Sandeno Leads Qualifiers in 400m Free; Munz Fails to Make the Cut

By Phillip Whitten

LONG BEACH, Calif., July 8. THEY say that anything can happen at the US Olympic Trials and this morning, in the women’s 400m freestyle, that cliché was reaffirmed by reality.

Diana Munz – one of the co-favorites both here and for Athens – failed to qualify, missing the final by two-hundredths of a second?

And who was .02 ahead of Diana, barely sneaking into the final herself?

None other than defending Olympic champion, Brooke Bennett, who led through the halfway mark and was still second after 300 meters. Bennett finished in 4:12.41.

Kaitlin Sandeno was the top qualifier at 4:09.81, almost two seconds ahead of the rest of the field. The next seven qualifiers all finished within eight-tenths of a second of each other. Lindsay Benko qualified second, followed by Sara McLarty and Kalyn Keller.

Munz was not the only major casualty in the 400 free. Rachel Komisarz was tenth in 4:12.51, one-tenth behind Brooke Bennett. Alyssa Kiel, Hayley Peirsol, Elizabeth Hill, Emily Mason, Adrienne Binder and Jessica Foschi all failed to make the cut.

This evening’s final is wide open, though Sandeno definitely is the favorite.

Women’s 400m Freestyle
400m Nage Libre Femmes

WR 4:03.85 EVANS Janet Seoul (KOR) 22 SEP 1988 USA
AR 4:03.85 EVANS Janet Seoul (KOR) 22 SEP 1988 USA
US 4:05.45 EVANS Janet Orlando (USA) 20 DEC 1987 USA
TR 4:06.43 EVANS Janet Austin (USA) 10 AUG 1988 USA

SANDENO Kaitlin USA 83 4:09.81 1. q 0.69 7 5
50m: 29.49 100m: 1:00.85 150m: 1:32.57 200m: 2:04.33 250m: 2:35.83 300m: 3:07.19 350m: 3:38.67 400m: 4:09.81
BENKO Lindsay USA 76 4:11.59 2. 1.78 q 0.79 7 4
50m: 29.44 100m: 1:00.87 150m: 1:32.72 200m: 2:04.65 250m: 2:36.69 300m: 3:08.87 350m: 3:40.58 400m: 4:11.59
MCLARTY Sara USA 83 4:11.69 3. 1.88 q 0.73 7 2
50m: 29.80 100m: 1:01.66 150m: 1:33.62 200m: 2:05.53 250m: 2:37.31 300m: 3:09.01 350m: 3:40.79 400m: 4:11.69
KELLER Kalyn USA 85 4:11.71 4. 1.90 q 0.71 8 5
50m: 30.00 100m: 1:01.53 150m: 1:33.61 200m: 2:05.69 250m: 2:37.10 300m: 3:08.78 350m: 3:40.59 400m: 4:11.71
HENTZEN Morgan USA 85 4:11.75 5. 1.94 q 0.89 8 6
50m: 30.21 100m: 1:01.84 150m: 1:33.85 200m: 2:05.76 250m: 2:37.46 300m: 3:09.24 350m: 3:41.10 400m: 4:11.75
ZIEGLER Kate USA 88 4:11.85 6. 2.04 q 0.82 6 6
50m: 29.41 100m: 1:00.61 150m: 1:32.45 200m: 2:04.11 250m: 2:36.65 300m: 3:08.95 350m: 3:41.21 400m: 4:11.85
PIPER Carly USA 83 4:12.39 7. 2.58 q 0.85 6 1
50m: 29.04 100m: 1:00.29 150m: 1:32.04 200m: 2:04.38 250m: 2:36.96 300m: 3:09.51 350m: 3:41.61 400m: 4:12.39
BENNETT Brooke USA 80 4:12.41 8. 2.60 q 0.87 6 5
50m: 29.60 100m: 1:00.63 150m: 1:32.35 200m: 2:04.15 250m: 2:36.47 300m: 3:08.59 350m: 3:41.01 400m: 4:12.41

