Opinion

My Five Favorite Moments of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials

Carson Foster qualified for his first Olympic team in Indianapolis, but spent time talking about his brother Jake, who retired after the Trials.

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Katie Ledecky Was (Much) Faster in 3 of 4 Events Versus 2021 Olympic Trials

Katie Ledecky’s final test is yet to come in Paris, but so far, the returns on her new training at the University of Florida show positive signs.

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Shaine Casas And Finally Breaking Through To Make The U.S. Olympic Team

Casas was a close 3rd in the 100 back at the 2021 Trials, but made good on his opportunity this year by making the Olympic team in the men’s 200 IM.

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Shouts From The Stands: A World Without Ribbons

“Imagine if we took all the time we spend handling ribbons and applied it towards teaching kids to be gracious to their opponents.”

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Little Flower Power: Two Olympians From The Same Grade School – Again

Little Flower in Bethesda, Maryland holds the unique distinction of producing two Olympic swimmers: Katie Ledecky and Phoebe Bacon.

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Making the US Olympic Team vs. Making the Podium at the Olympics, a Statistical Review

Hali Flickinger occupies a pretty unique space in American swimming history, threading a needle that nobody else has done in at least 40 years.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 6 Overreaction: Michael Andrew Is Making Math Hard

These are the disparate but loosely connected, at least in my mind, thoughts about Day 6 Prelims of the 2024 US Olympic Trials

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 5 Overreaction: There Should be a Marching Band on Deck

The Notre Dame cheering squad was behind me today, and I think everyone else needs to take notes from them on proper swim meet behavior.

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2024 Trials Day 4 Prelims Overreaction: 2 Fly Swim Off Dreams Dashed and Other Ramblings

I spent much of the morning focused on other news but in between those stories, I jotted down these thoughts, and no this article wasn’t written by Laura Rosado.

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The Non-Swimmer’s Guide to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials (Part 1)

Send this article to the non-swimmers in your life, bless their hearts, when they ask how the meet is going (through day 3).

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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.

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Column: Gretchen Walsh Proved She Was Worth All The Hype

After years upon years of debate about Walsh was capable of, she proved she was worth all the hype when she broke the world record in the 100 fly.

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Katie Ledecky Is A Better Athlete Than Me

After years of denial, Charles Hartley finally concedes that Ledecky is the best athlete to come out of Little Flower School in Bethesda, Maryland, not him.

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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.

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2024 US Olympic Trials Day One Prelims Overreaction: It’s Really Just My Thoughts

This article isn’t a deep dive into splits or times, but rather just my view on the morning, which is headlined by the ever incredible Katie Ledecky.

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