British Swimming reveal World Class Performance Programme squad

September 25, 2018

A total of 38 English swimmers have been selected for British Swimming’s World Class Performance Programme for the 2018-19 season.

The swimmers, which include Adam Peaty, Ben Proud, Freya Anderson and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, are part of a 54-strong group chosen following a thorough analysis of athletes’ current and past performances to assess their ability to win future medals on the Olympic stage.

British Swimming National Performance Director Chris Spice said: “2018 proved a successful one for the World Class programme culminating in our home European Championships where we won our most medals in history (19 in Olympic events).

“This was on the back of a highly successful meet in Finland with our European Junior squad which has made this selection all the more difficult.

“We selected a much larger team at the Europeans than we normally would with seventeen new members selected to the senior team last season. As a result we unearthed some exciting youngsters and the focus is to maximise our efforts in the next two years.

Athletes selected for the British Swimming World Class Performance Programme 2018-19:

Freya Anderson (Ellesmere College) England
Charlotte Atkinson (Loughborough University) Isle of Man
Craig Benson (University of Stirling) Scotland
Cameron Brooks-Clarke (City of Sheffield) England
Jack Burnell (National Centre Loughborough) England
Greg Butler (City of Derby) England
Imogen Clark (Loughborough University) England
Elliott Clogg (City of Sheffield) England
Georgia Coates (National Centre Bath) England
Georgia Davies (Loughborough University) Wales
Kathleen Dawson (University of Stirling) Scotland
Tom Dean (National Centre Bath) England
Alice Dearing (Loughborough University) England
Tom Derbyshire (National Centre Bath) England
Tom Fannon (Loughborough University) England
Jessica Fullalove* (National Centre Bath) England
Luke Greenbank (National Centre Loughborough) England
Kathryn Greenslade (University of Edinburgh) Wales
James Guy (National Centre Bath) England
Annabel Guy Johnson (University of Edinburgh) England
Holly Hibbott (Stockport Metro) England
Charlie Hutchison (Ellesmere College) England
Calum Jarvis (National Centre Bath) Wales
Daniel Jervis (Swansea Aquatics) Wales
Cameron Kurle (National Centre Bath) England
Emily Large (Newcastle Swim Team) England
Joe Litchfield (National Centre Loughborough) England
Max Litchfield (National Centre Loughborough) England
Anna Maine (University of Edinburgh) England
Keanna McInnes (Loughborough University) Scotland
Katie Matts (Stockport Metro) England
Craig Mclean (University of Stirling) Scotland
Stephen Milne (Perth City) Scotland
Ross Murdoch (University of Stirling) Scotland
David Murphy (City of Oxford) England
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (National Centre Bath) England
Jarvis Parkinson* (National Centre Loughborough) England
Adam Peaty (National Centre Loughborough) England
Jacob Peters (Poole SC) England
Ben Proud (Plymouth Leander) England
Nick Pyle (Newcastle Swim Team) England
Molly Renshaw (National Centre Loughborough) England
Katie Robertson (South Ayrshire) Scotland
Toby Robinson (National Centre Loughborough) England
Ciara Schlosshan (City of Leeds) England
Duncan Scott (University of Stirling) Scotland
Alys Thomas (Swansea Aquatics) Wales
Chloe Tutton (National Centre Bath) Wales
Jocelyn Ulyett* (Loughborough University) England
Sarah Vasey (National Centre Loughborough) England
James Wilby (National Centre Loughborough) England
Cassie Wild (University of Stirling) Scotland
Brodie Williams (Millfield School) England
Abbie Wood (National Centre Loughborough) England

*seven month offer (until end April 2019), subject to target

“We will be returning to our much tighter selection policy next year for the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju as we head into the final year of the 2020 Olympic cycle.

“We look forward to working with the athletes and their coaches to move our performances forward in this very important season.”

Athletes selected on to the World Class Performance Programme are eligible to receive training camp and competition opportunities throughout the selected season.

They also have access to world-class sports science and medicine services, as well as enhanced support from British Swimming performance staff and National Institute of Sport programmes across the UK.

Athletes will also receive targeted financial assistance from UK Sport through the World Class Performance Programme’s Athlete Performance Award (APA).