USA Swimming Names 43 Girls, 36 Boys to 2021-22 U.S. National Junior Team

Justina Kozan; Photo Courtesy: FINA / Budapest 2019

USA Swimming Names 43 Girls, 36 Boys to 2021-22 U.S. National Junior Team

USA Swimming announced 79 athletes (43 girls, 36 boys) to the 2021-22 U.S. National Junior Team.

In all, 61 clubs and 26 states are represented. Leading the way with four events is Justina Kozan, selected in the girls 200 free, 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM. Five athletes are on the team in three events each.

Nation’s Capital Swim Club and TAC Titans each have four athletes on the team, followed by three apiece from Sandpipers of Nevada and SwimMAC Carolina. Of the 72 pool swimmers, 61 competed at Wave II of U.S. Olympic Trials. Ten girls and eight boys are holdovers from the 2019-20 squad.

The national girls team is strongest in distance freestyle, with eight swimmers in each the 800 free and 1,500. There are 13 backstrokers and seven 200 butterfly swimmers.

On the boys side, an event-high five swimmers are qualified in each the 1,500 free, 100 back, 200 fly and 400 IM.

The full list is below.

2021-22 U.S. National Junior Team

Name Event(s) Hometown Club*

Girls

Juli Arzave, 10K, San Diego, Calif, Tritons Aquatics Club
Hannah Bellard, 800 free, 200 fly, Grosse Ile, Mich., Club Wolverine
Berit Berglund, 100 back, Carmel, Ind., Carmel Swim Club
Lilla Bognar, 200 back, Greensville, S .C, Team Greenville
Madelyn Christman, 200 back, Carmel, Ind., Carmel Swim Club
Jillian Cox, 800 free, Cedar Park, Texas, Austin Swim Club
Katie Crom, 400 free, 200 fly, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Mission Viejo Nadadores
Mariah Denigan, 1,500 free, 400 IM, Walton, Ky., Lakeside Swim Team
Zoe Dixon, 200 IM, 400 IM, Richmond, Va., NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc
Lindsay Flynn, 50 free, Matthews, N.C., Mecklenburg Swim Association
Cadence Fort, 10K, Estero, Fla., Gulf Coast Swim Team
Erin Gemmell, 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, Potomac, Md., Nation’s Capital Swim Club
Cavan Gormsen, 400 free, 800 free, 1,500 free, Wantagh, N.Y., Long Island Aquatic Club
Leah Hayes, 200 IM, 400 IM, Sugar Grove, Ill., Fox Valley Park District Riptides
Tess Howley, 200 fly, Rockaway Park, N.Y., Long Island Aquatic Club
Justina Kozan, 200 free, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM, Brea, Calif., Mission Viejo Nadadores
Mia Kragh, 100 fly, 200 fly, San Diego, Calif., Rancho San Dieguito
Paige Kuwata, 1,500 free, 7.5K, Las Vegas, Nev., Sandpipers of Nevada
Abigail McCulloh, 800 free, Lilburn, Ga., SwimAtlanta
Paige McKenna, 800 free, 1,500 free, Easton, Pa., Nation’s Capital Swim Club
Hayden Miller, 800 free, Houston, Texas, Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club
Anna Moesch, 50 free, Green Brook, N.J., StreamLine Aquatics Club
Kennedy Noble, 100 back, 200 back, Avondale, Ariz., YMCA Westside Silver Fins
Carly Novelline, 100 free, Wilmette, Ill., NASA Wildcat Aquatics
Teagan O’Dell, 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, West Covina, Calif., Irvine Novaquatics
Erika Pelaez, 100 free, Miami, Fla., Eagle Aquatics
Caroline Pennington, 800 free, 1,500 free, Greenwich, Conn., TAC Titans
Julia Podkoscielny, 400 IM, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Pine Crest Swimming
Amanda Ray, 200 fly, Raleigh, N.C., New Wave Swim Team
Carlie Rose, 10K, Oviedo, Fla., Blue Dolphins
Grace Sheble, 200 fly, North Chesterfield, Va., NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc
Levenia Sim, 100 back, Montrose, Ala., TNT Swimming
Letitia Sim, 100 breast, 200 breast, Montrose, Ala., TNT Swimming
Summer Smith, 1,500 free, 200 back, 400 IM, Agawam, Mass., Bluefish Swim Club
Camille Spink, 100 free, Haymarket, Va., Nation’s Capital Swim Club
Campbell Stoll, 100 fly, Hartland, Wisc., Elmbrook Swim Club
Blair Stoneburg, 1,500 free, Jensen Beach, Fla., Treasure Coast Aquatics
Claire Tuggle, 200 free, 400 free, Mariposa, Calif., Santa Maria Swim Club
Maddie Waggoner, 1500 free, Moorestown, N.J., Jersey Wahoos
Maggie Wanezek, 100 back, 200 back, Brookfield, Wisc., Elmbrook Swim Club
Emma Weber, 100 breast, 200 breast, Boulder, Colo, Univ of Denver Hilltoppers
Claire Weinstein, 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, Port Jefferson, N.Y., Westchester Aquatic Club
Kiley Wilhelm, 100 back, 200 back, Charlotte, N.C.,Lifetime Swim Team North Carolina

