2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 3 Overreaction: Swimming is My Favorite Spectator Sport
Regan Smith posted a 57-point swim for the 18th time in her career, and it felt just as impressive as the first. Or I’m just a big fan.
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Swims You Might Have Missed (Day 2)
Owen McDonald had a strong 200 free in the morning in front of his new hometown crowd, and more swims you might have missed on day 2 of Olympic Trials.
Aaron Shackell Wins 200 Free Swim-Off; First Swim-Off For Finals Since 2008
Shackell did it again in front of a roaring home crowd, swimming past Daniel Diehl on the final stretch to earn a spot in the 200 free tomorrow night.
Aaron Shackell & Daniel Diehl to Swim-Off for Lane 8 in 200 Free Final at U.S. Olympic Trials
Shackell already booked his ticket to Paris on night 1, but this could be Diehl’s (pictured) first shot at an Olympic berth.
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 2 Overreaction: It’s a Swim Meet and It’s Loud
Indianapolis athletes got the biggest crowd reactions this morning, including 2x Olympian Blake Pieroni who solidified his comeback in the 200 free heats.
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Alex Shackell Out of 100 Fly (Day 2 Finals Scratches)
Shackell, the younger sister of newly-minted Olympian Aaron Shackell, will focus on the semifinals of the 200 free tonight.
Tanner Filion, D3 Record-Holder & D1 All-American, Makes 100 Back Semis at Olympic Trials
Filion only has two other 100 LCM backstrokes on record, according to the USA Swimming database. He is seeded 13th out of prelims (54.40).
Two-Time Olympian Gabrielle Rose Goes a Personal Best at 46 Years Old, Makes Trials Semis
Rose proved that age is just a number, as she punched a best time of 1:08.43 to qualify 11th in the women’s 100 breaststroke.
Carson Foster No-Shows 200 Free, 2nd DFS of U.S. Olympic Trials
3rd-seed Foster left his lane empty in the first circle-seeded heat of the men’s 200 freestyle. He is still entered in the 400 IM in this session.
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: No Kate Douglass in 100 Breaststroke (Day 2 Prelims Scratches)
Despite putting up the #3 time in the 100 breaststroke earlier this season, Douglass will not contest the 100 breast in Indy.
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Swims You Might Have Missed (Day 1)
Sean Green of Long Island Aquatics dropped 2.49-seconds in the men’s 400 freestyle, and more swims you might have missed on day 1 of Olympic Trials.
20,689 Spectators in the Stands at U.S. Olympic Trials; More Than Rio Record
The Lucas Oil Stadium has the capacity for around 30,000 swim fans and was expected to shatter attendance records once Trials got underway.
First Paris 2024 U.S. Swimming Olympian is Aaron Shackell
Shackell clocked 3:45.46 in the finals of the men’s 400 free to book his ticket to Paris, the first qualifier of these Trials.
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Katie Ledecky Poised to Make 4th Olympic Team (Day 1 Finals Preview)
Tonight’s final features the finals of the 400 free (men and women), and the semifinals of the 100 butterfly (women) and 100 breaststroke (men).
Santo Condorelli Eligibility Appeal Rejected; No Entry at U.S. Olympic Trials
Condorelli, who has previously represented Canada (2016) and Italy on the Olympic stage (2021), was deemed ineligible to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials
