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Carrie Belleson<\/strong> is the team chiropractor, while <strong>Megan Kerstetter, Bryan Fong<\/strong> and <strong>John Janosko<\/strong> are the message therapists. <strong>Adriana Quirke<\/strong> will serve as the team manager.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Olympic Games Coverage &#8211; Paris<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the open water squad, <strong>Andy Gerken<\/strong> will be the team physician, with <strong>Julie Gorman<\/strong> serving as a physical therapist.<\/p>\n<p>Edenfield is a former swimmer at the University of Florida, where she serves as the athletic department\u2019s team physician. She filled this role for USA Swimming at the 2017 World Junior Championships, the 2019 Pan American Games and the 2022 and 2023 World Aquatics Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Krabak was on both of those latter staffs, as well as with Team USA at the 2019 World University Games. He works at the University of Washington and Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Krabak and Edenfield, both Belleson and the message therapy trio were together as a team at the 2022 Budapest and 2023 Fukuoka Worlds. So was Quirke, responsible for the team\u2019s day-to-day logistics. She also worked at the 2019 World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly lucky to have such a decorated and personable group of individuals on our staff for Paris,\u201d USA Swimming National Team Managing Director <strong>Lindsay Mintenko<\/strong> said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/news\/2024\/05\/13\/usa-swimming-announces-support-staff-for-2024-olympic-games-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a press release<\/a>. \u201cThis group has been with us on numerous trips over the past few years and has helped our athletes maintain peak performance. I would like to thank them for their valuable time and effort behind the scenes that assist our team in becoming the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gerken swam at Ohio State and is a practicing physician in northern Ohio. Gorman was a nine-time national championship swimmer at the University of Florida (who finished third at Olympic Trials in 1992 to narrowly miss the Barcelona Games). 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