{"id":210510,"date":"2016-07-01T06:44:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T13:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=210510"},"modified":"2016-07-01T09:32:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:32:57","slug":"morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Splash: Olympians Missy Franklin and Tom Shields Take Aim At Signature Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

By David Rieder<\/em><\/p>\n

Missy Franklin<\/strong> stood in the mixed zone speaking with reporters, a massive burden clearly lifted off her shoulders. Franklin had finished second in the 200 free, securing her spot on the Olympic team after a disappointing seventh-place finish in the 100 back the night before.<\/p>\n

But then Franklin got distracted by the screen behind her that showed a slightly-delayed video feed of the men\u2019s 200 fly final. \u201cCome on, Tom!\u201d she cheered as Tom Shields<\/strong>, like Franklin a former NCAA champion at Cal Berkeley, was holding onto the second spot and even gaining on Michael Phelps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYay, Tom!\u201d Franklin screamed as Shields touched the wall for his first-ever Olympic berth.<\/p>\n

After the swim, I asked Shields how he managed to hold on and get to the wall on the last 50, a spot in the race where he typically struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnger,\u201d Shields responded. \u201cAnger at you guys. Every single one of you bet against me. That drives me. Just like it drives anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I did bet against Shields\u2014in my bold predictions for day four, I picked Phelps and Jack Conger<\/strong> to be the two American representatives heading to Rio for the 200 fly. But in the 100 fly, I picked Shields. And as Shields goes into his signature event tomorrow, all the pressure is lifted.<\/p>\n

Even though the outcome was exactly what Shields had desired, the time of 1:55.81 was nothing special and may not even be enough to final at the Olympic Games. Similarly, Franklin\u2019s 1:56.18 will not be nearly enough for a medal in a crowded field in Rio that will include fellow American and gold medal favorite Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, Italy\u2019s Federica Pellegrini<\/strong>,\u00a0Sweden\u2019s Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> and Hungary\u2019s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But both are on the team. Outside of a few select races Trials has not been an especially quick meet, but times here simply do not matter. Get first or second and you\u2019re a winner. Get third, and you\u2019re going home. Franklin and Shields both got second Wednesday night. No one can win Olympic medals in Omaha, and both will have their chances to swim faster once they get to Rio.<\/p>\n

But with that said, maybe these two will be able to open things up a bit now and put up good, quality times in their signature events.<\/p>\n

Franklin will compete in the 200 back beginning this morning. The 100 freestyle did not go her way Thursday night as she finished a disappointing 11th in 54.24, but she has appeared much more comfortable this week in races of the 200-meter distance, and the 200 back has long been her signature event. It was the one in which she won her first World title in 2011, and she holds the world record in the event with a 2:04.06 set on her way to Olympic gold in 2012.<\/p>\n

But Emily Seebohm<\/strong> got the better of Franklin in last year\u2019s World Championship final, blasting a 31.14 final split to swim\u00a0right past a fading Franklin. Franklin will without a doubt want to post a strong swim as she seeks to right the ship when the two meet again in Rio.<\/p>\n

Franklin admitted Wednesday night that it had been difficult to deal with all of the expectations of greatness that resulted from her four-gold effort in London and then her six victories at the World Championships a year later. But in a sport where momentum can quickly snowball in the wrong direction, Franklin did not let one bad final completely derail her mentality.<\/p>\n

Her poor start and turns will not be a major hindrance in the 200 back as they were in the two-lapper, and she looked strong the last 15 meters of her 100 back. Franklin figures to be a huge favorite\u2014she enters the event as top seed, almost two seconds ahead of Maya DiRado<\/strong>\u2014so she should be able to relax and focus on her own race without much worry about getting caught.<\/p>\n

As for Shields, the 200 fly has been a decent event for him over the past several years\u2014he was the U.S. National champion in the event in 2014 and finished eighth in the event at the World Championships last summer\u2014but it\u2019s the 100 fly where he\u2019s made an impact internationally.<\/p>\n

Shields was the top qualifier into the 100 fly final in Kazan with a time of 51.03, and he swam just a tick slower to finish a close fourth in the final. A day later he pitched in with a 50.59 fly split on the 400 medley relay that proved valuable as anchor Nathan<\/strong> Adrian<\/strong> held off Australia\u2019s Cameron McEvoy<\/strong> by just 0.15 to win the gold medal.<\/p>\n

Phelps will again be favored to win the 100 fly\u2014he faded badly down the stretch of his 200 fly, but the speed he showed in his excellent front half should translate into a strong performance in the shorter distance. But Shields should have a sub-51 swim in the tank, too, and it\u2019s not clear that anyone else in the field can get down to that level this week.<\/p>\n

Franklin needed to qualify for her second Olympic team and Shields his first. Both felt the pressure, and after perhaps-messy but certainly-effective races Wednesday night, that pressure has let up.<\/p>\n

Both are swimming in their signature events this morning. And perhaps in those finals they\u2019ll be ready for signature performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By David Rieder Missy Franklin stood in the mixed zone speaking with reporters, a massive burden clearly lifted off her shoulders. Franklin had finished second in the 200 free, securing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":210282,"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":[3,17,7],"tags":[56855,27536,25272,27550,35044,25031,25129,26699,6302,25136,32196,25424],"class_list":["post-210510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-commentary","category-usa","tag-2016-us-olympic-swimming-trials","tag-cameron-mcevoy","tag-david-rieder","tag-emily-seebohm","tag-federica-pellegrini","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-katinka-hosszu","tag-maya-dirado","tag-michael-phelps","tag-missy-franklin","tag-sarah-sjostrom","tag-tom-shields"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nMorning Splash: Olympians Franklin & Shields in Their Signature Events<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Missy Franklin will swim the 200 back this morning and Tom Shields the 100 fly with both having already qualified for the Olympic Team.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morning Splash: Olympians Missy Franklin and Tom Shields Take Aim At Signature Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Missy Franklin will swim the 200 back this morning and Tom Shields the 100 fly with both having already qualified for the Olympic Team.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-01T13:44:23+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-07-01T16:32:57+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@David_Rieder\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\"},\"headline\":\"Morning Splash: Olympians Missy Franklin and Tom Shields Take Aim At Signature Events\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-01T13:44:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-01T16:32:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/\"},\"wordCount\":896,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials\",\"Cameron McEvoy\",\"David Rieder\",\"Emily Seebohm\",\"Federica Pellegrini\",\"Katie Ledecky\",\"Katinka Hosszu\",\"Maya DiRado\",\"Michael Phelps\",\"Missy Franklin\",\"Sarah Sjostrom\",\"Tom Shields\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Commentary\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/\",\"name\":\"Morning Splash: Olympians Franklin & Shields in Their Signature Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-01T13:44:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-01T16:32:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Missy Franklin will swim the 200 back this morning and Tom Shields the 100 fly with both having already qualified for the Olympic Team.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1600,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Morning Splash: Olympians Missy Franklin and Tom Shields Take Aim At Signature Events\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\",\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Morning Splash: Olympians Franklin & Shields in Their Signature Events","description":"Missy Franklin will swim the 200 back this morning and Tom Shields the 100 fly with both having already qualified for the Olympic Team.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Morning Splash: Olympians Missy Franklin and Tom Shields Take Aim At Signature Events","og_description":"Missy Franklin will swim the 200 back this morning and Tom Shields the 100 fly with both having already qualified for the Olympic Team.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2016-07-01T13:44:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-07-01T16:32:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2400,"height":1600,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@David_Rieder","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/"},"author":{"name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af"},"headline":"Morning Splash: Olympians Missy Franklin and Tom Shields Take Aim At Signature Events","datePublished":"2016-07-01T13:44:23+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-01T16:32:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/"},"wordCount":896,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg","keywords":["2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials","Cameron McEvoy","David Rieder","Emily Seebohm","Federica Pellegrini","Katie Ledecky","Katinka Hosszu","Maya DiRado","Michael Phelps","Missy Franklin","Sarah Sjostrom","Tom Shields"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Commentary","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/","name":"Morning Splash: Olympians Franklin & Shields in Their Signature Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg","datePublished":"2016-07-01T13:44:23+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-01T16:32:57+00:00","description":"Missy Franklin will swim the 200 back this morning and Tom Shields the 100 fly with both having already qualified for the Olympic Team.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg","width":2400,"height":1600,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-olympians-missy-franklin-and-tom-shields-take-aim-signature-events\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Morning Splash: Olympians Missy Franklin and Tom Shields Take Aim At Signature Events"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af","name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"David Rieder - Senior Writer"},"description":"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/missy-franklin-2016-o-trials-6254.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-SLk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}