Boys

Jack Aikins, 100 back, 200 back, Cumming, Ga., SwimAtlanta
Jack Alexy, 50 free, 100 free, Mendham, N.J., Greater Somerset County YMCA Storm
Alex Ayers, 10K, Charlotte, N.C., SwimMAC Carolina
Brice Barrieault, 1500 free, Las Vegas, Nev, Sandpipers of Nevada
Carl Bloebaum, 100 fly, 200 fly, Mason, Ohio, Mason Manta Rays
Joshua Brown, 10K, Winter Park, Fla., Highlander Aquatic Club
Arsenio Bustos, 100 free, 200 IM, Orange, Conn., Woodbridge Aquatic Club
Tim Connery, 100 free, Davidson, N.C., SwimMAC Carolina
Michael Cotter, 400 free, Cary, N.C., TAC Titans
Daniel Diehl, 100 back, Cumberland, Md., YMCA of Cumberland
Alec Enyeart, 800 free, 1,500 free, Kansas City, Mo., Tsunami Swim Team of K.C.
Zhier Fan, 100 breast, 200 breast, Plano, Texas, Metroplex Aquatics
Matthew Fenlon, 200 fly, Chappaqua, N.Y., Badger Swim Club, Inc.
Landon Gentry, 200 fly, Bristow, Va., Nation’s Capital Swim Club
Jeremy Graunke, 50 free, Gilbert, Ariz., Rio Salado Swim Club
Aiden Hayes, 100 fly, 200 fly, Norman, Okla., Sooner Swim Club
Luke Hobson, 200 free, 400 free, Reno, Nev., Lakeridge Swim Team
Sam Hoover, 100 free, Chapel Hill, N.C., North Carolina Aquatic Club
Gabriel Jett, 200 free, 200 fly, Clovis, Calif., Clovis Swim Club
Keaton Jones, 200 back, Gilbert, Ariz., Swim Neptune
Cooper Lucas, 400 IM, Keller, Texas, Lakeside Aquatic Club
Josh Matheny, 100 breast, 200 breast, Pittsburgh, Pa., Team Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics
Daniel Matheson, 800 free, 1,500 free, Peoria, Ariz., Scottsdale Aquatic Club
Quintin McCarty, 50 free, Colorado Springs, Colo, Pikes Peak Athletics
Will Modglin, 100 back, Zionsville, Ind., Zionsville Swim Club
Chris Nagy, 1,500 free, San Diego, Calif., University of Minnesota
Baylor Nelson, 200 free, 200 IM, 400 IM, Huntersville, N.C., SwimMAC Carolina
Lance Norris, 200 back, 400 IM, Rocky Mount, N.C., TAC Titans
Josh Parent, 1,500 free, 400 IM, Wilbraham, Mass., Bluefish Swim Club
Jacob Pishko, 7.5K, Raleigh, N.C., TAC Titans/Lakeside Aquatic Club
Kyle Ponsler, 400 IM, Fishers, Ind., Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
Dare Rose, 200 free, Jersey City, N.J., Scarlet Aquatics
Nick Simons, 100 back, Lake Oswego, Ore., Sandpipers of Nevada
Nathaniel Stoffle, 100 back, Lilburn, Ga., Spartan Aquatic Club
Joey Tepper, 10K, Egg Harbor Township, N.J., University of Tennessee/EHT Seahawks
Josh Zuchowski, 200 back, Jupiter, Fla., Flood Aquatics Swim Team

*Club affiliation when athlete had their 2021-22 U.S. National Junior Team qualifying swim

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