University of Virginia sophomore Ellen Williamson has been added to the American World University Games roster in the 200 backstroke.
Williamson finished 6th in the 200 backstroke at this summer’s U.S. Open in Indianapolis, the selection meet for the World University Games, but only two of those in front of her were Americans – Megan Romano from Georgia and Kendyl Stewart from USC. Romano has dropped the 200 backstroke from her schedule, preferring to focus on her specialties the freestyles (50, 100, and 200) and shorter backstroke race (100 backstroke) for which she has also qualified. Romano will likely be on three relays as well, so this will bring her schedule to a more manageable 7 events in 7 days.
That is, of course, if Romano doesn’t make the World Championships squad instead. There is a very good chance that she’ll head to Barcelona at least as a member of the 800 free relay, if not both the 400 and 800 free relays, after just missing the Olympic squad this summer.
The updated roster is below:
| 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 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 |
| Ellen Williamson | 200 Back | University of Virginia |
| 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 Swol | 100 Fly | Minnesota |
| Michael Weiss | 400 IM | Wisconsin |
| Michael Wynalda | 200 Free, 400 Free Relay | Michigan |
| Kyle Whitaker | 200 IM | Michigan |