USA Swimming’s Athletes Executive Committee Announces New Board

ATLANTA, Georgia, September 30. USA Swimming's Athletes Executive Committee (AEC) announced its new Board of Directors chosen at the United States Aquatic Sports convention held in Atlanta this past weekend.

Tyler Storie has taken over the chair of the AEC and will be the athletes' representative on the USA Swimming Board of Directors. Meanwhile, Linda Riker is the vice chair of the AEC and will also serve on the USA Swimming Board of Directors.

Trent Staley moved into a consultant role as the Immediate Past Chair and will remain on the USA Swimming Board of Directors as an Ex-Officio member.

The move of Tyler Storie replacing Trent Staley is not unprecedented. On top of having the same initials, the similarities continue. While Trent was the Senior Representative on the Oregon Swimming Board of Directors, Tyler served as the Junior Representative. Tyler then took over as the Senior Representative.

Additionally, Tyler replaced Trent as the captain of the USC Trojans two years after Trent completed his time at USC.

Below are the full results of the new committee:

AEC Chair and Athletes VP of USA Swimming BoD: Tyler Storie (also a member of the BoD Executive Committee)
AEC Vice Chair: Linda Riker (also a member of the BoD the Executive Committee)
Immediate Past Chair: Trent Staley (also an Ex-Officio member of the Board of Directors)
National Team Representative: Maddy Crippen (also a member of the Board of Directors)
AEC Convention Vice Chair: Zach Niles
AEC LSC Coordinator Vice Chair: Jake Grosser
AEC Recruitment and Leadership Vice Chair: Chris Thompson
AEC Communication and Administrative Vice Chair: Ann Marie Mayers
At-Large: Kicker Vencil
At-Large: Tim Liebhold
At-Large: Blake McKay (also a member of the Board of Directors)

Athlete's Advisory Council Representative (USOC): To Be Determined

Of note:
There are two Olympians on the AEC (Maddy and Chris) and will be a third when the AAC representative is elected
There are an additional four former or current National Team members (Linda, Trent, Kicker and Tim)
There are 2 Michigan Wolverines (Linda and Chris)
There are 3 USC Trojans (Tyler, Trent and Jake)
There are 4 swimmers from the state of Oregon (Tyler, Trent, Zack and Chris)

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