﻿{"id":590746,"date":"2024-07-12T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=590746"},"modified":"2024-07-12T14:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:49:49","slug":"olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA Swimming has announced its four captains for the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> and <strong>Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> were selected as the women&#8217;s team&#8217;s captains, while <strong>Ryan<\/strong> <strong>Murphy<\/strong> and <strong>Nic Fink<\/strong> were tabbed as captains for the men&#8217;s team, USA Swimming announced.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky is headed to her fourth Olympics. She qualified in the 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle and 1500 freestyle. She has opted out of the individual 200 freestyle, and will likely swim on the 800 free relay and perhaps more.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky is an individual Olympic freestyle champion over four distances\u2014200, 400, 800 and 1500. She has 10 total 0lympc medals between the Games of 2012, 2016 and 2020 &#8211; just two total medals away from the Olympic record for U.S. women held by <strong>Natalie Coughlin, Jenny Thompson<\/strong> and <strong>Dara Torres<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil is headed to her third Olympic games. She qualified for Paris as a relay swimmer on the 400 free relay. She has been a mainstay of U.S. sprinting. The past two Olympics, she qualified in the 50 and 100 freestyles and was part of multiple medal winning relays.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy is making his third Olympic trip. In the 100 back, he held the world record for six years, and in 2023, the Olympic gold medalist captured the one accomplishment missing on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 with a world title in the 200 backstroke.<\/p>\n<p>Fink is headed to his second Olympics after qualifying in the 100 breaststroke. He has been in the medal mix the past four-plus years in the breaststroke events and, like Murphy, will be a boost to the U.S. medley relay in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Paris Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Swimming has announced its four captains for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Katie Ledecky and Abbey Weitzeil were selected as the women&#8217;s team&#8217;s captains, while Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":590749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,7],"tags":[70616,31769,25031,33982,25269],"class_list":["post-590746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris","tag-abbey-weitzeil","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-nic-fink","tag-ryan-murphy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris. Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil, Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink were picked.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olympic Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris. Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil, Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink were picked.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T21:45:52+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T21:49:49+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1418\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"798\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan D&#039;Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan D&#039;Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\"},\"headline\":\"Olympic Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-12T21:45:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-12T21:49:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"2024 Olympic Games Coverage - Paris\",\"Abbey Weitzeil\",\"Katie Ledecky\",\"Nic Fink\",\"Ryan Murphy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Americas\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/\",\"name\":\"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-12T21:45:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-12T21:49:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris. Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil, Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink were picked.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg\",\"width\":1418,\"height\":798,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: USA Swimming\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Olympic Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\",\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\"},\"description\":\"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris","description":"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris. Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil, Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink were picked.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Olympic Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris","og_description":"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris. Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil, Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink were picked.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2024-07-12T21:45:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-12T21:49:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1418,"height":798,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04"},"headline":"Olympic Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris","datePublished":"2024-07-12T21:45:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-12T21:49:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/"},"wordCount":263,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg","keywords":["2024 Olympic Games Coverage - Paris","Abbey Weitzeil","Katie Ledecky","Nic Fink","Ryan Murphy"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Americas","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/","name":"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-07-12T21:45:52+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-12T21:49:49+00:00","description":"Olympics Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris. Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil, Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink were picked.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg","width":1418,"height":798,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: USA Swimming"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-captains-named-for-us-swimming-team-in-paris\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Olympic Captains Named for US Swimming Team in Paris"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04","name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor"},"description":"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: USA Swimming","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/captains-1.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2tGa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}