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With Olympic Trials Curtain Set to Rise, Jack Alexy Looking to Confirm Sprint-Star Status<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOT ALL SPRINTERS ARE CREATED EQUALLY. Jack Alexy, for his imposing build and rangy strokes, is not to be confused with a splash-and-dasher. When he makes his hay in the sprints, it\u2019s by outswimming his opponents. And his recent collegiate success in the 200 free\u2014with the anaerobic training that got him to the point of outfoxing distance swimmers at NCAAs\u2014bodes very well for his hopes of a big Olympic<\/a> break this summer.<\/em><\/p>\n

BY MATTHEW DE GEORGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

As he appraised his recent performance at the men\u2019s NCAA Championships, Cal\u2019s Jack Alexy wore a wry smile. The whisper of a grimace spoke to expectations of his past. The mirth stemmed\u2014as much as from exhaustion after four days of competition\u2014from looking forward.<\/p>\n

Alexy is a sprinter. No one will question that. And when all was said and done at the IUPUI Natatorium last March, the University of California junior counted two valuable entries to his sprinting r\u00e9sum\u00e9: bronze medals in the 50 and 100 freestyle.<\/p>\n

But his best result\u2014runner-up in the 200 free\u2014wasn\u2019t something he necessarily expected. By the end of this summer\u2019s Olympics in Paris, it may well prove the most consequential and prescient of swims.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m really surprised that was my highest-placing event,\u201d Alexy said before departing Indianapolis. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to correlate really well long-course to the 100 free.\u201d<\/p>\n

BUILDING A BUILD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexy\u2019s rise among the American ranks has been a steady, prototypical climb. As an 18-year-old at Olympic Trials in 2021, the New Jersey native served notice not by making a final, but by taking down a Caeleb Dressel national age group record in the 100. Ultimately, it would land him 10th in the 100 free, 17th in the 50 free and 33rd in the 100 backstroke. With Berkeley next on the itinerary after Omaha, there was room to grow beyond his 6-8 frame.<\/p>\n

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It didn\u2019t come right away, though. Alexy was seventh in the 50 free and ninth in the 50 back to offset a disappointing 24th in the 100 free at U.S. Team Trials in the summer of 2022. That season, he didn\u2019t get anywhere near the best time of 48.69 he set at Trials in 2021, his first break of 49 seconds.<\/p>\n

That merely delayed his coming-out party to the next summer. At Phillips 66 Nationals in 2023, he got under 48 seconds for the first time\u2014a 47.75 in prelims. He was slower in the final, but won, nonetheless, in 47.93. He took second in the 50 free in 21.63.<\/p>\n

It booked passage to Worlds in Fukuoka, where he held up marvelously under a heavy program. He bounced back from a disappointing team performance in netting bronze in the men\u2019s 400 free relay on Day 1 to claim silver in the 50 free and 100 free, the latter in 47.31. He would also add the customary gold in the men\u2019s medley relay with little consternation to go with silver in the mixed 400 free relay (with a flat-start 47.68 off the front).<\/p>\n

Perhaps most tantalizing is how Alexy went about all those medals. His front-end speed in the 50 free was on display, and while no match for Cameron McEvoy, the 21.57 put him among the biggest names in the world. His times in the 100 covered a broad range\u2014out as quickly as 22.26, back as quickly as 24.83. He attacked the 400 free relay in that fastest 50, but only had 25.30 coming home. When he went out slow in the semifinals of the 100 free in 22.98, thanks to a disastrous start, his back-end speed also wasn\u2019t there at 25.08.<\/p>\n

The butter zone seems to be in the middle. His silver in the 100 free came from Lane 8. He went out in 22.48 and came back in 24.83. His first 50 was the fastest in the field, then he came back with the fifth-fastest time. That appears to be Alexy\u2019s pathway to the times he wants in the 100, going out in 22-low and back in 24-high\u2014times that position him to challenge for medals and push the 47-point barrier that will likely be required for the medal stand in Paris.<\/p>\n

IN THE POOL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexy\u2019s journey over the last two years paints the picture of a swimmer secure in his identity in the water, even if it can still generate a pleasant surprise here or there. The training he\u2019s done at Cal is designed to accentuate that.<\/p>\n

For much of the group in Berkeley, the focus in the early part of 2024 turned to long-course training. Even in the leadup to NCAAs, when the group traveled to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to train at altitude, the program centered on long course, with just a brief refresher in yards before NCAAs. It seemed to work just fine for Alexy and Destin Lasco, the 200 individual medley\/200 back champ at NCAAs, who picked up medals for the runner-up Golden Bears while still prepping for the long-course summer.<\/p>\n

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The aerobic workload suits Alexy just fine. It was one of the reasons why, when pondering his third event at NCAAs, he looked at the 20th and 36th places he\u2019s landed in the 100 back each of the last two years and was open to changing his Friday slate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole year has been a lot better at aerobic swimming,\u201d Alexy said. \u201cThe main focus is the 100 freestyle long-course and having that back-end speed. That training has correlated to training 200 free short-course. I didn\u2019t focus too much on racing strategy or specifically 200 free training up until maybe February or January. I had a few dual-meet swims, and that kind of put that in my mind that I could swim it at NCAAs and score some points.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the 1:29.75 in the 200, Alexy scored his best career NCAAs finish, even with the runner-up result in the 100 free as a sophomore. \u201cI really felt the aerobic speed there, and it was fun racing,\u201d he said. It probably won\u2019t make him a contender even for relays at Olympic Trials in the 200\u2014his best time in the long-course 200 free is 1:53.60 from 2018; he went 2:15.50, albeit during heavy training, in March\u2019s TYR Pro Swim Series in Westmont. In a crowded field of contenders around 1:46 this year, that\u2019s too big a jump.<\/p>\n

But Alexy has arguably the highest upside of the band of contenders in the 100 free. Dressel is the obvious wild card, and were it not for relay placement, the 100 free might be the event he\u2019d pull back on if looking to trim his program, with longer odds than either the 100 butterfly or 50 free to see him add to his seven career Olympic gold medals. Alexy (along with Chris Guiliano and Matt King) is firmly in the group of swimmers in their early 20s who have taken the step from elite NCAA swimmers to international contenders. Some of the older generation\u2014Dressel, Ryan Held, Brooks Curry\u2014remain contenders. But the 100 free is rife for someone like Alexy to stamp his authority on it.<\/p>\n

His swims at NCAAs illustrate how good of a place, physically and mentally, he is to mount a charge at that status and at Olympic medals in Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think specifically the 50 and even the 100\u2014it\u2019s a lot about power, especially short course: power, underwaters,\u201d he said. \u201cI know I\u2019m a swimmer on top of the water. That\u2019s really exposed in long course. I\u2019m really happy that the 2-free worked out for me and I could put a good time down, because it not only showed me that I can control my speed in the front half, but I can bring it home with some speed. It also shows I can swim the 200 yards, translate it over to long course, and be ready for this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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