{"id":502828,"date":"2022-04-18T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=502828"},"modified":"2022-04-17T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T22:37:16","slug":"the-week-that-was-usa-swimming-announces-qualifying-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-usa-swimming-announces-qualifying-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: USA Swimming Announces Qualifying Procedures for World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was, sponsored by Suitmate<\/em><\/p>\n

The Week That Was featured USA Swimming qualifying procedures for the upcoming world championship trials, Flynn Southam breaking a Kyle Chalmers record, and more.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #1: USA Swimming Announces Qualifying Procedures for Upcoming World Championships<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

by Dan D’Addona<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

USA Swimming has released the selection process for the upcoming 2022 FINA World Championships as well as the Junior Pan Pacific Championships and Mel Zajac International meet.<\/p>\n

The U.S. teams for these events will be selected at the International team Trials in Greensboro, N.C.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #2: Australian Age Champs: Flying Flynn Southam Takes Down A Kyle Chalmers Record And Gives Thorpie A Nudge Along The Way<\/h3>\n

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by Ian Hanson<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

One of the rising stars of Australian swimming, Bond University\u2019s\u00a0Flynn Southam\u00a0<\/strong>has taken down a\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong><\/a> 100m freestyle record, clocking a sizzling 48.60, also giving\u00a0Ian Thorpe<\/strong>\u00a0a nudge along the way in the Australian Age Swimming Championships in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Last night Southam broke Chalmers 16 years Australian Age record of 48.69, set back in 2015, just 12 months before he captured Olympic gold in Rio.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #3: Ahead of U.S. Trials, the Top-15 Female Swimmers in the Country<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

by David Rieder<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

With the U.S. Trials for this summer\u2019s World Championships coming up in less than two weeks, it is time to assess the best American female swimmers. We previously discussed\u00a0the top-15 men<\/a>, and now we will rank the top-15 American female swimmers based on their abilities in the long course pool and their chances to win medals at the World Championships.<\/p>\n

The American women are coming off a very strong 15-medal performance at the Tokyo Olympics. Only three of those medals were gold, none of them in relays, but the team managed to win medals in nine out of 14 individual events and place top-five in three of the five non-medal events. Ten of the 26 swimmers who represented the U.S. in the pool were teenagers, and the shortened Olympic cycle leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics should put members of that group in a position to thrive over the next few years.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #4: An Homage From An Official: How Erik Vendt Played the Starting Game to Perfection<\/h3>\n
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Erik Vendt and Michael Phelps were just two members of the Sydney Six. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Guest Editorial by Cynthia Millen Roberts<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

It was at a Grand Prix Meet at the\u00a0University of Michigan<\/a>\u00a0where I observed the full beauty and brilliance of swimming, and it was exhibited so perfectly by a swimmer who did not win a race.<\/p>\n

I have been thinking about that swimmer often after the events of this year in collegiate swimming\u2014events which are an anathema and ugly antithesis to everything competitive swimming represents.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #5: Duncan Scott Wins 200 Free For Third Title Of British Champs As James Guy Hails \u201cA Skinnier Version Of Michael Phelps\u201d<\/h3>\n
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Duncan Scott & Michael Phelps, Rio 2016: Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol, Scottish Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n

by Liz Byrnes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Duncan Scott<\/strong>\u00a0beat the Olympic champion to win the 200 free following a British Championships which underlined his all-round excellence and led\u00a0James Guy<\/strong>\u00a0to describe him as \u201clike a Michael Phelps \u2013 but a skinnier version\u201d.<\/p>\n