Sean Green, Gabi Brito Lead 2025-26 U.S. Junior National Team
Sean Green and Gabi Brito are among the headliners on the 2025-26 U.S. Junior National Team, released on Monday by USA Swimming.
The roster features 91 individuals, who posted the top-five times in each event among swimmers aged 18 and younger. The roster of 43 girls and 48 boys includes athletes from 28 states and 65 clubs, the latter an increase of 12 from last year.
Green leads the way as the only swimmer qualified in five events. Brito, the youngest swimmer on the team, is one of four to qualify in four events. She’s joined by Sydney Schoeck and Molly Sweeney on the girls team and Gabriel Manteufel on the boys’ side. Nine girls and four boys are qualified in three events, including open water.
The team includes 2025 World Junior champion Charlotte Crush as well as individual medalists David Melnychuk and Lily King.
“This roster is full of new faces and is jam-packed with talent,” USA Swimming National Junior Team Director Brendan Hansen said in a press release. “We are excited to offer these athletes international experiences and high-performance education to aid in their development. The National Junior Team is the steppingstone to our National Team and the U.S.’s highest level of competitions, so excitement is high to begin working with these athletes and coaches.”
The full list is below, with swimmers named alphabetically (and open water team members at bottom).
Women’s 2025-26 Junior National Team
- Name, Club (Hometown), Events
- Mena Boardman, Commonwealth Swimming (Portland, Ore.), 100 fly
- Abigail Bonham, NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.), 200 breast
- Gabi Brito, Beach Cities Swimming (Santa Monica, Calif.), 50/100 free, 100 fly, 200 IM
- Sadie Buckley, Nation’s Capital Swim Club (Fairfax, Va.), 200 back, 200/400 IM
- Emerson Callis, Quest Swimming (Richmond, Va.), 400 IM
- Liberty Clark, Pleasanton Seahawks (Chico, Calif.), 50/100/200 free
- Ellie Clarke, Carmel Swim Club (Cicero, Ind.), 100/200 back, 400 IM
- Daisy Collins, North Carolina Aquatic Club (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 400/1500 free
- Charlotte Crush, Lakeside Swim Team (Louisville, Ky.), 100/200 back, 100 fly
- Maggie Dickinson, Schroeder YMCA Swim Team (Milwaukee, Wis.), 100 back
- Paige Downey, Gold Medal Swim Club (Gilbert, Ariz.), 800/1500 free
- Kayda Geyer, Mecklenburg Swim Association (Waxhaw, N.C.), 100/200 breast
- Emily Hamil, University Of Notre Dame (Collegeville, Pa.), 200 free
- Blakely Hammel, Episcopal AmberJax (Jacksonville, Fla.), 200 free
- Brinkleigh Hansen, Saint Petersburg Aquatics (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), 400 free
- Chloe Kim, Scarlet Aquatics (Glen Rock, N.J.), 800/1500 free, 400 IM
- Lily King, Mount Pleasant Aqua Club/NC State (Latrobe, Pa.), 50/100 free
- Grace Koenig-Song, NASA Wildcat Aquatics (Chicago, Ill.), 100 breast
- Alyce Lehman, Jersey Wahoos (Haddonfield, N.J.), 200 fly
- Caroline Mallard, SwimMAC Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.), 100/200 fly
- Alexa McDevitt, Bellevue Club Swim Team (Mercer Island, Wash.), 200/400 free, 200 IM
- Haley McDonald, Lakeside Swim Team (Louisville, Ky.), 200 IM
- Zayda Miehl, Corvallis Aquatic Team (Salem, Ore.), 800 free
- Madi Mintenko, Pikes Peak Athletics (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 100/200/400 free
- Julie Mishler, Fishers Area Swimming Tigers (Milford, Ind.), 50/100 free, 100 back
- Maddie Moreth, Valparaiso Swim Club (Valparaiso, Ind.), 100 breast
- Annam Olasewere, Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club (Westport, Conn.), 50/100 free
- Alyssa Sagle, Nation’s Capital Swim Club (Gainesville, Va.), 100/200 back
- Sydney Schoeck, CSP Tideriders (Chesterfield, Mo.), 800/1500 free, 200 back, 400 IM
- Elle Scott, SwimMAC Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.), 100 breast
- Ellie Stanley, Tennessee Aquatics (Maryville, Tenn.), 200 fly
- Mia Su, Santa Clara Swim Club (Sunnyvale, Calif.), 200 breast
- Molly Sweeney, Carmel Swim Club (Carmel, Ind.), 100/200 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM
- Alyssa Ton, Irvine Novaquatics (Fountain Valley, Calif.), 200 free
- Emily Wolf, Fishers Area Swimming Tigers (Fishers, Ind.), 200 fly
