USA Swimming has introduced the finalists for the 2024 Golden Goggle Awards.
The award ceremony will happen Nov. 23 in Indianapolis.
Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh lead the sector with 4 nominations primarily based on their performances in the course of the Paris Olympics.
The nomination checklist could be discovered beneath, whereas extra data and context for every nominee could be discovered via the voting hyperlink right here. Fan voting is open now via October 17 at 11:59 p.m. MT.
2024 Golden Goggle Awards Nominees
BREAKOUT PERFORMER
This award is given to the athlete whose efficiency(s) stand out in relation to different years, with particular emphasis on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Luke Hobson
Aaron Shackell
Alex Shackell
Gretchen Walsh
COACH OF THE YEAR
This award is given to the coach whose athlete(s) carried out on the highest degree all year long, with particular emphasis on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Bob Bowman
Todd DeSorbo
Greg Meehan
Anthony Nesty
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
This award is given to the highest feminine swimmer of the yr with particular emphasis on achievements on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Kate Douglass
Torri Huske
Katie Ledecky
Regan Smith
Gretchen Walsh
FEMALE RACE OF THE YEAR
This award is given to the feminine swimmer with the best single particular person race of the yr, with particular emphasis on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Kate Douglass, 200m breaststroke
Torri Huske, 100m butterfly
Katie Ledecky, 1500m freestyle
FRAN CRIPPEN OPEN WATER SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
This award is given to the athlete who had essentially the most excellent yr as an open water swimmer, with an emphasis on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Mariah Denigan
Katie Grimes
Ivan Puskovitch
MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
This award is given to the highest male swimmer of the yr with particular emphasis on achievements on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Nic Fink
Bobby Finke
Ryan Murphy
MALE RACE OF THE YEAR
This award is given to the male swimmer with the best single particular person race of the yr, with particular emphasis on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Nic Fink, 100m breaststroke
Bobby Finke, 1500m freestyle
Luke Hobson, 200m freestyle
PERSEVERANCE AWARD
This award is given to the athlete who got here again from adversity, retirement, illness, harm, and so forth., to have an impressive efficiency(s) in 2024, with particular emphasis on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Caeleb Dressel
Paige Madden
Simone Manuel
Emma Weyant
RELAY PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
This award is given to one of the best group relay efficiency, male or feminine. The efficiency thought of should be a finals efficiency, with particular emphasis on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Males’s 4x100m freestyle relay
Blended 4x100m medley relay
Ladies’s 4x100m medley relay
Proceeds from the Golden Goggle Awards profit the USA Swimming Basis, whose mission is to Save Lives, Construct Champions, and Affect Communities. Along with offering learn-to-swim grants and group influence grants to packages throughout the nation, the USA Swimming Basis helps the U.S. Nationwide Crew and its growth efforts aimed toward strengthening the way forward for USA Swimming’s packages and companies.
Tickets are on sale now for this yr’s Golden Goggle Awards. For questions or to buy tickets or a desk, please contact Basis@usaswimming.org.
