2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
The primary finals session of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials is upon us, with as much as 4 athletes having the possibility to develop into the primary pool swimmers to punch their ticket to Paris.
The session will kick off with two semi-final heats within the girls’s 100 fly, with Gretchen Walsh coming in as the highest seed after a scorching prelim swim of 55.94, becoming a member of Torri Huske because the solely two American girls sub-56 within the occasion’s historical past and rating #6 all-time.
Huske, who certified 2nd this morning in 56.26, will head up Lane 4 within the first semi tonight earlier than Walsh stares down Regan Smith within the second warmth. Smith had a promising morning swim of her personal in 56.68, simply over four-tenths shy of the PB she set earlier this yr.
Subsequent up would be the males’s 400 free, the place the primary U.S. Olympic pool swimmer(s) will qualify for the Olympic group.
Three years in the past, we noticed Jake Mitchell tackle a solo swim-off in an effort to take the second spot on the U.S. Olympic group within the 400 free after Kieran Smith was the one swimmer to notch the Olympic ‘A’ minimize within the closing.
It’s not going, however removed from not possible, that the identical situation occurs this yr as Luke Whitlock was the one one below the three:46.78 customary this morning in 3:46.42, a large breakthrough for the 18-year-old.
Whitlock put himself inside placing distance of Larsen Jensen‘s boys’ 17-18 Nationwide Age Group Document of three:46.08 from 2002, in the meantime, David Johnston, Mitchell and Aaron Shackell are shut behind him, all hitting 3:47 this morning. Smith is lurking out in Lane 7 alongside his Florida teammate Bobby Finke, who as we all know can shut like a freight prepare.
The ladies’s 400 free would be the Katie Ledecky present after she walked by way of the prelims in dominant style, clocking 3:59.99 to provide the largest cheer from the group of the morning.
The race for second gained’t characteristic a few of the names we thought it would, specifically Bella Sims and Claire Weinstein, who each missed the ultimate after ‘off’ morning performances. Veteran Paige Madden, together with children Madi Mintenko and Jillian Cox, are the following three seeds after Ledecky.
The boys’s 100 breast noticed 5 males dip below 1:00 this morning, led by world champion and perennial favourite Nic Fink in 59.24.
Fink will heart the second semi alongside Charlie Swanson (59.44) and Michael Andrew (59.72), whereas Josh Matheny (59.34) and Jake Foster (59.59) spotlight Warmth 1.
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMI-FINALS
- World Document: 55.48, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2016 Olympic Video games
- American Document: 55.64, Torri Huske – 2022 World Championships
- U.S. Open Document: 55.66, Torri Huske (USA) – 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials
- World Junior Document: 56.20, Claire Curzan (USA) – 2021 TAC Titans Premier Invitational
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Torri Huske, 55.66
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 57.92
Finals Qualifiers:
MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE — FINAL
- World Document: 3:40.07, Paul Biedermann (GER) – 2009 World Championships
- American Document: 3:42.78, Larsen Jensen – 2008 Olympic Video games
- U.S. Open Document: 3:43.53, Larsen Jensen (USA) – 2008 Olympic Trials
- World Junior Document: 3:44.31, Peter Mitsin (BUL) – 2023 European Junior Championships
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Kieran Smith — 3:44.86
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 3:46.78
WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- World Document: 3:55.38, Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 2023 World Championships
- American Document: 3:56.46, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2016 Olympic Video games
- U.S. Open Document: 3:57.94, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2018 TYR Professional Swim Collection
- World Junior Document: 3:56.08, Summer time McIntosh (CAN) – 2023 World Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Katie Ledecky, 4:01.27
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 4:07.90
MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE— SEMI-FINALS
- World Document: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2019 World Championships
- American Document: 58.14, Michael Andrew – 2021 Olympic Trials
- U.S. Open Document: 58.14, Michael Andrew (USA) – 2021 Olympic Trials
- World Junior Document: 59.01, Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 2017 World Junior Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Michael Andrew – 58.73
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 59.49
Finals Qualifiers:
