2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
Kate Douglass‘s versatility is sort of unparalleled. Regardless of being the American File holder within the 50 free, Douglass opted to not swim that occasion this morning and as an alternative to focus on the finals of the 200 IM. Some would say this transfer paid off in spades, as she demolished her personal U.S. Open File and posted a time of two:06.79.
Her time this night eclipses her former private greatest of two:07.05 from final February’s Doha World Championships.
| Fly | Again | Breast | Free | |
| New PB and US Open | 26.78 | 1:00.05 (33.27) | 1:36.62 (36.57) | 2:06.79 (30.17) |
| Outdated PB | 26.81 | 1:00.04 (33.23) | 1:36.84 (36.80) | 2:07.05 (30.21) |
| Kukors AR. | 27.72 | 59.24 (31.52) | 1:36.31 (37.43) | 2:06.15 (29.84) |
Not solely is the swim a brand new US Open report, surpassing her 2:07.09 from final summer season’s Nationals, nevertheless it additionally strikes her into rarefied air as she is now simply one in every of six swimmers to have damaged the two:07 barrier, and he or she ranks because the fourth quickest.
Quickest Ladies’s 200 IM Performers
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2015) – 2:06.12
- Ariana Kukors, USA (2009) – 2:06.15
- Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2024) – 2:06.63
- Kate Douglass, USA (2024) – 2:06.79
- Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, GBR (2016) – 2:06.88
- Summer time McIntosh, CAN (2023) – 2:06.89
With each McKeown and McIntosh prone to swim this occasion in Paris and Douglass becoming a member of the sub 2:07 membership, this occasion would be the quickest the 200 IM has ever been. Alex Walsh, who has a private greatest of two:07.13, ranks because the seventh quickest performer in historical past, and the pair are the one two American swimmers who’re inside a second of Kukor’s legendary American report from the 2009 Rome World Championships, the place Kukors set a then World File of two:06.15. The following quickest American is the retired Kathleen Baker, whose greatest was 2:08.32.
WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY— FINAL
- World File: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2015)
- World Junior File: 2:06.89 – Summer time McIntosh, Canada (2023)
- American File: 2:06.15 – Ariana Kukors (2009)
U.S. Open File: 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:
- Kate Douglass (NYAC), 2:06.79 U.S. Open File, CR
- Alex Walsh (NAC), 2:07.86
- Isabel Ivey (GSC), 2:10.09
- Beata Nelson (UN), 2:10.38
- Leah Hayes (TIDE), 2:11.81
- Zoe Dixon (FLOR), 2:12.01
- Lilla Bognar (TG), 2:12.48
- Lucy Bell (ALTO), 2:13.67
Kate Douglass has achieved it — she smashes her U.S. Open File from 2023 and turns into the 4th quickest performer in historical past with a blistering 2:06.79. She’s simply the sixth lady in historical past to get beneath the two:07 barrier on this occasion. She and her Virginia teammate Alex Walsh went 1-2 within the occasion, with Walsh punching her ticket to Paris and becoming a member of G. Walsh on an Olympic group collectively.
Douglass jumped on the race from the beginning; she opened the race in 26.78, about five-tenths beneath world report tempo. She was the one one who opened their race sub-27 as Beata Nelson turned 2nd in 27.23. By the 100 although, A. Walsh had inched up on Douglass. Douglass cut up 33.27 on backstroke to A. Walsh’s 32.74, sustaining only a .13 lead.
A. Walsh continued to push on the breaststroke leg however Douglass gained a bit extra room with a 36.57 cut up, widening the hole to two-tenths on the ultimate flip. Douglass introduced her race house in 30.17, shaking off Walsh and dashing to her ultimate time of two:06.79. That is her third occasion win at these Trials, including to her 100 free and 200 breast wins earlier within the week.
A. Walsh cut up 31.04 within the freestyle leg. It’s the third slowest freestyle cut up on this ultimate, however Walsh had constructed up greater than sufficient of a spot throughout the remainder of the race that she touched second with none challengers round her. She clocked 2:07.86, a time she described herself as “pleased with for now,” however continued that she was “excited to see what we are able to do in Paris” because the pair look to make a second-straight Olympic podium.
Isabel Ivey, in the meantime, charged in lane 1 on the freestyle leg. She closed in 29.92, transferring from fifth on the final flip all the best way into third. Ivey posted 2:10.09, a second private greatest on this occasion at this meet.
