US Olympic Swimming: Quick Profiles of the Team's Top Sprinters

All eyes will be on the United States fastest swimmers in the 2012 London Games. The United States will look to dominate in the sprints at 50-meters and 100-meters with this heralded crew.

Being one of the most-watched events in all of the Olympics, Americans will get to know these swimmers very well.

Lets not waste any more words. Here are the best of the United States 50-meter and 100-meter swimming heading to London.

Credit London 2012 (http://www.london2012.com/swimming/)

Anthony Ervin (50-Meter Freestyle)

Age: 31

Hometown: Valencia, CA

Previous Olympic Experience: One gold and one silver medal in 2000 Games.

Best Finishes: Gold medal win at 2000 Games (21.98).

Interesting Fact: The 31-year-old was only .01 second behind top America qualifier Cullen Jones in the Olympic trials.

Cullen Jones (50 and 100-Meter Freestyle)

Age: 28 

Hometown: Charlotte, NC

Previous Olympic Experience: Gold medal for 4x100 freestyle relay in 2008 Games.

Best Finishes: Broke world record in 50-meter freestyle (21.59), but the record was broken the next day by Garrett Weber-Gale.

Interesting Fact: Before he knew how to swim, he almost drowned at age 5.

Nathan Adrian (100-Meter Freestyle)

Age: 24

Hometown: Bremerton, WA

Previous Olympic Experience: Placed sixth in 50-meter freestyle in 2008 Games.

Best Finishes: Four gold medals in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, beating both Cielo and Hayden.

Interesting Fact: He's nicknamed “Bok Choy” because of his Chinese heritage.

Jessica Hardy (50 and 100-Meter Freestyle)

Age: 25 

Hometown: Long Beach, CA

Previous Olympic Experience: None

Best Finishes: She set a world record gold-medal 100-meter breaststroke time in 2005 at only 18 years old.

Interesting Fact: She's the world record holder for 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke.

Kara Lynn Joyce (50-Free)

Age: 26 

Hometown: Athens, GA

Previous Olympic Experience: 4-time Olympic silver medalist

Best Finishes: Silver medals in 4x100 meter and 4x100 meter medley relays in both the 2004 and 2008 Games.

Interesting Fact: She's the first swimmer in Women’s NCAA Championship history to finish first in 50-meter, 100-meter, and 200-meter freestyle.

Missy Franklin

Age: 17

Hometown: Centennial, Colo.

Previous Olympic Experience: None

Best Finishes: World record-holder in 100 and 200 backstroke

Interesting Fact: She’s only 17! Also nicknamed “Missy the Missle”. Look out world…