2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
- June 15-23, 2024
- Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50 Meters)
- Session Start Times (ET):
- 11 a.m. Prelims
- 7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
- Meet Central
- Broadcast Info
- SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Prelims: Day 1
- Finals: Day 1
What a Session! What A Session, folks! To track all those named to the US Olympic Team, please stay tuned to this space as we will be tracking all those who have made the Olympic team each and every day. We will also be tracking the Junior Pan Pacs team, which can be found at the end of the article.
Tonight, we saw two swimmers punch their tickets to Paris, Katie Ledecky and Aaron Shackell; you can read about their swim here and here. Due to the selection procedure, the second-place finishers Paige Madden and Kieran Smith have not yet officially booked their tickets but likely will due to the number of expected doubles (swimmers who qualify in more than one event double up on their events and thus do not take up an additional roster spot)
In the Junior Pan Pacs Roster Tracker, Kayla Han and Luke Whitlock, as the fastest eligible swimmers in the event, are slotted into priority 2, and Madi Mintenko and Sean Green fall into priority 5. If anyone qualifies for the 2024 Jr Pan Pac teams and then later in the week makes the Olympic roster, they will be ineligible for the former. In the interest of complete honesty and transparency, the rosters listed below are UNOFFICIAL and will not be made official until released by USA Swimming.
As a reminder, the selection procedures for the US Olympic Team are as follows. The US is limited to 26 swimmers per gender and only 12 relay-only swimmers (which is shared between both teams).
- Priority #1. The first priority will be comprised of both (i) the four best finishing
Available Swimmers based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles, and (ii) the best
finishing Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the
Qualifying Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200
meter Freestyle.- Limitation: If an Available Swimmer Nominated to the Team under Priority #1 in
the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle declines to swim the 100-meter Freestyle
or 200-meter Freestyle Events at the Olympic Games (pursuant to the
opportunity given to that athlete under Section 1.3.9) at any time prior to the
announcement of the Team on June 23, but remains on the Team pursuant to
Selection in another Individual Olympic Event, no additional swimmer will be
added to the Team in the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle. This limitation will
not apply if the Available Swimmer is removed from the Team pursuant to
Section 3.
- Limitation: If an Available Swimmer Nominated to the Team under Priority #1 in
- Priority #2. The second priority will be comprised of the second best finishing
Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200-meter
Freestyle. - Priority #3. The third priority will be comprised of the fifth best finishing
Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles. - Priority #4. The fourth priority will be comprised of the sixth best finishing
Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles
Robert Gibbs, who will be contributing to the roster tracking over the course of meet, detailed the Junior Pan Pacs roster selection process here . There is a cap of 20 swimmers per gender.
how is the priority of #2 decided? Based on the time order of the event?
For example, 400 W FREESTYLE, 100 W FLY, 200 W FLY, 200 W BREAST, which 2nd place will be given a higher priority?
Why is Luke Whitlock not eligible for the Jr Pan Pacs team? Stated birth year is 2006, so he should be 18 till the end of the year, right? Am I missing something?
Correct. March 2006. 19 next year.
The always forget about Luke Whitlock. The kid has only been 18 for a couple months. He should be eligible!
He is. In my haste I read the selection procedure as not turning 18 before 12/31/24. My Apologies, as mentioned they are unofficial, and I appreciate you for bringing this to my attention
I like Luke W’s chances to qualify in the 800. I hope so because I’d like to see Luka make the Jr Pan Pac team.
I don’t get why they can’t give it to priority 2 swimmers right away. There’s virtually no chance they would have to cut someone at that level. I get holding out on 5/6th place relay finishers but it seems like overkill.
For each gender there are 14 individual events, plus an additional 3 spots in the 100 and 200 frees for the relays. If there are no doubles, you would have 20 unique individuals at Priority #1. Since there are only 6 additional swimmers that could be added to reach the 26 swimmer max, it is theoretically possible to reach the limit before all Priority #2 slots are filled. The chances of this happening are slim, but they need to act with caution. It would be awful if they named someone to the team and later on had to rescind the invitation to be an Olympian.
Yeah I know the reasoning, but since they added the W1500 and M800 and started doing this, it’s happened once that a 6th place finisher for a relay event got left home. I just don’t see how they’re going to first have to leave off all relay-only swimmers AND second place finishers. It’s a bummer and kind of anticlimactic for them to miss out on the ceremony with the first place finisher for something that seems almost mathematically impossible.
I think it’s a lot worse for them to get up and do the ceremony only to miss out on the team (regardless of how low the chance of that is.
… Does Whitlock not get Jr. Pan pacs consideration over Sean Green?
Congratulations to Katie Ledecky! At the age of 27, Katie Ledecky is still posting Top 25 All-Time Performances (13th overall, if I’m not mistaken) in the women’s 400 meter freestyle. Unbelievable!