2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
It’s Friday night time everybody — what else would you need to be doing however watching and speaking about swimming? It’s time for the seventh night time of finals at 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. There are 5 occasions tonight; we’ve obtained three finals on the prime of the session after which two semifinals to shut out the night time.
The boys’s splash and sprint kicks off the night time. This must be a frenetic race; it took a sub-22 (and for Adam Chaney, a number of) to make the ultimate and whereas the highest two may come from anyplace within the pool, it feels arduous to wager towards Chris Guiliano proper now given the week that he’s had. However Jack Alexy gained’t make it simple for him and neither will Caeleb Dressel, who’s going through his 50 free ultimate/100 fly double semi tonight. Ryan Held and Michael Andrew will vie for a prime two spot as properly.
It must be the Regan Smith present within the 200 backstroke; she’s been having a superb week in Indianapolis and is the American document holder on this occasion. She had the 200 butterfly ultimate earlier than final night time’s semis however that is her solely race tonight so she’ll be full throttle. There’s an fascinating race creating behind her as Katie Grimes seems to be to unseat a few of the finest backstrokers America has to supply.
The final ultimate of the night time is the boys’s 200 IM, which seems to be like it is going to be full chaos. Chase Kalisz grabbed lane 4 with a robust swim within the semis whereas Carson Foster had a quieter race, transferring by means of in 4th. That’s opened the dialogue about whether or not that is goes to be the Foster/Kalisz present just like the 400 IM of if there’s room for Shaine Casas or possibly even Kieran Smith to get into the highest 2.
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — Remaining
- World Report: 20.91 — Cesar Cielo (BRA), 2009
- American Report: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel, 2019 / 2021
- U.S. Open Report: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel (USA), 2021
- World Junior Report: 21.75 — Michael Andrew (USA), 2017 / 2017
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Caeleb Dressel, 21.04
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 21.96
Remaining:
- Caeleb Dressel (FLOR), 21.41
- Chris Guiliano (ND), 21.69
- Matt King (TFA), 21.70
- Jack Alexy (CAL), 21.76
- Michael Andrew (MASA), 21.81
- Ryan Held (SUN), 21.85
- Quintin McCarty (WOLF), 21.97
- Adam Chaney (FLOR), 22.08
Caeleb Dressel is again on prime.
After qualifying for Paris within the males’s 4×100 freestyle relay by advantage of his third place end, Dressel has added his first particular person occasion to his schedule by storming to the win within the males’s 50 freestyle.
Dressel exploded off the blocks and charged by means of the splash and sprint, clocking a 21.41 for the win. Not solely is that his quickest time since 2022, it ranks him 4th on the earth this 12 months, .07 seconds forward of his Florida coaching associate Josh Liendo.
2 | Benjamin PROUD |
GBR | 21.25 | 04/06 |
3 | Vladyslav BUKHOV |
UKR | 21.38 | 02/16 |
4 | Caeleb DRESSEL |
USA | 21.41 | 06/22 |
5 | Josh LIENDO |
CAN | 21.48 | 05/18 |
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Chris Guiliano added a tenth from his semifinal swim, however nonetheless obtained his hand on the wall a hundredth forward of Matt King for second place. With the swim, Guiliano turns into the primary American man since Matt Biondi to qualify for the 50/100/200 freestyle individually. Whereas ending a heart-breaking third place in as small a margin as attainable, King took a tenth off his lifetime finest in 21.70.
WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE — Remaining
- World Report: 2:03.14 — Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
- American Report: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith, 2019
- U.S. Open Report: 2:03.80 — Regan Smith (USA), 2023
- World Junior Report: 2:19.64 – 2:03.35 — Regan Smith (USA), 2019
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Rhyan White, 2:05.73
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:10.39
Remaining:
- Regan Smith (SUN), 2:05.16
- Phoebe Bacon (UW), 2:06.27
- Claire Curzan (TAC), 2:06.34
- Kennedy Noble (WOLF), 2:07.52
- Rhyan White (WOLF), 2:07.64
- Katie Grimes (SAND), 2:07.72
- Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 2:08.77
- Teagan O’Dell (MVN), 2:09.21
Regan Smith took management of this race from the beginning. She opened in a 29.16, .18 seconds beneath Kaylee McKeown‘s world document tempo. She picked up extra time on the second 50 with a 31.28, flipping in 1:00.44 and .29 seconds forward of McKeown.
McKeown at all times brings a robust again half to her races and it was on the third 50 that Smith started to fall off the tempo. However she nonetheless held a commanding lead of just about a second forward of the remainder of the sphere, the place there was an in depth race creating for second between Claire Curzan and Phoebe Bacon.
Smith mentioned after the race that she “ran out of gasoline” on the ultimate 50 meters however nonetheless held it along with a 32.90 break up, the quickest within the subject. She touched in 2:05.16, incomes her first Olympic 200 backstroke berth.
In the meantime, Curzan was operating second for the primary 185 meters of this race. She held only a .03 second benefit over Bacon, which regarded larger as they got here down the stretch. However Bacon discovered an additional gear within the closing meters, splitting 32.92 to Curzan’s 33.02. On the contact it was Bacon who turned the two-time Olympian in 2:06.27, getting the higher of Curzan’s 2:06.34. Bacon’s time now ranks fifth on the earth this 12 months.
MEN’S 200 IM — Remaining
- World Report: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
- American Report: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
- U.S. Open Report: 1:54.56 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2009
- World Junior Report: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos (HUN), 2021
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Michael Andrew, 1:55.44
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:57.94
Remaining:
- Carson Foster (RAYS), 1:55.65
- Shaine Casas (TXLA), 1:55.83
- Kieran Smith (RAC), 1:56.97
- Chase Kalisz (TXLA), 1:57.17
- Owen McDonald (ISC), 1:57.51
- Arsenio Bustos (WOLF), 1:58.26
- Grant Home (SUN), 1:58.35
- Will Modglin (ISC), 1:58.44
Carson Foster gained this race, sweeping the boys’s IMs this week in Indianapolis. He clocked a 1:55.65, good for second on the earth this season. However this race was all about Shaine Casas.
Casas was out extremely quick. He opened the race in 23.79, a whopping 1.80 seconds beneath Ryan Lochte‘s world document tempo. After simply 50 meters, he was .81 seconds forward of the second-fastest swimmer, Grant Home (24.60). Casas was nonetheless beneath world document tempo on the midway level, splitting a 28.89 on backstroke and delivering 52.68.
He misplaced contact with Lochte’s world document tempo a bit after a 33.88 breaststroke leg. However heading into the freestyle leg, he had a 1.52 second lead over Foster, who’d moved into second place after splitting 34.27. Casas ran out of steam on the on the final leg of the race, splitting the slowest freestyle leg within the subject (29.27). Nonetheless, it was sufficient to get hime house for second place in 1:55.83 behind Foster’s win.
As Casas regarded behind him on the board and realized he was an Olympian, he had an extremely emotional response to realizing his dream. He and Foster, who each practice at Texas, shared an enormous hug within the water after which once more after they exited the water collectively.
They now sit at #2 and #4 on the earth this season.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY — Semifinals
- World Report: Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 49.45 (2021)
- American Report: Caeleb Dressel – 49.45 (2021)
- U.S. Open Report: Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 49.76 (2021; semifinals)
- World Junior Report: Kristof Milak (HUN) – 50.62 (2017)
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Caeleb Dressel – 49.87
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 51.67
Remaining Qualifiers:
- Caeleb Dressel (GSC), 50.79
- Dare Rose (CAL), 51.11
- Zach Harting (CARD), 51.16
- Ryan Murphy (CAL), 51.43
- Aiden Hayes (WOLF), 51.50
- Luke Miller (WOLF), 51.53
- Thomas Hellman (CA-Y), 51.58
- Kaii Winkler (EA), 51.64
And there’s the icing on the cake for Dressel in his 50 free/100 fly double. Lower than an hour after qualifying for his first particular person Paris 2024 occasion, Dressel was again on the blocks for the second 100 butterfly semifinal. He crushed his swim, taking the win and the highest total time in 50.79. It’s one other season finest for him, enhancing from the 50.84 he swam on the San Antonio PSS. He now ranks sixth on the earth for 2023-24.
Dare Rose, the 2023 Worlds bronze medalist, moved by means of comfortably to the ultimate because the 2nd total seed after ending second behind Dressel. Rose dropped .77 seconds from his prelims time, posting a 51.11. He’s joined within the ultimate by his Cal teammate Ryan Murphy, who’s butterfly aspect quest has was one thing very actual. Murphy made it into the ultimate with a 51.43, simply off his PB from final summer season of 51.35.
Six of the finalists got here from the second semifinal. Zach Harting and Luke Miller are the one two who made it from the primary semifinal. It’s the second private better of the day for each of them. Harting lowered his 51.49 private finest from prelims by .33 seconds, swimming 51.16. Miller swam 51.53, reducing his finest by .21 seconds.
WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY— Semifinals
- World Report: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2015)
- World Junior Report: 2:06.89 – Summer season McIntosh, Canada (2023)
- American Report: 2:06.15 – Ariana Kukors (2009)
- U.S. Open Report: 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
Remaining Qualifiers:
- Kate Douglass (NYAC), 2:08.53
- Alex Walsh (NAC), 2:08.74
- Torri Huske (AAC), 2:09.43
- Beata Nelson (UN), 2:10.83
- Leah Hayes (TIDE), 2:10.93
- Zoe Dixon (FLOR), 2:11.64
- Lucy Bell (ALTO), 2:12.23
- Isabel Ivey (GSC), 2:12.26
The primary semifinal featured Torri Huske, Kate Douglass, and Beata Nelson. It was Huske who held the lead by means of the primary 100 meters. She obtained out to a quick begin on the butterfly leg, splitting 27.20 and backed it up with a 32.60 on the backstroke leg. Douglass turned on the midway level in third place, and set to work on the breaststroke leg.
Douglass break up 36.89, pulling into the lead forward of Huske. Huske made a push in the beginning of the freestyle leg, however Douglass motored house in 30.55. She clocked a 2:08.53, which held as much as give her lane 4 for tomorrow night time’s ultimate. Within the second semifinal, Alex Walsh swam away from the sphere and posted a 2:08.74, touching .21 seconds behind Douglass.
Huske’s 2:09.43 moved her by means of to the ultimate in third, the place she’ll look to play spoiler to a Virginia 1-2 tomorrow night time.
Additionally making the ultimate was Beata Nelson, who swam an enormous private finest of two:10.83 to qualify in 4th. Zoe Dixon swam a giant lifetime finest as properly, posting a 2:11.64 to earn a second swim.
There have been huge drops from prelims this morning. Each Douglass and Husky dropped over three seconds from prelims, and Walsh dropped 2.88. Everybody else within the subject dropped no less than a second from the morning as properly.