2022 PHILLIPS 66 INTERNATIONAL TEAM TRIALS
- April 26-30, 2022
- Greensboro, NC
- Greensboro Aquatic Center
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It should come as no surprise, but Michael Andrew has entered a whopping seven events for the upcoming U.S. International Team Trials.
Among the entries is the 200 IM, an event that Andrew isn’t sure he’ll actually race in Greensboro but maintains that it’s his long-term focus moving into 2024 and beyond.
The 200 IM is one of three events in which Andrew qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in last summer, having won the event in Omaha before placing fifth in Tokyo. He also qualified for the Olympic team in the 100 breast and 50 free.
In addition to the 200 IM, the 23-year-old has also entered in the 50 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 100 breast, 50 fly and 100 fly.
At the 2018 U.S. Nationals, the last time American swimmers raced in a selection meet that included the stroke 50s, Andrew won four events, including the 50 free, 50 breast and 50 fly, and went on to make the final of all four 50s at the 2019 World Championships.
While racing in all seven of the events he’s entered is unlikely, here’s how Andrew’s potential schedule would play out over the five-day meet (note that there are no semis and all events are same-day prelims/finals):
Tuesday, April 26 – Day 1
Off
Wednesday, April 27 – Day 2
- 50 fly
Thursday, April 28 – Day 3
- 100 fly
- 50 breast
- 50 back
Friday, April 29 – Day 4
- 100 breast
Saturday, April 30 – Day 5
- 200 IM
- 50 free
The schedule certainly doesn’t work in Andrew’s favor, especially with three events coming back-to-back-to-back on Day 3.
He’s already stated that the 50 free, 100 breast and 100 fly are his primary focuses this year, indicating the 50 breast, 50 back and 200 IM are the events he’ll potentially opt out of at the competition.
While racing the 50 breast is likely a priority for Andrew at the World Championships, a first or second-place finish in the 100 breast would likely earn him a spot in the event in Budapest if he didn’t race it in Greensboro (only the winners of the stroke 50s qualify in those events for Worlds). But the projected timeline for finals that day has the 50 breast scheduled 15 minutes after the conclusion of the 100 fly, and Andrew is no stranger to quick turnarounds.
He would be wise to race one event per day unless he’s treating this as a training meet.
Time to throw down. Let’s gooooo!!
Four of his events are 50’s. This isn’t some devastating lineup. Personally I still think 200IM and was 100 breast are his bread and butter.
150 IM*
But not the 50free?
Can’t wait to see his 150 IM!
It really doesn’t matter what the splits are he still does a 1:55.2 200 IM
And if any other swimmer took it out as fast as his 150 they most certainly would come home a 30+
In long course definitely. If it was in short course I could see Dressel beat Andrew
Remember when Lochte would enter 12 events are these meets and we knew he wouldn’t swim them all. Dressel to some degree. I wouldn’t make a whole lot from someone entering a bunch of events because they rarely swim them all. Andrew is known for swimming more than most thinks make sense, but lets wait and see before we see what he actually swim.
Can someone remind me of the definition of insanity again? I know Einstein said it best…
Not listening to my comment from yesterday
There’s nothing insane about the events he’s entered 4/7 are 50m I wouldn’t call this a particularly gruelling schedule especially when you look at the schedules Phelps and lochte would do
He has a more difficult event schedule in every practice
I predict 50 fly, 50 brst, 100 brst, 50 free.
but if he still hope to swim 50s of all 4 strokes at WC, it is better to swim 50 back instead of 50 breast. He is likely to win 100 breast and get to swim 50 breast at WC.
Safe and solid prediction
I am flattered 😀