The US World Trials finished up this past Saturday night in Indianapolis. On Saturday night, the official US Worlds roster was named.
A total of 52 athletes will represent Team USA in the pool and open water. 22 women qualified for pool events with the addition of one open water swimmer. On the men’s side, there are 26 men in the pool and three in open water.
At the 2020 Olympics, Georgia led the way with seven swimmers on the roster for Tokyo. Last year, Florida led the way with six athletes heading to 2022 Worlds in Budapest.
This year, Texas leads the way with seven total athletes. Notably, they come in the form of alum, current athletes, as well as future commits. Texas is home to Erin Gemmell, Jillian Cox, and Lydia Jacoby on the women’s side. On the men’s side, Carson Foster, Luke Hobson, Drew Kibler, and David Johnston have competed for Texas.
Sitting behind Texas is Virginia which has been home to Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Kate Douglass, Maxine Parker, Leah Smith, and Matt King. Cal and Florida have both been home to five athletes each that will be on the roster this summer.
Interestingly, a total of four athletes on the roster for this summer’s Worlds have not committed to a school yet. That list includes Alex Shackell, Claire Weinstein, Katie Grimes, and Thomas Heilman.
Note: The tally below consists of former, current, and future athletes at their respective university. Some of the athletes tallied have not stepped foot on campus yet but have already committed to the school in some form. In addition, some swimmers may have not competed for a full four years at the school, but for the sake of this tally, their most recent school was considered.
School, Number of Athletes from that School
| Texas | 7 |
| Virginia | 6 |
| Cal | 5 |
| Florida | 5 |
| Uncommitted | 4 |
| Stanford | 4 |
| Indiana | 4 |
| NC State | 4 |
| Georgia | 3 |
| Arizona State | 2 |
| Ohio State | 2 |
| Texas A&M | 2 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Penn | 1 |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Notre Dame | 1 |
| Total Athletes | 52 |
Athletes and College
Uncommitted Athletes are denoted with a “-‘ under college
| ATHLETE | COLLEGE |
| Stanford | |
| Virginia | |
| Cal | |
| Virginia | |
| Georgia | |
| Stanford | |
| – | |
| Florida | |
| Texas | |
| Indiana | |
| – | |
| Stanford | |
| Arizona State | |
| Texas | |
| Alabama | |
| Virginia | |
| Texas | |
| NC State | |
| – | |
| Virginia | |
| Virginia | |
| Anna Peplowski | Indiana |
| Mariah Denigan | Indiana |
| Texas | |
| Cal | |
| Notre Dame | |
| Virginia | |
| Cal | |
| Florida | |
| Texas | |
| Florida | |
| Texas | |
| Florida | |
| Penn | |
| Cal | |
| Cal | |
| Texas | |
| Georgia | |
| Ohio State | |
| NC State | |
| – | |
| Ohio State | |
| Indiana | |
| Georgia | |
| Texas A&M | |
| NC State | |
| Texas A&M | |
| NC State | |
| Stanford | |
| Brennan Gravley | Florida |
| Dylan Gravley | Arizona State |
| Joey Tepper | Tennessee |
The most important take away from this article is that the collegiate system of swimming in the USA is broad, deep, and committed to both men’s and women’s teams succeeding! That is a testament to how well our entire national swimming structure works in this country! Bravo!
#HOOKEM
Shaine Casas’ success all to Texas not Texas a&m…?
Interring to see if the swimmers going to Junior Worlds that are committed would change this at all.
ASU and Florida should credit for the performances of Regan Smith and Katie Ledecky respectively. Swimmers just go to Stanford to get that precious prestigious degree they offer.
They were both WR holders before switching training bases as pros
I root for Shaine Casas as he trains at UT, but he absolutely should count as an Aggie swimmer when marking the colleges they “represent”.
They were both WR holders b4 starting college
and regressed while at their 1st landing point.
Right, but the article wasn’t about which high schools the world team came from
That’s not the point of this article. That article would be called “Current Training Groups of the 2023 World Champs Team Members.”
There are plenty of other athletes on this list that are in the same category that you didn’t call out. Leah Smith hasn’t been at Virginia in many years, but she’s listed with them because that’s where she went to college. Same with Nic Fink and Chase Kalisz and Georgia.
Agreed, which is why this article/list seems pointless. Maybe in the case of these 2 their great degrees gave them the smarts to know where to go train.
That’s because you guys are looking at it from the perspective of coaches who want to make sure the right person gets “credit”. I usually get a text or two with similar concerns from coaches of these athletes, who really want “credit.”
These articles, though, are looking at it from more of a fan perspective. If I’m a fan of the University of Florida, who should I be watching for at this meet?
It’s just about how you look at it.
What gets lost in the shuffle is which club coach is the responsible for the development of the athlete.
Katie Ledecky is the product of Yuri Suguiyama’s coaching.
https://youtu.be/W8CnERV-CpE
Greg Meehan receives zero credit for the development of Katie Ledecky. None whatsoever!
Should this again after Fukuoka, tally NCAA affiliations for top 16 individual & top 8 relays