A USA squad featuring an impressive nine Olympic and 10 World Champions will take on Britain’s elite as part of a European Select team set for the British Gas Duel in the Pool in December.
 
In addition to Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympic swimmer of all time, the USA team has thrown down the gauntlet with the likes of Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol, Rebecca Soni and Ariana Kukors set to feature in the head-to-head with a combined team from Great Britain, Germany and Italy.
 
The USA Swimming squad comprises:
 
Men
Nathan Adrian   California Aquatics    Dave Durden
Mike Alexandrov  Tucson FORD Aquatics    Frank Busch
Jack Brown   Tucson FORD Aquatics    Frank Busch
Tyler Clary   Club Wolverine/ University of Michigan Mike Bottom/ Jon Urbanchek
Mark Gangloff   SwimMAC/ Auburn Aquatics   David Marsh/ Brett Hawke
Matt Grevers   Tucson FORD Aquatics    Frank Busch
Michael Klueh   Longhorn Aquatics    Eddie Reese
Chad La Tourette  Mission Viejo/ Stanford Swimming  Bill Rose/ Skip Kenney
Ryan Lochte   Gator Swim Club/ Daytona Beach  Gregg Troy/ Steve Lochte
Sean Mahoney  California Aquatics    Dave Durden
Tyler McGill   Auburn Aquatics/ Auburn University  Brett Hawke
Aaron Peirsol   Longhorn Aquatics    Eddie Reese
Michael Phelps   North Baltimore Aquatic Club   Bob Bowman
Kevin Swander   Club Paradise/ Indiana University  Pam Swander
Nick Thoman   SwimMAC     David Marsh
Alex Vanderkaay  Club Wolverine     Mike Bottom/ Jon Urbanchek
Peter Vanderkaay  Club Wolverine Jon    Urbanchek
Garrett Weber-Gale  Longhorn Aquatics    Eddie Reese
 
Head Coach: Frank Busch
Assistant Coach: Dave Durden, Jon Urbanchek
 
Women
Elizabeth Beisel  Bluefish Swim Club    Chuck Batchelor
Missy Franklin   Colorado Stars     Todd Schmitz
Katy Freeman   Santa Barbara Swim Club   Gregg Wilson
Jessica Hardy   Trojan Swim Club    Dave Salo
Margaret Hoelzer  FAST Swim Team    Sean Hutchison
Katie Hoff   FAST Swim Team    Sean Hutchison
Dagny Knutson  A.S.K. Swim     Kathy Aspaas
Ariana Kukors   FAST Swim Team    Sean Hutchison
Christine Magnuson  Tucson FORD Aquatics    Frank Busch
Amber McDermott  Longhorn Aquatics    Doug Rusk
Hayley McGregory  Longhorn Aquatics    Doug Rusk
Mary Mohler   Athens Bulldogs    Jack Bauerle
Elizabeth Pelton  North Baltimore Aquatic Club   Bob Bowman
Allison Schmitt   University of Georgia/ Club Wolverine  Jack Bauerle
Julia Smit   Stanford Swimming    Lea Maurer
Rebecca Soni   Trojan Swim Club    Dave Salo
Dana Vollmer   California Aquatics    Teri McKeever
Amanda Weir   Swim Atlanta     Chris Davis
 
Head Coach: Jack Bauerle
Assistant Coach: Chris Davis, Teri McKeever, Sean Hutchison
 
Manager: Andy Kershaw
Doctor: Dr. Peter Chambers
Trainers: Andy Eberheart, TBD
 
The British Gas Duel in the Pool will be held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre on 18-19 December. The event provides a unique opportunity for fans to see the world’s greatest swimmers going head-to-head for supremacy in the pool.
 
Both teams will include up to 18 men and 18 women with British Swimming, Germany and Italy sending a team of six men and six women each for the short course (25m) meet.
Tickets for the British Gas Duel in the Pool are selling fast and people wishing to see the mouth-watering prospect of a European Select team take on Michael Phelps and Co from the USA should book now.
To book tickets please visit www.duelinthepool.com
 
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Please confirm your attendance in advance via email to British Swimming Media Manager David Richards at david.richards@swimming.org
 
About British Swimming
British Swimming is the National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water in Great Britain.  It is responsible internationally for the high performance representation of the sport. The members of British Swimming are the three Home Countries national governing bodies of England (ASA), Scotland (Scottish ASA) and Wales. (Welsh ASA)  British Swimming seeks to enable its athletes to achieve gold medal success at the Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
 
About British Gas
The nation's leading energy supplier, British Gas is the Principal Partner of British Swimming, supporting the sport at all levels: 'From paddling pool to podium'. Since March British Gas has been driving shared objectives with British Swimming to get more people swimming regularly through Swimfit and Learn to Swim. Recently British Gas launched a high profile campaign with Rebecca Adlington to give a free swim to all of its customers. British Gas also wants to ensure local pools stay open and stay at the heart of the community. In areas of 'aquatic deprivation' British Gas is helping Pools 4 Schools to bring swimming to urban communities.
For more information visit www.britishgas.co.uk/swimming
 
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About Manchester City Council
As host of the British Gas Duel in the Pool, Manchester continues to strengthen its impressive reputation for successfully hosting major international sports events, recognised when the City was awarded the SportBusiness Sports City 'Gold' Award in 2008. This year has seen no let up with the staging of innovative events such as the City Games, that brought the phenomenal Usain Bolt to the streets of Manchester, Skyride, that opening up the City Centre roads for a mass participation cycling experience and most recently the World Netball Series that showcased a fast and exciting version of the sport to packed galleries at the MEN Arena.
Whilst the City recognises the profile and economic benefits that these events bring, its excellent range of accessible sports venues and facilities, combined with its school and community sports development programmes ensure that residents see real legacy benefits.
 
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