By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
2025 World Junior Swimming Championships
August 19-24, 2025 Otopeni, Romania LCM (50 meters) Meet CentralUSA Swimming announced its roster for the 2025 World Junior Swimming Championships on Wednesday, with 19 girls and 26 boys earning a spot on the American team that will compete in Otopeni, Romania, later this summer.
The roster is headlined by the star female trio of Charlotte Crush, Audrey Derivaux and Rylee Erisman, who all qualified to swim five individual events at the championships.
On the boys’ side, three swimmers qualified in three individual events: Aiden Hammer, Gavin Keogh and Gabe Nunziata.
GIRLS’ ROSTER (19)
Name Events Age Hometown Club Mena Boardman 50 FL 17 Portland, Ore. Commonwealth Swimming Liberty Clark 4×100 FR-R, 4×200 FR-R 17 Chico, Calif. Pleasanton Seahawks Daisy Collins 1500 FR 16 Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina Aquatic Club Charlotte Crush 50/100/200 BK, 50/100 FL 17 Louisville, Ky. Lakeside Swim Team Audrey Derivaux 200 BK, 100/200 FL, 200/400 IM 16 Haddonfield, N.J. Jersey Wahoos Kennedi Dobson 200/400/800 FR 18 Levittown, Pa. Eastern Express Swim Team Rylee Erisman 50/100/200 FR, 50/100 BK 16 Windermere, Fla. Laker Swim Kayda Geyer 100/200 BR 17 Waxhaw, N.C. Mecklenburg Swim Association Kayla Han 800 FR, 400 IM, 4×200 FR-R 17 La Mirada, Calif. La Mirada Armada Brinkleigh Hansen 400 FR 15 Saint Petersburg, Fla. Saint Petersburg Aquatics Chloe Kim 1500 FR 18 Glen Rock, N.J. Scarlet Aquatics Lily King 100 FR 18 Latrobe, Pa. Mount Pleasant Aqua Club Rachel McAlpin 50 BR 17 Brandon, Miss. Mississippi Makos Swim Team Julie Mishler 4×100 FR-R 18 Milford, Ind. Fishers Area Swimming Tigers Annam Olasewere 50 FR, 4×100 FR-R 18 Westport, Conn. Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club Elle Scott 50/100 BR 18 Charlotte, N.C. SwimMAC Carolina Kaidy Stout 200 BR 16 Lewisville, N.C. Swim GSA Molly Sweeney 200 IM 17 Carmel, Ind. Carmel Swim Club Kelsey Zhang 200 FL 17 Saratoga, Calif. Palo Alto Stanford AquaticsBOYS’ ROSTER (26)
Name Events Age Hometown Club William Allen 4×200 FR-R 16 Carmel, Ind. Carmel Swim Club Kenneth Barnicle 50 BK, 4×100 FR-R 18 Mendham, N.J. Greater Somerset County YMCA Noah Cakir 200 FL, 200 IM 18 Deer Park, N.Y. Team Suffolk Ian Call 50 BR 16 Collierville, Tenn. Memphis Thunder Aquatic Club Brayden Capen 400 IM 17 Lisle, Ill. Academy Bullets Swim Club Austin Carpenter 100 FR 17 Dublin, Ohio Central Ohio Aquatics Norvin Clontz 200/400 FR 18 Charlotte, N.C. Mecklenburg Swim Association Rowan Cox 50/100 FL, 4×100 FR-R 17 Austin, Texas Longhorn Aquatics Shareef Elaydi 200 FL 16 Santa Clara, Calif. Santa Clara Swim Club Andrew Eubanks 100/200 BR 17 Portland, Ore. The Dolphins Portland Swimming Aiden Hammer 400/800/1500 FR 17 Fox Island, Wash. King Aquatic Club Collin Holgerson 100 BK 17 Chattanooga, Tenn. SwimAtlanta Gavin Keogh 50/100/200 BK 17 Erie, Colo. Flatiron Athletic Club Yury Kuzmenko 50 FR 16 San Jose, Calif. Valley Splash Gabriel Manteufel 4×200 FR-R 17 Las Vegas, Nev. Sandpipers Of Nevada Thomas McMillan 100 FL 16 Saint Charles, Ill. St Charles Swim Team David Melnychuk 200 BK 18 Nokomis, Fla. Sarasota Sharks Will Mulgrew 800/1500 FR 18 Walpole, Mass. Shawmut Aquatic Club Gabe Nunziata 50/100/200 BR 18 Suffolk, Va. Old Dominion Aquatic Club Mike Rice 100 FR 17 Waxhaw, N.C. Mecklenburg Swim Association Albert Smelzer 50 FR 18 Greensboro, N.C. Swim GSA Baylor Stanton 200 IM 18 Lawrenceville, Ga. Gwinnett Aquatics Luke Vatev 4×100 FR-R 16 Clarendon Hills, Ill. Hornet Age Group Swim Club Evan Witte 50 FL 18 Haslet, Texas Minnetonka Swim Club Tim Wu 200 FR 17 San Ramon, Calif. Pleasanton Seahawks Yi Zheng 400 IM 16 Carmel, Ind. Carmel Swim ClubCarmel Swim Club and Mecklenburg Swim Association led all teams with three swimmers qualifying: William Allen, Yi Zheng and Molly Sweeney for Carmel, and Kayda Geyer, Norvin Clontz and Mike Rice for Mecklenburg.
The Pleasanton Seahawks (Tim Wu, Liberty Clark) and Swim GSA (Albert Smelzer, Kaidy Stout) had two swimmers qualify apiece.
The roster was determined based on results at the 2025 U.S. National Championships, which wrapped up earlier this month in Indianapolis.
Notably missing from the roster is Madi Mintenko, who was projected to qualify after Nationals.
The qualifying criteria were relatively the same as it is for the senior team heading to the World Championships, just for junior-aged swimmers (18 and under as of December 31, 2025), and of course, any junior swimmer who made the Worlds team (in pool swimming) was ineligible to be named.
The juniors who made the World Championship roster were Claire Weinstein, Thomas Heilman and Luka Mijatovic, while Brinkleigh Hansen qualified for Singapore in open water, but was also named to the junior team in the 400 free.
U.S. Qualifying Criteria For World Junior Team:
Priority #1: Includes the four best-finishing available swimmers from the finals of the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events, and the best-finishing available swimmer in all other Olympic events Priority #2: Includes the second-best finishing available swimmer from finals of all individual Olympic events, except the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle Priority #3: Includes the best finishing available swimmer from the finals of the 50-meter breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly Priority #4: Includes the fifth-best finishing available swimmer from the finals in the 100-meter freestyle.In May, USA Swimming named Abi Liu (Bellevue Club Swim Team) and Peter Verhoef (Bolles School Sharks) as the head coaches for the American team in Otopeni.
The staff will also include Chuck Batchelor (SwimMAC Carolina), Steve Bialorucki (Old Dominion Aquatic Club), Paul Donovan (Jersey Wahoos), Kyle Goller (Laker Swim), Mary Korey (Greater Somerset County YMCA Storm), Sean Quinn (Mecklenburg Swim Association) as assistants.
The 2025 World Junior Swimming Championships will run from August 19-24, 2025, in Otopeni, Romania.
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