2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
Simply three occasions will happen throughout Monday morning prelims on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, with the ladies’s 400 IM, ladies’s 100 again and males’s 800 free on the schedule.
Katie Grimes, the first athlete to qualify for Staff USA in Paris after profitable bronze within the ladies’s 10km eventually summer time’s World Championships, headlines the 400 IM because the double Worlds silver medalist, having positioned within the runner-up place behind Canada’s Summer season McIntosh in each 2022 and 2023.
Grimes has regarded stable up to now in Indianapolis, advancing via to the ultimate of the ladies’s 200 free which is able to happen tonight (she additionally made the 400 free closing however scratched out).
World and American Report watch shall be on excessive alert for Regan Smith the subsequent two nights within the 100 again, because the 22-year-old had a really spectacular displaying within the 100 fly, shifting to #5 all-time (tie) regardless of inserting third and lacking a spot on the Olympic group.
Smith lowered her American Report right down to 57.51 lower than a month in the past, and might be taking purpose at Kaylee McKeown‘s world report in some unspecified time in the future over the subsequent two days.
The battle for 2nd within the ladies’s 100 again has been a much-debated matter with 2023 World Championship bronze medalist Katharine Berkoff, 2024 world champion Claire Curzan and Tokyo Olympic finalist Rhyan White among the many important gamers within the operating.
Olivia Smoliga, the #4 seed coming into the meet, was a shocking scratch this morning, making the battle for lanes within the semis and closing rather less crowded.
The session will wrap with seven heats of the lads’s 800 free, the place we count on to see an intense battle for lanes within the closing with defending Olympic champion Bobby Finke the lone swimmer who will be capable of put it on cruise management.
There are a complete of 12 males entered sub-8:00—behind Finke’s 7:38, Ross Dant and David Johnston are the one others beneath 7:50.
One identify to observe shall be Luke Whitlock, the 18-year-old who rattled off a vital lifetime finest within the 400 free to maneuver into #2 all-time within the boys’ 17-18 age group.
Whitlock set a private finest of seven:50.20 in Might, and solely must drop two extra seconds to take out Larsen Jensen‘s 17-18 NAG report of seven:48.09 from the 2003 World Championships.
WOMEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – PRELIMS
- World Report: 4:24.38, Summer season McIntosh (CAN) – 2024 Canadian Trials
- American Report: 4:31.12, Katie Hoff – 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials
- U.S. Open Report: 4:28.61, Summer season McIntosh (CAN) – 2022 U.S. Open
- World Junior Report: 4:24.38, Summer season McIntosh (CAN) – 2024 Canadian Trials
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Emma Weyant, 4:33.81
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 4:38.53
Last Qualifiers:
- Emma Weyant (FLOR), 4:38.96
- Katie Grimes (SAND), 4:39.63
- Lucy Bell (ALTO), 4:40.79
- Lilla Bognar (TG), 4:41.14
- Leah Hayes (TIDEIL), 4:42.97
- Zoe Dixon (FLOR), 4:43.30
- Leah Smith (TXLA), 4:43.45
- Audrey Derivaux (JW), 4:45.23
Emma Weyant made her transfer on the breaststroke leg within the closing warmth of the ladies’s 400 IM, overtaking Katie Grimes and holding her off to say the highest seed into tonight’s closing in 4:38.96.
The efficiency from Weyant inches beneath her season-best time by 4 one-hundredths, having clocked 4:39.00 on the Atlanta Basic final month. The 22-year-old is the reigning Olympic silver medalist on this occasion, having set her PB of 4:32.76 in that Tokyo closing.
Grimes, the two-time World Championship silver medalist on this occasion, regarded snug en path to claiming the 2nd seed for the ultimate in 4:39.63. She ought to have lots extra within the tank tonight having been as quick as 4:32.76 this yr.
The highest three spots heading into tonight got here out of that closing warmth, as Alto Swim Membership’s Lucy Bell knocked practically a second off her private finest in 4:40.79 to advance in third.
Staff Greenville’s Lilla Bognar topped reigning World Junior champion Leah Hayes within the first circle-seeded warmth, with Bognar clocking 4:41.14 for 4th total. Bognar’s swim is simply shy of her lifetime finest 4:40.97 set final summer time, whereas Hayes went 4:42.97 after setting a PB of 4:36.84 at World Juniors.
Age group standout Audrey Derivaux had a giant swim out of an out of doors lane in Warmth 3, dropping over 4 seconds to complete in a time of 4:45.23 and transfer as much as #7 all-time within the ladies’ 13-14 age group.
All-Time Rankings, U.S. Women’ 13-14 400 IM (LCM)
- Becca Mann, 4:39.76 — 2012
- Katie Anderson, 4:39.82 — 2004
- Kayla Han, 4:42.96 — 2023
- Erika Hansen, 4:44.45 — 1985
- Claire Tuggle, 4:44.81 — 2018
- Elizabeth Beisel, 4:44.87 — 2007
- Audrey Derivaux, 4:45.23 — 2024
- Mariah Denigan, 4:45.41 — 2018
The 14-year-old, who got here into the meet with a lifetime better of 4:49.32 set final summer time, ended up cracking the ultimate in eighth.
Notably lacking the ultimate was Carmel’s Kayla Han, who’s coming off a really spectacular 4th-place end within the 400 free. Han, 16, owns a private better of 4:42.32 however solely mustered a time of 4:47.71 to complete tenth.
WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS
- World Report: 57.33, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2023 World Cup – Budapest
- American Report: 57.51, Regan Smith – 2024 NOVA Speedo Grand Problem
- U.S. Open Report: 57.51, Regan Smith (USA) – 2024 NOVA Speedo Grand Problem
- World Junior Report: 57.57, Regan Smith (USA) – 2019 World Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: 58.35, Regan Smith
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 59.99
Semi-Last Qualifiers:
- Regan Smith (TXLA), 57.93
- Katharine Berkoff (WOLF), 58.09
- Kennedy Noble (WOLF), 58.55
- Josephine Fuller (TENN), 58.80
- Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 59.10
- Rhyan White (WOLF), 59.23
- Claire Curzan (TAC-NC), 59.43
- Phoebe Bacon (UW), 59.61
- Leah Shackley (BRY), 59.63
- Teagan O’Dell (MVN), 59.83
- Charlotte Crush (LAK), 1:00.02
- Erika Pelaez (EA), 1:00.11
- Maggie Wanezek (EBSC), 1:00.33
- Caroline Bentz (NCAP), 1:00.47
- Emma Kern (TXLA), 1:00.54
- Rylee Erisman (LAKR), 1:00.71
Regan Smith asserted herself within the closing warmth of the ladies’s 100 again, responding to Katharine Berkoff‘s blistering swim within the earlier warmth by including one other sub-58 to her resume.
Smith fired off a time of 57.93 for the 18th sub-58 of her profession, carrying the constructive momentum she created within the 100 fly ahead into one in all her premier occasions. The 22-year-old broke her five-year-old American Report within the 100 again final month in 57.51, lower than two tenths shy of the world report.
Berkoff, who set a PB of 58.01 final yr, rocketed to a time of 58.09 within the penultimate warmth to advance 2nd into the semis, doing so alongside Wolfpack teammate Kennedy Noble, who cracked 59 seconds for the primary time in 58.55. Noble, whose earlier finest was 59.11, strikes as much as #16 all-time within the occasion and #8 amongst People.
Additionally going sub-59 for the primary time was Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller, who improved her lifetime finest by practically 9 tenths of a second, 59.67 to 58.80, to qualify 4th into the semis.
Six extra ladies went beneath 1:00, together with Cal’s Isabelle Stadden (59.10), Tokyo Olympic finalist Rhyan White (59.23) and reigning world champion Claire Curzan (59.43). Stadden dropped simply over a tenth type her season-best, whereas White was .03 off.
