Kevin Cordes Will Swim Nationals Despite Psych Sheet Absence

2017 U.S. NATIONALS/WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRIALS

• Tuesday, June 27th-Saturday, July 1st
• 50-Meter Course
• Indianapolis, Indiana
• Meet Info
• Prelims timelines
• Broadcast schedule
• Event-by-event previews
• Psych Sheets

Kevin Cordes fans got a shock this morning when the U.S. Olympian was notably absent on the U.S. Nationals psych sheets that dropped today. But USA Swimming has confirmed that Cordes will indeed be swimming at Nationals.

The 23-year-old Cordes was an Olympic finalist last summer, taking 4th place in the 100 breaststroke and 8th in the 200 breaststroke. He’s one of the top candidates to make the U.S. World Championships team this summer in the 50, 100 and 200 breaststrokes, and he still holds the American record in the 50 breast.

This morning’s release of the psych sheets for the National Championships provided a handful of notable names absent. We’ve been doing our best to track down which are real absences and which are accidental omissions on the start lists. We’ve been able to confirm that All-American Andrew Seliskar will not be competing at the meet, but we received word this afternoon that Cordes was not in the same boat.

USA Swimming told SwimSwam that Cordes will be competing at the meet and will be added to the psych sheets in the near future. Specific events aren’t clear yet, but it’s almost certain Cordes will enter the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, with a good chance he enters the 50 breast as well.