{"id":209320,"date":"2016-06-27T03:06:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T10:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=209320"},"modified":"2016-06-27T15:06:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T22:06:47","slug":"the-week-that-was-u-s-olympic-selection-kicks-off-for-swimming-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-u-s-olympic-selection-kicks-off-for-swimming-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: U.S. Olympic Selection Kicks Off For Swimming &#038; Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated Olympic Trials for the United States began at the end of this week, the final piece in the puzzle for who we can expect to see on the medal stands in Rio come August. Read below to see what divers and swimmers have made the team and the rest of the big headlines from the week that was!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJBFUMmja2w?rel=0&amp;autoplay=1\" width=\"470\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Week That Was #5 &#8211; Notre Dame, Stanford Add To Coaching Staff<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_204758\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-logo-underwater\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204758\" data-attachment-id=\"204758\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-u-s-olympic-selection-kicks-off-for-swimming-diving\/ncaa-logo-underwater\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1486\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458029230&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ncaa-logo-underwater\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2\/27\/2019&lt;br \/&gt;\n11\/27\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\nncaa-logo-underwater&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Cathleen Pruden&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater-827x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204758\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"ncaa-logo-underwater\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-204758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Cathleen Pruden<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week saw two big coaching announcements in the NCAA. The first was from Notre Dame, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aaron-bell-stays-in-acc-as-new-notre-dame-associate-head-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which announced the addition of <\/span><b>Aaron Bell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as Associate Head Coach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Bell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be staying in the ACC, as he previously held the same role at Virginia Tech since 2014 and was a member of the Hokie coaching staff since 2011. <\/span><b>Mike Litzinger, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Head Coach of the Fighting Irish, commented \u201cThe addition of Coach Bell to our staff is exactly what we need moving forward as a combined program. He is an experienced recruiter, has won on every level and is an accomplished coach. Aaron\u2019s vision complements that of our staff and department perfectly, which is to be among the elite programs in the country.\u201d During <\/span><b>Bell\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">time at Virginia Tech, a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">combined 79 school records and four ACC marks fell, while he also helped bring in four consecutive top-20 recruit classes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second big announcement was from Stanford University, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanford-ncaa-champion-jeff-kostoff-returns-as-assistant-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which announced the addition of <\/span><b>Jeff Kostoff <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the Cardinal staff as an assistant coach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanford-assistant-scott-armstrong-hired-as-johns-hopkins-head-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">departure of <\/span><b>Scott Armstrong <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to John Hopkins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Kostoff <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comes back to Stanford after competing for the Cardinal from 1984-1987, where he was a part of three consecutive national championships and won 5 individual national titles. A multiple school record holder, <\/span><b>Kostoff <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also competed for the U.S. at the Pan American Games and in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. The Stanford Hall of Fame member has been the assistant coach at Indiana for the past three years under the direction of <\/span><b>Ray Looze. <\/b><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Week That Was #4 &#8211; WADA Suspends Rio Testing Lab<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_176256\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fire-set-at-2016-rio-olympic-park-may-be-arson\/2016-rio-olympics-city\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-176256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176256\" data-attachment-id=\"176256\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fire-set-at-2016-rio-olympic-park-may-be-arson\/2016-rio-olympics-city\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-rio-olympics-city.