MUNZ Diana USA 82 4:12.43 9. 2.62 1 0.85 8 4
50m: 29.62 100m: 1:01.15 150m: 1:33.27 200m: 2:05.51 250m: 2:37.57 300m: 3:09.66 350m: 3:41.59 400m: 4:12.43
KOMISARZ Rachel USA 76 4:12.51 10. 2.70 2 0.78 8 3
50m: 29.83 100m: 1:01.27 150m: 1:33.39 200m: 2:05.53 250m: 2:37.80 300m: 3:09.67 350m: 3:41.64 400m: 4:12.51
KIEL Alyssa USA 87 4:13.22 11. 3.41 0.77 7 1
50m: 30.10 100m: 1:02.10 150m: 1:33.70 200m: 2:05.75 250m: 2:37.71 300m: 3:09.67 350m: 3:41.99 400m: 4:13.22
BURCKLE Caroline USA 86 4:13.91 12. 4.10 0.84 4 6
50m: 30.30 100m: 1:01.77 150m: 1:33.45 200m: 2:05.65 250m: 2:37.72 300m: 3:10.04 350m: 3:42.24 400m: 4:13.91
PEIRSOL Hayley USA 85 4:14.04 13. 4.23 0.79 6 3
50m: 29.72 100m: 1:01.09 150m: 1:33.11 200m: 2:05.27 250m: 2:37.65 300m: 3:09.95 350m: 3:42.42 400m: 4:14.04
SCHMIDT Rory USA 84 4:14.35 14. 4.54 0.83 5 7
50m: 30.14 100m: 1:02.05 150m: 1:34.05 200m: 2:06.23 250m: 2:37.93 300m: 3:10.12 350m: 3:42.20 400m: 4:14.35
HILL Elizabeth USA 85 4:16.27 15. 6.46 0.80 6 4
50m: 29.24 100m: 1:00.26 150m: 1:31.84 200m: 2:04.20 250m: 2:36.72 300m: 3:09.53 350m: 3:42.42 400m: 4:16.27
MASON Emily USA 82 4:16.68 16. 6.87 0.76 6 2
50m: 28.90 100m: 1:00.16 150m: 1:32.41 200m: 2:04.88 250m: 2:37.79 300m: 3:10.89 350m: 3:44.15 400m: 4:16.68
CARR Stephanie USA 86 4:17.39 17. 7.58 0.81 6 7
50m: 30.50 100m: 1:02.48 150m: 1:34.96 200m: 2:07.53 250m: 2:40.14 300m: 3:12.75 350m: 3:45.32 400m: 4:17.39
KEEFE Margaret USA 85 4:17.50 18. 7.69 0.78 6 8
50m: 30.66 100m: 1:03.08 150m: 1:35.37 200m: 2:07.72 250m: 2:39.97 300m: 3:12.52 350m: 3:45.16 400m: 4:17.50
GILLIAM Susan USA 85 4:17.55 19. 7.74 0.90 5 6
50m: 30.26 100m: 1:02.96 150m: 1:35.87 200m: 2:08.70 250m: 2:41.63 300m: 3:14.22 350m: 3:46.01 400m: 4:17.55
BINDER Adrienne USA 85 4:17.57 20. 7.76 0.79 8 2
50m: 30.07 100m: 1:02.09 150m: 1:34.52 200m: 2:06.94 250m: 2:39.63 300m: 3:12.58 350m: 3:45.72 400m: 4:17.57
DITTO Kelsey USA 89 4:17.94 21. 8.13 0.74 8 1
50m: 30.59 100m: 1:02.93 150m: 1:36.19 200m: 2:09.07 250m: 2:41.94 300m: 3:14.33 350m: 3:46.37 400m: 4:17.94
STOWERS Julia USA 82 4:18.17 22. 8.36 0.83 8 8
50m: 29.77 100m: 1:01.89 150m: 1:34.46 200m: 2:07.22 250m: 2:40.18 300m: 3:13.25 350m: 3:45.90 400m: 4:18.17
DUROT Elizabeth USA 86 4:18.30 23. 8.49 0.85 4 3
50m: 30.32 100m: 1:02.07 150m: 1:34.51 200m: 2:07.09 250m: 2:39.92 300m: 3:12.73 350m: 3:45.86 400m: 4:18.30
HUANG Delia USA 86 4:18.75 24. 8.94 0.76 3 6
50m: 30.93 100m: 1:03.60 150m: 1:36.34 200m: 2:09.38 250m: 2:42.07 300m: 3:14.75 350m: 3:47.10 400m: 4:18.75
JENNINGS Christine USA 87 4:18.80 25. 8.99 0.83 4 2
50m: 30.33 100m: 1:02.61 150m: 1:35.07 200m: 2:08.06 250m: 2:41.18 300m: 3:14.21 350m: 3:47.45 400m: 4:18.80
HAYTER Blake USA 88 4:18.82 26. 9.01 0.76 3 5
50m: 30.21 100m: 1:02.47 150m: 1:35.51 200m: 2:08.49 250m: 2:41.36 300m: 3:14.15 350m: 3:46.88 400m: 4:18.82
FOSCHI Jessica USA 80 4:18.84 27. 9.03 0.80 7 7
50m: 29.81 100m: 1:01.77 150m: 1:34.01 200m: 2:06.64 250m: 2:39.73 300m: 3:13.33 350m: 3:46.17 400m: 4:18.84
STANFORD Amanda USA 80 4:18.85 28. 9.04 0.85 2 4
50m: 30.59 100m: 1:03.30 150m: 1:36.40 200m: 2:09.33 250m: 2:41.78 300m: 3:14.26 350m: 3:46.78 400m: 4:18.85
ANDERSON Stephanie USA 84 4:19.68 29. 9.87 0.74 5 5
50m: 29.59 100m: 1:01.33 150m: 1:34.08 200m: 2:07.10 250m: 2:40.12 300m: 3:13.63 350m: 3:46.87 400m: 4:19.68
GARRETT Macie USA 86 4:19.75 30. 9.94 0.82 2 6
50m: 31.10 100m: 1:03.88 150m: 1:36.76 200m: 2:09.72 250m: 2:42.34 300m: 3:15.20 350m: 3:47.60 400m: 4:19.75
MILLER Anna USA 86 4:19.97 31. 10.16 0.65 5 4
50m: 29.42 100m: 1:01.14 150m: 1:33.63 200m: 2:06.71 250m: 2:40.02 300m: 3:13.65 350m: 3:47.66 400m: 4:19.97
ROUTH Kim USA 84 4:20.12 32. 10.31 0.88 3 4
50m: 30.38 100m: 1:02.62 150m: 1:35.67 200m: 2:08.70 250m: 2:41.62 300m: 3:15.04 350m: 3:48.23 400m: 4:20.12
HENTZEN Whitney USA 86 4:20.27 33. 10.46 0.77 4 5
50m: 31.43 100m: 1:03.67 150m: 1:36.83 200m: 2:09.84 250m: 2:42.92 300m: 3:16.03 350m: 3:48.81 400m: 4:20.27
CHANDLER Ashley USA 84 4:20.28 34. 10.47 0.78 7 3
50m: 29.50 100m: 1:01.20 150m: 1:33.55 200m: 2:06.14 250m: 2:39.79 300m: 3:13.40 350m: 3:47.51 400m: 4:20.28
ILLESCAS Jennifer USA 87 4:20.48 35. 10.67 0.75 4 1
50m: 30.02 100m: 1:02.83 150m: 1:35.72 200m: 2:08.91 250m: 2:41.40 300m: 3:14.36 350m: 3:47.98 400m: 4:20.48
FISCHER Sarah USA 85 4:20.58 36. 10.77 0.81 3 3
50m: 30.25 100m: 1:02.45 150m: 1:35.48 200m: 2:08.70 250m: 2:42.02 300m: 3:15.44 350m: 3:48.51 400m: 4:20.58
MCCULLOUGH Amy USA 83 4:20.60 37. 10.79 0.86 7 8
50m: 30.26 100m: 1:02.38 150m: 1:35.27 200m: 2:08.93 250m: 2:42.43 300m: 3:16.19 350m: 3:49.04 400m: 4:20.60
CONWAY Laura USA 84 4:20.72 38. 10.91 0.68 3 7
50m: 31.28 100m: 1:03.98 150m: 1:36.76 200m: 2:09.74 250m: 2:42.77 300m: 3:15.57 350m: 3:48.52 400m: 4:20.72
IMAGANE Jane USA 85 4:20.79 39. 10.98 0.73 2 3
50m: 30.96 100m: 1:03.53 150m: 1:36.50 200m: 2:09.35 250m: 2:42.50 300m: 3:15.49 350m: 3:48.49 400m: 4:20.79
REILLY Erin USA 85 4:21.04 40. 11.23 0.81 2 8
50m: 30.47 100m: 1:03.65 150m: 1:36.40 200m: 2:09.04 250m: 2:41.43 300m: 3:14.94 350m: 3:48.23 400m: 4:21.04
MASSENGALE Brittany USA 85 4:21.08 41. 11.27 0.78 3 2
50m: 29.77 100m: 1:01.61 150m: 1:34.69 200m: 2:07.83 250m: 2:41.23 300m: 3:14.77 350m: 3:48.52 400m: 4:21.08
HASTRUP Kristen USA 86 4:21.09 42. 11.28 0.80 1 7
50m: 30.66 100m: 1:03.48 150m: 1:36.47 200m: 2:09.61 250m: 2:42.55 300m: 3:15.65 350m: 3:48.52 400m: 4:21.09
BROOKS Ellen USA 86 4:21.43 43. 11.62 0.75 1 5
50m: 30.51 100m: 1:03.21 150m: 1:35.93 200m: 2:09.03 250m: 2:42.12 300m: 3:15.48 350m: 3:48.78 400m: 4:21.43
BURKE Rachael USA 83 4:21.44 44. 11.63 0.78 8 7
50m: 30.30 100m: 1:02.34 150m: 1:34.93 200m: 2:07.65 250m: 2:40.58 300m: 3:13.81 350m: 3:47.55 400m: 4:21.44
HARDT Julie USA 81 4:21.92 45. 12.11 0.75 4 8
50m: 30.69 100m: 1:04.03 150m: 1:36.78 200m: 2:09.77 250m: 2:42.58 300m: 3:16.04 350m: 3:49.13 400m: 4:21.92
FIDEN Sarah USA 81 4:22.10 46. 12.29 0.79 1 2
50m: 30.30 100m: 1:02.60 150m: 1:35.50 200m: 2:08.79 250m: 2:41.78 300m: 3:15.33 350m: 3:49.21 400m: 4:22.10

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