- Sarah Zhang, Revolution Aquatic Club (Lexington, Mass.), 200 breast
- Kelsey Zhang, Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (Saratoga, Calif.), 200 fly
- Chloe Teger, Orange County (Gold Villa Park, Calif.), 1500 free, open water
- Alex Siegel, Long Island Aquatic Club (Merrick, N.Y.), 400/800 free, open water
- Makenna Sherman, Sandpipers Of Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.), open water
- Lolly Milbaum, Sarasota Sharks (Sarasota, Fla.), open water
- Riley Christensen, Sandpipers Of Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.), open water
Men’s 2025-26 Junior National Team
- Name, Club* (Hometown), Events
- Trent Allen, Carmel Swim Club (Carmel, Ind.), 400/800 free
- Kenneth Barnicle, Greater Somerset County YMCA Storm (Mendham, N.J.), 100/200 free
- Jimmy Beeson, Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club (Greer, S.C.), 100 fly
- Miles Blackson-Dunbar, Alpha Aquatics (Los Angeles, Calif.), 50 free, 100 back
- Noah Cakir, Team Suffolk (Deer Park, N.Y.), 100/200 breast, 200 IM
- Charlie Cancelmo, Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club (Seattle, Wash.), 100/200 fly
- Brayden Capen, Academy Bullets Swim Club (Lisle, Ill.), 200 back, 400 IM
- Austin Carpenter, Central Ohio Aquatics (Dublin, Ohio), 50/100 free
- Brody Chandler, Sierra Marlins Swim Team (Roseville, Calif.), 50 free
- Norvin Clontz, Mecklenburg Swim Association (Charlotte, N.C.), 200/400 free
- Rowan Cox, Longhorn Aquatics (Austin, Texas), 100 free, 100 fly
- Ellis Crisci, Tsunami Swim Team of K.C. (Lawrence, Kan.), 400/800/1500 free
- Ewan Dalrymple, Columbia Swimming (Columbia, S.C.), 200 fly
- Micah Davis, Aquajets Swim Team (Clearwater, Minn.), 100 fly
- Shareef Elaydi, Santa Clara Swim (Club Santa Clara, Calif.), 100 breast
- Andrew Eubanks, The Dolphins Portland Swimming (Portland, Ore.), 100/200 breast
- Max Goettsch, FMC Aquatic (Naperville, Ill.), 100/200 free
- Sean Green, Long Island Aquatic Club (Rockaway, N.Y.), 200/400/800/1500 free, 400 IM
- Gunnar Hansen, Lubbock Swim Club (Lubbock, Texas), 100 breast
- Collin Holgerson, SwimAtlanta (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 100/200 back
- Biko Hooper-Haviland, Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club (Chicago, Ill.), 200 fly
- Charles Howard, Jupiter Dragons Swim Team (Tequesta, Fla.), 100 fly
- Davis Jackson, TAC Titans (Raleigh, N.C.), 100 back
- Connor Johnson, Lakeland Hills YMCA (Parsippany, N.J.), 100 back
- David Kovacs, Indiana Swim Club (Bloomington, Ind.), 100/200 back, 200 IM
- Yury Kuzmenko, Valley Splash (San Jose, Calif.), 50 free
- Syunta Lee West Coast Aquatics (Mill Creek, Wash.), 400 IM
- Gabriel Manteufel, Sandpipers Of Nevada (Las Vegas, Nev.), 200/400/800/1500 free
- David Melnychuk, Sarasota Sharks (Nokomis, Fla.), 200 back
- Mike Rice, Mecklenburg Swim Association (Waxhaw, N.C.), 100 free
- David Sammons, SwimMAC Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.), 200 fly
- Will Siegel, Long Island Aquatic Club (Merrick, N.Y.), 1500 free
- Albert Smelzer, Greensboro Swimming Association (Greensboro, N.C.), 50 free
- Baylor Stanton, Gwinnett Aquatics (Lawrenceville, Ga.), 200 back, 200/400 IM
- Whitaker Steward, Tsunami Swim Team of K.C. (Kearney, Mo.), 800/1500 free
- Ian Stutts, Marlins Of Raleigh (Raleigh, N.C.), 200 IM
- Luke Vatev, Hornet Age Group Swim Club (Clarendon Hills, Ill.), 100 free
- Matt Vatev, Hornet Age Group Swim Club (Clarendon Hills, Ill.), 200 breast
- Boone Wilcox, Lakeside Swim Team (Louisville, Ky.), 200 fly
- Jordan Willis, University of Florida (Waxhaw, N.C.), 200 breast
- Tim Wu, Pleasanton Seahawks (San Ramon, Calif.), 200 free
- Wilson York, Lakeside Swim Team (Louisville, Ky.), 100/200 breast
- Yi Zheng, Carmel Swim Club (Carmel, Ind.), 200/400 IM
- James Darcy, Long Island Aquatic Club (Malverne, N.Y.) open water
- Jackson Irwin, Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team (Sarasota, Fla.), open water
- Colin Jacobs, Unattached (Bradenton, Fla.), open water
- Eli Rolfsen, Greater Kalamazoo Crocs (Kalamazoo, Mich.), open water
- Max Spory, American Energy Swim Club (Edmond, Okla), open water
*Club affiliation when athlete had their National Junior Team qualifying swim
