{"id":653047,"date":"2026-09-08T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=653047"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:06:39","slug":"usa-swimming-announces-2026-2027-u-s-national-junior-team-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-announces-2026-2027-u-s-national-junior-team-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming Announces 2026-2027 U.S. National Junior Team Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>USA Swimming Announces 2026-2027 U.S. National Junior Team Roster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Swimming<\/a>, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its 2026-2027 U.S. National Junior Team Presented by Speedo. The roster is composed of 97 of the nation&#8217;s top 18-and-under athletes. In several instances, these swimmers will advance to the USA Swimming Senior National Team and represent Team USA in international competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome this talented group to the 2026-2027 National Junior Team,\u201d said USA Swimming National Junior Team Director Brendan Hansen. &#8220;The roster includes Junior Pan Pac medalists and several new faces from a strong summer of racing. As we move through the 2028 quad, our goal is to give these athletes more international racing opportunities and help prepare them for future National Team and Olympic team rosters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audrey Derivaux<\/strong>\u00a0(Haddonfield, N.J.\/Jersey Wahoos) leads the women&#8217;s roster with the most events (six), followed by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Schoeck<\/strong>\u00a0(Chesterfield, Mo.\/CSP Tideriders), who qualifies in four events. On the men&#8217;s side,\u00a0<strong>David Sammons<\/strong>\u00a0(Charlotte, N.C.\/SwimMAC Carolina),\u00a0<strong>Joey Eaddy<\/strong>\u00a0(Sudbury, Mass.\/Revolution Aquatic Club), and\u00a0<strong>Kai Joyner<\/strong>\u00a0(Rochester, N.Y.\/Rochester Swim Club) lead the way, each qualifying in four events.<\/p>\n<p>The full roster features 49 women and 48 men, spanning 28 states and 80 clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Of the clubs represented, Carmel Swim Club, Lakeside Swim Team, Long Island Aquatic Club, and Nation&#8217;s Capital Swim Club lead the way with three athletes each making the team, while California is the most-represented state with 12 athletes, followed by Florida with 10.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"653048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-announces-2026-2027-u-s-national-junior-team-roster\/screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www-usaswimming-org\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www.usaswimming.org_-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"986,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www.usaswimming.org\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www.usaswimming.org_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www.usaswimming.org_-394x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-653048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www.usaswimming.org_-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www.usaswimming.org_-scaled.jpeg 986w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_8-9-2026_145112_www.usaswimming.org_-394x1024.jpeg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Swimming Announces 2026-2027 U.S. National Junior Team Roster USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its 2026-2027 U.S. National<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":649392,"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":[2690],"class_list":["post-653047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-usa-swimming"],"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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