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
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Aaron Shackell is the first (pool) swimmer named to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team.
The Carmel Swim Club athlete stunned in front of a home crowd to take home the gold medal in the men’s 400 freestyle, upsetting Tokyo bronze medalist Kieran Smith who settled for 2nd and will likely earn his second Olympic berth. Shackell blasted a new personal best of 3:45.46, easily clearing the Olympic Qualifying Time.
Shackell has been on a journey this past season. He started at Cal in the fall, competing up until the Minnesota Invite. He then announced he would be returning home to Carmel to take an Olympic redshirt for the spring.
That decision has paid off, as he is now an Olympian. Carmel is just a 30 minute drive from Indianapolis, and the home crowd showed up tonight. The Lucas Oil Stadium erupted with cheers when it became clear Shackell would hit the wall first.
In doing so, Shackell also shaved 1.54-seconds off his previous best, set in 2023 at Summer Juniors. See the split comparison below:
| 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials | 2023 Summer Junior Nationals | |
| 50 | 25.52 | 26.00 |
| 100 | 53.73 (28.21) | 54.39 (28.39) |
| 150 | 1:22.34 (28.61) | 1:23.09 (28.70) |
| 200 | 1:51.36 (29.02) | 1:51.81 (28.72) |
| 250 | 2:19.88 (28.62) | 2:20.36 (28.55) |
| 300 | 2:48.84 (28.86) | 2:49.32 (28.96) |
| 350 | 3:17.50 (28.66) | 3:18.68 (29.36) |
| 400 | 3:45.46 (27.96) | 3:47.00 (28.32) |
Shackell is also set to compete in the 200 free, 200 fly, and 100 fly at these Trials.
Where can we watch or see a post raced interview with him
Gets worse at cal, Leaves Cal and immediately makes the Olympic team lmaoooo Durden in shambles
Congratulations Aaron! Wish it had been in a Cal cap, but nonetheless you’ve got a great career ahead of you representing the US. Kick some ass in Paris! 🇺🇲
Justin, it’s corny at this point. Aaron doesn’t want to swim for the baby bears after a terrible fall semester.
Also, Jett (who swims the same events) has not been swimming well as of late, so seems to be the right decision leaving cal.
That was an amazingly gutsy race.
His wire to wire win was ⚡️ but it did happen 11 months after grimes qualified
I thought grimes was the first swimmer to qualify?
It states (pool). Grimes made it in open water.👍
Beautifully done Aaron, CONGRATS!
Good for Aaron! What guts and smarts is was for him to leave Cal and go back home to Carmel! Remember his mom and dad were both swimmers at Auburn and coached by Marsh and Durden. His sister and brother are going to Cal. He just realized it wasn’t a good fit for him!
That is why I question why some people go to college their frosh year/olympic year.