Zach Apple, Gabby DeLoof Highlight USA Swimming’s World University Games Roster

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

USA Swimming today announced a 52-member squad that will represent the United States at next summer’s 2019 World University Games (XXX Summer Universiade) in Naples, Italy.

Highlighting the roster are eight swimmers who competed for Team USA at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships: Gabby DeLoof (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Michigan), Ella Eastin (Irvine, Calif./Stanford), Hannah Moore (Cary, N.C./NC State), Zach Apple (Trenton, Ohio/Indiana), Robert Finke (Clearwater, Fla./Florida), Sean Grieshop (Cedar Park, Texas/California), Austin Katz (Sarasota, Fla./Texas) and Justin Ress (Cary, N.C./NC State).

Apple, DeLoof and Jack Levant (Southlake, Texas/Stanford) also will compete at the 2019 FINA World Championships as relay-only swimmers. Leah Smith, Shannon Vreeland, Abbey Weitzeil and Reed Malone did the double for USA Swimming in 2015 at the World University Games.

Emily Weiss and Katharine Berkoff also made the team as they will be incoming freshmen in the fall of 2019.

Seventeen different college programs are represented on the roster with Texas leading the way with eight swimmers slated to compete. California and NC State follow with six team members each.

The seven-day swimming competition is scheduled for July 4-10, 2019. Full competition information can be found online at www.universiade2019napoli.it.

Ten swimmers are making return trips to the World University Games and they are marked below with an asterisk.

Men’s Roster

Zach Apple, Indiana, 50/100 free
Clark Beach, Florida, 200 back
Dean Farris, Harvard, 4×100 free
Robert Finke, Florida, 800/1500 free
Ian Finnerty, Indiana, 50/100 breast
Trey Freeman, Florida, 200/400 free
*Sean Grieshop, California, 400 IM
Connor Hoppe, California, 50/100 breast
Grant House, Arizona State, 4×200 free
Robert Howard, Alabama, 4×100 free
Tate Jackson, Texas, 100 free
Michael Jensen, California, 50 free
Trenton Julian, California, 4×200 free, 200 fly
*Austin Katz, Texas, 200 back
Jack LeVant, Stanford, 200 free, 200 fly
Bryce Mefford, California, 50/100 back
Jeff Newkirk, Texas, 4×200 free
Nick Norman, California, 800/1500
*Justin Ress, NC State, 4×100 free, 50/100 back
Daniel Roy, Stanford, 200 breast
Jack Saunderson, Towson, 50/100 fly
John Shebat, Texas, 200 IM
Coleman Stewart, NC State, 50/100 fly
Sam Stewart, Texas, 200/400 IM
Jonathan Tybur, Texas A&M, 200 breast
Zach Yeadon, Notre Dame, 400 free

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Women’s Roster

Claire Adams, Texas, 4×100 free
Grace Ariola, Texas, 50 free
Taylor Ault, Florida, 800 free
Zoe Bartel, Stanford, 200 Breast
Katharine Berkoff, NC State, 50/100 back
Lisa Bratton, Texas A&M, 200 back
*Veronica Burchill, Georgia, 100 free, 50/100 fly
Megan Byrnes, Stanford, 800/1500
Jorie Caneta, Texas A&M, 50/100 breast
Olivia Carter, Georgia, 200 fly
Catie DeLoof, Michigan, 4×100 free
Gabby DeLoof, Michigan, 100/200 free
*Ella Eastin, Stanford, 200 IM
Emily Escobedo, UMBC, 200 breast
Elise Haan, NC State, 50/100 back
Dakota Luther, Georgia, 50/100/200 fly
Paige Madden, Virginia, 200 free
*Kaersten Meitz, Purdue, 400 free
*Hannah Moore, NC State, 1500
Ky-Lee Perry, NC State, 50 free
Evie Pfeifer, Texas, 4×200 free, 200/400 IM
*Claire Rasmus, Texas A&M, 4×200 free
*Sierra Schmidt, Michigan, 400 free
Makayla Sargent, NC State, 400 IM
*Asia Seidt, Kentucky, 200 back
Emily Weiss, Indiana, 50/100 breast

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Making Return Trips to WUGs

Veronica Burchill
Ella Eastin
Sean Grieshop
Austin Katz
Kaersten Meitz
Hannah Moore
Claire Rasmus
Justin Ress
Sierra Schmidt
Asia Seidt

Schools Represented

Texas (8)
NC State (7)
California (6)
Stanford (5)
Florida (4)
Texas A&M (4)
Georgia (3)
Michigan (3)
Indiana (2)
Alabama (1)
Arizona State (1)
Harvard (1)
Kentucky (1)
Notre Dame (1)
Oakland (1)
Purdue (1)
Towson (1)
UMBC (1)
Virginia (1)

Conferences:

SEC (13)
Pac-12 (12)
ACC (9)
Big XII (8)
B1G (6)
America East (1)
CAA (1)
Horizon League (1)
Ivy League (1)

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Hmm...

5 years ago

Of course Dean Farris is on this team…