Regis Jesuit's Hennessey Stuart (left) and Clark Smith (right) take a break from swim practice Wednesday afternoon, June 20 at the Lowry Pool in Denver. Stuart and Smith are among a strong contingent of swimmers from Colorado - which includes Missy Franklin - headed to compete in the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials June 25-July 2 at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

Two members of Regis Jesuit’s 2013 Class 5A boys state swimming championship team made the roster of the 2013-14 USA Swimming National Junior Team.

Clark Smith and Hennessey Stuart, two vital members to the Raiders record-setting title team in the spring, earned the nod when rosters were released earlier this week.

According to USA Swimming, the National Junior Team roster is made up of athletes with the six fastest times, in Olympic events only, from the combined results of all USA Swimming or FINA sanctioned meets from Jan. 1, 2013, to Sept. 2, 2013.

Smith, who has started his freshman year at the University of Texas — where his father, John, and mother, Tori, swam collegiately — earned his way onto the team in both the 200 meter butterfly and the 400 freestyle.

The time of 1 minute, 59.01 seconds Smith recorded in winning the B final of the 200 butterfly on July 30 at the U.S. Open in Irvine, Calif., put him in the fifth out of six slots on the team, while the 3:54.30 he posted at the 2013 St. TXLA Texas Open put him sixth in the 400 freestyle.

Stuart, a senior at Regis Jesuit, earned his way onto the team in the 100 backstroke. He clocked a time of 56.64 seconds — which came in prelims — at the 2013 Junior Nationals in early August in Irvine, Calif.

Both Smith and Stuart, who each qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the summer of 2012, have been a part of the Denver Swim Academy club team run by Nick Frasersmith, the girls head coach at Regis Jesuit.

Colorado’s other representation on the team includes Carter Griffin (200 backstroke) and Nick Hatanaka (200 breaststroke) on the men’s side, along with Lauren Ambruzzo (Open Water 10K) on the women’s.

The National Junior Team doesn’t compete together in an an actual meet, but those selected can attend an all-expenses-paid three-day training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs next April.

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor of the Aurora Sentinel. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter: @aurorasports. Facebook: Aurora Prep Sentinel

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...