2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
- June 15-23, 2024
- Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50 Meters)
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- Pre-Scratch Psych Sheet
Well, Friends, they are here. The pre-scratch psych sheets for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials have dropped.
PRE-SCRATCH PSYCH SHEET
In combing through the sheets, we’ve noticed a few athletes who are missing from the entries. While some of the absences may be clerical in nature, i.e., they are late entries, the format was incorrect, etc., some may be absent for other reasons.
Two Tokyo Olympic medalists in the 4×100 Free Relays appear to be missing from the 2024 Pre-Scratch Pysch Sheets: Santo Condorelli and Natalie Hinds.
After it was reported that he planned on trying to represent the United States at the Olympics, sprinter Santo Condorelli did not appear in the entry lists. Condorelli represented Canada at the 2015 World Championships and won a silver medal for Italy at the Tokyo Olympics (4×100 Free relay – prelims). In order to switch sporting nationalities again, Condorelli must wait three years after last representing Italy. When one does the math, Condorelli could hypothetically represent the US in July of this year. However, per the USA Swimming Athlete Selection Procedures
1.1.1. Nationality/Passport requirements:
(a) Athlete must be eligible to represent the United States in the Olympic Games; and
Athlete must hold a valid U.S. passport and be able to represent the U.S. in
an international competition at the time of the Qualifying Competition. That
passport must not expire for six months after the conclusion of the Olympic
Games.
If Condorelli cannot represent the USA until July, then he will be unable to fulfill the requirement above, as the Qualifying Competition (Olympic Trials) starts in a week’s time. Condorelli could have potentially started the change in sporting nationality before the three-year requirement took effect. The new regulations were issued on 21 February 2023 with “immediate entry into force.” In the “USA Swimming Individual Event Rank Search,” Condorelli still has the Foreign Athlete tag on all of his results and does not appear when the Exclude Foreign Athlete filter is toggled.
This season, Condorelli placed 4th in the 50 free (21.99), 8th in the 100 free (49.37), and 5th in the 100 fly at the US Open. His season’s best in those three events of 21.98, 48.88, and 51.79, respectively would have placed him as the 1oth seed in the 50 free, as the 22nd seed in the 100 free and the 11th seed in the 100 fly.
If we hear anything more regarding Condorelli and his eligibility, we will update the article. It is possible that some addendum or agreement was reached, and Condorelli could have just missed the entry deadline. Late entries will be accepted until 11:59 pm (EDT) Monday, June 10th. Condorelli’s last Instagram post was a week ago with the caption “Taper time activities…”.
Natalie Hinds Erika Brown Abbey Weitzeil (photo: Jack Spitser)
Another Tokyo relay medalist, Natalie Hinds, also does not appear in the psych sheets. Hinds, who swam the 3rd leg of the bronze medal-winning 4×100 free relay (53.15), has been conspicuously absent from meets this season. Since last summer’s National Championships, where her highest finish in an Olympic event was 14th in the 100 free (54.56), Hinds has appeared at just two meets. The US Open, where she finished 4oth in the 50 free (25.94), and at the Southern Zone Senior Championships, where she placed 3rd in the 50 free (25.62) and only swam the prelims of the 100 free (56.29) and the 200 free (2:06.47).
At the 2021 Olympic Trials, Hinds, who has returned to train at her Alma Mater, Florida, placed 4th in the 100 free (53.54) and 11th in both the 50 free (25.14) and 100 fly (58.40).
Very Very Very curious as to where Dobler is. I know that instagram doesn’t mean anything, but she posted last week “taper time”
Nacim probably forgot to do the entries on time.
“In the “USA Swimming Individual Event Rank Search,” Condorelli still has the Foreign Athlete tag on all of his results and does not appear when the Exclude Foreign Athlete filter is toggled.”
Worth checking I guess, but I would put no confidence in SWIMS database. How often do we see a random 12 year old atop the national rankings with 34 in a 100 fly…
Reminds me of the swimcloud 50 back
He is busy cloning himself so he can swim all four legs of the 4×100 representing his own country
Please rise, gentlemen remove your caps for the singing of the national anthem of Condorellia.
And their salute is flipping the bird.
But Natalie hinds is in the Jcrew collab with USA swimming
I read this as the hard deadline is June 10th. Could be much to do over nothing.
The Santo abides. This is his journey, man.
Everybody knows he truly represents the country of Santo Condorelli. Flip the bird to everyone else
I used to be a fan, but his international passport movings just rubbed me the wrong way.
Too, the “show the center finger” antics might have endeared him to some, but I found it puerile, frankly.
Finally, his times just haven’t made him a “need to have” guy for TEAM USA.
I wish it were otherwise, but it ain’t
You probably don’t like bat flips either.
Excellent and hilarious but likely a bit esoteric likely for this crowd
USA Swimmings way of taking him outta commission haha I’m sure they had this rule in their back pocket when he alerted them of his plans