{"id":475267,"date":"2021-06-07T09:57:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=475267"},"modified":"2021-06-07T10:38:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T17:38:54","slug":"us-olympic-trials-wave-i-aurnou-rhees-leads-200-im-armstrong-frick-lead-a-finalists-on-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-olympic-trials-wave-i-aurnou-rhees-leads-200-im-armstrong-frick-lead-a-finalists-on-final-day\/","title":{"rendered":"US Olympic Trials Wave I: Aurnou-Rhees Leads 200 IM, Armstrong & Frick Lead A-Finalists on Final Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Olympic Trials Wave I: Aurnou-Rhees Leads 200 IM, Armstrong & Frick Lead A-Finalists on Final Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

17-year-old\u00a0Spencer Aurnou-Rhees\u00a0<\/strong>of New Albany went from second to last seed to top seed in the heats of the 200 IM on Monday morning at the US Olympic Trials Wave I as he dropped a couple tenths on his best to a 2:03.82. The Texas commit<\/a> came in with a 2:04.0 on the psych sheet and was the only one who had yet to swim a 2:03, which he did in prelims to grab the top seed. He is just outside the all-time top 100 in the 17-18 age group as 2:03.73 is 100th.<\/p>\n

BYU’s\u00a0Tama Tuitama\u00a0<\/strong>swam to the second seed with his own best of 2:03.85 after coming in from an outside lane with a 2:03.9 seed. Indiana’s\u00a0Tristan DeWitt<\/strong> (2:03.96) was the only other swimmer to break 2:04 in the heats as he only added a tenth on his seed but put himself in the thick of things to make the Wave II meet.<\/p>\n

Tualatin Hills’\u00a0Diego Nosack\u00a0<\/strong>swam a 2:04.33 to grab fourth seed after coming in with a 2:03.9 seed time that put him 16th all-time in the 15-16 age group. The 16-year-old is seeded ahead of Texas’\u00a0Colter Carman\u00a0<\/strong>(2:04.36) and Michigan’s Ansel Froass\u00a0<\/strong>(2:04.39).<\/p>\n

Houston Bridge’s\u00a0Jack Armstrong\u00a0<\/strong>raced to the top seed in the 50 free on the final day of US Olympic Trials with a 22.76, breaking 23 seconds for the first time from lane eight in his heat as he emerged from a non-circle seeded heat to grab lane four in the A-Final. Towson’s\u00a0Matthew Essing\u00a0<\/strong>dropped a tenth on his best for a 22.78 to get the second seed after winning the final heat.<\/p>\n

Louisville’s\u00a0Caleb Duncan\u00a0<\/strong>also advanced from an early heat with a 22.79 as all eight finalists broke 23 seconds. 18-year-old\u00a0Eric Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>of Northern Lights in North Dakota swam a 22.80 in breaking 23 for the first time which puts him 38th all-time in the 17-18 age group while 17-year-old Notre Dame commit Chris Guiliano<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>of TOPS Swimming (22.84) put himself 43rd all-time.<\/p>\n

In the men’s 200 breast, 18-year-old Naval Academy commit Jakob Frick\u00a0<\/strong>of Nation’s Capital swam a 2:15.73 to grab lane four for tonight’s Olympic Trials final as he was just 0.02 off his best that has him 52nd all-time in the 17-18 age group. He is seeded ahead of Gaucho’s\u00a0Alec Cullen <\/strong>(2:15.77), who dropped two tenths on his best time to move up from fifth seed to second.<\/p>\n

19-year-old\u00a0Coleman Modglin\u00a0<\/strong>of Zionsville and Purdue finished third with a 2:16.36, lowering his seed by three tenths as he was initially disqualified for a non-simultaneous touch but it was overturned. He is ahead of 18-year-old Florida commit Peter Bretzmann<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.81) of North Carolina Aquatic Club, who also lowered his seed time and is tied for 83rd all-time in the 17-18 age group in this event.<\/p>\n

SMU’s Connor Dalbo <\/strong>(2:16.88) and original top seed Matt Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.95) from Navy are seeded fifth and sixth respectively.<\/p>\n

In the 1500 timed final, 400 free runner-up\u00a0Brice Barrieault\u00a0<\/strong>of Sandpipers of Nevada put himself in contention for Wave II with a 15:40.05 as the 17-year-old Army commit<\/a> dropped three seconds from his seed. He is ahead of Harvard’s Simon Lamar\u00a0<\/strong>(16:02.61) and NC state’s\u00a0Curtis Wiltsey\u00a0<\/strong>(16:05.41).<\/p>\n

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