2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
The second of 9 days of U.S. Olympic Trials motion from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will get underway this morning with preliminary heats in 5 occasions: the boys’s 200 free, 400 IM and 100 again, and the ladies’s 100 breast and 200 free.
Each 200 free occasions will maintain a little bit bit of additional weight this morning with as much as six swimmers incomes Olympic relay berths come the ultimate, and any slip-up might end in somebody lacking the highest 16—we noticed two favorites for the relay, Bella Sims and Claire Weinstein, miss the 400 free last on Saturday, so all eyes might be on them.
Carson Foster is scheduled to tackle a frightening double, with the boys’s 200 free and 400 IM back-to-back this morning. Foster might be seeking to solidify a spot on the 800 free relay within the 200 free, and he ought to be capable to comfortably cruise to the 400 IM last, so we shouldn’t be stunned to see him racing each this morning.
Tonight, the 400 IM might be first on the schedule, with the 200 free semis two occasions later with the ladies’s 100 fly last sandwiched in between.
The boys’s 200 free might be headlined by Luke Hobson, who gained bronze on this occasion on the 2024 World Championships, whereas Aaron Shackell and Kieran Smith might be again within the water after incomes Olympic qualifying spots (Smith not locked in formally) final night time within the 400 free.
Within the 400 IM will probably be Foster and Chase Kalisz as the massive favorites, with Jay Litherland seeded Third and seeking to make his third straight Olympic workforce (alongside Kalisz) within the occasion. One other high contender, David Johnston, might be seeking to rebound after narrowly lacking a top-two spot final night time within the 400 free.
The ladies’s 100 breast will give us a have a look at the final two Olympic champions within the occasion, Lilly King and Lydia Jacoby. These are the 2 favorites to nab roster spots within the last, with Kaitlyn Dobler the one swimmer on paper with a practical likelihood of an upset.
There’s an analogous state of affairs within the males’s 100 again, the place it’s Ryan Murphy and Hunter Armstrong coming in as huge favorites, although Justin Ress and Destin Lasco have each been sub-53 just lately and Shaine Casas is all the time somebody to look at.
This would be the first swim of the meet for Casas, who has higher qualifying alternatives later within the meet within the 100 fly and 200 IM…however might he shock right here?
Closing the morning would be the girls’s 200 free, and as talked about on the high, Sims and Weinstein might be below a little bit of stress to easily advance after tough outings within the 400 free prelims.
Katie Ledecky would possibly find yourself scratching the occasion in some unspecified time in the future, however for now, she’s the highest seed.
MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE — PRELIMS
- World Document: 1:42.00 — Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
- American Document: 1:42.96 — Michael Phelps, 2008
- U.S. Open Document: 1:44.10 — Michael Phelps (USA), 2008
- World Junior Document: 1:42.97 — David Popovici (ROU), 2022
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Kieran Smith, 1:45.29
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:47.06
Semi-Remaining Qualifiers:
- Luke Hobson (LAKE), 1:45.95
- Blake Pieroni (ISC), 1:46.09
- Drew Kibler (NYAC), 1:46.39
- Brooks Curry (CAL), 1:46.49
- Patrick Sammon (SUN), 1:46.72
- Kieran Smith (RAC), 1:46.77
- Coby Carrozza (TXLA), 1:46.81
- Daniel Diehl (WOLF), 1:46.83
- Jake Mitchell (FLOR), 1:47.01
- Chris Guiliano (ND) / Aaron Shackell (CSC), 1:47.05
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- Jake Magahey (SA), 1:47.06
- Zhang Wen (AFA), 1:47.24
- Baylor Nelson (TAMU), 1:47.25
- Grant Home (SUN), 1:47.35
- Rex Maurer (TXLA), 1:47.39
Luke Hobson made certain to let his presence be identified within the heats of the boys’s 200 freestyle, controlling the seventh and last warmth en path to touching 1st and qualifying for tonight’s semis with the highest seed in 1:45.95.
Hobson has been as quick as 1:45.26 this season, accomplished main off the boys’s 800 free relay on the 2024 World Championships (the place he gained particular person bronze within the 200 free).
Drew Kibler (1:46.39) and Brooks Curry (1:46.49) additionally had spectacular sub-1:47 showings from the ultimate warmth to easily advance to the semis, whereas Warmth 5 noticed a blistering efficiency from Indiana’s Blake Pieroni.
Pieroni, a three-time Olympic relay gold medalist and longtime Indiana-based swimmer, briefly retired from the game earlier than coming again final yr, and all of it got here to a head this morning as he confirmed his greatest type in six years.
The 28-year-old clocked 1:46.09 to win Warmth 5 of the 200 free and qualify 2nd for the ultimate, with the time marking the second-fastest of his profession, solely trailing his PB of 1:45.93 set again in 2018.
Pieroni and Patrick Sammon (1:46.72) went 1-2 within the first circle-seeded warmth within the absence of Carson Foster, who was seeded Third coming in however opted to no present with the 400 IM subsequent on the schedule. Sammon knocked simply over a tenth off his PB.
Kieran Smith was the lone swimmer from Warmth 6 to earn a spot within the high eight this morning, clocking 1:46.77 to enhance his season-best time. Smith is the Third-fastest American of all-time together with his PB of 1:44.74 from the Tokyo Olympics.
In Warmth 3, Daniel Diehl had a monster swim, decreasing his greatest time by greater than two and a half seconds in 1:46.83 to climb to #5 all-time within the boys’ 17-18 age group. Diehl, at present coaching at NC State, held a earlier PB of 1:49.53 from final summer season.
U.S. 17-18 Boys’ Age Group Rankings, 200-Meter Freestyle:
- Michael Phelps — 1:45.99 (2003)
- Jack Levant — 1:46.39 (2018)
- Luca Urlando – 1:46.51 (2019)
- Henry McFadden — 1:46.80 (2023)
- Daniel Diehl — 1:46.83 (2024)
Diehl ended up comfortably advancing in eighth.
One of many favorites later within the meet within the 100 free, Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano dropped 1.70 seconds from his lifetime greatest in 1:47.05 to high Warmth 4 and finally superior to the ultimate in tenth.
Notably lacking the ultimate was Jersey Wahoos’ Henry McFadden, who was a member of the American 800 free relay ultimately summer season’s World Championships.
McFadden completed in 1:47.40, .01 again of Sixteenth-place Rex Maurer, whereas Luca Urlando additionally missed out after a promising first 150, fading to Seventh within the bunched-up sixth warmth and ending nineteenth total in 1:47.63.
Pleasanton Seahawk stud Luka Mijatovic continued his spectacular meet after a close to Nationwide Age Group Document within the 400 free on Saturday, setting a brand new private better of 1:48.98 out of Warmth 2 to rank #7 all-time for 15-16 boys within the 200 free.
U.S. 15-16 Boys’ Age Group Rankings, 200-Meter Freestyle:
- Maximus Williamson — 1:47.29 (2023)
- Luca Urlando — 1:47.73 (2019)
- Carson Foster — 1:48.57 (2018)
- Jason Zhao — 1:48.60 (2023)
- Caeleb Dressel — 1:48.64 (2013)
- Jake Magahey — 1:48.65 (2018)
- Luka Mijatovic — 1:48.98 (2024)
The 15-year-old’s earlier greatest time of 1:49.63 stands as the present 13-14 NAG file.
MEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY— PRELIMS
- World Document: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand (FRA), 2023
- World Junior Document: 4:10.02 – Ilya Borodin (RUS), 2021
- American Document: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008)
- U.S. Open Document: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps (USA), 2008
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Chase Kalisz, 4:09.09
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 4:12.50
Remaining Qualifiers:
- Carson Foster (RAYS), 4:11.02
- Chase Kalisz (TXLA), 4:13.78
- Jay Litherland (TXLA), 4:14.46
- Tommy Bried (UOFL), 4:15.01
- Danny Berlitz (CM), 4:15.98
- Ian Grum (DYNA), 4:16.25
- Gregg Enoch (CSC), 4:17.27
- Kyle Ponsler (WOLF), 4:17.35
After no-showing his first two entries of the meet, Carson Foster made his first look of those Trials within the prelims of the boys’s 400 IM, cruising to a dominant victory within the eleventh and last warmth.
Foster opened up a sizeable lead early and cruised his means house, touching in 4:11.02 to advance 1st into the ultimate by greater than two and a half seconds.
Foster’s warmth ended up being considerably sooner than the opposite circle-seeded warmth, as six of the eight finals qualifiers got here out of it.
Tokyo silver medalist Jay Litherland was 2nd to Foster in 4:14.46, qualifying Third total, whereas Louisville’s Tommy Bried dropped greater than three seconds off his lifetime greatest to advance 4th in 4:15.01. Bried set his earlier PB of 4:18.72 on the U.S. Open in November.
Bried has the quickest breaststroke break up within the subject by an honest margin at 1:09.88.
Membership Mountaineer Aquatics’ Danny Berlitz additionally had a giant drop to make the ultimate, dipping effectively below his earlier mark of 4:17.46 in4 :15.98 to advance in fifth.
Within the first circle-seeded warmth it, it was easy crusing for defending Olympic champion Chase Kalisz, as, much like Foster, he opened up a giant hole early and cruised house for a last time of 4:13.78.
With #4 seed David Johnston DFS’ing, Kalisz was the one swimmer to advance to the ultimate from Warmth 10.
Wolfpack Elite’s Kyle Ponsler did some injury from the non-circle-seeded Warmth 9, dropping a second to sneak into the ultimate in eighth (4:17.35).
WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE — PRELIMS
- World Document: 1:04.13 — Lilly King (USA), 2017
- American Document: 1:04.13 — Lilly King, 2017
- U.S. Open Document: 1:04.45 — Jessica Hardy (USA), 2009
- World Junior Document: 1:04.35 — Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2013
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Lilly King, 1:04.79
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:06.79
Semi-Remaining Qualifiers:
- Lilly King (ISC), 1:06.05
- Emma Weber (CA-Y), 1:06.67
- Kaelyn Gridley (DUKE), 1:06.80
- Lydia Jacoby (STSC), 1:07.25
- Kaitlyn Dobler (TPDS), 1:07.26
- Ella Nelson (NAC), 1:07.66
- McKenzie Siroky (UN-MI), 1:07.80
- Alex Walsh (NAC), 1:07.82
- Hannah Bach (OSU), 1:08.05
- Zoie Hartman (ABSC), 1:08.31
- Gabrielle Rose (ALPH), 1:08.43
- Skyler Smith (UNC), 1:08.48
- Piper Enge (BC) / Raya Mellott (CROW), 1:08.50
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- Abby Arens (WOLF), 1:08.67
- Lucy Thomas (EBSC), 1:08.81
The record-setting (prelim) crowd had so much to cheer about within the heats of the ladies’s 100 breast, as native Indiana product Lilly King claimed the highest seed and 46-year-old Gabrielle Rose produced a really spectacular swim to advance to tonight’s session.
King, the 2016 Olympic champion and present 100 breast world file holder, powered to a time of 1:06.05 within the tenth and last warmth, advancing 1st into the semis by over six-tenths of a second.
King is the quickest American this season along with her 1:05.67 clocking from the Knoxville Professional Swim.
Cavalier Aquatics’ Emma Weber was inside two-tenths of her greatest time to the touch 2nd to King and advance into the semis in the identical place in 1:06.67, whereas her Virginia coaching mates Ella Nelson (1:07.66) and Alex Walsh (1:07.82) additionally certified within the high eight—Nelson in a brand new PB.
One warmth earlier, it was defending Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby anticipated to cruise to victory, however Duke’s Kaelyn Gridley upset these plans by dropping greater than a full second off her private greatest to the touch 1st in 1:06.80 and qualify Third into the semis. Jacoby was subsequent up at 1:07.25, good for 4th total.
Kaitlyn Dobler did what she needed to do to easily win within the first circle-seeded warmth and advance fifth total into tonight, whereas hockey participant turned swimmer McKenzie Siroky chipped a tenth off her greatest time to qualify in Seventh.
Rose, the previous Brazilian and U.S. Olympian within the early 2000s, broke 1:09 for the primary time in 1:08.43 to carry the gang to its ft, giving an emotional wave to the 17,000-plus followers after profitable Warmth 7. She finally superior eleventh into tonight’s semis.
MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE — PRELIMS
- World Document: 51.60 — Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
- American Document: 51.85 — Ryan Murphy, 2016
- U.S. Open Document: 51.94 — Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2009
- World Junior Document: 52.53 — Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2018
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Ryan Murphy, 52.33
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time — 53.74
Semi-Remaining Qualifiers:
- Hunter Armstrong (NYAC), 52.95
- Ryan Murphy (CAL), 53.18
- Jack Aikins (SA), 53.24
- Adam Chaney (FLOR), 53.45
- Will Modglin (ZSC), 53.59
- Jack Wilkening (MICH), 53.89
- Justin Ress (MVN), 53.91
- Shaine Casas (TXLA), 53.97
- Tommy Janton (ND), 54.03
- Nate Stoffle (AU), 54.04
- Destin Lasco (CAL), 54.23
- Jacob Molacek (TFA), 54.32
- Tanner Filion (UN-IN), 54.40
- Grant Bochenski (UMIZ), 54.48
- Hunter Tapp (WOLF), 54.52
- Jack Dolan (SUN), 54.59
The 2 greatest American 100 backstrokers of the final three years did as anticipated within the prelims this morning, as Hunter Armstrong rolled to the highest time of the session and Ryan Murphy wasn’t far behind as they advance 1-2 into tonight’s semis.
Armstrong, the Seventh-fastest performer in historical past together with his lifetime better of 51.98, clocked in at 52.95 from the penultimate warmth to advance 1st into the semis, exhibiting off his pace with the quickest entrance half within the subject (25.48).
Within the final warmth, Murphy dropped the hammer on the second 50, storming house in 26.89—after opening in 26.29—to complete in a time of 53.18 to say the #2 seed.
Murphy is the 2016 Olympic champion within the occasion, having represented the U.S. within the 100 again at each main worldwide meet relationship again to the Rio Olympics.
Along with Murphy, 5 different males had been within the 53-second vary, led by SwimAtlanta’s Jack Aikins who dropped two-tenths from his greatest time to qualify Third into the semis in 53.24.
Will Modglin and Jack Wilkening additionally set new lifetime bests to qualify in fifth and sixth, with Wilkneing dropping almost eight-tenths and breaking 54 for the primary time in 53.89.
Two males with 52-point swims on their resume, Justin Ress and Shaine Casas, rounded out the highest eight with a pair of 53.9s, however will probably have to be sooner tonight to lock in a lane within the last.
After his very spectacular swim within the 200 free, Daniel Diehl opted to drop this occasion regardless of coming because the #5 seed and being the boys’ 17-18 NAG Document holder (53.07). Given the presence of Murphy and Armstrong, Diehl can have a greater alternative at an Olympic berth within the 200 free with as much as six males being chosen for the relay.
There was a tie for seventeenth between Cavalier Aquatics’ David King and Auburn’s Aidan Stoffle in 54.67, which means we’ll see a swim-off for the primary alternate place in tonight’s session.
The swim for King marked a giant greatest time, dropping from his earlier PB of 55.51 to maneuver into Sixteenth all-time within the boys’ 17-18 age group.
WOMEN’S 200 FREE — PRELIMS
- World Document: 1:52.23 — Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2024
- American Document: 1:53.61 — Allison Schmitt, 2012
- U.S. Open Document: 1:54.13 — Summer time McIntosh (CAN), 2023
- World Junior Document: 1:53.65 — Summer time McIntosh (CAN), 2023
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Katie Ledecky, 1:55.11
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:57.26
Semi-Remaining Qualifiers:
