Race Videos: Watch Hinds, Lazor, Mefford, Brown Qualify For Their 1st Olympics
Check out race videos from all four finals on day 6 of the 2021 US Olympic Trials where 3 women and 1 man secured a spot on their first-ever Olympic squad.
Race Video: Watch 15-Year-Old Katie Grimes Qualify For Tokyo In The 800 Free
Joining world record holder Katie Ledkecky, 15-year-old Grimes will be making her way to Tokyo this summer after placing 2nd in the 800 freestyle.
Race Video: Watch White And Bacon Take Out WR Holder Smith In Women’s 200 Back
Watch 2 NCAA Allstars swim their way to Olympic qualification in the 200 backstroke as they take out current world record holder Regan Smith.
Katie Ledecky to 15 Year-Old Katie Grimes: “You’re The Now”
15 year-old Katie Grimes went from “the future” to “the present” of US distance swimming after finishing 2nd to Katie Ledecky in the 800 free tonight.
2021 US Olympic Trials Video Roundup Night 7
15-year-old Katie Grimes finished 2nd in the 800 free to qualify for Tokyo, bringing Katie Ledecky Deja Vu of her Olympic Trials experience 9 years ago.
16-Year-Old Jo Jo Ramey Gushes About Racing Backstroke Idols
16-year-old Jo Jo Ramey lowered her best time down to 2:08.90 in second, moving up from 11th to sixth in the 15-16 age group.
Bryce Mefford Breaks Down Dynamic of Cal Backstroke Crew
Mefford came back in 29.46, the fastest in the field, to take second in 1:54.79, a massive best time for the Cal Berkeley senior
Phoebe Bacon on Moving Forward From 100 Back into 200 Back
Bacon clocked 2:07.46 from the first semi, her second-fastest swim ever, and 16-year-old Jo Jo Ramey lowered her best time down to 2:08.90 in second
Ryan Murphy: “I worked better than I have any other year”
Murphy moves into second in the world rankings this season, and posts his fastest swim since the 2019 World Championships. It’s his seventh-fastest ever
Weitzeil: “When You Have the Flag On Your Cap, You Get Stuff Done”
The top 4 finishers in the women’s 100 free — Abbey Weitzeil, Erika Brown, Olivia Smoliga, and Natalie Hinds — spoke after last night’s session.
Lazor: “It Took So Many People for Me to Even be Sitting Here Right Now”
Annie Lazor, Ryan Murphy, and Michael Andrew spoke with the press last night after winning the 200 breast, 200 back, and 200 IM respectively.
Regan Smith on Keeping Her Head in the Game on Day 7
Regan Smith and Phoebe Bacon won their respective semi-finals in the women’s 200 backstroke quite comfortably, producing near-identical splits
Tom Shields on 100 Fly: “Try not to look at Caeleb… I’m not good at it”
Shields’ swim is his fastest since the 2016 Olympic Trials (where he also went 51.20, qualifying for the Olympic team behind Phelps)
Caeleb Dressel Analyzes 100 Fly US Open Record
Dressel torched his hours-old U.S. Open Record in the men’s 100 butterfly, blasting a time of 49.76 in the semi-final to lower his prelim mark of 50.17
Michael Andrew Shares Advice Ray Looze Gave Him for 200 IM Final
Michael Andrew delivered almost the exact same swim we saw from him last night, except this time it was done with the pressure on.