In eleventh, 16-year-old Charlotte Crush dropped 5 one-hundredths from her finest time in 1:00.02, remaining at eleventh all-time within the 15-16 age group.
After lacking the ultimate of the 400 free and the semis of the 200 free, Florida’s Bella Sims was again within the water this morning within the 100 again, cracking 1:01 for the primary time in 1:00.88, ended up 18th total.
MEN’S 800 FREE — PRELIMS
- World Report: 7:32.11 — Zhang Lin (CHN) — 2009 World Championships
- American Report: 7:38.67 — Bobby Finke – 2023 World Championships
- U.S. Open Report: 7:40.34 — Bobby Finke (USA) – 2023 U.S. Nationwide Championships
- World Junior Report: 7:43.37 — Lorenzo Galossi (ITA) – 2022 European Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Bobby Finke, 7:48.22
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time — 7:51.65
Last Qualifiers:
- Luke Whitlock (FAST-IN), 7:51.22
- Bobby Finke (SPA-FL), 7:51.71
- David Johnston (TST-CA), 7:52.49
- Ross Dant (WOLF), 7:53.78
- Luke Ellis (SAND), 7:54.26
- Daniel Matheson (SUN), 7:54.97
- Will Gallant (TST-CA), 7:56.03
- Sean Inexperienced (LIAC), 7:56.47
Luke Whitlock adopted up his breakout swim on Day 1 within the 400 free with a really managed prelim within the males’s 800 free, main the penultimate warmth wire-to-wire to complete in a time of seven:51.22, simply over a second shy of his lifetime finest (7:50.20) that ranks him #3 all-time within the boys’ 17-18 age group.
The 18-year-old Fishers Space product advances 1st into the ultimate after his time held up over the past warmth, which was received by defending Olympic champion Bobby Finke in 7:51.71.
Finke topped the warmth over The Swim Staff’s David Johnston, who logged a time of seven:52.49. Johnston set a PB of seven:48.20 earlier this yr on the 2024 World Championships.
Solar Satan Swimming’s Daniel Matheson was third within the closing warmth to advance via in sixth, touching in 7:54.97 for a brand new season-best. Matheson set a finest of seven:52.34 final summer time.
Trailing Whitlock within the second-to-last warmth have been Wolfpack Elite’s Ross Dant, Sandpipers’ Luke Ellis and TST’s Will Gallant, all qualifying for the ultimate as effectively. Ellis, 17, dropped two seconds from his lifetime finest (set whereas he was 16) to maneuver him into #6 all-time amongst 17-18 boys.
Lengthy Island Aquatic Membership’s Sean Inexperienced was the standout from the primary few heats of the lads’s 800 free, crushing his private finest time in 7:56.47 to maneuver into eleventh all-time within the boys’ 17-18 age group.
All-Time Performers, U.S. Boys’ 17-18 800 Freestyle (LCM)
- Larsen Jensen, 7:48.09 – 2003
- Chad La Tourette, 7:49.90 – 2007
- Luke Whitlock, 7:50.20 – 2024
- Bobby Finke, 7:51.45 – 2018
- True Sweetser, 7:53.32 – 2016
- Luke Ellis, 7:54.26 – 2024
- Andrew Abruzzo, 7:54.51 – 2018
- Jake Mitchell, 7:54.70 – 2019
- Ross Dant, 7:56.03 – 2019
- Tom Dolan, 7:56.33 – 1994
- Sean Inexperienced, 7:56.47 – 2024
The 17-year-old Inexperienced’s earlier finest was 8:05.34 set practically two years in the past. He ended up cracking the ultimate in eighth, with Ohio State’s Charlie Clark ended up on the surface trying in in ninth at 7:56.63—greater than six seconds shy of each his finest time (7:50.07) and season-best (7:50.49).
