2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
Day 6 of 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials begins with one other fast prelims session. There are simply three occasions on the schedule for this morning: the ladies’s 200 backstroke, males’s 50 freestyle, and males’s 200 IM.
However that’s not all that’s on faucet. After the preliminaries of those three occasions occur, Catie DeLoof and Erika Connolly (neé Brown) will swim-off for the sixth and remaining relay spot accessible for the ladies’s 4×100 freestyle relay in Paris.
Within the 200 backstroke, the only girls’s occasion of the session, Regan Smith will set herself as much as tackle the 200 fly remaining/200 backstroke semifinal soiled double tonight.
Smith is on fireplace this week and has been spectacular even in her morning swims, however possible gained’t do greater than she has to this morning. Like the ladies’s 100 backstroke, it is a stacked race and each Phoebe Bacon and Rhyan White–the ladies who beat Smith on this occasion in 2021–are again within the subject. Specifically, Bacon had an below the radar robust 100 again swim, so she may very well be constructing in the direction of one thing particular right here. The identical goes for Kennedy Noble, who’s 100 again exploits have been way more noticeable as she swam a 58, however the 200 backstroke is basically the place she shines.
Then it’ll be time for the lads’s splash and sprint. All 4 members of the newly named 4×100 freestyle relay for Paris can be within the subject aiming so as to add one other occasion to their roster. After such large swims within the 100/200 freestyle, Chris Guiliano may transfer up from his tenth place seed. Caeleb Dressel is looking for a person Olympic berth and Jack Alexy will intention to again up his 2023 Worlds silver medal later within the rounds.
The final prelim occasion of the session is the lads’s 200 IM. Newly named Olympian Carson Foster will start his quest to brush the medleys after claiming the 400 IM on evening 2. Michael Andrew, a Tokyo Olympian on this occasion, has scratched out however there are loads extra challengers for Foster to keep watch over. Shaine Casas is available in as the highest seed and also you by no means know what he’s obtained in retailer. Chase Kalisz will need to be a part of Foster within the IM double up, whereas swimmers like Destin Lasco, Maximus Williamson, and Trenton Julian are all nonetheless hoping to e book a ticket to Paris.
WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE — PRELIMS
- World Document: 2:03.14 — Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
- American Document: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith, 2019
- U.S. Open Document: 2:03.80 — Regan Smith (USA), 2023
- World Junior Document: 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
Semifinal Qualifiers:
- Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 2:08.53
- Katie Grimes (SAND), 2:08.68
- Claire Curzan (TAC), 2:08.90
- Phoebe Bacon (UW), 2:09.14
- Regan Smith (TXLA), 2:09.30
- Rhyan White (WOLF), 2:09.66
- Teagan O’Dell (MVN), 2:09.76
- Lilla Bognar (TG), 2:09.94
- Kennedy Noble (WOLF), 2:09.99
- Krista Marlin (OSU), 2:10.26
- Caroline Bentz (NCAP), 2:10.47
- Audrey Derivaux (JW), 2:10.89
- Maggie Wanezek (EBSC), 2:10.95
- Catie Choate (FLOR), 2:11.18
- Sarah Rodrigues (JAC), 2:11.37
- Josephine Fuller (TENN), 2:11.42
The heats of the 200 backstroke obtained off to a quiet begin this morning. In warmth 4, Vera Conic swam a lifetime greatest of two:12.09, that stood till the primary circle seeded warmth, the place Isabelle Stadden gained in 2:08.53, bringing the highest time of the morning effectively below 2:10 for the primary time.
Stadden’s time is simply off her season-best (2:08.53) however it held up by way of the final two heats because the quickest time of the morning.
Within the subsequent warmth, Claire Curzan pulled forward of Josephine Fuller on the 100-meter mark, splitting 32.09 on the second 50 to take a half physique size lead. She continued to tempo the sphere by way of the again half of the race, taking the warmth win in 2:08.90, good for third general heading into semifinals.
Katie Grimes held off a again half push from American report holder Regan Smith within the final warmth. Grimes took the win in 2:08.68, beginning to method her private greatest 2:08.01. Smith pushed on the again of the race however nonetheless seemed clean, posting a 2:09.30 to maneuver by way of safely in fifth.
She’s sandwiched in between the Tokyo Olympians on this occasion. Phoebe Bacon sits 4th after a 2:09.14 morning swim, whereas Rhyan White completed 2nd to Stadden of their warmth with a 2:09.66.
Total, it took a 2:11.42 to make it again, which is the quickest reduce off for a semifinal at this meet in historical past, in response to the in-arena announcer.
