Great Britain Podium Squads Set For Olympic Year
Great Britain has named 48 athletes as members of the British Swimming World Class Programme (WCP) for the 2019/20 season on the way to Olympic year and the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Olympic champion Adam Peaty and the teammates who claimed gold in the 4x100m medley at the World Championships in Gwangju last July, Luke Greenbank, James Wilby (heats and silver in the 100m breaststroke behind the defending world champion), James Guy and Duncan Scott, set the standard at the helm of the squads.
Last week, Scott was named at the helm of Britain’s squad for the European short-Course Championships in Glasgow this December.
The federation’s selectors noted: “As ever an extremely thorough selection process was implemented, analysing athletes’ past and current performances and a robust assessment of their ability to win medals at both this and future Olympiads.”
Those selected are split across Podium and Podium Potential tiers and will receive programme opportunities and targeted financial assistance from UK Sport through the World Class Performance Programme’s Athlete Performance Award (APA).
Announcing the squads today, British Swimming noted: “Athletes selected on to the World Class programmes are also eligible to receive training camp and competition opportunities throughout the selected season, as well as access to world-class sports science and medicine services, and comprehensive support from British Swimming performance staff and national institute of sport programmes across the UK.”
Of the 2019/2020 group, British Swimming National Performance Director, Chris Spice, said: “The programme has enjoyed another strong year, culminating with our swimmers winning seven medals at the World Championships in Gwangju, three of which were gold. Our junior swimmers also continued to impress against the best in the world and a number of those involved in strong performances across the European and World Junior Championships have been rewarded with a place on the World Class programme for the next 12 months.
“Today marks 304 days to go before we hear the starting gun in Tokyo, so the excitement is growing as we head into another Olympic season. The WCP is not an end in itself and we know we must improve from where we were at the World Championships in Gwangju if we want to meet all our targets for next year. For some of the younger athletes, they will be on a longer journey toward Paris and we look forward to working with them and developing them to be the best they can be over the coming years.”
Full list of World Class Swimming Programme athletes:
| Podium | ||
| Athlete | Programme | Home Nation |
| Freya Anderson | Ellesmere College | England |
| Georgia Davies | Loughborough University | Wales |
| Tom Dean | Bath NC | England |
| Luke Greenbank | Loughborough NC | England |
| James Guy | Bath NC | England |
| Calum Jarvis | Bath NC | Wales |
| Cameron Kurle | Bath NC | England |
| Max Litchfield | Loughborough NC | England |
| Scott McLay | University of Stirling | Scotland |
| Siobhan Marie O’Connor | Loughborough NC | England |
| Adam Peaty | Loughborough NC | England |
| Ben Proud | Plymouth Leander | England |
| Molly Renshaw | Loughborough NC | England |
| Duncan Scott | University of Stirling | Scotland |
| Laura Stephens | Plymouth Leander | England |
| Alys Thomas | Swim Swansea | Wales |
| James Wilby | Loughborough NC | England |
| Podium Potential | ||
| Athlete | Programme | Home Nation |
| Kyle Booth | City Of Cardiff | Wales |
| Cameron Brooks-Clarke | City of Sheffield | England |
| Charlie Brown | City of Sheffield Swim Squad | England |
| Jack Burnell | Loughborough NC | England |
| Greg Butler | Loughborough NC | England |
| Freya Colbert | Nova Centurion SC | England |
| David Cumberlidge | Edinburgh University | England |
| Kathleen Dawson | University of Stirling | Scotland |
| Alice Dearing | Loughborough University | England |
| Michaella Glenister | Leicester Sharks | England |
| Archie Goodburn | Loughborough NC | Scotland |
| Holly Hibbott | Stockport Metro | England |
| Charlie Hutchison | Ellesmere College | England |
| Daniel Jervis | Swim Swansea | Wales |
| Emily Large | Newcastle Swim Team | England |
| Joe Litchfield | Loughborough NC | England |
| Ed Mildred | Northampton SC | England |
| Ross Murdoch | University of Stirling | Scotland |
| David Murphy | Loughborough NC | England |
| Jacob Peters | Poole SC | England |
| Nick Pyle | University of Stirling | England |
| Matt Richards | Royal Wolverhampton School | Wales |
| Katie Robertson | Edinburgh University | Scotland |
| Toby Robinson | Loughborough NC | England |
| Ciara Schlosshan | City of Leeds | England |
| Katie Shanahan | City of Glasgow Swim Team | Scotland |
| Chloe Tutton | Bath NC | Wales |
| Kayla Van Der Merwe | Winchester City Penguins | England |
| Tamryn Van Selm | Bromley Swimming Club | England |
| Jacob Whittle | Derventio Excel | England |
| Brodie Williams | Millfield School | England |