2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
The U.S. Olympic Trials may be wildly unpredictable, and that proved to be the case final week as an unforgettable 9 days of racing in Indianapolis noticed its fair proportion of surprises, although lots of the large stars made good on their standing as pre-race favorites.
SwimSwam’s official picks tied for thirty fourth out of almost 1000 entries within the Decide ’em Contest, a strong mark, although that solely accounts for the highest 4 picks in every occasion.
Taking a fowl’s eye view of all of our picks, let’s assessment how the SwimSwam picks did accounting for the eight finalists in every occasion.
For the boys, we accurately predicted seven of the eight finalists in two occasions, the 400 free and 800 free, which is an enchancment in comparison with the girls the place we solely went 7/8 within the 200 free.
We additionally picked 6/8 finalists within the 100 and 200 free, 200 again, 100 and 200 breast, and 200 fly, and the remainder of the occasions have been 5/8.
A complete of 10 of our finalist choices ended up scratching from their respective occasions, both earlier than the prelims or after one of many early rounds. That included two scratches from Daniel Diehl and three of our picks opting out of the 400 IM:
*Brinegar dropped the 1500 free after he acquired a four-year doping suspension that very same day.
Beneath, discover the swimmers ordered 1-8 based mostly on how we predicted them to complete, with their remaining inserting within the far proper column. On the backside of every occasion, “Transferring In” refers back to the swimmers who made the ultimate that we didn’t predict, whereas the underside proper nook provides a tally of the right finalists we picked out of eight.
50 Freestyle
100 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
400 Freestyle
800 Freestyle
1500 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
200 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Breaststroke
| PICKS | FINISH | |
| 1 | Matt Fallon | 1st |
| 2 | Jake Foster | seventh |
| 3 | Nic Fink | sixth |
| 4 | Josh Matheny | 2nd |
| 5 | Daniel Roy | fifth |
| 6 | Will Licon | 4th |
| 7 | Charlie Swanson | tenth |
| 8 | Cody Miller | seventeenth |
| Transferring In: | AJ Pouch (third), Josh Bey (eighth) | 6/8 |
100 Butterfly
| PICKS | FINISH | |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 1st |
| 2 | Thomas Heilman | 2nd |
| 3 | Dare Rose | third |
| 4 | Shaine Casas | scratch |
| 5 | Aiden Hayes | fifth |
| 6 | Gabriel Jett | fifteenth |
| 7 | Luke Miller | seventh |
| 8 | Trenton Julian | ninth |
| Transferring In: | Zach Harting (4th), Ryan Murphy (sixth), Kaii Winkler (eighth) | 5/8 |
200 Butterfly
200 IM
*Julian scratched the semis after qualifying fifteenth out of the prelims.
400 IM
| PICKS | FINISH | |
| 1 | Carson Foster | 1st |
| 2 | Chase Kalisz | 2nd |
| 3 | Bobby Finke | scratch |
| 4 | Jay Litherland | third |
| 5 | Baylor Nelson | scratch |
| 6 | Gregg Enoch | seventh |
| 7 | Mason Laur | scratch |
| 8 | Ian Grum | 4th |
| Transferring In: | Tommy Bried (fifth), Kyle Ponsler (sixth), Danny Berlitz (eighth) | 5/8 |
TAKEAWAYS:
- Of the 29 swimmers who made finals in occasions we didn’t predict, three did so in a number of occasions: Chris Guiliano (50/200 free), Adam Chaney (50 free, 100 again) and Will Modglin (100 again, 200 IM).
- Guiliano was additionally picked to position third within the 100 free—he ended up successful that occasion, and was the runner-up within the two occasions he wasn’t picked to even remaining. The Notre Dame standout grew to become the first male swimmer since Matt Biondi in 1988 to qualify for the U.S. Olympic group within the 50, 100 and 200 free.
- Along with Guiliano within the 50 and 200 free, Hunter Armstrong (100 free for the 400 free relay) and Brooks Curry (200 free for the 800 free relay) additionally completed in Olympic qualifying spots in occasions they weren’t predicted to remaining in.
- Within the girls’s prediction assessment, we famous how sure swimmers have been clearly fatigued on account of taking up daunting schedules over the nine-day meet, leading to them ending effectively off their capabilities in some races after performing effectively earlier on. This was the case for Aaron Shackell, as he received the 400 free on Day 1, made the 200 free remaining by the use of a swim-off after that, after which ended up forty first within the 200 fly regardless of being picked to position seventh.
- Similar to the ladies’s aspect, we accurately predicted all however two of the occasion winners, solely lacking out within the 100 free and 400 free. The 100 free noticed Guiliano upend Jack Alexy, whereas Shackell edged out Kieran Smith within the 400 free.
- We solely picked the highest two finishers (in both order) accurately in six of 14 occasions. We missed the:
- Paris Olympians we didn’t choose to make the group: Brooks Curry, Blake Pieroni, David Johnston, Keaton Jones, Charlie Swanson, Josh Matheny and Luca Urlando.