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2464,1640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-rio-olympics-city\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2016-rio-olympics-city&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-rio-olympics-city-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-rio-olympics-city-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176256\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-rio-olympics-city-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"2016-rio-olympics-city\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-176256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The testing lab in Rio de Janeiro that was intended for use with the 2016 Olympic Games <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rio-drug-testing-lab-suspended-worst-case-scenario-for-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The lab had been planned to process Olympic drug test samples during the Games that kick off in less than 2 months. The lab has 21 days to appeal the suspension, but if it is not overturned official will have to look elsewhere to send Olympic samples. This lab suspension comes on the heels of WADA suspending several other labs around the world, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wada-suspends-another-laboratory-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wada-suspends-beijing-labs-accreditation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beijing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wada-revokes-license-of-moscow-antidoping-center\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moscow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Oliver Niggil, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incoming Director General of WADA, said in a press release that athletes should be confident the issue will be resolved and the samples from the Games properly tested: \u201cThe Agency will ensure that, for the time being, samples that would have been intended for the Laboratory, will be transported securely, promptly and with a demonstrable chain of custody to another WADA-accredited laboratory worldwide.\u201d The suspension of this lab adds one more headache to the preparation of the 2016 Rio Games, which kick off August 8th. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; International Stars Gather At Settecolli Trophy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_148500\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bf%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b0-fina-2015-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%82%d1%8b%d0%b9-10\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148500\" data-attachment-id=\"148500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-u-s-olympic-selection-kicks-off-for-swimming-diving\/%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bf%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b0-fina-2015-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%82%d1%8b%d0%b9-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/federica-pellegrini-world-championships-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,724\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u0420\\u0418\\u0410 \\u041d\\u043e\\u0432\\u043e\\u0441\\u0442\\u0438&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;2674622 05.08.2015 \\u0424\\u0435\\u0434\\u0435\\u0440\\u0438\\u043a\\u0430 \\u041f\\u0435\\u043b\\u043b\\u0435\\u0433\\u0440\\u0438\\u043d\\u0438 (\\u0418\\u0442\\u0430\\u043b\\u0438\\u044f) \\u043d\\u0430 \\u0441\\u0442\\u0430\\u0440\\u0442\\u0435 \\u0434\\u0438\\u0441\\u0442\\u0430\\u043d\\u0446\\u0438\\u0438 200 \\u043c \\u0432\\u043e\\u043b\\u044c\\u043d\\u044b\\u043c \\u0441\\u0442\\u0438\\u043b\\u0435\\u043c \\u0432 \\u0444\\u0438\\u043d\\u0430\\u043b\\u0435 \\u0441\\u0440\\u0435\\u0434\\u0438 \\u0436\\u0435\\u043d\\u0449\\u0438\\u043d \\u043d\\u0430 XVI \\u0447\\u0435\\u043c\\u043f\\u0438\\u043e\\u043d\\u0430\\u0442\\u0435 \\u043c\\u0438\\u0440\\u0430 \\u043f\\u043e \\u0432\\u043e\\u0434\\u043d\\u044b\\u043c \\u0432\\u0438\\u0434\\u0430\\u043c \\u0441\\u043f\\u043e\\u0440\\u0442\\u0430 \\u0432 \\u041a\\u0430\\u0437\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438. \\u0412\\u043b\\u0430\\u0434\\u0438\\u043c\\u0438\\u0440 \\u041f\\u0435\\u0441\\u043d\\u044f\\\/\\u0420\\u0418\\u0410 \\u041d\\u043e\\u0432\\u043e\\u0441\\u0442\\u0438&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438783423&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;\\u0427\\u0435\\u043c\\u043f\\u0438\\u043e\\u043d\\u0430\\u0442 \\u043c\\u0438\\u0440\\u0430 FINA 2015. \\u041f\\u043b\\u0430\\u0432\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438\\u0435. \\u0427\\u0435\\u0442\\u0432\\u0435\\u0440\\u0442\\u044b\\u0439 \\u0434\\u0435\\u043d\\u044c. \\u0412\\u0435\\u0447\\u0435\\u0440\\u043d\\u044f\\u044f \\u0441\\u0435\\u0441\\u0441\\u0438\\u044f&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FINA World Championships Federica Pellegrini\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12\/5\/16 &#038; 3\/3\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nFINA World Championships Federica Pellegrini&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: R-Sport \/ MIA Rossiya Segodnya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/federica-pellegrini-world-championships-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/federica-pellegrini-world-championships-1-1024x724.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148500\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/federica-pellegrini-world-championships-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"FINA World Championships Federica Pellegrini\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-148500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: R-Sport \/ MIA Rossiya Segodnya<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three meet records fell this week at the Settecolli Trophy meet in Rome. Two records came on the first day of competition, with <\/span><b>Coralie Balmy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jumping to fourth in the world in the 400 freestyle (4:03.66) and Canadian <\/span><b>Kylie Masse <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">touching the wall in 27.82 in the 50 backstroke. <\/span><b>Laszlo Cseh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> set the third meet record in the 200 butterfly on the second day of the meet, hitting the wall at 1:54.89. While that is about 2 seconds off his world leading 1:52.91, it still would be the sixth fastest time in the world and shows an impressive consistency in that event this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Masse <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also won the 100 backstroke in 59.66, while <\/span><b>Cseh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">notched another win in the 100 butterfly (52.21). <\/span><b>Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showed her intentions for defending her Olympic titles in the sprint events, winning the 50 freestyle in 24.28 and the 100 in 53.14. Notably, <\/span><b>Federica Pellegrini<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> clocked a 53.18 in the 100 freestyle, a new Italian record, and a 1:54.55 in the 200 freestyle to move only behind <\/span><b>Katie Ledecky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the world rankings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/coralie-balmy-jumps-to-4th-in-world-in-400-free-at-settecolli-trophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day One Results<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/laszlo-cseh-clocks-200-fly-meet-record-at-settecolli-trophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day Two Results<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/federica-pellegrini-posts-worlds-2nd-fastest-200-freestyle-at-settecolli-trophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day Three Results<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimoutlet.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"134900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-competition-heats-up-in-usa-and-australia\/twtw_graphic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Week That Was\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By SwimOutlet.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-134900\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"The Week That Was\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; 2016 U.S. Diving Trials <\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_128825\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pressure-whos-the-boss\/steele-johnson-purdue\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128825\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128825\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/steele-johnson-purdue-mncaa-di-2015-0772-e1427465555752-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Steele Johnson Purdue\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. Olympic Diving Trials were underway this week in Indianapolis prior to the start of the swimming in Omaha, and there was no shortage of excitement on the board. 2012 gold medalist <\/span><b>David Boudia <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/david-boudia-qualifies-for-third-olympics-with-synchro-partner-steele-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qualified for what will be his third Olympics after winning the synchronized 10-meter event with partner <\/span><b>Steele Johnson<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who qualified for his first Olympic Games. <\/span><b>Boudia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also won 10-meter, while <\/span><b>Steele Johnson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">came out on top of a close fight for second. A big winner on the men\u2019s side was<\/span><b> Kristian Ipsen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kristian-ipsen-katrina-young-qualify-for-rio-michael-hixon-jessica-parratto-add-events\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who on the third night of the competition became a two-time Olympian by capturing the individual 3-meter title<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to go with his 3-meter synchro title from earlier in the meet. <\/span><b>Michael Hixon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qualified for his first Olympics, finishing behind <\/span><b>Ipsen <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">individually on 3-meter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-hixon-sam-dorman-amy-cozad-jessica-parrato-become-first-time-olympians\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while winning synchronized 3-meter with his partner <\/span><b>Sam Dorman<\/b><\/a><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the women\u2019s side, <\/span><b>Amy Cozad <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Jessica Parratto <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kristian-ipsen-katrina-young-qualify-for-rio-michael-hixon-jessica-parratto-add-events\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">finished first on synchronized 3-meter to both become first time Olympians<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as did <\/span><b>Katrina Young <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who had a late charge to qualify individually on 10-meter. <\/span><b>Parratto <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also qualified individually by winning the 10-meter title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, four-time Olympian <\/span><b>Troy Dumais <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did not qualify for what would have been a record fifth Olympic Games after finishing fourth in the individual 3-meter event. The 36 year old announced after his competition that he was retiring, and received a standing ovation from the crowd before his final dive. For full coverage from the 2016 U.S. Diving Olympic Trials, head over to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2016-usa-diving-olympic-team-trials\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event Coverage Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; U.S. Olympic Trials Kick Off In Omaha<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_209230\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maya-dirado-7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209230\" data-attachment-id=\"209230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-u-s-olympic-selection-kicks-off-for-swimming-diving\/maya-dirado-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/maya-dirado-maya-dirado-2016-o-trials-0928.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. 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Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/maya-dirado-maya-dirado-2016-o-trials-0928-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/maya-dirado-maya-dirado-2016-o-trials-0928-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-209230\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/maya-dirado-maya-dirado-2016-o-trials-0928-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"maya-dirado-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-209230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S Olympic Trials are always the meet where anything can happen, and night one proved that. Coming in as the defending Olympic Gold Medalist in the 400 IM, <\/span><b>Ryan Lochte <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">looked poised to capture his third Olympic berth in the event through the 200 mark of the final. But <\/span><b>Lochte <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">faded through the second half of the race, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chase-kalisz-and-jay-litherland-claim-first-olympic-berths-at-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>Chase Kalisz <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">catching him on breaststroke and <\/span><b>Jay Litherland <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">running him down the last 50<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That is the first Olympic berth for both of the Georgia Bulldogs. <\/span><b>Maya DiRado <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maya-dirado-becomes-first-time-olympian-with-400-im-win-elizabeth-beisel-makes-third-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also earned her first Olympic berth in the 400 IM, winning in 4:33.73<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while <\/span><b>Elizabeth Beisel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made her third Olympic team touching second in 4:36.81. The men\u2019s 400 freestyle was the only other final of the night, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/connor-jaeger-conor-dwyer-earn-rio-berths-in-400-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where the two veterans <\/span><b>Connor Jaeger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Conor Dwyer<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tracked down Texas swimmers <\/span><b>Townley Haas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Clark Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to both make their second Olympic teams. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In semi-final action, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dana-vollmer-takes-top-spot-for-tomorrows-100-fly-final\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Dana Vollmer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be the top seed for the finals of the women\u2019s 100 butterfly after leading her heat in 56.90<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Kelsi Worrell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be the second seed in 57.12, slightly off her prelims swim of 56.84. Expect these two to lead the way through the final. In the final event of the night, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kevin-cordes-breaks-american-us-open-records-in-100-breaststroke\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Kevin Cordes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set a new American record in the 100 breaststroke, touching in 58.94<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Cody Miller <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is right behind him in 59.09, with <\/span><b>Josh Prenot,<\/b> <b>Michael Andrew, Andrew Wilson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Nic Fink <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all breaking 1:00 to end up in the A final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all of the latest Olympic Trials coverage, head over to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2016-us-olympic-swimming-trials\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Olympic Trials Landing Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated Olympic Trials for the United States began at the end of this week, the final piece in the puzzle for who we can expect to see on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":209233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,41226],"tags":[57263,57387,57736,53330,57896,55209,57864,25466,25490,25629,24850,8581,57897,24919,26168,34753,37335,4351,25833,25176,26831,26699,25824,8153,35244,35,19138,327,40852,2887,22376,57640,9828],"class_list":["post-209320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-weekly-review-videos","tag-100-breaststroke","tag-100-butterfly","tag-2016-rio-de-janiero-olympics","tag-2016-rio-olympics","tag-400-freestyle","tag-400-im","tag-aaron-bell","tag-andrew-wilson","tag-chase-kalisz","tag-connor-jaeger","tag-conor-dwyer","tag-dana-vollmer","tag-dave-boudia","tag-diving-2","tag-elizabeth-beisel","tag-federica-pelligrini","tag-jay-litherland","tag-jeff-kostoff","tag-josh-prenot","tag-kevin-cordes","tag-laszlo-cseh","tag-maya-dirado","tag-michael-andrew","tag-notre-dame","tag-ranomi-kromowidjojo","tag-rio-de-janeiro","tag-ryan-lochte","tag-stanford","tag-steele-johnson","tag-troy-dumais","tag-u-s-diving","tag-u-s-olympic-trials","tag-wada"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>The Week That Was: U.S. Olympic Selection Kicks Off For Swimming &amp; 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