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How the U.S. Women\u2019s Relays Stack Up for World Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the U.S. International Team Trials, the U.S. women are set up to win a lot of medals at the FINA World Championships next month in Budapest. Consider this list of swimmers: Katie<\/strong> Ledecky<\/strong>, Lilly<\/strong> King<\/strong>, Kate<\/strong> Douglass<\/strong>, Claire<\/strong> Curzan<\/strong>, Torri<\/strong> Huske<\/strong>, Hali<\/strong> Flickinger<\/strong>, Regan<\/strong> Smith<\/strong>, Phoebe<\/strong> Bacon<\/strong>, Rhyan<\/strong> White<\/strong>, Alex<\/strong> Walsh<\/strong>, Katie<\/strong> Grimes<\/strong> and Emma<\/strong> Weyant<\/strong>. All 12 of those women, ranging in age from the 16-year-old Grimes to 27-year-old Flickinger, have at least a strong chance to win one individual medal or more.<\/p>\n

That group covers almost every individual event. The major exception? The shorter freestyle events: 50, 100 and 200. Simone Manuel<\/strong> was the world champion in the 50 and 100 in 2019, but she has not competed since the Olympics last year. The top American sprinters have not posted times competitive internationally. Ledecky was the 2015 world champion and 2016 Olympic champion in the 200, but after she dropped the event from her individual lineup this year, the remaining U.S. women in the 200 free are a step behind.<\/p>\n

And the short freestyle events are disproportionately significant at major competitions because of the relay implications. While the Americans would be big favorites in a women\u2019s backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly relay, freestyle is a different story. Let\u2019s go event-by-event to look at the three women\u2019s relays set for the World Championships to examine American medal hopes.<\/p>\n

400 Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Claire Curzan — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

This relay has been the domain of Australia over the past decade. The American women did edge out the Aussies for gold at the 2017 World Championships, but at that point, Simone Manuel<\/strong> and Mallory Comerford<\/strong> were each capable of 52-mid flat start times and the Aussies were missing star sprinter Cate<\/strong> Campbell<\/strong>. In 2022, the Americans have no swimmer on their World Championships team who has ever broken 53 as Abbey<\/strong> Weitzeil<\/strong> narrowly missed out with a seventh-place finish in the 100 free at Trials.<\/p>\n

Torri Huske<\/strong> was the 100 free winner at Trials in 53.35<\/a>, while Claire<\/strong> Curzan<\/strong>, Erika<\/strong> Brown<\/strong> and Natalie<\/strong> Hinds<\/strong> were all in the 53-mid range. That should produce a medal-winning relay, but Australia will still present a big challenge, even the Aussies set to bring a scaled-down roster to Budapest this year.<\/p>\n

Campbell is again skipping this year\u2019s Worlds, and so is 100 free Olympic gold medalist Emma<\/strong> McKeon<\/strong>. Bronte<\/strong> Campbell<\/strong>, Cate\u2019s younger sister, hasn\u2019t competed so far this year. And Australia still has a legion of extremely competitive 100 freestylers. But the Aussies should have Shayna Jack, ranked No. 1 in the world in the 100 free at 53.13, and Madison Wilson and Mollie O\u2019Callaghan both have 53-low capabilities. Meg Harris, who swam on the gold-medal-winning Olympic finals squad last year, may also be in the mix.<\/p>\n

And this race won\u2019t be just about the U.S. and Australia. After edging out the U.S. women for silver last year, Canada should bring a formidable squad led by 2016 Olympic co-champion Penny<\/strong> Oleksiak<\/strong>, and a Chinese squad featuring Zhang<\/strong> Yufei<\/strong> and Yang Junxuan<\/strong> is also capable of winning a medal.<\/p>\n

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800 Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Katie Ledecky — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

The group representing the U.S. in the 800 free relay will be inexperienced. Three of the four swimmers from last year\u2019s Olympic silver-medal-winning squad will be absent, with only Katie<\/strong> Ledecky<\/strong> returning, plus Bella Sims<\/strong> from the prelims relay. Ledecky was the 200 free winner<\/a> at Trials<\/a> in 1:55.15, but no one else swam under 1:57. The runnerup in that race was surprising 15-year-old Claire<\/strong> Weinstein<\/strong>, with Leah Smith<\/strong> and Hali Flickinger<\/strong> clinching relay spots and Sims and\u00a0Alex Walsh<\/strong> getting on the team as alternates.<\/p>\n

That group will face an Australian roster missing Emma McKeon<\/strong> and Ariarne<\/strong> Titmus<\/strong>, the Olympic gold medalist in the 200 and 400 free, but three other Australians (Mollie<\/strong> O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong>, Kiah<\/strong> Melverton<\/strong> and Madison Wilson<\/strong>) have already been under 1:57 with the country\u2019s Trials still to come. China returns a group that won Olympic gold last year in a shocking upset, and Canada has fast-improving 15-year-old Summer<\/strong> McIntosh<\/strong> to team with 200 free Olympic bronze medalist Penny Oleksiak and likely Taylor Ruck<\/strong> and Kayla<\/strong> Sanchez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Long-term, the Americans have hope for improvement in the 200 free with four teenagers (Weinstein, Sims, Erin Gemmell<\/strong> and Katie<\/strong> Grimes<\/strong>) swimming in the final at Trials and Walsh just now coming into her own as a 200 freestyler, but this year\u2019s group looks caught in between. More likely than not, the Americans do win a medal in this event at Worlds, but you could make a case for Australia, China and Canada all to be ranked ahead of the Americans right now.<\/p>\n

Of course, the U.S. women have a track record of success in this relay, and Ledecky knows it. \u201cI don\u2019t know how many times I\u2019ve been on it now, eight or nine times maybe. It\u2019s a different group each time, and I think we always find a way,\u201d she said. \u201cWe always find a way to be in the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

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400 Medley Relay<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Lilly King — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Much better news for the Americans in the medley relay. Australia touched out the U.S. for Olympic gold by 0.13 in Tokyo, but that required little-known breaststroker Chelsea<\/strong> Hodges<\/strong> to produce the split of her life and then Emma<\/strong> McKeon<\/strong> and Cate<\/strong> Campbell<\/strong> to deliver on the end.<\/p>\n

But a projected team of Regan<\/strong> Smith<\/strong>, Lilly<\/strong> King<\/strong>, Claire<\/strong> Curzan<\/strong> and Torri Huske<\/strong> might be the favorites for a world title even against a full-strength Australia. Smith looked great with her 57.76 performance in the 100 back at Trials<\/a>, and King has her sights set on a return to 1:04 territory in the 100 breast<\/a>. Curzan and Huske are both better butterflyers<\/a> than freestylers, so the key will be seeing which swimmer can produce a big-time performance in the 100 free to prove ready for this key anchor spot.<\/p>\n

The Americans typically use a completely different squad from prelims to finals for the medley relay, but Curzan and Huske account for five of the eight spots in the 100-meter events (both are swimming the 100 fly and 100 free, while Curzan also qualified for the Worlds team in the 100 back). But the Worlds team includes plenty of capable alternates qualified in other events. Rhyan White<\/strong> and Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> can handle backstroke duties in prelims, and Kate Douglass<\/strong> (fly) and either Erika Brown<\/strong> or Natalie Hinds<\/strong> (free) can allow both Huske and Curzan to rest for the finals relay as they both navigate extremely busy competition schedules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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