WATCH: Smith Blasts 100 Back AR, Ledecky, Murphy & King Do Their Thing (Day 3 Race Videos)

2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

• June 15-23, 2024
• Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
• LCM (50 Meters)
• Session Start Times (ET):
  • 11 a.m. Prelims
  • 7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
• Meet Central
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• Psych Sheets
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• Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
• Finals Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
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The third evening session from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials was action-packed with five finals on the docket where Olympic roster spots were up for grabs.

Three of the country’s biggest stars over the past eight years, Lilly King, Ryan Murphy and Katie Ledecky got the job done in their respective events, but it was perhaps Regan Smith who stole the show by breaking her American Record in the semis of the women’s 100 back.

See race videos from tonight below.

After Katharine Berkoff joined the sub-58 club in the first semi, Smith fired off a time of 57.47 in the second heat, knocking four one-hundredths off her National Record set last year.

WOMEN’S 100 BACK

Finals Qualifiers:

1. Regan Smith (TXLA), 57.47 AR
2. Katharine Berkoff (WOLF), 57.83
3. Josephine Fuller (TENN) / Kennedy Noble (WOLF), 58.79
4. –
5. Rhyan White (WOLF) / Claire Curzan (TAC-NC), 59.08
6. –
7. Leah Shackley (BRY), 59.25
8. Phoebe Bacon (UW), 59.33

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The night kicked off with the final of the women’s 400 IM, where Katie Grimes came back on Emma Weyant over the freestyle leg to become the first American female to qualify in both pool and open water events at the Olympics.

WOMEN’S 400 IM

1. Katie Grimes (SAND), 4:35.00
2. Emma Weyant (FLOR), 4:35.56
3. Lilla Bognar (TG), 4:37.86
4. Leah Smith (TXLA), 4:39.87
5. Leah Hayes (TIDE), 4:41.32
6. Lucy Bell (ALTO), 4:41.40
7. Zoe Dixon (FLOR), 4:42.01
8. Audrey Derivaux (JW), 4:46.89

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In the prelims, 14-year-old Audrey Derivaux delivered a four-second best time to make the final:

The men’s 200 free saw University of Texas star Luke Hobson qualify for his first Olympic team with a decisive win, while Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano pulled off a mild upset from an outside lane to earn the second individual spot. Kieran Smith and Drew Kibler also finished in the top four to lock in their second straight Olympic berths.

MEN’S 200 FREE

1. Luke Hobson (LAKE), 1:44.89
2. Chris Guiliano (ND), 1:45.38
3. Drew Kibler (NYAC), 1:45.60
4. Kieran Smith (RAC), 1:45.61
5. Brooks Curry (CAL), 1:45.89
6. Blake Pieroni (ISC), 1:46.09
7. Jake Mitchell (FLOR), 1:46.48
8. Aaron Shackell (CSC-IN), 1:47.37

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Though vastly different races, the men’s 100 back, women’s 100 breast and women’s 200 free had similar outcomes to a degree, as Murphy, King and Ledecky won their respective events relatively easily for the third Olympic Trials in a row.

MEN’S 100 BACK

1. Ryan Murphy (CAL), 52.22
2. Hunter Armstrong (NYAC), 52.72
3. Jack Aikins (SA), 52.74
4. Adam Chaney (FLOR), 53.44
5. Justin Ress (MVN), 53.57
6. Will Modglin (ZSC), 53.69
7. Jack Wilkening (MICH), 53.79
8. Tommy Janton (ND), 53.87

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WOMEN’S 100 BREAST

1. Lilly King (USC), 1:05.43
2. Emma Weber (CA-Y), 1:06.10
3. Lydia Jacoby (STSC), 1:06.37
4. Kaitlyn Dobler (TDPS), 1:06.77
5. Kaelyn Gridley (DUKE), 1:07.03
6. Alex Walsh (NAC), 1:07.38
7. McKenzie Siroky (UN-MI), 1:07.71
8. Ella Nelson (NAC), 1:07.83

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WOMEN’S 200 FREE

1. Katie Ledecky (GSC-FL), 1:55.22
2. Claire Weinstein (SAND), 1:56.18
3. Paige Madden (NYAC), 1:56.36
4. Erin Gemmell (NCAP), 1:56.75
5. Anna Peplowski (ISC), 1:57.04
6. Alex Shackell (CSC-IN), 1:57.05
7. Simone Manuel (SUN), 1:57.13
8. Katie Grimes (SAND), 1:57.33

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