After Cory Chitwood seems to have hung up his goggles for good, having taken an assistant coaching job with the LSU Tigers, a spot was left open on on the American roster for the 2013 World University Games. That spot in the men's 200 IM was filled by Michigan junior Kyle Whitaker this week.
Whitaker earned this spot by virtue of his 4th-place finish in the event at the U.S. Open in August with a 2:01.08. Chitwood was 3rd in 2:00.84.
Whitaker will swim that race alongside Cal's Adam Hinshaw.
The full roster, updated with Whitaker, is below. This bumps the Michigan Wolverines up to three swimmers on the roster: Whitaker, Michael Wynalda, and Sean Ryan.
The 2013 World University Games will be held in Kazan, Russia.
| Women | ||
| Rachael Acker | 400 Free Relay | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/Cal |
| Catherine Breed | 100/400 Free, 800 free relay | Pleasanton Seahawks/Cal |
| Chelsea Chenault | 200 Free | Terrapins Swim Team |
| Kelsey Floyd | 100/200 fly | Tennessee |
| Meghan Hawthorne | 400 IM | Rattler Swim Club/USC |
| Sarah Henry | 200/400 IM, 800 Free Relay | Aggie Swim Club/Texas A&M |
| Liv Jensen | 50 Free, 400 Free Relay | California Aquatics/Cal |
| Andrea Kropp | 200 Breast | Rattler Swim Club/USC |
| Melanie Margalis | 200 IM | Saint Petersburg Aquatics/Georgia |
| Emily McClellan | 100 Breast | J-Hawk Aquatic Club/UW-Milwaukee |
| Stephanie Peacock | 400/800 Free | Swim Florida/North Carolina |
| Megan Romano | 50/100/200 free, 100/200 back | Athens Bulldog Swim Club/Georgia |
| Laura Sogar | 100/200 Breast | Bluefish Swimming/Texas |
| Ashley Steenvoorden | 800 Free | Minnesota |
| Kendyl Stewart | 200 Back | North Coast Aquatic Club/USC |
| Jasmine Tosky | 100/200 Fly | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/USC |
| Cindy Tran | 100 Back | Golden West Swim Club/Cal |
| Men | ||
| Michael Alexandrov | 100 Breast | Trojan Swim Club/Northwestern |
| Matt Barber | 200 Free | Arizona |
| James Barbiere | 800 Free Relay | Indiana |
| Jack Conger | 100 Fly | Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club |
| Kevin Cordes | 100/200 Breast | Arizona |
| Michael Flach | 200 Fly | South Carolina |
| Adam Hinshaw | 200/400 IM, 800 Free Relay | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/Cal |
| Bernard Johnson | 200 Breast | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics/Stanford |
| Tom Luchsinger | 200 Fly | Three Village Swim Club/North Carolina |
| Michael McBroom | 400/1500 Free | The Woodlands Swim Team/Texas |
| Kyle Owens | 100 Free, 100 Back | Auburn |
| Jacob Pebley | 100/200 Back | Corvallis Aquatics/Cal |
| Tyler Reed | 100 Free | Southern Kentucky Swim Club/Kentucky |
| Jacob Ritter | 400 Free Relay | Texas |
| Sean Ryan | 1500 Free | Michigan |
| Adam Small | 50 Free | Arizona |
| Austin Surhoff | 800 Free Relay | NBAC/Texas |
| Derek Toomey | 50 Free, 400 Free Relay | Minnesota |
| Kyler Van | 100 Fly | Minnesota |
| Michael Weiss | 400 IM | Wisconsin |
| Michael Wynalda | 200 Free, 400 Free Relay | Michigan |
| Kyle Whitaker | 200 IM | Michigan |