2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- When:
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Wave II Dates: June 13-20, 2021
- Prelims: 10am CDT | Finals: 7pm CDT
- Where: CHI Health Center / Omaha, Nebraska
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifying Cuts
- Wave I & II Event Order
- LCM (50m)
- Day 3 Finals Live Stream
- Psych Sheets
- Wave II Live Results
- Day 3 Finals Heat Sheet
Reported by James Sutherland.
WOMEN’S 200 FREE SEMI-FINALS
- World Record: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) – 1:52.98 (2009)
- American Record: Allison Schmitt – 1:53.61 (2012)
- US Open Record: Allison Schmitt (USA) / Katie Ledecky (USA) – 1:54.40 (2012 / 2021)
- World Junior Record: Yang Junxuan (CHN) – 1:55.43 (2019)
- 2016 Olympic Champion: Katie Ledecky (USA) – 1:53.73
- 2016 US Olympic Trials Champion: Katie Ledecky – 1:54.88
- Wave I Cut: 2:01.69
- Wave II Cut: 2:00.24
- FINA ‘A’ Cut: 1:57.28
- Katie Ledecky (NCAP), 1:55.83
- Paige Madden (UVA), 1:56.44
- Katie McLaughlin (CAL), 1:57.37
- Allison Schmitt (SUN), 1:57.53
- Brooke Forde (LAK), 1:57.82
- Gabby Deloof (CW), 1:57.95
- Bella Sims (SAND), 1:58.00
- Leah Smith (CLCK), 1:58.22
Katie Ledecky inched ahead of Paige Madden on the back-half of the first semi-final in the women’s 200 freestyle, putting up a time of 1:55.83 to earn Lane 4 in tomorrow night’s final. At the 2016 Trials, when Ledecky didn’t have to swim the 1500 free heats on the same day, she was 1:55.10 in the semis.
Ledecky ranks second in the world this season by virtue of her 1:54.40 swim at the Mission Viejo Pro Swim in April.
Madden, who earned an Olympic berth last night by taking second to Ledecky in the 400 free, touched second in 1:56.44, dropping over a second off her previous best time of 1:57.47 set in May. That slots Madden into 10th all-time among Americans, inching ahead of Katie McLaughlin‘s 1:56.48 from 2019. McLaughlin was third in the first semi in 1:57.37, a time that stood up as the third-fastest overall.
Desorbo has done with the UVa women what Durden did with the Cal men in 2016. Spectacular NCAAs and OTs. Doesn’t happen often.