Breaking Down The 2024 U.S. Olympic Team By NCAA Ties
By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
Two of the most dominant college programs in recent memory, the Virginia women and Texas men, headline the 2024 U.S. Olympic swimming teams in terms of NCAA affiliation.
Future NCAA Commitments
Women
Swimmer
NCAA School
Current Training Base
Event(s)
Notes
Claire Weinstein
Cal
Sandpipers of Nevada
200 free
2025
Alex Shackell
Cal
Carmel Swim Club
200 fly, 4×200 FR
2025
Men
Swimmer
NCAA School
Current Training Base
Event(s)
Notes
Thomas Heilman
Virginia
Cavalier Aquatics
100/200 fly
2025
Luke Whitlock
Florida
Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
800 free
2024
Aaron Shackell
Texas
Carmel Swim Club
400 free
Matt King
Indiana
Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics
4×100 FR
2024 (Transfer from Virginia)
NCAA Teams During the 2023-2024 Season
Women
Swimmer
NCAA School
Current Training Base
Event(s)
Notes
Phoebe Bacon
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
200 back
Katharine Berkoff
NC State
NC State
100 back
Mariah Denigan
Indiana
Indiana
10K
Erin Gemmell
Texas
Texas
200 free
Torri Huske
Stanford
Stanford
100 free, 100 fly
Redshirt
Anna Peplowski
Indiana
Indiana
4×200 FR
Alex Walsh
Virginia
Virginia
200 IM
Gretchen Walsh
Virginia
Virginia
Emma Weber
Virginia
Virginia
100 breast
Emma Weyant
Florida
Florida
400 IM
Men
Swimmer
NCAA School
Current Training Base
Event(s)
Notes
Jack Alexy
Cal
Cal
100 free
Matt Fallon
Penn
Penn
200 breast
Chris Guiliano
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
50/100/200 free
Luke Hobson
Texas
Texas
200 free
David Johnston
Texas
The Swim Team
1500 free, 10K
Redshirt
Josh Matheny
Indiana
Indiana
200 breast
Ivan Puskovitch
West Virginia
West Virginia
10K
Luca Urlando
Georgia
Arizona State
200 fly
Redshirt
Past NCAA Teams (Transfers/Graduations/Went Pro)
Women
Swimmer
NCAA School
Current Training Base
Event(s)
Notes
Erika Connolly
Tennessee
Tennessee
4×100 free
Graduated
Kate Douglass
Virginia
Virginia
Graduated
Lilly King
Indiana
Indiana
100/200 br
Graduated
Katie Ledecky
Stanford
Florida
Graduated
Paige Madden
Virginia
Texas
Graduated
Simone Manuel
Stanford
Arizona State
50 fr, 4×100 FR
Graduated
Regan Smith
Stanford
Texas
Graduated
Abbey Weitzeil
Cal
Cal
4×100 FR
Graduated
Emma Weyant
Virginia
Florida
400 IM
1 year at Virginia before transferring to Florida
Men
Swimmer
NCAA School
Training Base
Event(s)
Notes
Hunter Armstrong
Ohio State
Cal
100 back, 4×100 FR
Hunter Armstrong
West Virginia
Cal
Shaine Casas
Texas A&M
Texas
200 IM
Turned Pro
Brooks Curry
LSU
Cal
4×200 FR
Graduated
Caeleb Dressel
Florida
Florida
50 free, 100 fly, 4×100 FR
Graduated
Nic Fink
Georgia
Georgia Tech
100 breast
Graduated
Bobby Finke
Florida
Florida
800/1500 free
Graduated
Carson Foster
Texas
Texas
200/400 IM
Turned Pro
Ryan Held
NC State
Arizona State
4×100 FR
Graduated
Chase Kalisz
Georgia
Texas
400 IM
Graduated
Drew Kibler
Texas
Texas
4×200 FR
Graduated
Matt King
Alabama
Texas Ford Dealers Aquatics
4×100 FR
Matt King
Virginia
Texas Ford Dealers Aquatics
4×100 FR
Ryan Murphy
Cal
Cal
100/200 back
Graduated
Blake Pieroni
Indiana
Indiana
4×200 FR
Graduated
Aaron Shackell
Texas
Carmel Swim Club
400 free
Kieran Smith
Florida
Florida
400 free, 4×200 FR
Graduated
Charlie Swanson
Michigan
Michigan
100 breast
Graduated
A modern dynasty, the University of Virginia women have won four straight national titles and have built Charlottesville into a hub for some of the top swimmers in the country, attracting some of the best recruits annually while keeping a post-grad superstar like Kate Douglass around after turning pro.
Along with Douglass, who won the women’s 100 free, 200 breast and 200 IM at the Olympic Trials, Virginia will be sending current team members Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh and Emma Weber to Paris, along with a former member of the team, Paige Madden.
If you’re a Virginia fan, you’ll have another American swimmer to root for at the Olympics, as 17-year-old Thomas Heilman, the top-ranked recruit in the boys’ high school class of 2025 who is committed to join the Cavaliers next fall, qualified for the Olympic team in the men’s 100 and 200 fly.
