Thirty-four swimmers affiliated with Cal are preparing to gather in Indianapolis to chase a dream at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Twenty-three men and 11 women will represent the Golden Bears at the trials, which run June 15-23 and serve as the official qualification event for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.

The top two finishers in each event earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team, provided he or she has posted an Olympic qualifying time.

Alumnus Ryan Murphy leads Cal's contingent on the men's side. The 2017 graduate will be vying to reach his third Olympic Games after earning six combined medals in 2016 and 2021 (including four gold medals). Murphy is the No. 1 seed in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke events and is seeded No. 6 in the 100 butterfly. Murphy is the American record-holder in the 100 back and has reached the medal stand in both backstroke events in each of the last two Summer Olympics (including capturing gold in both strokes in 2016).

Rising seniors Jack Alexy (100 freestyle) and Dare Rose (100 butterfly) are also No. 1 seeds, while Alexy is also seeded second in the 50 free. Rose is the No. 8 seed in the 200 butterfly.

Recent graduate Destin Lasco, who won the past three NCAA championships in the 200-yard back and also took the national crown last season in the 200 individual medley, is a top-10 seed in four different events – 200 back, No. 2; 100 back, No. 4; 100 free, No. 5; 200 IM, No. 6.

Trenton Julian, a 2022 Cal graduate, is competing in four events and is a top-10 seed in three of them – 200 fly, No. 4; 200 IM, No. 5; 100 fly, No. 10. Julian helped the Bears win two team NCAA championships during his time in Berkeley.

On the women's side, Abbey Weitzeil also will be looking to reach her third Olympic Games. The 2020 alumna is a four-time Olympic medalist and the No. 2 seed in both the 50 free and 100 free. She is also the U.S. Open record-holder in the 50 free.

Isabelle Stadden, who will return to Cal for a fifth season in 2024-25, is a member of the U.S. National Team in both backstroke events and finished as the NCAA runner-up in the 100 back last season. She also was a three-time Pac-12 champion in the 200 back. Stadden is the No. 5 seed in the 100 back and No. 6 in the 200 back.

Alumna Rachel Klinker is the No. 6 seed in the 200 fly after an eye-opening performance at the World Aquatics Championships in February. Klinker swam a personal-best in the semifinals to earn the No. 2 seed and ended up finishing fourth overall. Klinker placed third in the 200 fly at last season's NCAA Championships and won the Pac-12 title in the event twice during her collegiate career.

Below is a complete list of Cal affiliates competing at the Olympic Trials:

 
MEN

• Jack Alexy (50 free, 100 free)
• Hunter Armstrong (50 free, 100 free, 100 back)*
• Liam Bell (100 breaststroke)
• Brooks Curry (50 free, 100 free, 200 free)*
• Sean Grieshop (200 IM, 400 IM)
• Dylan Hawk (100 free)
• Matthew Jensen (50 free, 100 free, 100 breaststroke, 100 fly)
• Gabriel Jett (100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM)
• Keaton Jones (100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 back)
• Trenton Julian (100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM)
• Tyler Kopp (200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM)
• Destin Lasco (100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, 100 free)
• Jack Meehan (400 free, 800 free, 1,500 free)
• Colby Mefford (200 free, 200 back, 100 fly, 200 fly)
• Ryan Murphy (100 back, 200 back, 100 fly)
• Humberto Najera (200 back, 200 IM, 400 IM)
• Evan Petty (100 back)
• Samuel Quarles (100 fly)
• Hank Rivers (100 breast)
• Luke Rodarte (100 breast)
• Dare Rose (100 fly, 200 fly, 100 free)
• Jacob Soderlund (100 breast)
• Sean Swift (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM)

*Not Cal alum but trained with postgrad group

 
WOMEN

• Morgan Brophy (100 fly)
• Ava Chavez (100 fly)
• Lizzy Cook (100 fly)
• Alicia Henry (100 breast)
• Abby Herscu (100 breast, 200 breast)
• Rachel Klinker (100 fly, 200 fly)
• Mia Kragh (100 fly)
• Mia Motekaitis (100 fly)
• Isabelle Stadden (100 back, 200 back)
• McKenna Stone (50 free)
• Abbey Weitzeil (50 free, 100 free)