Swimming Australia is sending 21 swimmers - eight World-title teamsters, the rest who just missed out on World-Championships selection - to compete as the Australian A squad at the Pro Swim Series in California August 5-8.

The Dolphins will be done at World titles by then: action in Singapore ends August 3. The eight will head from Singapore to Irvine and the state scheduled to host the Olympic Games in 2028, as 2025 Worlds comes to an end. A spot of California dreaming ahoy.

The 'A' team is made up of "experienced Australian representatives and athletes in contention to challenge for a position at next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow", the federation announced.

The team heading to Irvine will be led by National Youth Coach Simon Cusack, who, as Swimming Australia notes, is "a four-time Olympic coach who has spent 20 years coaching the likes of swimming legends Cate and Bronte Campbell and Australia’s most decorated Paralympic champion Ellie Cole".

Cusack said the Pro Swim is an important test and warm-up for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in the same city two years out from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Cusack noted:

“Providing international racing opportunities for this group of athletes is a key to ensure continued upward pressure for places in the senior Dolphins team… think of it like swimmers providing upward pressure on the diamonds. It’s also an opportunity to analyse the challenges we may face ahead of 2026 regarding travel, time zones _ and in the long time, learnings to take into LA 2028. For the likes of Olympian Se-Bom Lee, Jamie Jack and Bailey Lello, this is also an opportunity to be reinvigorated and re-motivated towards 2028. Our job in pathways is to create an oversupply of swimmers. Complacency detracts from real talent reaching their potential and this tour is an important step in unleashing potential."

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