ISL REVEALS US TEAMS ROSTERS AHEAD OF THE ISL SEASON 2 COMPETITIONS IN BUDAPEST

Paris, September 24th 2020

As announced during the Season 2 launch press conference, the International Swim- ming League (ISL) has chosen to host its 2020 regular season and semi-finals in a single location with a condensed 5-week schedule from October 16, 2020. The world-renowned Duna Arena in Budapest, will serve as the venue, for the only major competition to feature the world’s best swimmers this year.

US teams, today unveiled their full rosters, set to compete in Budapest including DC Trident (Washington), LA Current (Los Angeles), (San Francisco) and (New York).

They will pride themselves having their performances live broadcasted in their home country on CBS Sports, following a multi-year media rights agreement to showcase ISL’s events across the network’s platforms. CBS Sports will present the entire 2020 ISL season of 13 events, 52 hours in total, live across various platforms.

Commenting on the announcement of the US teams rosters, Apostolos Tsagkarakis, ISL Technical Director declared: “This is going to be an amazing season for all four US-based teams. We are aware that the situation around the world in 2020 has been challenging at least, but we have been presented with an opportunity to change the world of sports. DC Trident is returning some of their athletes from Season 1 and having added athletes that are hungry for success, I am sure they will be more com- petitive than last year. LA Current, having participated in the Grand Final in Las Vegas last December, are only aiming for higher placing with a very strong group of athletes. Cali Condors came close to last year’s championship and with all of their women’s roster compiled by American swimmers, they will pride themselves to win as many event as possible; the European teams that finished above them last year, must be careful this time around. NY Breakers added a big name on the staff [Martin Truijens, Head Coach] and did a great job recruiting this year and I certain that they are aiming to win as many events as possible during the whole season.”

Next full teams Roster to be announced:

September 30, 2020: Titans, , Energy Standard Paris

October 7, 2020: , , Frog Kings The DC Trident is trained by Head Coach Cyndi Gallagher, led by general manager and based in Washington DC.

MEN COUNTRY WOMEN COUNTRY

1. Andrew Loy USA Emma Barksdale USA

2. Conner McHugh USA Remedy Rule PHI

3. Matheus Santana BRA Ting Wen Quah SGP

4. USA Leah Gingrich USA

5. USA Kathrin Demler GER

6. Zane Grothe USA Miranda Tucker USA

7. Robert Howard USA Linnea Mack USA

8. Mark Nikolaev RUS Amy Bilquist USA

9. Mohamed Samy EGY Kylee Perry USA

10. USA USA

11. Velimir Stjepanovic SRB Lindsey Kozelsky USA

12. Meiron Cheruti ISR Bethany Galat USA

13. USA Ali Galyer NZL

14. Abrahm Devine USA Bailey Andison CAN

15. USA USA

16. Thomas Cope USA

STAFF COUNTRY POSITION

1. Kaitlin Sandeno Hogan USA General Manager

2. Cyndi Gallagher USA Head Coach

3. Brean Deters USA Team Manager

4. Robert Platt USA Assistant Coach

5. Susan Shaw Teeter USA Assistant Coach

6. Amy Murry USA Physical Therapist

7. Gale Iaboard USA Physical Therapist The LA Current is trained by Head Coach Dave Marshled, led by general manager and based in Los Angeles. In 2019, LA Current beat state rival Cali Condors in the American derby in Washington DC, and they are definitely aiming to repeat such performance this year against them and also see how their team will stack against the stronger European teams.

