USA Swimming announced the five captains that will lead the team for the upcoming FINA World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China. Leah Smith, Kelsi Dahlia and Madison Kennedy were selected to lead the women’s team, while Matt Grevers and Ryan Murphy were selected to lead the men’s.
USA Swimming is sending a talented team of 35 total swimmers to the World Short Course Championships. The meet will start Tuesday morning in China (Monday night in the United States).
Kelsi Dahlia
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Events: 50/100/200 Fly
Kelsi Dahlia was a captain for the last World Short Course Championships team in 2016.
Matt Grevers
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Events: 50/100 Back
Grevers was a captain for the 2017 World Championship team in Budapest, which was the United States’s most successful World Championships of the century thus far. He was also a captain for the 2018 Pan Pac team this summer, and the 2015 World Championships team.
Madison Kennedy
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Events: 50 Free
Kennedy was a captain for the 2016 World Short Course Championships team that went to Canada.
Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Events: 50/100/200 Back
Leah Smith
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Events: 200/400/800 Free, 400 IM
Leah Smith was a captain at this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships in Japan.
