ISL ANNOUNCES LISTS FROM WHICH AQUA CENTURIONS AND DC TRIDENT CAN CHOOSE TO PROTECT SWIMMERS DURING UPCOMING DRAFT

The International Swimming League today unveils the final lists of athletes who have accepted to be ‘protected’ by their respective clubs if chosen during the upcoming ISL Draft that begins on 29 June 2021. Aqua Centurions and DC Trident are the final two of the 10 ISL clubs to announce the names of their respective ‘protected’ athletes this week. ‘Protected’ athletes are the ISL Swimmers who have confirmed their commitment to remain on their current team if selected by the team’s General Manager, or if elected by the fans online, during the ISL Draft. Any registered athlete who has not committed to remain on their current team will enter the ISL Draft Pool as an ISL Rookie Swimmer, while any ISL Swimmer who has confirmed their commitment to their current ISL Team, but has not been retained, will enter the ISL Draft Pool as an ISL Veteran Swimmer. ISL Teams will be able to retain up to a maximum of 15 ‘protected’ athletes from their Season 1 and Season 2 rosters, plus an additional ‘protected’ athlete elected via an interactive online fan vote. Teams will then be able to select 11 additional swimmers from the ISL Draft Pool during the ISL Draft, to a maximum total of 27 swimmers. The ISL Draft is scheduled to take place on 29-30 June 2021.  One week prior, on 22 June, each of the 10 ISL Clubs will announce the first 5 swimmers from the 15 that they can ultimately retain. Once the ISL Draft has concluded, Clubs’ General Managers will finalize their respective teams’ rosters, to a maximum of 36 swimmers each, through direct negotiations with the remaining swimmers from the ISL Draft Pool only. You can find the full draft rules here. The ‘protected’ athletes of Toronto Titans and NY Breakers are as follows: DC TRIDENT Abrahm DeVine Annika Bruhn Bailey Andison Brianna Throssell Cody Miller Drew Loy Jacob Pebley Jay Litherland Kathrin Demler Leah Gingrich Leah Neale Leiston Pickett Linnea Mack Madison Kennedy Mark Nikolaev Matheus Santana Meiron Cheruti Miranda Tucker Mohamed Samy Rozaliya Nasretdinova Ting Quah Tommy Cope Tristan Hollard Velimir Stjepanovic Zach Apple Zach Harting Zane Grothe AQUA CENTURIONS Fabio Santi Tain Bruce Katalin Burian Martina Carraro Arianna Castiglioni Marcelo Chierighini Gabriel Santos Elena Di Liddo Silvia Di Pietro Valentne Dumont Leonardo De Deus Vladislav Grinev Luiz Altamir Nicolo Martinenghi Breno Correia Larissa Oliveira Alessandro Miressi Lidon Campo Del Munoz Stefania Pirozzi Matteo Rivolta Simone Sabbioni Fabio Scozzoli Szebasztian Szabo Alexandra Touretski Evelyn Verraszto Pedro Spajari Thomas Ceccon Theodora Drakou Etiene Medeiros ABOUT THE ISL: The International Swimming League is a global professional swimming competition with competing teams from Europe (Italy-based Aqua Centurions, France-based Energy Standard, Hungary-based Iron, and London Roar), North America (Cali Condors, DC Trident, LA Current, NY Breakers and Toronto Titans), and Asia (Tokyo Frog Kings). ISL Season 3 will take place in three phases, with Naples, Italy, first playing host to the 10 ISL clubs in a five-week regular season from 26 August to 30 September. This will be followed by a Play-off phase of three weeks in November, which will bring together the top eight ISL Clubs to compete for a spot in the ISL Final. The ISL Grand Final is set to take place at the end of December or early January 2022, when the ISL Champions will be crowned. ISL SOCIAL: Keep up with all the latest ISL news by following @iswimleague on Instagram and Twitter and @internationalswimmingleaue on Facebook and YouTube. ISL WEBSITE:  https://isl.global DIGITAL PLATFORM: Match highlights can be seen on the ISL digital platform ISLand, which can be accessed here. RESULTS: The results of Season 2020 can be accessed here. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: media@isl.global