GENERAL CRITERIA

• Athletes must be a registered USA Swimming member in good standing at the time of the Qualifying Competitions, as defined below, at the time of selection, and throughout their term on the National Team. An athlete may be suspended from the National Team if they do not remain in good standing, including membership requirements and adherence to the SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Movement, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Protocol, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Code, and any USA Swimming, USOPC, World Aquatics, or IOC rules and regulations. If an athlete who has qualified for, but has subsequently been suspended from, the National Team is reinstated, or their suspension is reduced, by a court or body with competent jurisdiction such that the athlete becomes eligible during all or a portion of the term of the 2024-2025 National Team, their National Team suspension will be lifted, in accordance with the order from the court or body. If an athlete who was otherwise eligible for selection to the National Team but was not in good standing at the time of selection due to any type of suspension or ineligibility determination, and the suspension or ineligibility determination is later overturned or reduced by a court or body with competent jurisdiction during the term of the 2024-2025 National Team such that the athlete would have been eligible at the time of selection to the National Team, the athlete will be added to the team, in accordance with the order from the court or body. In any of the above scenarios where an athlete is added or reinstated to the National Team, no athlete will be removed as a result of that addition.
  
  
• At the time of the Qualifying Competition, at the time of selection, and throughout their term on the National team, athletes must be eligible to represent, and intend to represent, the U.S. in international competition.
  
  
• Per the first bullet above, athletes shall keep Athlete’s USA Swimming membership current and in good standing, including completing Athlete Protection Training (if at least 18-years-old) and a current background screen. If athletes do not have a current background screen, they must submit a completed background screen within 5 days of being named to the National Team. Athletes acknowledge that the results of the background screen will be subject to USA Swimming’s Background Check Policy (www.usaswimming.org/backgroundcheck).

2024-2025 USA SWIMMING NATIONAL TEAM

Team will be announced September 9, 2025

• USA Swimming will name athletes to the 2024-2025 National Team, who will be on the National Team from September 9, 2024 - September 8, 2025.
  
  
  • For purposes of these Selection Procedures, Athletes will be selected based on Times. An Athlete’s “Time” means the fastest long course meters time swum by that Athlete in each individual event swum at the Olympic Games (“Individual Olympic Event”), from any of the following Qualifying Competitions (i) any USA Swimming sanctioned competition, (ii) any AQUA approved competition, for the 2024 Olympic Games, which can be found here; https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/paris-2024-swimming-info or (iii) any international competition between January 1, 2024 through August 24, 2024, to which USA Swimming sent a team.
    
    
  • Only that one Time will be used per Athlete, per Individual Olympic Event.
    
    
  • The six Athletes with the fastest Times in each Individual Olympic Event will be selected to the Team.
    
    
  • Athletes who compete for the United States in the 2024 Olympic Games will automatically be selected to the 2024-2025 National Team, regardless of whether their fastest Time was slower than the 6th place athlete in the same Individual Olympic Event. Athletes will be added to all Individual Olympic Events that qualified them for the 2024 Olympic Games Team, including athletes selected to swim in relays that qualified in the 100-meter and/or 200-meter Freestyles. This may result in USA Swimming selecting more than six athletes per Individual Olympic Event. If an athlete is added from the 2024
    
    
• Relay lead-offs, time trials, swim-offs, and intermediate splits will not be included.
  
  
• Only Times from preliminary heats, semi-finals, and finals (A, B, C, and D) will be used.
  
  
• Times from “approved meets” or “observed swims” will not be considered.
  
  
• The National Team roster will be selected according to the usaswimming.org times database on www.usaswimming.org as of as of September 9, 2024, at 8:00 AM Mountain Time.
  
  
• If an athlete’s time is not in the usaswimming.org Times database, it is up to the athlete to contact USA Swimming with proof of time prior to September 8, 2024.