Also sending multiple female swimmers to the Games are Stanford, Cal and Indiana.
Of Stanford’s four, Torri Huske is notably the only one currently training in Palo Alto, with Simone Manuel and Regan Smith now both at Texas with Bob Bowman and Katie Ledecky being based out of Gainesville with Anthony Nesty.
U.S. WOMEN’S ROSTER
Swimmer
NCAA School
Training Base
Event(s)
Phoebe Bacon
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
200 back
Katharine Berkoff
NC State
NC State
100 back
Erika Connolly
Tennessee
Tennessee
4×100 free
Mariah Denigan
Indiana
Indiana
10K
Kate Douglass
Virginia
Virginia
Erin Gemmell
Texas
Texas
200 free
Katie Grimes
Uncommitted
Sandpipers of Nevada
Torri Huske
Stanford
Stanford
100 free, 100 fly
Lilly King
Indiana
Indiana
100/200 br
Katie Ledecky
Stanford
Florida
Paige Madden
Virginia
Texas
Simone Manuel
Stanford
Arizona State
50 fr, 4×100 FR
Anna Peplowski
Indiana
Indiana
4×200 FR
Alex Shackell
Cal
Carmel Swim Club
Regan Smith
Stanford
Texas
Alex Walsh
Virginia
Virginia
200 IM
Gretchen Walsh
Virginia
Virginia
Emma Weber
Virginia
Virginia
100 breast
Claire Weinstein
Cal
Sandpipers of Nevada
200 free
Abbey Weitzeil
Cal
Cal
4×100 FR
Emma Weyant
Florida
Florida
400 IM
On the men’s side, Texas leads the way with five swimmers on the U.S. team, including one current member in Luke Hobson, one future member in Aaron Shackell, and two former members in Drew Kibler and Carson Foster.
The fifth swimmer is David Johnston, who took a redshirt season and moved to train with The Swim Team in California, but is expected to return next year.
In addition to Manuel, Smith and Madden, Texas also has male swimmers Shaine Casas and Chase Kalisz on the team currently training in Austin though never having raced for the Longhorns.
Following Texas’ five is the Florida Gators, who have four men on the team—though none of them competed for UF this past NCAA season. Caeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke and Kieran Smith are three decorated former Gators—all still training in Gainesville—while Luke Whitlock is an incoming freshman fresh off a breakout showing in Indianapolis.
MEN’S ROSTER
Swimmer
NCAA School
Training Base
Event(s)
Jack Alexy
Cal
Cal
100 free
Hunter Armstrong
Ohio State
Cal
Shaine Casas
Texas A&M
Texas
200 IM
Brooks Curry
LSU
Cal
4×200 FR
Caeleb Dressel
Florida
Florida
Matt Fallon
Penn
Penn
200 breast
Nic Fink
Georgia
Georgia Tech
100 breast
Bobby Finke
Florida
Florida
800/1500 free
Carson Foster
Texas
Texas
200/400 IM
Chris Guiliano
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
50/100/200 free
Thomas Heilman
Virginia
Cavalier Aquatics
100/200 fly
Ryan Held
NC State
Arizona State
4×100 FR
Luke Hobson
Texas
Texas
200 free
David Johnston
Texas
The Swim Team
1500 free, 10K
Keaton Jones
Cal
Cal
200 back
Chase Kalisz
Georgia
Texas
400 IM
Drew Kibler
Texas
Texas
4×200 FR
Matt King
Indiana
Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics
4×100 FR
Josh Matheny
Indiana
Indiana
200 breast
Ryan Murphy
Cal
Cal
100/200 back
Blake Pieroni
Indiana
Indiana
4×200 FR
Ivan Puskovitch
West Virginia
West Virginia
10K
Aaron Shackell
Texas
Carmel Swim Club
400 free
Kieran Smith
Florida
Florida
Charlie Swanson
Michigan
Michigan
100 breast
Luca Urlando
Georgia
Arizona State
200 fly
Luke Whitlock
Florida
Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
800 free
In terms of a combined total, joining Virginia and Texas with six qualified swimmers is Cal and Indiana, both with three men and three women apiece.
The Golden Bears put two future members, Alex Shackell and Claire Weinstein, on the women’s team, along with graduated sprinter Abbey Weitzeil.
The men put current members Jack Alexy and Keaton Jones on the Olympic squad along with Ryan Murphy, who will represent the U.S. men in both backstroke events for the third straight Games.
Cal also has Brooks Curry (LSU) and Hunter Armstrong (Ohio State by way of WVU) on the team who train in Berkeley but never represented the Bears in the NCAA.
Indiana landed post-grads Lilly King and Blake Pieroni, current members Josh Matheny, Anna Peplowski and Mariah Denigan, and incoming transfer Matt King on the team.
NCAA TEAMS RANKED BY U.S. OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
Virginia / Texas / Indiana / Cal, 6
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Florida, 5
Stanford, 4
Georgia, 3
NC State, 2
Nine teams tied with 1 (Wisconsin, Tennessee, Ohio State, Texas A&M, LSU, Penn, Notre Dame, WVU, Michigan)
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