By Phillip Whitten<\/p>\n
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 17. USA Swimming named its 26-man, 26-woman National Team that will compete at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships, to be held in Yokoahama, Japan, August 24-29.<\/p>\n
Fourteen of the men and eight of the women were 2000 Olympians. Three swimmers who were not 2000 Olympians — Natalie Coughlin, Haley Cope and Brendan hansen — went on to win World Championship titles in 2001.<\/p>\n
Three of the USA's top swimmers — Olympic gold medalists and world record-holders, Gary Hall, Jr., Lenny Krayzelburg and Ed Moses — have decided not to make the trip. Lenny plans to visit family and friends in his native Odessa, Ukraine, while Ed returns to his studies at the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n
For the first time in recnt history, the US team features two sets of siblings: Tara and Dana Kirk, and Aaron and Hayley Peirsol.<\/p>\n
The head coach of the men's team is Dick Jochums, Santa Clara (Calif.) Swim Club. Richard Shoulberg, of Germantown (Penn.) Academy is the head women's coach.<\/p>\n
\nUS PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM<\/b>
\n24-29 August
\nYokahama, Japan
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\nMEN <\/b>
\nName age Club Hometown\/Current Town
\nRandall Bal, 21 Stanford Sacramento, Calif.\/Palo Alto, Calif.
\nChad Carvin, 28 Mission Viejo Laguna Hills, Calif.\/Mission Viejo, Calif.
\nAaron Ciarla, 24 Phoenix Charlotte, N.C.\/Phoenix, Ariz.
\nKevin Clements, 22 Industry Hills Rowland Heights, Calif.\/Auburn, Ala.
\nIan Crocker, 19 Circle C Portland, Maine\/Austin, Texas
\nDave Denniston, 23 Novaquatics Littleton, Colo.\/Irvine, Calif.
\nEric Donnelly, 22 Gator Swim Club Sarasota, Fla.\/Gainesville, Fla.
\nNate Dusing, 23 Circle C Villa Hills, Ky.\/Austin, Texas
\nAnthony Ervin, 21 Phoenix Valencia Calif.\/Berkeley, Calif.
\nMark Gangloff Auburn\/Firestone Akron, Ohio\/Auburn, Ala.
\nTommy Hannan, 20 Circle C Baltimore, Md.\/Austin, Texas
\nBrendan Hansen, 20 Circle C Havertown, Pa.\/Austin, Texas
\nBryce Hunt, 20 Auburn\/Newburg Newburgh, Ind.\/Auburn, Ala.
\nLarsen Jensen, 16 Unattached-California Bakersfield, Calif.
\nKlete Keller, 20 Club Wolverine Phoenix, Ariz.\/Ann Arbor, Mich.
\nJason Lezak, 26 Novaquatics Santa Barbara, Calif.\/Irvine, Calif.
\nTom Malchow, 25 Club Wolverine St. Paul, Minn.\/Ann Arbor, Mich.
\nJarrod Marrs, 27 Curl-Burke Baton Rouge, La.\/Burke, Va.
\nPeter Marshall, 20 Stanford Atlanta, Ga.\/Palo Alto, Calif.
\nAaron Peirsol, 19 Novaquatics Irvine, Calif.
\nMichael Phelps, 17 North Baltimore Baltimore, Md.
\nChris Thompson, 23 Club Wolverine Roseburg, Ore.\/Ann Arbor, Mich.
\nScott Tucker, 27 Novaquatics Laguna Niguel, Fla.\/Irvine, Calif.
\nErik Vendt, 21 Trojan North Easton, Mass.\/Los Angeles, Calif.
\nLuke Wagner, 20 Nova of Virginia Englewood, Colo.
\nTom Wilkens, 26 Santa Clara Middletown, N.J.\/Santa Clara, Calif. <\/p>\n
Head Coach: Dick Jochums, Santa Clara
\nAssistant Coaches: Bob Bowman, North Baltimore; Dave Salo, Novaquatics; Jon Urbanchek, Club Wolverine <\/p>\n
\nWOMEN <\/b>
\nAmanda Beard, 20 Tucson Ford Dealers Irvine, Calif.\/Tucson, Ariz.
\nLindsay Benko, 25 Trojan Elkhart, Ind.\/Los Angeles, Calif.
\nMaggie Bowen, 22 Auburn Jackson, Miss.\/Auburn, Ala.
\nAndrea Cassidy, 20 Unattached-Florida Winter Park, Fla.
\nCorrie Clark, 20 Upper Mainlisne Malvern, Pa.
\nHaley Cope, 23 California Chico \/Berkeley, Calif.
\nNatalie Coughlin, 19 California Concord \/Berkeley, Calif.
\nMaddy Crippen, 22 Germantown Philadelphia, Pa.
\nMary DeScenza, 17 Academy Bullets Naperville, Ill.
\nMaureen Farrell, 19 Canyons Aquatics Porter Ranch, Calif.
\nMorgan Hentzen, 17 Industry Hills La Habra Heights, Calif.
\nElizabeth Hill, 16 Dynamo Atlanta, Ga.
\nMargaret Hoelzer, 19 Mountain Brook Huntsville, Ala.
\nRhiannon Jeffrey, 15 Aqua Crest Delray Beach, Fla.
\nDana Kirk, 18 Tacoma Bremerton, Wash.
\nTara Kirk, 20 Met West Stanford Bremerton, Wash.\/Palo Alto, Calif.
\nKristy Kowal, 23 Athens Bulldogs Reading, Pa.\/Athens, Ga.
\nDiana MacManus, 16 – Novaquatics Irvine, Calif.
\nEmily Mason, 19 Arizona Desert Fox Scottsdale, Ariz.
\nDiana Munz, 20 Lake Erie Chagrin Falls, Ohio
\nHayley Peirsol, 17 Novaquatics Irvine, Calif.
\nMegan Quann, 18 South Sound Titans Puyallup, Wash.
\nGabrielle Rose, 24 Novaquatics Memphis, Tenn.\/Irvine, Calif.
\nCourtney Shealy, 24 Athens Bulldogs Columbia, S.C.\/Athens, Ga.
\nTammie Stone, 26 Texas Aquatics Saginaw, Mich.\/Austin, Texas
\nJenny Thompson, 29 Seacoast Dover, N.H. <\/p>\n
Head Coach: Dick Shoulberg, Germantown
\nAssistant Coaches: Jerry Holtrey, Lake Erie; Teri McKeever, California; Mark Schubert, Trojan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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