Torri Huske Drops 200 Freestyle From Worlds Lineup; Erin Gemmell Inserted for Individual Event
As is usually the case at major international competitions, Torri Huske will have a busy schedule at the Singapore World Championships. She will be a medal favorite in three individual events, but she has now dropped a potential fourth race, the 200 freestyle, from her schedule.
At U.S. Nationals last month, she won the 100 free in the fastest time in the world while taking second in the 100 fly and 50 free and third in the 200 free. The latter result inserted Huske into the mix for the U.S. women’s 800 free relay for the first time. When Katie Ledecky declined the individual spot, Huske received the nod, but after further consideration of the busy racing schedule ahead, she decided to skip the event, allowing Erin Gemmell to move into that spot.
Gemmell earns the chance in the individual event after she tied with Anna Peplowski for fourth in the 200 free at Nationals and then won a swim-off against Peplowski on the meet’s final night. The swim-off was officially meant to determine the fourth automatic qualifying spot for Worlds as well as next year’s Pan Pacific Championships, but several weeks remained until the entry deadline for the World Championships. That meant Huske still had time to make a final decision about her Singapore lineup, and withdrawing from the four-lap race had always been a possibility.
This is the second consecutive year that Gemmell will swim the individual 200 free at the summer’s major international competition despite finishing fourth at the selection meet. In 2024, Ledecky and Paige Madden both turned down the chance to swim the event, and Gemmell ended up ninth in the Olympic semifinal before helping the U.S. women to a relay silver medal.
This decision by Huske does not impact the roster for the 800 free relay, which is slated to include Claire Weinstein, Ledecky, Huske, Gemmell, Peplowski and Bella Sims, with Simone Manuel also on the team and a strong seventh option if needed.
The final American roster for the World Championships, now updated to include Gemmell in the 200 free, is available here.
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