Just two years into his collegiate career, Dare Rose had already assembled a resume that many competitive swimmers would envy.
 
With his key contributions to California's 2022 NCAA men's swimming & diving championship and three All-America honors earned over two seasons, combined with his status as a previous member of the United States Junior National Team, Rose was one of the country's top young swimmers heading into his junior year in 2022-23.
 
But it wasn't just his development in the pool that led to a breakout junior season that culminated in earning a spot on the U.S. National Team, which will compete in the 2023 World Aquatic Championships starting this weekend in Fukuoka, Japan. One of the biggest contributors to the success was the time he spent out of the water and away from competitive swimming in the summer of 2022.
 
"I took the whole summer off, at least a month and a half," Rose said. "I went home, I had an internship, two summer classes. I was doing so much every day that I didn't have time to swim. It was a much-needed mental and physical break."
 
Rose, who resides in Jersey City, New Jersey spent the summer interning at Kapitas, an investment banking firm in New York where his father, Anthony, is the chief financial officer. For 20-30 hours a week, Rose worked primarily on human resources projects pertaining to demographics, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The remainder of his time was occupied with online summer classes.
 
Refocused, Rose entered the Golden Bears' 2022 fall season mentally refreshed. However, he still felt he had a ways to go, physically.
 
"Going into the fall, I didn't have as much training under my belt," Rose said. "It was a little difficult starting at 50% of what I'm usually able to do. But I feel like the fall was the best training I've ever done in my life. I was super motivated." 
 
Rose's terrific 2022-23 campaign began at the Minnesota Invitational, a three-day meet at the end of the fall season. The Bears showed out at the meet, and Rose was no different, winning the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events. His success in Minneapolis did not carry over to the Pac-12 Championships – he placed fourth in the 200 fly and sixth in the 100 fly – but he was just beginning to peak when he reached the NCAA Championships in late March.
 
Rose scored 52 points in three events at NCAAs, helping Cal secure its second consecutive national team title. The junior was fourth in the 200 fly and 10th in the 100 fly, earning All-American honors in both events.
 
"I had a pretty awesome meet," Rose said of the NCAA Championships. "At least for me, on the short course, that's where I'm weaker. I like long course a lot more, the 50-meter pool. So, I was very happy with the results from the NCAAs. I felt my confidence just go up and it carried over to the world trials."
 
At the Phillips 66 National Championships last month, Rose turned heads by winning the 100-meter fly in 50.75 to secure his ticket to the World Championships in Japan. It will be Rose's first international meet as a member of the U.S. senior squad.  
"I'm excited to represent the United States again on the world stage, and this time it's the (senior) national team, not just a junior team."
 
The World Aquatic Championships begin Saturday at 6:30 p.m. PT and run through Saturday, July 29. Rose will be one of 14 Cal-affiliated competing for seven different countries in the event. Joining Rose on Team USA will be Ryan Murphy, Abbey Weitzeil, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong and Destin Lasco. Murphy and Weitzeil were named two of the four captains for Team USA on Wednesday.
 
Cal's international lineup includes Hugo Gonzalez (Spain), Lucas Henveaux (Belgium), Bjorn Seeliger (Sweden) Robin Hansen (Sweden), Jerod Hatch (Philippines), Ziyad Saleem (Sudan), Leah Polonsky (Israel) and Ayla Spitz (Israel).  

Peacock will televise the events, any events not on Peacock will be streamed. For the television and streaming schedule for the World Championships, visit worldaquatics.com.  

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