{"id":613047,"date":"2025-06-05T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=613047"},"modified":"2025-06-05T09:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:44:34","slug":"u-s-nationals-olympic-medalists-line-up-in-400-im-on-day-three-prelims-heat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-nationals-olympic-medalists-line-up-in-400-im-on-day-three-prelims-heat-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Nationals: Olympic Medalists Line Up in 400 IM on Day Three (Prelims Heat Sheet)"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Nationals: Olympic Medalists Line Up in 400 IM on Day Three (Prelims Heat Sheet)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Thursday morning prelims session at U.S. Nationals will include qualifying races in the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 50 breaststroke and 50 backstroke. The five-day meet is being held at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the full heat sheet.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A pair of Olympic medalists in the women’s 400 IM highlight that event, with\u00a0Katie Grimes<\/strong> in the final heat and\u00a0Emma Weyant<\/strong> one heat earlier. There will be plenty of competition, though, particularly with\u00a0teenager\u00a0Audrey Derivaux<\/strong> and NCAA champion\u00a0Caroline Bricker<\/strong> racing alongside Weyant. Bricker is the only one of those swimmers already on the Worlds team, having won the 200 fly Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Carson Foster<\/strong> is the big favorite in the men’s event, and he will be joined in the last heat by Olympic teammates\u00a0Bobby Finke<\/strong> and Kieran Smith<\/strong>, both of whom train at the University of Florida. Second-seeded\u00a0Rex Maurer<\/strong> goes one heat earlier.<\/p>\n

The women’s 100 fly sees Olympic champion\u00a0Torri Huske<\/strong> and world-record holder\u00a0Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> in the last two women’s heats while\u00a0Regan Smith<\/strong>, a potential spoiler, is one heat prior. The men’s event has\u00a0Dare Rose<\/strong> in the first circle-seeded heat, with\u00a0Shaine Casas<\/strong> one heat later and the\u00a0Thomas Heilman<\/strong>–Luca Urlando<\/strong>–Michael Andrew<\/strong> grouping in the last heat.<\/p>\n

Lilly King<\/strong> races in the second-to-last heat of the women’s 50 breast with 200 breast Olympic champion\u00a0Kate Douglass<\/strong> while\u00a0Skyler Smith<\/strong> is the top seed in the event, with fellow college standout\u00a0McKenzie Siroky<\/strong> one lane away. The men’s field features Andrew, the 2022 Worlds bronze medalist in the event, as the favorite while\u00a0Brian Benzing<\/strong> is the second seed.<\/p>\n

Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> holds the top seed in the women’s 50 back ahead of\u00a0Regan Smith<\/strong>.\u00a0Claire Curzan<\/strong> swims next to Berkoff in the final heat, with Smith and\u00a0Leah Shackley<\/strong> one heat prior.\u00a0Shaine Casas\u00a0<\/strong>is the clear favorite in the men’s event while\u00a0Quintin McCarty<\/strong> and Andrew also in lane four in their respective heats.<\/p>\n