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — PRELIMS
- World Document: 20.91 — Cesar Cielo (BRA), 2009
- American Document: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel, 2019 / 2021
- U.S. Open Document: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel (USA), 2021
- World Junior Document: 21.75 — Michael Andrew (USA), 2017 / 2017
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Caeleb Dressel, 21.04
- 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 21.96
Semifinal Qualifiers:
- Michael Andrew (MASA)/Ryan Held (SUN), 21.70
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- Jack Alexy (CAL), 21.74
- Chris Guiliano (ND), 21.83
- August Lamb (CA-Y), 21.87
- Quintin McCarty (WOLF), 21.98
- Matt King (TFA)/Caeleb Dressel (GSC), 22.00
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- Jonny Kulow (SUN), 22.01
- Jack Dolan (SUN), 22.07
- David Curtiss (TAC), 21.18
- Payton Sorenson (CDOG), 22.19
- Matthew Jensen (CAL), 22.24
- Adam Chaney (FLOR), 22.26
- Drew Salls (WOLF)/Daniel Baltes (OSU), 22.28
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Six males broke 22 seconds throughout prelims of the lads’s 50 freestyle. Michael Andrew was the primary man to get below the mark, dropping a 21.70 within the first of the three circle-seeded heats. That knocks a hundredth off his earlier season-best.
Within the remaining warmth, Ryan Held matched Andrew’s time, tying them because the quickest qualifiers. Held’s been as quick as 21.68 already this season.
Final evening’s 100 freestyle particular person qualifiers Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano joined the highest pair sub-22 this morning. Alexy gained his warmth in a season-best 21.74. In the meantime, Guiliano continues to roll at this meet. He took .13 seconds off his lifetime greatest with a 21.83.
Virginia’s August Lamb additionally set a lifetime greatest in prelims, crushing his earlier private greatest 22.23, which he set again in 2021. There have been indicators that Lamb had one thing large in retailer this week; on the NCAP Elite Invite a couple of weeks in the past, he swam 22.31, his quickest time in three years.
Caeleb Dressel strikes by way of to the semifinal simply, clocking 22.00 to tie for seventh with Jonny Kulow.
Payton Sorenson, 31, had an enormous swim out of warmth 2. In his solely his second meet because the 2021 Olympic Trials, he got here inside a tenth of his lifetime greatest. Sorenson posted a 22.19, qualifying twelfth for the semifinals.
MEN’S 200 IM — PRELIMS
- World Document: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
- American Document: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2011
- U.S. Open Document: 1:54.56 — Ryan Lochte (USA), 2009
- World Junior Document: 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
Semifinal Qualifiers:
- Carson Foster (RAYS), 1:58.38
- Maximus Williamson (LAC), 1:58.58
- Chase Kalisz (TXLA), 1:58.62
- Grant Home (SUN), 1:58.83
- Kieran Smith (RAC), 1:59.04
- Shane Casas (TXLA), 1:59.10
- Owen McDonald (ISC), 1:59.13
- Destin Lasco (CAL), 1:59.45
- Mitchell Schott (PRIN), 1:59.67
- Rex Maurer (TXLA), 1:59.71
- Arsenio Bustos (WOLF), 2:00.08
- Ryan Merani (KYA), 2:00.16
- Baylor Nelson (TAMU), 2:00.17
- Nate Germonprez (TXLA), 2:00.21
- Trenton Julian (MVN), 2:00.24
- Colin Geer (MICH), 2:00.34
Grant Home and Owen McDonald closed arduous within the penultimate warmth of the lads’s 200 IM, each making an attempt to catch as much as Carson Foster. They each out-split him on the freestyle leg; Foster gave the impression to be in cruise management however didn’t let both get forward of him, choosing up his tempo within the closing meters to make sure he obtained his hand on the wall first.
Foster touched in 1:58.38, which held up because the quickest time of the morning. Three males joined him below the 1:59 mark together with Maximus Williamson, who seemed way more himself this morning after a tough begin to the meet within the 200 freestyle. Williamson gained the ultimate warmth in 1:58.58 and sits two-tenths behind Foster heading into semifinals.
Chase Kalisz seemed stable within the first circle-seeded warmth, holding off a fast shut from Deston Lasco (1:59.45) and swimming a 1:58.62.
High seed Shaine Casas moved by way of to the semifinals comfortably in sixth with a 1:59.10.
Neither Daniel Diehl nor Jay Litherland have been on deck for his or her heats. Each are racing the 200 backstroke remaining later this night.
Girls’s 100 Freestyle — Swim-Off
- Erika Connolly (neé Brown), 53.76
- Catie DeLoof, 53.80
In her fifth 100 freestyle of the meet, Erika Connolly (neé Brown) obtained the job carried out, beating Catie DeLoof within the swim-off for sixth place within the girls’s 100 freestyle. As a reminder, the so long as there are sufficient roster spots, the fifth and sixth place finisher within the 100/200 freestyle is added to the Olympic roster. So with this win, Connolly has possible booked her ticket to Paris and made her second Olympic group.
After trailing on the flip, Connolly out-touched DeLoof by four-hundredths, 53.76 to 53.80. Each swimmers have been sooner than the 53.86 they swam within the precise remaining.
Males’s 50 Freestyle — Swim Off
- Tommy Palmer (SUN), 22.23
- Dillon Downing (SA), 22.24
There was virtually one other a tie within the swim-off for first alternate within the males’s 50 freestyle. Tommy Palmer went his second private better of the day to safe seventeenth place. Coming into the meet, Palmer’s greatest was the 22.77 he swam on the Trojan LA Invite in July 2023.
Each Palmer and Downing have been sooner than the 22.33 they swam in prelims, with Palmer beating Downing by only a hundredths of a second.
Downing’s 22.24 is a private greatest as effectively, getting below the 22.31 that he swam final summer season.