18-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps has been announced as the headliner of the 2016 Atlanta Classic swim meet that will be held from May 13th-15th at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center.
The meet, co-hosted by SwimAtlanta and the Southern Crescent Aquatic Team, runs from May 13th-15th, and will feature some of the biggest names in USA Swimming, despite being the same weekend as the USA Swimming-hosted Pro Swim Series meet not far away in Charlotte.
The Georgia Swimming LSC announced today that Phelps has committed to compete at the meet, and also dropped an expectation of attendance from Olympic Champions Katie Ledecky, and Nathan Adrian, plus three-time medalist and Atlanta hometown favorite Amanda Weir.
Among other teams expected include: Arizona State (coached by Bob Bowman, who is also Phelps’ coach), Auburn, Cal Berkeley, Dynamo Swim Club, Lakeside Swim Team, Nashville Aquatic Club, Nitro Swimming, North Carolina State, Stanford, SwimAtlanta, Texas A&M, U. of Alabama, U. of Florida, U. of Georgia, U. of Kentucky, U. of Tennessee, and U. of Texas.
This meet is not the same meet as the nearby Athens Bulldog Grand Slam that was a major part of Phelps’ first comeback trail meet in 2014 when he came out of retirement.
is Michael phelps holding a meet and greet when he swims at Ga. Tech May 7th? My 11 year old grandson is a swimmer and wants to meet him……..thanks.
Dora: good luck…. When my son was at MAAC eight years ago, he and pals hung out for three days with promises of autographs from Mr. Phelps…. He never fulfilled his promise of signing their kickboards after his swims. On the other hand Ryan Lochte signed anything and everything the kids handed to him posed for pictures with each swimmer and talked swim with them for about 20 minutes. To this day, my son still swims competivively and speaks of that day. That was and is the true spirit of an Olympian.
Being able to see these legends swim live is amazing just hope its going to be on our schedule. Will be a crazy busy meet though.
my 11 year old grandson MUST meet Michael Phelps in Atlanta. What is the best day and
time to do this ? His name is Joseph Miller………………
@SAMH — If I remember correctly, the ASU meet is tomorrow.
Well the Charlotte Grand Prix just got less interesting. I wonder if people are concerned that the MCAC renovations won’t be finished in time.
Cltcoach – what I’m hearing is that when the Atlanta meet was developed, there was a concern about Charlotte not being ready. USA swimming told me yesterday though that they’re still planning on the PSS meet happening that weekend.
For some reason this just reminded me, wasn’t Phelps supposed to swim an exhibition during one of ASU’s meets? And if that already happened, any report as to what he went?
Tomorrow
FINA Sanctioned?
That would only be relevant to foreigners.