Melanie Margalis

2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Five Prelims Live Recap

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS Sunday June 26th-Sunday July 3rd, 2016 Century Link Center – Omaha, Nebraska Friday-Sunday – Prelims – 11:00…

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Four Finals Live Recap

Phelps is the top seed and heavy favorite in the 200m butterfly and will be looking to qualify for his fifth Olympic team, something only one other American swimmer (Dara Torres) has done during their career.

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Melanie Margalis: The double feels very worth it now (Video)

Melanie Margalis not only started the night with a 6th place finish in the 200 Free, most likely giving her a spot on the 800 free relay, but also finished second in the 200 IM, securing her ticket to Rio.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Day Four Finals Photo Vault

All photos courtesy Tim Binning, theswimpictures.com.  

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day Four Finals Preview

Katie Ledecky will certainly attack the 200 free tonight– you know you’re in trouble if you’re already behind her at the 100 mark.

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The Top Quotes from Day 3 Finals you HAVEN’T Seen Yet (Video)

From heartbreaks to making the Olympic team, there was just about every emotion put on display during night 3 of the Olympic Trials

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Three Finals Live Recap

On night three action returns to Omaha where six more roster spots are on the line for swimmers hoping to punch in their tickets to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Three Prelims Live Recap

After an eventful first few days of competition it’s finally time to see Michael Phelps return to Olympic trials action.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals Preview

Event finals tonight will include the the men’s 200 free, the women’s 100 back, the men’s 100 back, and the women’s 100 breast. Semifinals tonight will be the women’s 200 free, the men’s 200 fly, and the women’s 200 IM.

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Melanie Margalis Scratches 100 Breast Final, Breeja Larson In

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS Sunday June 26th-Sunday July 3rd, 2016 Century Link Center – Omaha, Nebraska Friday-Sunday – Prelims – 11:00…

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Ella Eastin No-Shows the 200 Free, Focusing on 200 IM

Ella Eastin and Lindsay Vrooman both no-showed the 200 free, while Maya DiRado scratched the event. Eastin and DiRado will focus on the 200 IM this morning.

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Two Finals Live Recap

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS Sunday June 26th-Sunday July 3rd, 2016 Century Link Center – Omaha, Nebraska Friday-Sunday – Prelims – 11:00…

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2016 US Olympic Trials: Day Two Prelims Live Recap

After an eventful night one at the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials, more of America’s big stars will step up to the blocks for their first races including Missy Franklin, Natalie Coughlin, and Katie Ledecky.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Official SwimSwam Preview Schedule

Check out the publication schedule for all 26 of our event-by-event U.S. Olympic Trials previews, plus links to each event page as it goes live.

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DiRado, Eastin Enter Tough 200 Free/200 Fly/200 IM Triples At Olympic Trials

Most athletes on the U.S. Olympic Trials psych sheets (released earlier today) are over-entering with the flexibility to scratch later, and that seems to be the case with Maya DiRado and Ella Eastin, both of whom could face tough event triples during the meet.

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