{"id":177233,"date":"2016-01-13T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T22:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=177233"},"modified":"2017-06-14T16:43:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T23:43:08","slug":"jessica-long-leads-2016-u-s-paralympic-swimming-national-team-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-long-leads-2016-u-s-paralympic-swimming-national-team-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Long Leads 2016 U.S. Paralympic Swimming National Team Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced today that 29 athletes, including three reigning world champions, have been named to the 2016 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a great position for 2016, we have an accomplished group of swimmers to lead Team USA into the Paralympic year,\u201d said <strong>Queenie Nichol<\/strong>s, high performance director for U.S. Paralympics swimming. \u201cI\u2019m always excited to see our decorated veterans return to the team, but it is especially gratifying to see so many of our young up and comers continually improving and being named to the national team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of those named to the team, 19 represented Team USA at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships and three are reigning world champions. <strong>Cortney Jordan<\/strong> (Henderson, Nevada), <strong>Jessica Long<\/strong> (Baltimore, Maryland) and <strong>Rebecca Meyers<\/strong> (Timonium, Maryland) won a combined seven world titles in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen members of the team boast Paralympic experience, with Long owning the most medals with 12 gold medals and 17 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA had an impressive showing in 2015, highlighted by a 30-medal haul at the world championships in July and a 32-medal haul at the Parapan American Games in August.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA starts the year with the Jimi Flowers Classic on Jan. 16-17 in Colorado Springs. 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