More US Trials Awards: The Most Improved Olympians At Omaha 2021
Kate Douglass, Erika Brown, Patrick Callan, Natalie Hinds, Rhyan White, and Bryce Mefford came back for redemption in 2021, improving upon their 2016 swims.
Trials Mixed Zone: Phoebe Bacon “The whole age thing… I think it should be thrown out”
Bacon ended up being the only other swimmer in the field to finish sub-33, snagging 2nd in 2:06.46 and qualify for the Olympic team in the 200 back
Bella Sims Becomes Lowest Seed Since At Least 2000 to Make Olympic Team
Making the team after entering the meet seeded 39th, Sims is one of this years youngest Olympians that will represent the United States in Tokyo.
Todd DeSorbo Reflects on Trials That Saw 4 UVA Swimmers Make 2021 Olympic Team
No matter how you look at it, UVA swimmers were on a roll at the 2021 Olympic Trials as 4 athletes that train in Charlottesville made the US Olympic team
Alex Walsh on the Lessons She Learned in Omaha and Hopes to Take to Tokyo
Alex Walsh qualified for her first U.S. Olympic Team in Omaha by winning the women’s 200 IM. Watch her discuss what lessons she learned.
Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry Sparks Activism At U.S. Olympic Trials
Gwen Berry turned away from the flag while the national anthem played during the U.S. Olympic Trials medal ceremony. This falls within USOPC guidelines.
Trials Mixed Zone: Rhyan White “Keep the highs low and the lows high”
In undoubtedly the biggest upset of the meet, Rhyan White is the 2021 Olympic Trials winner in the women’s 200 backstroke
Interactive Maps/Graphs: 2021 U.S. Olympic Swim Team By Training Hub, Age, More
We’ve put together a set of interactive maps and graphs in a Tableau viz to help visualize the 2021 U.S. Olympic swim team.
Zach Harting: Olympian
“(Zach) is going to work to be the very best he can, and that alone makes him the great leader and teammate he is. The fun and shenanigans are just a bonus.”
Kaitlin Sandeno Gives Behind-the-Veil Look at 2021 Olympic Trials, DC Trident
Anyone who has ever encountered Kaitlin knows that she is an energizing personality who is easy to be around and can get a party started
2021 US Olympic Trials: SwimSwam’s Awards
It was a fun, exhausting, and at-times surprising week in Omaha. Check out our full list of Olympic Trials award winners here.
2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials Averages 2.7 Million Nightly Viewers
The 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials held its own against other network viewership over eight nights of racing in Omaha.
Hunter Armstrong Talks Journey From Being Last in Practice to 2021 Olympian
Armstrong is a self-titled “late bloomer” and until high school would often be last in practice, getting beat by male and female teammates alike
Peter Andrew Explains M. Andrew’s Taper Process Leading into Olympic Trials
Peter walks us through the process of tapering Michael for Olympic Trials and how they decided on his event lineup in Omaha.
Follow the 2020 U.S. Olympic Roster on Instagram and Twitter
Here is a complete list of each U.S. Olympic swimming athlete’s Instagram and Twitter usernames. Follow along as they prepare for Tokyo.
