{"id":146142,"date":"2015-07-28T08:13:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=146142"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T00:47:39","slug":"team-captains-for-usa-swimmings-world-championship-team-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/team-captains-for-usa-swimmings-world-championship-team-selected\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Captains For USA Swimming\u2019s World Championship Team Selected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/ads.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/abmc.aspx?b=939&amp;z=6\" target=\"_blank\">Wylas Timing<\/a>. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-fina-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\">our landing page<\/a> for more.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Six veterans of international competition were picked by their peers as team captains for the American pool swimming team competing in the world championships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cammile Adams, Elizabeth Beisel<\/strong> and <strong>Jessica Hardy<\/strong> will lead the women\u2019s team, while <strong>Anthony Ervin, Matt Grevers<\/strong> and <strong>David Plummer<\/strong> will be team captains for the men\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamUSA?src=hash\">#TeamUSA<\/a> captains for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kazan2015?src=hash\">#Kazan2015<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CammileAdams\">@CammileAdams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebeisel34\">@ebeisel34<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swimhardy\">@swimhardy<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyErvin\">@AnthonyErvin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattGrevers\">@MattGrevers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davideplummer\">@davideplummer<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ydqzZ7Si3o\">pic.twitter.com\/ydqzZ7Si3o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA Swimming (@USASwimming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASwimming\/status\/625766406286520320\">July 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All six have extensive world championship experience, with Ervin swimming on his fourth world championship team. 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