In the wake of their announcement last fall to bring 80 hours of World University Games coverage to the European continent via EuroSport, the FISU has signed a contract to do the same in North America, according to a press release on their website this week.
The FISU is the governing body for the biannual event that brings together the best student-athletes, aged 17-28, from around the world (summer and winter events are held every odd-numbered year). They have not announced who they have partnered with, but said that they recently reached a contractual agreement to bring the entire event live to North and South America.
“Eurosport will feature 80 hours of coverage. It was an agreement reached by FISU,” said 1st Vice-President of FISU Oleg Matytsin. “We’ve also signed a contract for TV coverage in all Americas. We can guarantee today the live streaming of the Games worldwide.”
The event, that will be a good preview for the swimming venue that is to be reused for the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships, runs from July 6th to July 17th.
The full American roster is below, pending changes for anyone who makes the World Championship roster instead.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kyle Whitaker | 200 IM | Michigan |
The age brackets to participate at the Universiade/World University Games are 17-28. Student-athletes have to be registered in an institution of higher education.If you’re within the age bracket you can participate the year after you graduated. Hope this clarifies.
C. Pierre, FISU Press Officer
Why is Alexandrov on the team? I thought he graduated from Northwestern in 2007.
Can’t answer for sure Jack, but I presume he must be taking classes that meet the standard. This competition isn’t an NCAA type of thing where you only get so many years – as long as you are in school, you’re still eligible.
Very strange- some are still high school seniors. Not sure how the roster works, but I’m excited to cheer for the team.
its for anyone who is taking or has taken college level classes in the past year (not exactly sure on the time). The seniors are allowed because they will be taking college classes within the year (at the beginning of the fall semester of ’13). I’m pretty sure this is how it works, but not 100% positive
That is the way it is for seniors in HS and the rest is not overly tight as remember they have no NCAA or any kind of real scholastic sports in other places in the world. One reason it makes it more difficult for many of them to understand when they go thru their evaluations after the games.