{"id":269442,"date":"2017-07-28T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=269442"},"modified":"2017-07-28T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T17:56:02","slug":"269442-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/269442-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Long Leads U.S. Paralympics World Championships Team Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_515712686644532586CxSpFirst\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, today announced its roster of 22 U.S. athletes who will represent Team USA at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City, from\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735900449\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sept. 30-Oct. 6<\/span><\/span>. The team, which is comprised of 12 females and 10 males, includes 13 Paralympians and two returning world champions from the 2015 event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very excited about the 22 athletes who will represent Team USA at the world championships,\u201d said <strong>Queenie Nichols<\/strong>, high performance director for U.S. Paralympics Swimming. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled about the up-and-coming talent on the team, as well as the veteran athletes who have proven their ability, who will certainly have incredible swims in Mexico City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica Long<\/strong> (Baltimore, Maryland), a 23-time Paralympic medalist and 38-time world championships medalist, will return to her sixth world championships as the reigning world champion in the 100-meter butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley and 400 freestyle. Six-time Paralympic medalist and seven-time world championships medalist <strong>Becca Meyers<\/strong> (Timonium, Maryland) will look to defend her titles in the 400 free and 200 IM. Six other female Paralympians are included on the roster, including <strong>Hannah Aspden<\/strong> (Raleigh, North Carolina), <strong>McKenzie Coan<\/strong> (Clarkesville, Georgia), <strong>McClain Hermes<\/strong> (Dacula, Georgia), <strong>Sophia Herzog<\/strong> (Fairplay, Colorado), <strong>Natalie Sims<\/strong> (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and <strong>Colleen Young<\/strong> (St. Louis, Missouri).<\/p>\n<p>A world gold medalist in 2009, <strong>Tucker Dupree<\/strong> (Raleigh, North Carolina) makes his fifth world championships team, and is joined by fellow Paralympians <strong>Tharon Drake<\/strong> (Hobbs, New Mexico), <strong>Tye Dutcher<\/strong> (Merced, California), <strong>Robert Griswold<\/strong> (Freehold, New Jersey) and <strong>Curtis Lovejoy<\/strong> (Atlanta, Georgia).<\/p>\n<p>The team is complete with nine rising stars, including <strong>Caleb Cripe<\/strong> (Middlebury, Indiana), <strong>Julia Gaffney<\/strong> (Mayflower, Arkansas), <strong>Connor Gioffreda<\/strong> (Timonium, Maryland), <strong>Gia Pergolini<\/strong> (Roswell, Georgia), <strong>Lawrence Sapp<\/strong> (Waldorf, Maryland), <strong>Roderick Sewell<\/strong> (Spring Valley, California), <strong>Zachary Shattuck<\/strong> (Mt. 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