Four Cardinals Named to US National Swimming Team

Four University of Louisville swimmers have been named to the 2020-21 USA National Team Roster. Nick Albiero (200 Fly) Mallory Comerford (100 free), Kelsi Worrell Dahlia (100 fly) and Zach Harting (200 fly) have earned a slot on the National Team.

The four will continue to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics on a new time frame for 2021, a new Olympic year, and the rescheduled U.S. Olympic Team Trials. The 115-athlete USA Swimming National Team roster includes 59 men and 56 women.

About the Cardinals
Nick Albiero
UofL Head Coach Arthur Albiero's middle child recorded the fastest time in the nation in the 200 butterfly with his winning time of 1:38.65 at the ACC Championships to defend his title. He lowered his own ACC meet record in the event. The junior also won the 100 butterfly at the ACC Championships with a new pool record time of 44.83, also breaking his own record. A junior from Louisville, Kentucky, Albiero was named the ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year for swimming and diving.

Mallory Comerford
Three-time ACC Swimmer of the Year and nine-time ACC champion...Four-time NCAA gold medalist and owns eight school records....Member of the USA Swimming National Team and competes in the International Swimming League for the Cali Condors...Collected two golds at the 2017 FINA World Championships en route to setting a new American record as the leadoff the 4x100m freestyle relay…Represented Team USA at the 2018 Pan-Pac Championships...Broke three American records at the 2018 Short Course World Championships where she also swam on two world-record setting relays...Earned two silvers and two golds at the 2019 FINA World Championships, including setting a new world record as a member of the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay.

Kelsi Worrell Dahlia
Six-time ACC and three-time Big East champion...Five-time NCAA gold medalist and owns four school records...Two-time ACC Swimmer of the Year...Member of the USA Swimming National Team and competes in the International Swimming League for the Cali Condors...Earned gold as a member of Team USA's 4x100m medley relay and placed ninth in the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Olympics...Collected two golds and a bronze at the 2017 FINA World Championships, including two American records and a world record in the 4x100 medley relay…Secured three silvers at the 2018 Pan-Pac Championships...Was the most decorated athlete at the 2018 Short Course World Championships with three individual medals and six relay podium finishes...Earned three medals at the 2019 FINA World Championships, including setting a new world record as a member of the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay.

Zach Harting
Nine-time ACC finalist and four-time NCAA finalist...Member of the USA Swimming National Team and competes in the International Swimming League for the DC Trident...Earned two relay golds at the 2017 World University Games...Was the runner-up in the 200m butterfly at the 2018 National Championships to secure a spot on his first-ever USA 'A' team...Collected bronze in the 200m butterfly at the 2018 Pan-Pac Championships.

The 2020-2021 USA Swimming National Team by the numbers:

115 National Team members (59 men; 56 women)
26 hometown states represented; California leads with 19 athletes
60-plus USA Swimming clubs represented; California Aquatics leads with 10 swimmers
32 NCAA universities represented; Cal-Berkeley leads with 14 athletes
34 swimmers (18 men, 16 women) who have competed at the Olympic Games
The 2020-2021 USA Swimming National Team is comprised of returning 2019-2020 National Team members and athletes that achieved a performance faster than the sixth-place time on the 19-20 roster before March 17, 2020. Additionally, a few athletes already on the 19-20 roster qualified in new events, and event rankings have been updated.

The full roster can be found here!

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Mallory Comerford

Zach Harting

Kelsi Worrell

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