2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
It’s Friday evening everybody — what else would you need to be doing however watching and speaking about swimming? It’s time for the seventh evening of finals at 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. There are 5 occasions tonight; we’ve obtained three finals on the high of the session after which two semifinals to shut out the evening.
The lads’s splash and sprint kicks off the evening. This ought to be a frenetic race; it took a sub-22 (and for Adam Chaney, a number of) to make the ultimate and whereas the highest two might come from anyplace within the pool, it feels exhausting to guess towards Chris Guiliano proper now given the week that he’s had. However Jack Alexy gained’t make it straightforward for him and neither will Caeleb Dressel, who’s going through his 50 free last/100 fly double semi tonight. Ryan Held and Michael Andrew will vie for a high two spot as effectively.
It ought to be the Regan Smith present within the 200 backstroke; she’s been having a wonderful week in Indianapolis and is the American file holder on this occasion. She had the 200 butterfly last earlier than final evening’s semis however that is her solely race tonight so she’ll be full throttle. There’s an attention-grabbing race creating behind her as Katie Grimes appears to be like to unseat among the greatest backstrokers America has to supply.
The final last of the evening is the lads’s 200 IM, which appears to be like like it is going to be full chaos. Chase Kalisz grabbed lane 4 with a robust swim within the semis whereas Carson Foster had a quieter race, shifting by means of in 4th. That’s opened the dialogue about whether or not that is goes to be the Foster/Kalisz present just like the 400 IM of if there’s room for Shaine Casas or possibly even Kieran Smith to get into the highest 2.
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — Ultimate
- World Report: 20.91 — Cesar Cielo (BRA), 2009
- American Report: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel, 2019 / 2021
- U.S. Open Report: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel (USA), 2021
- World Junior Report: 21.75 — Michael Andrew (USA), 2017 / 2017
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Caeleb Dressel, 21.04
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 21.96
Ultimate:
- Caeleb Dressel (FLOR), 21.41
- Chris Guiliano (ND), 21.69
- Matt King (TFA), 21.70
- Jack Alexy (CAL), 21.76
- Michael Andrew (MASA), 21.81
- Ryan Held (SUN), 21.85
- Quintin McCarty (WOLF), 21.97
- Adam Chaney (FLOR), 22.08
Caeleb Dressel is again on high.
After qualifying for Paris within the males’s 4×100 freestyle relay by advantage of his third place end, Dressel has added his first particular person occasion to his schedule by storming to the win within the males’s 50 freestyle.
Dressel exploded off the blocks and charged by means of the splash and sprint, clocking a 21.41 for the win. Not solely is that his quickest time since 2022, it ranks him 4th on the planet this 12 months, .07 seconds forward of his Florida coaching companion Josh Liendo.
| 2 | Benjamin PROUD |
GBR | 21.25 | 04/06 |
| 3 | Vladyslav BUKHOV |
UKR | 21.38 | 02/16 |
| 4 | Caeleb DRESSEL |
USA | 21.41 | 06/22 |
| 5 | Josh LIENDO |
CAN | 21.48 | 05/18 |
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Chris Guiliano added a tenth from his semifinal swim, however nonetheless obtained his hand on the wall a hundredth forward of Matt King for second place. With the swim, Guiliano turns into the primary American man since Matt Biondi to qualify for the 50/100/200 freestyle individually. Whereas ending a heart-breaking third place in as small a margin as doable, King took a tenth off his lifetime greatest in 21.70.
WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE — Ultimate
- World Report: 2:03.14 — Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
- American Report: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith, 2019
- U.S. Open Report: 2:03.80 — Regan Smith (USA), 2023
- World Junior Report: 2:19.64 – 2:03.35 — Regan Smith (USA), 2019
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Rhyan White, 2:05.73
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:10.39
Ultimate:
- Regan Smith (SUN), 2:05.16
- Phoebe Bacon (UW), 2:06.27
- Claire Curzan (TAC), 2:06.34
- Kennedy Noble (WOLF), 2:07.52
- Rhyan White (WOLF), 2:07.64
- Katie Grimes (SAND), 2:07.72
- Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 2:08.77
- Teagan O’Dell (MVN), 2:09.21
Regan Smith took management of this race from the beginning. She opened in a 29.16, .18 seconds below Kaylee McKeown‘s world file tempo. She picked up extra time on the second 50 with a 31.28, flipping in 1:00.44 and .29 seconds forward of McKeown.
McKeown all the time brings a robust again half to her races and it was on the third 50 that Smith started to fall off the tempo. However she nonetheless held a commanding lead of virtually a second forward of the remainder of the sphere, the place there was an in depth race creating for second between Claire Curzan and Phoebe Bacon.
Smith mentioned after the race that she “ran out of fuel” on the ultimate 50 meters however nonetheless held it along with a 32.90 cut up, the quickest within the area. She touched in 2:05.16, incomes her first Olympic 200 backstroke berth.
In the meantime, Curzan was working second for the primary 185 meters of this race. She held only a .03 second benefit over Bacon, which regarded larger as they got here down the stretch. However Bacon discovered an additional gear within the closing meters, splitting 32.92 to Curzan’s 33.02. On the contact it was Bacon who turned the two-time Olympian in 2:06.27, getting the higher of Curzan’s 2:06.34
MEN’S 200 IM — Ultimate
- World Report: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
- American Report: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
- U.S. Open Report: 1:54.56 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2009
- World Junior Report: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos (HUN), 2021
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Michael Andrew, 1:55.44
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:57.94
Ultimate:
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY — Semifinals
- World Report: Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 49.45 (2021)
- American Report: Caeleb Dressel – 49.45 (2021)
- U.S. Open Report: Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 49.76 (2021; semifinals)
- World Junior Report: Kristof Milak (HUN) – 50.62 (2017)
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Caeleb Dressel – 49.87
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 51.67
Ultimate Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY— Semifinals
- World Report: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2015)
- World Junior Report: 2:06.89 – Summer time McIntosh, Canada (2023)
- American Report: 2:06.15 – Ariana Kukors (2009)
- U.S. Open Report: 2:07.09 – Kate Douglass, USA (2023)
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Alex Walsh – 2:09.30
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:11.47
Ultimate Qualifiers:
