US Olympic Trials: Day Three Prelims Heat Sheets

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After a five-year long wait, the US Olympic Trials have finally arrived. With six weeks until the Olympic Games, the United States will be selecting its Olympic team this week in Omaha, Nebraska. The prelims of the women’s 200 free, 200 IM and 1500, and the men’s 200 fly will be held on Tuesday morning with the finals of the men’s and women’s 100 back, men’s 200 free and women’s 100 breast taking place on Tuesday night.

Prelims will begin at 10 a.m. central standard time from Omaha, Nebraska and will be streamed on NBCOlympics.com.

Katie Ledecky will be racing twice on Tuesday morning with the heats of the 200 and 1500 freestyle as she will look to add to her Tokyo lineup in both those events after winning the 400 free on Monday night. She will lead a slew of contenders for the 4×200 free as well as the first time we will get to see Rio gold medalist Simone Manuel race at Trials.

Madisyn Cox will look to bounce back from a disappointing 400 IM swim to potentially make the team in the 200 IM as she is the top seed in that event ahead of Melanie Margalis. Potential first-time Olympians Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass from Virginia should also factor into who makes the 200 IM top two on Wednesday night.

In the men’s 200 fly, 19-year-old Luca Urlando is the top seed on the heat sheet in the post Michael Phelps era in this event. He is seeded ahead of 2019 Worlds finalist Zach Harting and Cal’s Trenton Julian. Unsurprisingly, Caeleb Dressel is out of the 200 fly heats as the 100 free will begin Wednesday morning.

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