA site (coach Scott Shea). Regardless of where they are, to have 4 swimmers at WUGs is pretty impressive. Congrats PASA.
Cal and USC do come out with looking really good, setting up for a great next 4 years.
Congrats to PASA’s (Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics) Tony Batos for having four of his swimmers make the team!