2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
The second of 9 days of U.S. Olympic Trials motion from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will get underway this morning with preliminary heats in 5 occasions: the boys’s 200 free, 400 IM and 100 again, and the ladies’s 100 breast and 200 free.
Each 200 free occasions will maintain a bit of bit of additional weight this morning with as much as six swimmers incomes Olympic relay berths come the ultimate, and any slip-up might end in somebody lacking the highest 16—we noticed two favorites for the relay, Bella Sims and Claire Weinstein, miss the 400 free remaining on Saturday, so all eyes might be on them.
Carson Foster is scheduled to tackle a frightening double, with the boys’s 200 free and 400 IM back-to-back this morning. Foster might be trying to solidify a spot on the 800 free relay within the 200 free, and he ought to be capable of comfortably cruise to the 400 IM remaining, so we shouldn’t be stunned to see him racing each this morning.
Tonight, the 400 IM might be first on the schedule, with the 200 free semis two occasions later with the ladies’s 100 fly remaining sandwiched in between.
The boys’s 200 free might be headlined by Luke Hobson, who received bronze on this occasion on the 2024 World Championships, whereas Aaron Shackell and Kieran Smith might be again within the water after incomes Olympic qualifying spots (Smith not locked in formally) final night time within the 400 free.
Within the 400 IM it is going to be Foster and Chase Kalisz as the large favorites, with Jay Litherland seeded Third and trying to make his third straight Olympic workforce (alongside Kalisz) within the occasion. One other high contender, David Johnston, might be trying to rebound after narrowly lacking a top-two spot final night time within the 400 free.
The ladies’s 100 breast will give us a take a look at the final two Olympic champions within the occasion, Lilly King and Lydia Jacoby. These are the 2 favorites to nab roster spots within the remaining, with Kaitlyn Dobler the one swimmer on paper with a practical probability of an upset.
There’s an analogous state of affairs within the males’s 100 again, the place it’s Ryan Murphy and Hunter Armstrong coming in as large favorites, although Justin Ress and Destin Lasco have each been sub-53 not too long ago and Shaine Casas is at all times somebody to observe.
This would be the first swim of the meet for Casas, who has higher qualifying alternatives later within the meet within the 100 fly and 200 IM…however might he shock right here?
Closing the morning would be the ladies’s 200 free, and as talked about on the high, Sims and Weinstein might be underneath a little bit of stress to easily advance after tough outings within the 400 free prelims.
Katie Ledecky would possibly find yourself scratching the occasion sooner or later, however for now, she’s the highest seed.
MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE — PRELIMS
- World Report: 1:42.00 — Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
- American Report: 1:42.96 — Michael Phelps, 2008
- U.S. Open Report: 1:44.10 — Michael Phelps (USA), 2008
- World Junior Report: 1:42.97 — David Popovici (ROU), 2022
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Kieran Smith, 1:45.29
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:47.06
Semi-Closing Qualifiers:
- Luke Hobson (LAKE), 1:45.95
- Blake Pieroni (ISC), 1:46.09
- Drew Kibler (NYAC), 1:46.39
- Brooks Curry (CAL), 1:46.49
- Patrick Sammon (SUN), 1:46.72
- Kieran Smith (RAC), 1:46.77
- Coby Carrozza (TXLA), 1:46.81
- Daniel Diehl (WOLF), 1:46.83
- Jake Mitchell (FLOR), 1:47.01
- Chris Guiliano (ND) / Aaron Shackell (CSC), 1:47.05
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- Jake Magahey (SA), 1:47.06
- Zhang Wen (AFA), 1:47.24
- Baylor Nelson (TAMU), 1:47.25
- Grant Home (SUN), 1:47.35
- Rex Maurer (TXLA), 1:47.39
Luke Hobson made certain to let his presence be recognized within the heats of the boys’s 200 freestyle, controlling the seventh and remaining warmth en path to touching 1st and qualifying for tonight’s semis with the highest seed in 1:45.95.
Hobson has been as quick as 1:45.26 this season, achieved main off the boys’s 800 free relay on the 2024 World Championships (the place he received particular person bronze within the 200 free).
Drew Kibler (1:46.39) and Brooks Curry (1:46.49) additionally had spectacular sub-1:47 showings from the ultimate warmth to easily advance to the semis, whereas Warmth 5 noticed a blistering efficiency from Indiana’s Blake Pieroni.
