PARIS, France — Two Ohio natives have made the U.S. swimming team and will soon head to the 2024 Paris Olympics with dozens of other swimmers this July.
Carson Foster, of Cincinnati, and Hunter Armstrong, of Dover, will join thousands of athletes as they parade through the heart of the French capital on boats on the Seine in the opening ceremony at sunset on July 26.
During the swimming trials that wrapped up Sunday night in Indianapolis, plenty of promising young swimmers emerged.
Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel are among those who will be going for gold in the City of Light, joined by potential new standouts such as Kate Douglass and Thomas Heilman.
Ledecky won all four of her freestyle events, ranging from 200 to 1,500 meters, and she'll again be the face of the American team as she competes in her fourth Olympics.
Ledecky won't swim the 200, an event that produced only a fifth-place finish in Tokyo, and she'll need to improve on her times in the 400 to have a shot at gold in that star-studded event. But she remains the favorite in the 800 — an event where she'll be going for a four-peat — and the 1,500.
Dressel, who took an extended layoff from swimming after Tokyo, won a pair of events in Indy and appeared to be regaining the form that produced five gold medals at the last Olympics.
Manuel, whose last Olympics were marred by overtraining syndrome, claimed an individual event on the final night of the trials with a victory in the 50 freestyle. She'll also be a key performer on the 4x100 free relay.
Bobby Finke, the winner of the 800 and 1,500 freestyle races in Tokyo, will get a chance to defend his titles after winning both events at the trials.
World Records
The trials provided a chance to send a message to the rest of the world, but only two world records were broken in Indy.
Gretchen Walsh set a standard in the women’s 100 butterfly with a time of 55.18 seconds, She eclipsed the mark of 55.48 set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the 2016 Olympics.
Regan Smith broke the mark in the women's 100 backstroke, touching in 57.13 to take down the time of 57.33 set by Australia’s Kaylee McKeown.
U.S. swimming team for the 2024 Paris Olympics
The full list of U.S. swimmers was announced Sunday for the Summer Games.
Here’s which swimmers will be at the games. Also listed are their hometowns and events (all distances in meters unless noted):
MEN
- Jack Alexy, Morristown, New Jersey: 100 freestyle; 4x100 freestyle relay
- Hunter Armstrong, Dover, Ohio: 100 backstroke; 4x100 freestyle relay
- Shaine Casas, McAllen, Texas: 200 individual medley
- Brooks Curry, Atlanta, Georgia: 4x200 freestyle relay
- Caeleb Dressel, Green Cove Springs, Florida: 50 freestyle; 100 butterfly; 4x100 freestyle relay
- Matt Fallon, Warren, New Jersey: 200 breaststroke
- Nic Fink, Morristown, New Jersey: 100 breaststroke
- Bobby Finke, Clearwater, Florida: 800 freestyle; 1,500 freestyle
- Carson Foster, Cincinnati, Ohio: 200 individual medley; 400 individual medley
- Chris Guiliano, Douglassville, Pennsylvania: 50 freestyle; 100 freestyle; 200 freestyle; 4x100 freestyle relay; 4x200 freestyle relay
- Thomas Heilman, Charlottesville, Virginia: 100 butterfly; 200 butterfly
- Ryan Held, Springfield, Illinois: 4x100 freestyle relay
- Luke Hobson, Reno, Nevada: 200 freestyle; 4x200 freestyle relay
- David Johnston, Dallas, Texas: 1,500 freestyle
- Keaton Jones, Gilbert, Arizona: 200 backstroke
- Chase Kalisz, Baltimore, Maryland: 400 individual medley
- Drew Kibler, Carmel, Indiana: 4x200 freestyle relay
- Matt King, Snohomish, Washington: 4x100 freestyle relay
- Josh Matheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 200 breaststroke
- Ryan Murphy, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida: 100 backstroke; 200 backstroke
- Blake Pieroni, Chesterton, Indiana: 4x200 freestyle relay
- Ivan Puskovitch, West Chester, Pennsylvania: 10-kilometer marathon
- Aaron Shackell, Carmel, Indiana: 400 freestyle
- Kieran Smith, Ridgefield, Connecticut: 400 freestyle; 4x200 freestyle relay
- Charlie Swanson, Richmond, Virginia: 100 breaststroke
- Luca Urlando, Sacramento, California: 200 butterfly
- Luke Whitlock, Noblesville, Indiana: 800 freestyle
WOMEN
- Phoebe Bacon, Chevy Chase, Maryland: 200 backstroke
- Katharine Berkoff, Missoula, Montana: 100 backstroke
- Erika Connolly, Modesto, California: 4x100 freestyle relay
- Mariah Denigan, Walton, Kentucky: 10-kilometer marathon
- Kate Douglass, Pelham, New York: 200 breaststroke; 100 freestyle; 200 individual medley; 4x100 freestyle relay
- Erin Gemmell, Potomac, Maryland: 4x200 freestyle relay
- Katie Grimes, Las Vegas, Nevada: 1,500 freestyle; 400 individual medley; 10-kilometer marathon
- Torri Huske, Arlington, Virginia: 100 butterfly; 100 freestyle; 4x100 freestyle relay
- Lilly King, Evansville, Indiana: 100 breaststroke; 200 breaststroke
- Katie Ledecky, Bethesda, Maryland: 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle; 800 freestyle; 1,500 freestyle
- Paige Madden, Mobile, Alabama: 400 freestyle; 800 freestyle; 4x200 freestyle relay
- Simone Manuel, Sugar Land, Texas: 50 freestyle; 4x100 freestyle relay
- Anna Peplowski, Germantown Hills, Illinois: 4x200 freestyle relay
- Alex Shackell, Carmel, Indiana: 200 butterfly; 4x200 freestyle relay
- Regan Smith, Lakeville, Minnesota: 100 backstroke; 200 backstroke; 200 butterfly
- Alex Walsh, Nashville, Tennessee: 200 individual medley
- Gretchen Walsh, Nashville, Tennessee: 100 butterfly; 50 freestyle; 4x100 freestyle relay
- Emma Weber, Denver, Colorado: 100 breaststroke
- Claire Weinstein, White Plains, New York: 200 freestyle
- Abbey Weitzeil, Santa Clarita, California: 4x100 freestyle relay
- Emma Weyant, Sarasota, Florida: 400 individual medley