US Trials Pick ‘Em Contest Leaders After Day 1; Engine Gear Winners

At long last – we’re ready to announce our leaders after day 1 of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, with three event finals in the books: the men’s 400 IM, the women’s 400 IM, and the men’s 400 free.

We actually have a four-way tie at the top of the standings, including yours-truly, and rather than throwing up some ridiculous tie-breaker, our sponsor Engine has decided to give all of the day 1 winners a free pair of goggles. Those who were good enough to join me at the top of the table include. We’ll contact you via the email address you listed and (if permissible by your amateur status) get information for prizes:

1. Kevin
2. miws
3. Andrew

There were a lot of big scores on the first day. Check out the top performers below (by nickname), talk some trash in the comments, and check our Official Contest page for full standings.

POINTS NICKNAME
35 Kevin
35 Braden Keith
35 miws
35 Andrew
33 TheWinningPick
33 anma411
33 anma411
33 omar_et
33 swim_fan
33 Sodnor
33 Robbie
32 kmmelsen
32 RSASprinter
32 pbcars
32 STUMP
32 kiki
32 Eskimo
32 ShaneK
32 sram3280
32 dmlswim
32 jdaugherty13
32 juggleitup
32 djled4rd
32 KP
32 swimRasta
32 Matthew
32 mud9591
32 jfb51
32 Eryka L.
32 studleyswimmer
32 Precious
32 bc
32 Mon
32 SKoch1123
32 JJ5400
32 Nick
32 Jimmy
32 Conner
32 GoldenBears
32 texastobi
32 helen
32 yale08
32 Zach
30 CoachSmart
30 Coltrock
30 3skimo
30 klhswim
30 IndianSwim
30 Jack
30 JohnC
30 Lneidigh
30 no1swimfreak
30 Brad the Bad
30 WhatsGucci
30 Debark
30 Chud McGuffin
30 coreycc09
30 Michael

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Swim Ma
12 years ago

Braden has a lot of practice at picking winners.Just check out his picks for NCAA’s and the entire college season.He is an amazing judge of talent.So I am not at all surprised he is at the top.
Keep up the good work!Thoroughly enjoying your coverage.
Counting down to FInals!

D
12 years ago

Is there any easy way to access our own picks? I hope you aren’t doing this by hand…

Anon
12 years ago

Why doesn’t Braden post his picks for the rest of the week, since it seems a little fishy that he’s at the top of his own contest?

Reply to  Anon
12 years ago

I’m managing the contest database and as much as I hate to say it, his picks are legit. I will be posting a PDF with all the picks later tonight.

D
Reply to  Davis Wuolle
12 years ago

thanks!

junker23
12 years ago

Psst – White font ain’t look so good on this page. Lovely on the contest page, though.

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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