{"id":615667,"date":"2025-06-23T04:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=615667"},"modified":"2025-06-23T04:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:29:16","slug":"virginia-and-texas-standouts-form-core-of-2025-american-international-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-and-texas-standouts-form-core-of-2025-american-international-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia and Texas Standouts Form Core of 2025 American International Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Virginia and Texas Standouts Form Core of 2025 American International Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just three months ago, the University of Virginia women and University of Texas men lit up Federal Way, Wash., with resounding victories at the NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n<p>For Virginia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/limitless-virginia-cavaliers-sail-to-fifth-consecutive-womens-national-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the fifth consecutive title<\/a> marked the end of an era as sisters <strong>Alex<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> concluded their collegiate eligibility, and the win was dominant, by 127 points over second-place Stanford with the outcome never really in doubt. The Texas win was the exact opposite, in the first season under coach <strong>Bob Bowman<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-captures-16th-national-title-behind-hubert-kos-bob-bowman-and-reassembled-longhorns-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by just 19 points over familiar rival Cal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The attention of American and global swimming has since shifted to long course competition, but the story is largely similar as Cavalier and Longhorn swimmers are poised for central roles on U.S. international teams this summer. Several were already established performers in the 50-meter pool before beginning their college careers while others have used their NCAA success as a springboard.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 21 pool swimmers on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-nationals-roster-announced-for-singapore-world-championships-jillian-cox-in-kieran-smith-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. women&#8217;s roster<\/a> bound for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/competitions\/4725\/world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore World Championships<\/a>, six hail from Virginia: the Walsh sisters,\u00a0<strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Claire Curzan<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Katie Grimes<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Anna Moesch<\/strong>. Curzan&#8217;s first college season representing Virginia brought massive improvements that have put her back on the world scene, this time as the world&#8217;s second-fastest swimmer in the 200 backstroke, while Moesch made the jump from junior-level standout to the senior stage in one year with Virginia. She dropped her 100 freestyle best time by a half-second at U.S. Nationals to finish sixth and earn a relay spot.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Virginia will have Worlds representation on the men&#8217;s side for the first time since\u00a0<strong>Todd DeSorbo<\/strong> took over the program in 2017.\u00a0<strong>Jack Aikins<\/strong> qualified for the team by winning the 200 back and placing second in the 100 back while incoming freshman\u00a0<strong>Thomas Heilman<\/strong> will swim at a major meet for the third-consecutive year after his runnerup finish in the 100 fly.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia influence goes beyond the Worlds team. The roster announced for the World University Games includes six women and one man representing the Cavaliers: breaststrokers\u00a0<strong>Katie Christopherson<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Emma Weber<\/strong>, freestyler\u00a0<strong>Cavan Gormsen<\/strong>, IMer\u00a0<strong>Leah Hayes<\/strong>, butterflyer\u00a0<strong>Tess Howley<\/strong>, sprinter\u00a0<strong>Maxine Parker<\/strong> and backstroker\u00a0<strong>David King<\/strong>. Virginia coaches will be on each staff, with\u00a0<strong>Courtney Caldwell<\/strong> heading to Worlds and\u00a0<strong>Jake Shrum<\/strong> going to Germany for WUGs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_608923\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-608923\" data-attachment-id=\"608923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-and-texas-standouts-form-core-of-2025-american-international-teams\/luke-hobson-76\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. 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Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744.jpg\" class=\"size-medium-small wp-image-608923\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"luke-hobson-\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/luke-hobson-2025-Mens-NCAA-SD-1744.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-608923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas freestyler Luke Hobson &#8212; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Texas, meanwhile, put six\u00a0men on the Worlds team.\u00a0<strong>Luke Hobson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Rex Maurer<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Chris Guiliano<\/strong> and <strong>David Johnston <\/strong>were all part of the national-title-winning roster in March while <strong>Carson Foster <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> are part of Bowman&#8217;s professional group, as are <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> and <strong>Simone Manuel <\/strong>on the women&#8217;s side. Breakout breaststroker <strong>Campbell McKean<\/strong> is heading to Texas in the fall. Foster, Casas, Smith and Maurer will all swim at least three individual events at Worlds while Hobson has become a gold-medal favorite in the 200 free.<\/p>\n<p>Also making the team from Texas were a pair of swimmers from the women&#8217;s team,\u00a0<strong>Erin Gemmell<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Jillian Cox<\/strong>, the latter of whom does the majority of her training under men&#8217;s associate head coach\u00a0<strong>Erik Posegay<\/strong>. Further, eight Texas-trained swimmers are set to swim at the World University Games. The men&#8217;s list includes\u00a0<strong>Alec Enyeart<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Nate Germonprez<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Will Modglin<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Baylor Nelson<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Camden Taylor<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Piper Enge<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kate Hurst<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Lindsay Looney<\/strong> go for the women. Posegay is on the Worlds coaching staff with\u00a0<strong>Trevor Maida<\/strong> representing the Longhorns at WUGs.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that big-name college programs are serving as the hubs for producing the swimmers who will win medals for the United States internationally. A handful of other high-achieving programs also have significant international representation this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worlds: Jack Alexy, Gabriel Jett, Destin Lasco, Keaton Jones, Dare Rose, Claire Weinstein (incoming)<\/li>\n<li>WUGs: Abigail Herscu, Teagan O&#8217;Dell (incoming), Ryan Erisman (incoming)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worlds: Emma Weyant, Bobby Finke<\/li>\n<li>WUGs: Isabel Ivey, Michaela Mattes, Mason Laur, Jake Mitchell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Indiana<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worlds: Lilly King, Anna Peplowski, Josh Matheny<\/li>\n<li>WUGs: Matt King, Owen McDonald, Josh Bey (incoming)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NC State<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worlds: Katharine Berkoff, Quintin McCarty<\/li>\n<li>WUGs: Kennedy Noble, Leah Shackley, Daniel Diehl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stanford<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worlds: Caroline Bricker, Torri Huske, Henry McFadden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These programs are best known for their medal-winning, record-breaking stars, but they each have track records of helping good high school swimmers take the next steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia and Texas Standouts Form Core of 2025 American International Teams Just three months ago, the University of Virginia women and University of Texas men lit up Federal Way, Wash.,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":608230,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,6,7],"tags":[136142,135558,70619,10818,366,60126,458,4509,543],"class_list":["post-615667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-college","category-usa","tag-2025-us-national-championships","tag-2025-world-aquatic-championships","tag-2025-world-aquatics-championships","tag-bob-bowman","tag-texas","tag-todd-desorbo","tag-university-of-texas","tag-university-of-virginia","tag-virginia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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