ISL ANNOUNCES LISTS FROM WHICH TORONTO TITANS AND NY BREAKERS CAN CHOOSE TO PROTECT ATHLETES DURING UPCOMING DRAFT

The International Swimming League today unveils the long lists of athletes who have accepted to be ‘protected’ by Toronto Titans and NY Breakers if chosen during the upcoming ISL Draft that begins on 29 June 2021. Two of the ten ISL Clubs are announcing the names of their respective ‘protected’ athletes each day of this week, with DC Trident and Aqua Centurions the final two clubs to announce their lists, tomorrow, Friday 11 June. ‘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: TORONTO TITANS Alexander Krasnykh Andriy Govorov Anika Apostalon Anna Egorova Anton McKee Blake Pieroni Brent Hayden Candice Hall Cole Pratt Daniil Pasynkov Erik Persson Finlay Knox Jay Lelliot Jhennifer Alves Conceicao Julie Meynen Kayla Sanchez Kelsey Wog Kylie Masse Lisa Bratton Louise Hansson Michael Chadwick Michelle Coleman Sergey Fesikov Shane Ryan Tayla Lovemore Tessa Cieplucha Yuri Kisil NY BREAKERS Jacob Whittle Arina Surkova Joe Litchfield Alicja Tchórz Sarah Vasey Brandonn Almeida Michał Poprawa Ajna Késely Svetlana Chimrova Michael Andrew Daria Ustinova Chloe Golding Daria Ustinova Lewis Clareburt Molly Renshaw Brendon smith Felix Auboeck Abbie Wood James Wilby Emily Escobedo Jakub Skierka Mikkayla Sheridan Abbie Harkin 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.

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