Wisconsin’s Ben Wiegand Earns Olympic Trials Cut With 22.77 50 Freestyle In Time Trial
Wiegand swam the 50 freestyle four times this weekend and missed the cut by 0.01 with a 22.80 on Friday night.
Gretchen Walsh Swims 53.80 100 Freestyle On Final Night Of NCAP Qualifier
Gretchen Walsh was 0.04 faster than she was this morning in the 100 freestyle and is the #4 US swimmer in the event this season.
Kate Douglass (2:07.76) And Alex Walsh (2:07.99) Battle It Out In 200 IM
The two lead the US women so far this season. Both were conservative on the butterfly legs, allowing them to save up for the freestyle legs.
Gretchen Walsh Goes 53.84 100 Free In Prelims, Douglass (2:12.42) A. Walsh (2:13.74) Do 200 IM
Gretchen Walsh had her fastest prelims swim of the season in the 100 freestyle. Douglass and Alex Walsh look to have a showdown in the 200 IM tonight.
2024 Olympic Trials Preview: Deja Vu in 400 IM – Foster, Kalisz Frontrunners Once Again
Carson Foster will look to make his first Olympic team after finishing a heart breaking 3rd in 2021. Standing in his way however is reigning gold medalist Chase Kalisz.
Phoebe Bacon Clocks 2:13.43 200 IM, Beata Nelson Swims 58.26 100 Fly On Night 2 In Madison
Bacon swam a best time in the 200 IM last month in San Antonio. She also swam the 100 fly today but scratched the 100 backstroke.
Thomas Heilman Moves Up U.S. Rankings With 1:56.41 200 Butterfly
Heilman moves up from the #8 US swimmer in the 200 fly to #5. He swam a 1:57.81 at this meet a year ago before swimming a best time at US Summer Nationals.
Kate Douglass Wins 200 Breaststroke in 2:19.95, Alex Walsh Swims Best Time 2:22.87
Douglass and Walsh now are the top 2 Americans in the 200 breaststroke this season. Walsh’s swim was a personal best by over two seconds.
Kate Douglass Leads Day 2 Prelims With 2:22.77 200 Breaststroke
Douglass now holds the seven fastest times in the 200 breaststroke in the US this season and had her fastest prelims swim of the year this morning.
Indianapolis Renames Streets After American Olympic Gold Medal Winning Swimmers
Indianapolis is ramping up to full-blown Olympic Trials modem giving many streets around downtown honorary swimmer-themed names.
Anna Kalandadze Picks Up Olympic Trials Cuts in 800, 1500 Free at Scarlet Memorial Day Invite
Recent University of Pennsylvania graduate Anna Kalandadze collected her first two Trials cuts in the 800 freestyle (8:43.20) and 1500 free (16:43.36).
Competitor Coach of the Month: Joe Benjamin
Coach Benjamin has been building Rancho San Dieguito Swimming for nearly three decades, having been with the team since 1995.
Kate Douglass Scratches 100 Breast Final, Goes 53.16 100 Freestyle in Time Trial
Douglass now holds 4 of the 6 fastest times swam by an American woman in the event this season. Her season best is a 52.98.
Thomas Heilman Swims Season Best 52.29 100 Butterfly At NCAP Elite Qualifier
Heilman swam a 52.71 at this meet a year ago before swimming a best time at US Summer Nationals to make the US Worlds team.
Wisconsin’s Chris Morris Swims 1:47.6 in the 200 Meter Free at Pettinger Invitational
Chris Morris is now the 24th-best American during the Olympic Trials qualifying period after a speedy time trial result on Friday evening.
