Tuesday, July 8, 2008

U.S. Olympic Swim Team Roster

Reuters reports that eight world records were set in the 8-day U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

Olympic hopefuls battled for seats on what looks to be a dominant U.S. swimming team.

Here is the complete roster, courtesy of usaswimming.org:

Men

Nathan Adrian 19 Bremerton, Wash. 4x100m Free Relay

Ricky Berens 20 Charlotte, N.C. 4x200m Free Relay

Ian Crocker 25 Portland, Maine 100m Fly

Mark Gangloff 25 Akron Ohio 100m Breast

Matt Grevers 23 Lake Forest, Ill. 100m Back, 4x100m Free Relay

Brendan Hansen 26 Havertown, Pa. 100m Breast

Larsen Jensen 22 Bakersfield, Calif. 400m / 1500m Free

Cullen Jones 24 Irvington, N.J. 4x100m Free Relay

Klete Keller 26 Phoenix, Ariz. 4x200m Free Relay

Ryan Lochte 23 Daytona Beach, Fla. 200m / 400m IM, 200m Back

Jason Lezak 32 Irvine, Calif. 100m Free, 4x100m Free Relay

Michael Phelps 23 Baltimore, Md. 200m / 400m IM, 200m Free,

100m / 200m Fly, 4x200 Free Relay

Aaron Peirsol 24 Irvine, Calif. 100m / 200m Back

Scott Spann 20 Austin, Texas 200m Breast

Eric Shanteau 24 Lilburn, Ga. 200m Breast

Gil Stovall 22 Memphis, Tenn. 200m Fly

Peter Vanderkaay 24 Rochester, Mich. 200m / 400m / 1500m Free, 4x200m Free Relay

Erik Vendt 27 North Easton, Mass. 4x200m Free Relay

David Walters 20 Yorktown, Va. 4x200m Free Relay

Mark Warkentin 28 Santa Barbara, Calif. 10k Marathon Swim

Garrett Weber-Gale 22 Milwaukee, Wis. 50m / 100m Free, 4x100m Free Relay

Ben Wildman-Tobriner 23 San Francisco, Calif. 50m Free, 4x100m Free Relay

Men's Head Coach

: Eddie Reese

Men's Assistant Coach

: Bob Bowman, Gregg Troy, Frank Busch

Women

Amanda Beard 26 Irvine, Calif. 200m Breast

Elizabeth Beisel 15 Saunderstown, R.I. 200m Back, 400m IM

Caroline Burckle 21 Louisville, Ky. 4x200m Free Relay

Elaine Breeden 19 Lexington, Ky. 100m / 200m Fly

Natalie Coughlin 25 Vallejo, Calif. 100m Back, 200m IM, 100m Free,

4x100m Free Relay

Jessica Hardy 21 Long Beach, Calif. 50m Free, 100m Breast,

4x100m Free Relay

Kathleen Hersey 19 Atlanta, Ga. 200m Fly

Margaret Hoelzer 25 Huntsville, Ala. 100m / 200m Back

Katie Hoff 19 Towson, Md. 200m / 400m IM,

200m / 400m / 800m Free,

4x200m Free Relay

Megan Jendrick 24 Tacoma, Wash. 100m Breast

Christine Magnuson 22 Tinley Park, Ill. 100m Fly

Christine Marshall 21 Newport News, Va. 4x200m Free Relay

Lacey Nymeyer 22 Tucson, Ariz. 100m Free, 4x100m Free Relay

Allison Schmitt 18 Canton, Mich. 200m Free, 4x200m Free Relay

Emily Silver 22 Bainbridge Island, Wash. 4x100m Free Relay

Julia Smit 20 Mt. Sinai, N.Y. 4x100m / 4x200m Free Relay

Rebecca Soni 21 Plainsboro, N.J. 200m Breast

Chloe Sutton 16 Mission Viejo, Calif. 10k Marathon Swim

Dara Torres 41 Los Angeles, Calif. 50m Free, 4x100m Free Relay

Kim Vandenberg 24 Moraga, Calif. 4x200m Free Relay

Kate Ziegler 19 Great Falls, Va. 400m / 800m Free

Women's Head Coach:

Jack Bauerle

Women's Assistant Coach:

Paul Yetter, Teri McKeever, Sean Hutchison

This could easily be the best U.S. swimming team ever. We'll know for sure in six weeks!

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