FEATURES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by David Rieder<\/em> 016 GABE WOODWARD’S OLYMPIC PRAYER<\/strong> 018 JEFF FARRELL INSPIRES A NATION<\/strong> 022 BREEJA LARSON’S RISE TO THE OLYMPIC STAGE<\/strong> 026 KIM BLACK’S 1-HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND<\/strong> 028 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY ONE<\/strong> 030 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY TWO<\/strong> 032 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY THREE<\/strong> 034 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY FOUR<\/strong> 036 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY FIVE<\/strong> 038 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY SIX<\/strong> 040 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY SEVEN<\/strong> 042 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: DAY EIGHT<\/strong> 043 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Swimming World Biweekly: June 23, 2016 Issue FEATURES U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS PREVIEW by David Rieder U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska is the most exciting, most intense swimming event in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":208799,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[56108,56739],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-208765","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-swimming-world-biweekly-1","7":"product_cat-2016-biweekly","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"downloadable","12":"virtual","13":"sold-individually","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nU.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS PREVIEW<\/h4>\n
\nU.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska is the most exciting, most intense swimming event in the country…In just eight days of competition, the realization of one’s hopes and dreams will soon be revealed.
\nDAY 1–PG.8
\nDAY 2–PG. 8
\nDAY 3–PG. 9
\nDAY 4–PG. 10
\nDAY 5–PG. 11
\nDAY 6–PG. 12
\nDAY 7–PG. 13
\nDAY 8–PG. 14<\/p>\nHISTORIC SURPRISES AT U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS<\/h4>\n
SPONSORED BY HASTY AWARDS<\/em><\/h5>\n
\nby Chuck Warner<\/em>
\nAfter Gabe Woodward graduated from USC in 2001, it seemed that his swimming career was over. For nearly two years, he didn’t race or train. But his strong faith brought him back to the psort in 2003.<\/p>\n
\nby Annie Grevers<\/em>
\nIn 1960, sportswriters had dubbed Jeff Farrell “the fastest swimmer in the world.” However, less than a week before the U,S, Olympic Trials, he underwent an emergency appendectomy. Doctors gave him six weeks to recover, yet only six days after surgery, he was back on the blocks.<\/p>\n
\nby Annie Grevers<\/em>
\nBreeja Larson first became interested in swimming when she was in eighth grade. But she also participated in volleyball, softball and track–and it wasn’t until she was 17 that she first began to take swimming seriously. Only three years later, she found herself at the U.S. Olympic Trials…<\/p>\n
\nby Chuck Warner<\/em>
\nAt the 1996 Olympic Trials, Kim Black missed qualifying for the semifinals of the women’s 50 free by 1-hundredth of a second. In 2000, the tables were turned in her favor…<\/p>\nBOLD PREDICTIONS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS<\/h4>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nAdmit it, you’ve felt the Olympic buzz. Maybe you’ve seen the Olympic rings and the countdown to the Games on your local NBC station. Maybe you’ve seen an article in your local newspaper about some teenage superstar making their first Olympic Trials cut…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nMost likely, something crazy will have happened on night one of Olympic Trials. Could have been a World or American record. Someone (Ryan Lochte) might have qualified for his fourth Olympic team or someone else (Elizabeth Beisel( her third…Well, not to worry, sports fans. There will be plenty of exciting races on night two.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nDay three of the Olympic Trials will be the first with four finals on the docket, and they should be four pretty good finals…There’s the 200 free, where the top six will qualify for the 800 free relay; the 100 backstrokes, where the Americans typically excel.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nBy day four of the Olympic Trials, you should probably have your routine figured out. You should be comfortable by now pretending to be productive at work while really watching the live stream of prelims…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nThe United States has not had the greatest success with the men’s 400 free relay as of late. Since Jason Lezak’s heroic anchor leg at the 2008 Olympics and another memorable win at the World Championships a year later, the Americans have an 0-for-gold streak running in the event.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nThink of the factors that decide who makes the Olympic team in an event: talent, hard work, perseverance, nutrition and effective recovery are all key to grabbing one of those elusive 40-50 spots. The event schedule? A bigger factor than one might realize…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nDay seven. The Olympic Trials will have been going for a full week at that point, and new Olympians will have qualified in 20 different events. So, yeah, the finish line is near…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nAll good things must come to an end, right? Today’s will be the last of our bold predictions for Olympic Trials, and here you will find the choices to make the team in the final two events of the meet, the women’s 50 free and men’s 1500 free.<\/p>\n