MEN COUNTRY WOMEN COUNTRY

1. TTO USA

2. Felipe Silva Franca BRA Andi Murez ISR

3. BRA Beryl Gastaldello FRA

4. Kristian Gkolomeev GRE Katie Mclaughlin USA

5. USA USA

6. Santiago Grassi ARG CAN

7. USA AUS

8. RSA Makayla Sargent USA

9. USA Anastasia Gorbenko ISR

10. GER Julia Sebastian ARG

11. Tomoe Hvas NOR Alexandra Deloof USA

12. USA NZL

13. USA Alyssa Marsh USA

14. USA Aly Tetzloff USA

15. Marco Ferreira BRA USA

16. GRE

STAFF COUNTRY POSITION

1. Lenny Krayzelburg USA General Manager

2. David Marsh USA Head Coach

3. Benjamin Lee USA Team Manager

4. Jackson Roach USA Assistant Coach

5. Kimberly Brackin USA Assistant Coach

6. Shahob Mehr USA Assistant Coach

7. Brian Campbell USA Physical Therapist

8. Hilla Reuveny ISR Physical Therapist The Cali Condors is trained by Head Coach Jonty Skinner, led by general manager and based in San Francisco. In 2019, during ISL’s season 1, one of Cali Condors major achievements was elite swimmer winning the MVP award in 3 out of 4 matches including the Grand Final in Las Vegas and it’s definitely in their goals to beat Energy Standard and London Roar in regular season.

MEN COUNTRY WOMEN COUNTRY

1. USA USA

2. USA USA

3. Kacper Majchrzak POL USA

4. Radoslaw Kawecki POL USA

5. GBR USA

6. Tomas Peribonio ECU USA

7. USA USA

8. Khader Baqlah JOR USA

9. Coleman Stewart USA Veronica Burchill USA

10. Caeleb Dressel USA Meghan Small USA

11. Bowe Becker USA USA

12. USA Beata Nelson USA

13. USA Sherridon Dressel USA

14. Marcin Cieslak POL USA

15. Eddie Wang TPE Kelly Fertel USA

16. USA USA

STAFF COUNTRY POSITION

1. Jason Lezak USA General Manager

2. Jonty Skinner USA Head Coach

3. Tim Hochradel USA Team Manager

4. Allison Beebe USA Assistant Coach

5. Sean Schimmel USA Assistant Coach

6. Brian Shrader USA Assistant Coach

7. Wade Alberts USA Physical Therapist

8. Kai-Lun Hsiao TPE Physical Therapist The New York Breakers is trained by Head Coach Martin Truijens, led by general manager Tina Andrew and based in New York.

MEN COUNTRY WOMEN COUNTRY

1. USA Kasia Wasick POL

2. GER Emily Escobedo USA

3. Chris Reid RSA Arina Surkova RUS

4. Brendon Smith AUS DEN

5. Brandon Almeida BRA Boglarka Kapas HUN

6. Felix Aubock AUT Sarah Vasey GBR

7. James Wilby GBR Signe Bro DEN

8. Adam Telegdy HUN GBR

9. Joe Litchfield GBR Tevyn Waddell USA

10. Jan Switkowski POL RUS

11. Matthew Richards GBR Daria S. Ustinova RUS

12. Pieter Timmers BEL Ajna Kesely HUN

13. Damian Wierling GER GBR

14. Michal Poprawa POL Chloe Golding GBR

15. NZL Alicja Tchorz POL

16. Jakub Skierka POL

17. Jacob Whittle GBR

STAFF COUNTRY POSITION

1. Tina Andrew USA General Manager

2. Martin Truijens NED Head Coach

3. Maike Wellmann GER Team Manager

4. USA Assistant Coach

5. Don Wagner USA Assistant Coach

6. Mads Hansen DEN Assistant Coach

7. Julie Hjelm Jacobsen DEN Physical Therapist

8. Melanie Wiktoria Praesius DEN Physical Therapist

ABOUT THE ISL

The International League (ISL) is the world’s first professional team swimming league. Founded in 2019, the ISL consists of 10 global clubs with rosters stockpiled with the best female and male swimmers on the planet. Its unique competitive format where “every race is a final,” raucous in-venue atmosphere, celebration of gender equity and global footprint make ISL not just unique in swimming, but in the world of sports at large.

North American Teams: International Teams:

Cali Condors Aqua Centurions (Rome)

DC Trident Energy Standard Paris (2019 ISL Champions) NY Breakers London Roar

LA Current Team Iron (Budapest) Tokyo Frog Kings (new entry for 2020 season) (new entry for 2020 season)

For more details, visit isl.global or please contact:

Leslie Jung-Isenwater Juliette Mouraret Franck Pasquier +44 (0)7818 641 803 +33 6 81 67 38 80 +33 6 73 62 57 99 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]