Pieroni, a three-time Olympic relay gold medalist and longtime Indiana-based swimmer, briefly retired from the game earlier than coming again final yr, and all of it got here to a head this morning as he confirmed his finest type in six years.
The 28-year-old clocked 1:46.09 to win Warmth 5 of the 200 free and qualify 2nd for the ultimate, with the time marking the second-fastest of his profession, solely trailing his PB of 1:45.93 set again in 2018.
Pieroni and Patrick Sammon (1:46.72) went 1-2 within the first circle-seeded warmth within the absence of Carson Foster, who was seeded Third coming in however opted to no present with the 400 IM subsequent on the schedule. Sammon knocked simply over a tenth off his PB.
Kieran Smith was the lone swimmer from Warmth 6 to earn a spot within the high eight this morning, clocking 1:46.77 to enhance his season-best time. Smith is the Third-fastest American of all-time along with his PB of 1:44.74 from the Tokyo Olympics.
In Warmth 3, Daniel Diehl had a monster swim, reducing his finest time by greater than two and a half seconds in 1:46.83 to climb to #5 all-time within the boys’ 17-18 age group. Diehl, presently coaching at NC State, held a earlier PB of 1:49.53 from final summer time.
U.S. 17-18 Boys’ Age Group Rankings, 200-Meter Freestyle:
- Michael Phelps — 1:45.99 (2003)
- Jack Levant — 1:46.39 (2018)
- Luca Urlando – 1:46.51 (2019)
- Henry McFadden — 1:46.80 (2023)
- Daniel Diehl — 1:46.83 (2024)
Diehl ended up comfortably advancing in eighth.
One of many favorites later within the meet within the 100 free, Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano dropped 1.70 seconds from his lifetime finest in 1:47.05 to high Warmth 4 and finally superior to the ultimate in tenth.
Notably lacking the ultimate was Jersey Wahoos’ Henry McFadden, who was a member of the American 800 free relay ultimately summer time’s World Championships.
McFadden completed in 1:47.40, .01 again of Sixteenth-place Rex Maurer, whereas Luca Urlando additionally missed out after a promising first 150, fading to seventh within the bunched-up sixth warmth and ending nineteenth total in 1:47.63.
Pleasanton Seahawk stud Luka Mijatovic continued his spectacular meet after a close to Nationwide Age Group Report within the 400 free on Saturday, setting a brand new private better of 1:48.98 out of Warmth 2 to rank #7 all-time for 15-16 boys within the 200 free.
U.S. 15-16 Boys’ Age Group Rankings, 200-Meter Freestyle:
- Maximus Williamson — 1:47.29 (2023)
- Luca Urlando — 1:47.73 (2019)
- Carson Foster — 1:48.57 (2018)
- Jason Zhao — 1:48.60 (2023)
- Caeleb Dressel — 1:48.64 (2013)
- Jake Magahey — 1:48.65 (2018)
- Luka Mijatovic — 1:48.98 (2024)
The 15-year-old’s earlier finest time of 1:49.63 stands as the present 13-14 NAG document.
MEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY— PRELIMS
- World Report: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand (FRA), 2023
- World Junior Report: 4:10.02 – Ilya Borodin (RUS), 2021
- American Report: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008)
- U.S. Open Report: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps (USA), 2008
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Chase Kalisz, 4:09.09
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 4:12.50
Closing Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE — PRELIMS
- World Report: 1:04.13 — Lilly King (USA), 2017
- American Report: 1:04.13 — Lilly King, 2017
- U.S. Open Report: 1:04.45 — Jessica Hardy (USA), 2009
- World Junior Report: 1:04.35 — Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2013
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Lilly King, 1:04.79
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:06.79
Semi-Closing Qualifiers:
MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE — PRELIMS
- World Report: 51.60 — Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
- American Report: 51.85 — Ryan Murphy, 2016
- U.S. Open Report: 51.94 — Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2009
- World Junior Report: 52.53 — Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2018
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Ryan Murphy, 52.33
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time — 53.74
Semi-Closing Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 200 FREE — PRELIMS
- World Report: 1:52.23 — Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2024
- American Report: 1:53.61 — Allison Schmitt, 2012
- U.S. Open Report: 1:54.13 — Summer season McIntosh (CAN), 2023
- World Junior Report: 1:53.65 — Summer season McIntosh (CAN), 2023
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Katie Ledecky, 1:55.11
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:57.26
Semi-Closing Qualifiers:
