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Pressure Off for First Two U.S. Men’s Olympians Kalisz and Smith At Start of Pivotal Week Chase Kalisz was beaming. The first final of the 2021 Olympic Trials was a mirror image of the first final in 2016, with Kalisz taking first in the 400 IM and Georgia teammate Jay Litherland, just when his hope...

Michael Andrew On Cusp Of Realizing Greatest Career Achievement - Olympian Officially, work remains. The amount? Somewhere on either side of 58 seconds, dependent on the crispness of his performance. But in less than a minute on Monday night, Michael Andrew – barring an all-time disaster – will fulf...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Michael Andrew Sets Second American Record in 100 Breast In case the point was ­­­­received Sunday morning, Michael Andrew reiterated it Sunday night. Andrew shaved another five hundredths of a second off the American record in the 100 breaststroke, his second national mark of t...

Despite Finishing 11th, Zane Grothe In Line to Qualify for Olympics in 400 Free: Others Still in the Hunt Zane Grothe, a World Championships finalist in the 400 free in both 2017 and 2019, could still qualify for his first Olympic team even after finishing 11th in the event at the United States Olym...

Emma Weyant stood as the loud and boisterous crowd roared in appreciation. Weyant made a late move, stunningly negatively splitting the final 100 of her 400 IM to pass three veteran Olympians and become an Olympian herself. "I have never experienced anything like that. It was the biggest crowd I hav...

Kieran Smith Achieves Commanding 400 Free Victory, Ready to Take Next Steps in Tokyo Prior to the men's 400 freestyle final at Olympic Trials, Kieran Smith felt the nerves creeping in -- even as the favorite in a relatively weak field, with no American a lock to reach the Olympic "A" cut of 3:46.78....

U.S. Olympic Trials: Torri Huske Blisters American Record in 100 Butterfly Semifinals Much has been made over the past several months about the rising tide of teenage talent in the United States. Specifically, the names of Regan Smith, Claire Curzan and Torri Huske have been frequently uttered, than...

A Medley Mirror: Chase Kalisz & Jay Litherland On Road to Tokyo After 400 IM Redux In a race that was billed as the coming out party for 19-year-old Carson Foster in the 400 IM, it was deja vu for the top two in the event with Georgia Bulldogs Chase Kalisz (4:09.09) and Jay Litherland (4:10.33) gett...

Mike Parratto, who coaches Regan Smith at the Riptide Swim Team in Minnesota, is not yet in Omaha. Instead, he is in Indianapolis watching his daughter, Jessica, compete at the U.S. Olympic diving trials. The younger Parratto, 26, dove at the University of Indiana and has qualified for her second Ol...

U.S. Olympic Trials, Day One Finals Heat Sheets: First Tokyo Tickets Handed Out Tonight The first night of finals from the 2021 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska will feature three finals that will see six swimmers make the Olympic Team for Tokyo, Japan. After a long five-year wait, the first nam...

The first session of the 2021 Olympic trials concluded with the prelims in the men's 100 breaststroke — and closed with a bang as Michael Andrew set an American record in 58.19. As he closed in on the wall, the noise in the crowd started to grow before erupting when the time was shown on the scorebo...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Hali Flickinger Takes Women's 400 IM Top Seed Over Margalis and Weyant During the fifth of sixth heats in the women's 400 IM heats, Hali Flickinger set the early pace with her signature butterfly and then never surrendered that lead, even as teenager Emma Weyant chased her down ...

U.S. Olympic Trials, Day I Notes: Texas Connections Looking Sharp As Final Trials For Eddie Reese Begins When next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo come to a close, so will the legendary coaching career of Eddie Reese. After guiding the University of Texas to its 15th NCAA title in March, Reese announ...

Short course yards American record holder Kieran Smith barely took a hard stroke in the heats, cruising to a 3:48.06 as he controlled the pace of heat six of seven. Smith pulled Arizona grad Chris Wieser along with him in his heat at 3:48.84, along with his fellow Florida Gator teammate Trey Freeman...

Olympic Trials: Kelsi Dahlia Sets Pace in Women's 100 Fly Prelims at 56.56 In an event teeming with young talent, Kelsi Dahlia tossed cold water on the 100 fly field at U.S. Trials with an impressive prelims performance Sunday. Dahlia, who won the 100 fly in the 2016 Olympic Trials, set the pace fro...

U.S. Olympic Trials, Day I Prelims: Carson Foster and Chase Kalisz Shine in 400 Individual Medley The men’s 400-meter individual medley is the traditional opener of the United States Olympic Trials, and this year’s edition of the event offered immediate intrigue. Would Chase Kalisz rekindle his past...

Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel Riding Relaxed Confidence into Olympic Trials Katie Ledecky had a smile on her face. She joked about not having tapered in almost two years and anticipated the next series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the New York Islanders, co-owned by her uncle Jon. Next to Ledec...

Tears of Joy and Heartbreak: The Brutal Reality of Olympic Trials Emotions When swimmers have one meet circled on their calendar for years, one chance to make their hopes and dreams come true, emotions might spill over. At the Olympic Trials, you will see screams of jubilation and tears of crushing ...

After a five-year long wait, the US Olympic Trials have finally arrived. With six weeks until the Olympic Games, the United States will begin selecting its Olympic team for the Tokyo Games on Sunday evening as the finals of the 400 IM and men's 400 free will be held. The heats of the men's 100 breas...

Matt Grevers couldn’t contain his excitement when he made the Olympic team in 2012. Sure, he was the top backstroker in the U.S. coming into the meet — and an Olympian in 2008 — but he wasn’t sure he was going to make it. Fast forward four years and the tables were completely turned. Grevers was sur...