Highlighted by an eight-member lineup for the 2015 FINA World Championships, USA Swimming today announced its open-water rosters for a trio of major international competitions this summer.<\/p>\n
Led by Olympic veterans Haley Anderson (Granite Bay, Calif.) and Alex Meyer (Ithaca, N.Y.) and 10-kilometer national champions Becca Mann (Homer Glenn, Ill.) and Jordan Wilimovsky (Malibu, Calif.), Team USA for the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, will feature four swimmers who have previously topped the podium at the World Championships level.<\/p>\n
Anderson, who won 5-kilometer gold at 2013 Worlds and 10K Olympic silver in 2012, will swim the 5K and 10K in Kazan; while Meyer, who won 25K gold in 2010, will tackle the 5K and 25K.<\/p>\n
Joining Anderson in the women\u2019s 10K will be Mann, the back-to-back national champion in the 10K. Sean Ryan (Chattanooga, Tenn.), who along with Ashley Twichell (Fayetteville, N.Y.) won gold in the 5K team pursuit event in 2011, will swim the 10K alongside Wilimovsky.<\/p>\n
At this summer\u2019s World Championships, the top 10 individuals per gender in the July 27-28 10K races will qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n
2015 FINA World Championships: July 24-30, Kazan, Russia<\/strong> David Heron (Mission Viejo, Calif.): 5K\/25K Highlighting the athletes nominated to the U.S. roster for the 2015 Pan American Games 10K in Toronto are Chip Peterson (Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.), who will look for his second career Pan American Games medal after winning silver in 2007, and FINA World Championships medalist Eva Fabian (Keene, N.H.). Emily Brunemann (Crescent Springs, Ky.) and David Heron (Mission Viejo, Calif.) will swim at both the Pan American Games and FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n
\nHaley Anderson (Granite Bay, Calif.): 5K\/10K
\nEmily Brunemann (Crescent Springs, Ky.): 25K
\nBecca Mann (Homer Glenn, Ill.): 10K
\nAshley Twichell (Fayetteville, N.Y.): 5K\/25K<\/p>\n
\nAlex Meyer (Ithaca, N.Y.): 5K\/25K
\nSean Ryan (Chattanooga, Tenn.): 10K
\nJordan Wilimovsky (Malibu, Calif.): 10K<\/p>\n