Day 1 Prelims Reside Recap

2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

The wait is lastly over.

SwimSwam is on the scene and reporting reside from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, which kick off this morning from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The competitors will begin with the heats of the ladies’s 100 butterfly, and it is going to be adopted by the ladies’s 400 free, males’s 100 breast and males’s 400 free for a four-event opening session.

A number of of the highest feminine swimmers on the Trials can be competing proper from the bounce with Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith and Claire Curzan set to tackle the ladies’s 100 fly.

Katie Ledecky headlines the ladies’s 400 free with an opportunity to ebook a ticket to her fourth Olympic staff in tonight’s remaining, whereas reigning world champion Nic Fink leads the boys’s 100 breast and comparatively extensive open males’s 400 free has David Johnston and Kieran Smith coming in as high seeds.

WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS

• World File: 55.48, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2016 Olympic Video games
• American File: 55.64, Torri Huske – 2022 World Championships
• U.S. Open File: 55.66, Torri Huske (USA) – 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials
• World Junior File: 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

Semi-Remaining Qualifiers:

1. Gretchen Walsh (NAC), 55.94
2. Torri Huske (AAC), 56.26
3. Regan Smith (TXLA), 56.68
4. Alex Shackell (CSC), 57.07
5. Kelly Pash (TXLA), 57.66
6. Beata Nelson (UN-WI), 57.68
7. Claire Curzan (TAC-NC), 58.17
8. Abby Arens (WOLF), 58.19
9. Emma Sticklen (TXLA), 58.22
10. Lillie Nordmann (ALTO), 58.38
11. Leah Shackley (BRY), 58.47
12. Josephine Fuller (TENN), 58.56
13. Annika Parkhe (PAC), 58.58
14. Olivia Bray (TXLA), 58.67
15. Charlotte Crush (LAK), 58.68
16. Dakota Luther (TXLA), 58.73

Gretchen Walsh couldn’t have requested for a greater begin to the 2024 Olympic Trials.

Coming off a standout NCAA season that was highlighted by her earth shattering file within the 100 fly, Walsh turned simply the seventh lady in historical past to interrupt 56 seconds within the lengthy course pool, clocking 55.94 to change into the second-fastest American of all-time.

Walsh extinguished her earlier finest time of 56.14 to overhaul Dana Vollmer for the #2 spot in American historical past, and he or she additionally moved as much as #6 all-time.

All-Time Performers, Girls’s 100 Butterfly (LCM) – Sub-56

1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 55.48 – 2016 Olympic Video games
2. Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 55.59 – 2021 Olympic Video games
3. Zhang Yufei (CHN), 55.62 – 2020 Chinese language Nationals
4. Torri Huske (USA), 55.64 – 2022 World Championships
5. Emma McKeon (AUS), 55.72 – 2021 Olympic Video games
6. Gretchen Walsh (USA), 55.94 – 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials
7. Dana Vollmer (USA), 55.98 – 2012 Olympic Video games

American File holder Torri Huske adopted Walsh’s swim by producing the #2 time of the morning within the remaining warmth, touching in 56.26.

Huske sits atop the world rankings this season along with her blistering time of 55.68 from the Professional Swim Sequence cease in San Antonio.

Regan Smith topped the primary circle-seeded warmth in a time of 56.68, having set a PB of 56.26 earlier this 12 months.

Smith notably had the quickest again half within the subject at a scorching 29.57.

Qualifying 4th general was Carmel’s Alex Shackell, who chipped 15 one-hundredths off her earlier better of 57.22 in 57.07, sustaining her place because the #3 performer of all-time within the women’ 17-18 age group.

After breaking 58 seconds for the primary time earlier this season, Beata Nelson had a promising opening swim to the Trials, resetting her finest time in 57.68 to comfortably qualify sixth into the semis.

Lakeside’s Charlotte Crush dropped almost three-tenths from her finest time to earn a semi-final berth in fifteenth, clocking 58.68 to fit into tenth all-time within the 15-16 age group.

In Warmth 5, Jersey Wahoos standout Audrey Derivaux kicked off her first Olympic Trials with a formidable displaying, notching a lifetime better of 59.25 to maneuver into #2 all-time within the women’ 13-14 age group.

The cut-off for the semi-finals ended up being markedly faster than it was in 2021—58.73 in comparison with 59.05 three years in the past.

WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

• World File: 3:55.38, Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 2023 World Championships
• American File: 3:56.46, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2016 Olympic Video games
• U.S. Open File: 3:57.94, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2018 TYR Professional Swim Sequence
• World Junior File: 3:56.08, Summer season McIntosh (CAN) – 2023 World Championships
• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Katie Ledecky, 4:01.27
• 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 4:07.90

Remaining Qualifiers:

1. Katie Ledecky (GSC), 3:59.99
2. Paige Madden (NYAC), 4:04.83
3. Jillian Cox (TXLA), 4:06.35
4. Madi Mintenko (PPA), 4:07.53
5. Erin Gemmell (NCAP), 4:08.42
6. Aurora Roghair (ALTO), 4:09.67
7. Katie Grimes (SAND) / Anna Peplowski (ISC), 4:09.87
8. –

Katie Ledecky asserted her dominance proper from the get-go within the girls’s 400 freestyle, taking out the ultimate warmth at a blistering tempo alongside Claire Weinstein earlier than pulling away to a decisive victory.

Ledecky soared house to a time of three:59.99, her twenty ninth time below the 4:00 barrier.

The 27-year-old holds the highest seed heading into tonight’s remaining by almost 5 seconds, with fellow Tokyo Olympic finalist Paige Madden qualifying 2nd in 4:04.83. Madden is coming off setting a finest time earlier this season in 4:03.02.

Longhorn Aquatics’ Jillian Cox chipped a quarter-second off her finest time to advance in third at 4:06.35, whereas 16-year-old Madi Mintenko broke 4:08 for the primary time to maneuver as much as #6 all-time within the women’ 15-16 age group.

The largest story popping out of the ladies’s 400 free is who didn’t make the ultimate.

Weinstein was out quick with Ledecky early however pale down the stretch, splitting 2:14-plus over the second 200 to completed thirtieth in 4:14.20—almost 10 seconds shy of her finest time.

Bella Sims was in Weinstein and Ledecky’s warmth however was by no means actually within the battle on the entrance, trailing all through and touching in 4:12.49 to put twentieth.

Additionally lacking out was Leah Smith, the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist within the occasion, who was tenth in 4:10.09.

Smith revealed in April that she handled a torn labrum earlier this 12 months.

Weinstein (4:04.54) and Smith (4:06.80) ranked third and 4th amongst People this season coming into the meet, trailing solely Ledecky and Madden.

One of many swimmers who took benefit of a number of the large names slipping up was Alto Swim Membership’s Aurora Roghair. The 21-year-old set a finest time of 4:09.46 in Might, and was basically proper on that (4:09.67) to make the ultimate in sixth place, forward of a Seventh-place tie between Katie Grimes and Anna Peplowski.

MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE— PRELIMS

• World File: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2019 World Championships
• American File: 58.14, Michael Andrew – 2021 Olympic Trials
• U.S. Open File: 58.14, Michael Andrew (USA) – 2021 Olympic Trials
• World Junior File: 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

Semi-Remaining Qualifiers:

1. Nic Fink (NYAC), 59.24
2. Josh Matheny (ISC), 59.34
3. Charlie Swanson (NOVA), 59.44
4. Jake Foster (RAYS), 59.59
5. Michael Andrew (MASA), 59.72
6. Liam Bell (CAL), 1:00.15
7. Brian Benzing (TUS), 1:00.16
8. Luke Rodarte (CAL) / Tommy Cope (CW), 1:00.23
9. –
10. Noah Nichols (CA-Y), 1:00.24
11. Matt Fallon (UPN), 1:00.35
12. Cody Miller (SAND), 1:00.45
13. Daniel Roy (TDPS), 1:00.57
14. AJ Pouch (VT), 1:00.61
15. Will Licon (TXLA), 1:00.78
16. Danny Kovac (TRI) / Ben Cono (TOC), 1:00.80

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE — PRELIMS

• World File: 3:40.07, Paul Biedermann (GER) – 2009 World Championships
• American File: 3:42.78, Larsen Jensen – 2008 Olympic Video games
• U.S. Open File: 3:43.53, Larsen Jensen (USA) – 2008 Olympic Trials
• World Junior File: 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

Semi-Remaining Qualifiers: