2024 U.S. OLYMPIC Preliminaries: DAY 4 FINALS LIVE RECAP
2024 U.S. OLYMPIC Preliminaries
June 15-23, 2024
Lucas Oil Arena — Indianapolis, IN
LCM (50 Meters)
Meeting Start Times (ET):
11 a.m. Prelims
7:45 p.m. Finals (changing in view of transmission needs)
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Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
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The fourth night meeting from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries is semi-last weighty, with four arrangements of semis to oblige two finals where two swimmers will authoritatively get spots in the group going to Paris.
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The main last of the night will be the ladies' 100 backstroke, where everyone's eyes will be on Regan Smith after she raged to another American Record of 57.47 in the semis, only 11 one-hundredths short of Kaylee McKeown's reality record (57.33).
World record watch will be in full impact for Smith this evening, while Katharine Berkoff is a major #1 to land the second spot after she turned out to be only the fifth swimmer in history to go under 58 seconds in the semis (57.83).
Next up will be the men's 800 free-form, featured by safeguarding Olympic hero Bobby Finke. Be that as it may, Finke will not have Path 4 this evening, as the qualification of favorite has a place with 18-year-old Luke Whitlock, who broke out prior in the meet in the 400 free and invest the top energy of 7:51.22 in the prelims. His best season of 7:50.20 is a little more than two seconds short of the 17-18 Public Age Gathering Record set by Larsen Jensen in 2003 (7:48.09).
The four arrangements of semi-finals vow to invigorate too.
Men's without 100 - Jack Alexy on world record watch? He's still close to three-tenths back, however the Cal runner is falling off a singing quick prelim swim of 47.08, binds him with Kyle Chalmers for #8 all-time. Alexy will swim close by Caeleb Dressel (47.82) in the subsequent semi, while the two other sub-48s of the morning, Chris Guiliano (47.65) and Tracker Armstrong (47.93) head the main intensity.
Men's 200 fly - The occasion is looking totally open after Carson Cultivate no-showed the prelims and Thomas Heilman was just eighth today and hasn't seen his best (yet). Artisan Laur and Luca Urlando hold the best two seeds coming into this evening, with those two and Dare Rose the main three sub-1:56 in the prelims.
Ladies' without 100 - No deficiency of interest here. Simone Manuel and Monastery Weitzeil, who addressed the U.S. in this occasion quite a while back in Rio (with Manuel winning gold), will be in Path 4 in every one of their separate semis in the wake of posting the main twice of the morning. Favorite coming in Kate Douglass and brand new 100 fly world record holder Gretchen Walsh will flank Manuel in the subsequent semi, while Torri Huske joins Weitzeil in the primary intensity.
Men's 200 bosom - AJ Pocket had a major advancement swim toward the beginning of today, squashing his kid best time by more than eight-tenths of a second in 2:08.25, landing him the #1 seed for the semis. Josh Matheny (2:09.59) and Matt Fallon (2:09.81) were the main two others sub-2:10 earlier today. The young men's 17-18 Bother rankings likewise saw a purge in the prelims, as three swimmers moved into the main 10 all-time and made the semis: Josh Bey, Jordan Willis and Gabe Nunziata.
MEN'S 100 Free-form — SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 46.80 — Dish Zhanle (CHN), 2024
American Record: 46.96 — Caeleb Dressel, 2019
U.S. Open Record: 47.08 — Jack Alexy (USA), 2024
World Junior Record: 46.86 - David Popovici (ROU), 2022
2021 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries Champion: Caeleb Dressel, 47.39
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 48.34
Finals Qualifiers:
Chris Guiliano (ND), 47.25
Jack Alexy (CAL), 47.33
Caeleb Dressel (GSC), 47.53
Tracker Armstrong (NYAC), 47.59
Destin Lasco (CAL), 47.90
Macguire McDuff (FLOR), 48.04
Ryan Held (NYAC), 48.05
Matt Lord (TFA), 48.11
After the blasting quick prelims of the men's without 100 toward the beginning of today, the semis didn't dishearten as five men plunged under the 48-second obstruction and it required 48.11 just to successfully return to the upcoming last.
Driving things off in the principal semi was Chris Guiliano, who keeps on riding the gigantic rush of energy he made toward the start of the week in the 200 free as the Notre Lady item rolled out another lifetime best, timing a rankling 47.25.
Guiliano moves to #13 all-time in the occasion and #3 among Americans, bringing down his past best of 47.49 set in February.
Tracker Armstrong shut like a cargo train to contact second to Guiliano in the intensity, returning home in 24.45 to clock another best season of 47.59 and advance fourth into the last.
All-Time Entertainers, Men's 100 Free-form (LCM)
Container Zhanle (CHN), 46.80 - 2024
David Popovici (ROU), 46.86 - 2022
Cesar Cielo (BRA), 46.91 - 2009
Alain Bernard (FRA), 46.94 - 2009
Caeleb Dressel (USA), 46.96 - 2019
Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 47.04 - 2016
Eamon Sullivan (AUS), 47.05 - 2008
Kyle Chalmers (AUS)/Jack Alexy (USA), 47.08 - 2019/2024
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James Magnussen (AUS), 47.10 - 2012
Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 47.11 - 2021
Fred Bousquet (FRA), 47.15 - 2009
Chris Guiliano (USA), 47.25 - 2024
The subsequent semi didn't dishearten either, as shiny new U.S. Open Record holder Jack Alexy clashed with safeguarding Olympic hero Caeleb Dressel.
Alexy showed some stunning rate opening up, flipping under world record pace in 22.25 at the 50, however Dressel showed a piece of his protected late flood to make it close toward the end, as Alexy contacted in 47.33 and Dressel was somewhat close behind in 47.53.
The ideal opportunity for Dressel is his quickest in two years and his twelfth speediest ever.
The U.S. presently has four men inside the world's main seven this season.
MEN'S 200 BUTTERFLY - SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN) - 2022 Big showdowns
American Record: 1:51.51, Michael Phelps - 2009 Big showdowns
U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20, Michael Phelps (USA) - 2008 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries
World Junior Record: 1:53.79, Kristof Milak (hun) - 2017 European Junior Titles
2021 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries Champion: 1:55.06, Zach Harting
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:55.78
Finals Qualifiers:
Luca Urlando (DART), 1:54.64
Thomas Heilman (CA-Y), 1:54.93
Bricklayer Laur (FLOR), 1:55.05
Dare Rose (CAL), 1:55.25
Jack Dahlgren (TRI), 1:55.65
Colby Mefford (CAL), 1:55.72
Zach Harting (CARD), 1:56.52
Trenton Julian (MVN), 1:56.73
Luca Urlando put on a great showcase in the main semi of the men's 200 fly, moving to an unequivocal triumph in a period of 1:54.64 to snatch the favorite heading into the upcoming last.
The swim for Urlando, who invested energy preparing at ASU as of late however has declared his re-visitation of the NCAA next season at Georgia, is his quickest starting around 2022 and the fifth speediest of his profession.
He set a rankling rhythm right on time, out in 1:23.58 at the 150, however blurred a piece over the last 50, parting 31.06 — something to look for the last.
The subsequent semi saw last year's Public winner and the fourth spot finisher at the Big showdowns, Thomas Heilman, execute a comparative technique to Urlando, going out quick and holding off the charge from the others getting back home.
The 17-year-old was squeezed by Florida's Bricklayer Laur however hung tight, contacting in 1:54.93 for another season-best and the #2 seed for the last. Laur followed up his PB in the prelims by bringing it somewhere near .04 this evening, contacting in 1:55.05 for third by and large.
Cal's Challenge Rose, previous Mizzou star Jack Dahlgren and Cal's Colby Mefford all set new private outclasses themselves to progress in fourth, fifth and sixth, all sub-1:56.
WOMEN'S 100 BACKSTROKE - Last
World Record: 57.33, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) - 2023 World Cup - Budapest
American Record: 57.47, Regan Smith - 2024 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries
U.S. Open Record: 57.47, Regan Smith (USA) - 2024 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries
World Junior Record: 57.57, Regan Smith (USA) - 2019 Big showdowns
2021 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries Champion: 58.35, Regan Smith
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 59.99
Regan Smith (TXLA), 57.13 WR
Katharine Berkoff (WOLF), 57.91
Kennedy Honorable (WOLF), 58.81
Josephine Fuller (TENN), 59.03
Rhyan White (WOLF), 59.07
Phoebe Bacon (UW), 59.37
Leah Shackley (BRY), 59.40
Claire Curzan (TAC), 59.57
Once more regan Smith is the world record holder in the ladies' 100 back.
Five years after she at first broke the imprint in 2019, Smith recovered the record from Australia's Kaylee McKeown with an impeccable exhibition before a pressed Lucas Oil Arena in Indianapolis, raging to a period of 57.13 to knock two-tenths off McKeown's unequaled characteristic of 57.33 from last October.
"It was essential for the arrangement," Smith said in her post-race interview, alluding to getting her reality record back.
Coming into the meet having broken the American Record last month in 57.51, Smith let her Public discount to 57.47 in the semis prior to dropping this shocker this evening.
Part Correlation
MCKEOWN, OCTOBER 2023 SMITH, Preliminaries SEMIS SMITH, Preliminaries Last
28.15 28.02 27.94
57.33 (29.18) 57.47 (29.45) 57.13 (29.19)
She at first broke the world record in 2019, turning into the primary lady under 58 seconds in 57.57. Presently, five ladies have done as such, including this evening's second place, Katharine Berkoff.
All-Time Entertainers, Ladies' 100 Backstroke (LCM)
Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 57.33 - 2023 Budapest World Cup
Regan Smith (USA), 57.47 - 2024 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries
Kylie Masse (CAN), 57.70 - 2021 Canadian Olympic Preliminaries
Katharine Berkoff (USA), 57.83 - 2024 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries
Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS), 57.88 - 2024 Australian Olympic Preliminaries
Berkoff swam a lifetime best of 57.83 in the semis, and was barely short of that this evening in 57.91 to secure in the sprinter spot and an everything except got Olympic billet interestingly.
All-Time Exhibitions, Ladies' 100 Backstroke (LCM)
Regan Smith, 57.13 — 2024 U.S. Preliminaries - Last
Kaylee McKeown, 57.33 — 2023 World Cup, Budapest
Kaylee McKeown, 57.41 — 2024 Australian Preliminaries
Kaylee McKeown, 57.45 — 2021 Australian Preliminaries
Kaylee McKeown/Regan Smith, 57.47 — 2021 Olympics/2024 U.S Preliminaries
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Regan Smith, 57.51 — 2024 NOVA Speedo Terrific Test
Kaylee McKeown, 57.53 — 2023 Big showdowns
Kaylee McKeown/Regan Smith, 57.57 — 2024 NSW State Titles/2019 Big showdowns
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Berkoff's NC State colleague Kennedy Honorable was the main other lady under 59 seconds in the last, getting third in 58.81. Respectable set a seismic lifetime best of 58.55 in the prelims.
Tennesse's Josephine Fuller broke 59 seconds without precedent for the warms and did so again in the semis, yet was simply off that this evening in 59.03, putting fourth in front of Tokyo Olympic finalist Rhyan White (59.07).
MEN'S 800 Free-form - Last
World Record: 7:32.11 — Zhang Lin (CHN) — 2009 Big showdowns
American Record: 7:38.67 — Bobby Finke - 2023 Big showdowns
U.S. Open Record: 7:40.34 — Bobby Finke (USA) - 2023 U.S. Public Titles
World Junior Record: 7:43.37 — Lorenzo Galossi (ITA) - 2022 European Titles
2021 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries Champion: Bobby Finke, 7:48.22
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 7:51.65
Bobby Finke (SPA), 7:44.22
Luke Whitlock (Quick), 7:45.19
Daniel Matheson (SUN), 7:49.34
David Johnston (TST), 7:50.23
Ross Dant (WOLF), 7:54.56
Charlie Clark (OSU), 7:57.28
Will Heroic (TST), 7:58.22
Sean Green (LIAC), 7:59.01
The men's 800 free appeared to be marginally unique than it has over the most recent three years at U.S. Preliminaries, as protecting Olympic hero Bobby Finke was moved by the newcomer, Luke Whitlock.
Finke drove all through the race, however Whitlock kept things close, and descending the last lap, Finke's meat and potatoes, it was really Whitlock who made up ground, shutting in 28.50 to acquire 65 one-hundredths on the American Record holder.
Finke held firm to book the success in 7:44.22, yet Whitlock was under a second back in 7:45.19, wrecking the young men's 17-18 Public Age Gathering Record by almost three seconds.
Whitlock brought down the Bother of 7:48.09 set by Larsen Jensen way back at the 2003 Big showdowns. In the 400 free prior in the meet, Whitlock moved to #2 all-time in the 17-18 age bunch behind Jensen.
Sun Demon Swimming's Daniel Matheson overwhelmed The Swimming club's David Johnston on the last 100 to catch third in 7:49.34, thumping three seconds off his PB and joining the sub-7:50 cliub.
WOMEN'S 100 Free-form - SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 51.71 - Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017
American Record: 52.04 - Simone Manuel, 2019
U.S. Open Record: 52.54 - Simone Manuel (USA), 2018
World Junior Record: 52.70 - Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 2016
2021 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries Champion: Monastery Weitzeil - 53.53
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 53.61
Finals Qualifiers:
Torri Huske (AAC), 52.90
Simone Manuel (SUN), 53.16
Kate Douglass (NYAC), 53.21
Gretchen Walsh (NAC), 53.33
Nunnery Weitzeil (CAL), 53.66
Beata Nelson (UN-WI), 53.92
Catie Deloof (NYAC), 53.98
Erika Connolly (TNAQ)/Anna Moesch (GSCY), 54.09**
**swim-off required
Torri Huske set up a good foundation for herself as the lady to beat in the upcoming 100 free last, shooting the main sub-53 swim of the meet with another lifetime best timing of 52.90.
Huske, who previously set an individual best and booked an Olympic ticket before in the meet in the 100 fly, cleaved two one-hundredths off her past best of 52.92 set at the 2022 Big showdowns. She had the quickest opening 50 in the field at 25.20, and won her semi-last serenely, with Convent Weitzeil more than 3/4 of a second back for the next in line spot in 53.66.
The subsequent intensity was ritzy, yet notwithstanding being flanked by the two Virginia super stars Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh, Simone Manuel reminded everybody why she was the 2016 Olympic hero.
Manuel overwhelmed Walsh on the second 50 to guarantee the intensity in 53.16, qualifying second into the upcoming last.
Douglass additionally moved past Walsh as both better their times from the prelims, timing 53.21 and 53.33 to progress fourth and fifth, individually.
There turned out to be a tie for eighth, as Tennessee's Erika Connolly and More prominent Somerset Region YMCA's Anna Moesch created matching 54.09s, importance we'll see a dip off to figure out who will guarantee Path 8 tomorrow evening.
Connolly possesses a lifetime best of 53.42, while Moesch's swim denotes another PB, her first in quite a while, having recently been 54.33 in 2022.
Moesch's swim this evening likewise moves her into seventh all-time in the young ladies' 17-18 age bunch.
Barely passing up a major opportunity in tenth was Laker Swimming's Rylee Erisman, the quickest 15-year-old ever. Erisman held that qualification coming into the meet with her PB of 54.34 set in May, and dropped it down to 54.22 in the warms prior to enlisting 54.27 this evening.
MEN'S 200 BREASTSTROKE — SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 2:05.48 — Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2024
American Record: 2:07.17 — Josh Prenot, 2016
U.S. Open Record: 2:07.17 — Josh Prenot (USA), 2016
World Junior Record: 2:08.04 — Dong Zhihao (CHN), 2023
2020 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries Champion: Nic Weasel — 2:07.55
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:09.68
Finals Qualifiers:
Matt Fallon (UPN), 2:07.39
AJ Pocket (VT), 2:08.00
Josh Matheny (ISC), 2:08.79
Jake Cultivate (Beams), 2:09.57
Daniel Roy (TDPS), 2:09.65
Nic Rat (NYAC), 2:09.80
Josh Bey (HHSC), 2:11.09
Will Licon (TXLA), 2:11.14
Matt Fallon was noticeably shocked with how quick he swam in the second semi of the men's 200 bosom, as the College of Pennsylvania item sat under American Record pace through the 150 preceding getting started with a period of 2:07.39.
Fallon's time brings down his past best of 2:07.71 and makes him the second quickest American ever, surpassing Kevin Cordes, Eric Shanteau, Nic Rat and Will Licon. He presently just paths Josh Prenot, who set the ongoing AR of 2:07.17 at the 2016 Olympic Preliminaries.
Fallon and Virginia Tech's AJ Pocket were well in front of the field in the subsequent semi, with Fallon taking the definitive action on the third 50 to make a hole. Pocket kept pace getting back home, completing in a period of 2:08.00 for his second PB of the day in the wake of breaking 2:09 interestingly earlier today in 2:08.25.
Indiana's Josh Matheny topped the principal semi in 2:08.79, inside a half-second of his own best 2:08.32 set finally year's Nationals.
Jake Encourage, Daniel Roy and Rat all were during the 2:09s to meet all requirements for later, while 18-year-old Josh Bey supported up his lifetime best of 2:11.02 from the prelims by timing 2:11.09 to progress in seventh. Bey's morning swim moved him to #6 all-time in the 17-18 age bunch.
Putting ninth in general was SwimMAC's Jordan Willis, 17, who brought down his PB from the prelims by a portion of a second in 2:11.26, keeping up with the #9 positioning in the 17-18 Bother rankings.
WOMEN'S 100 Free-form - SWIM-OFF
World Record: 51.71 - Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017
American Record: 52.04 - Simone Manuel, 2019
U.S. Open Record: 52.54 - Simone Manuel (USA), 2018
World Junior Record: 52.70 - Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 2016
2021 U.S. Olympic Preliminaries Champion: Nunnery Weitzeil - 53.53
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 53.61
Erika Connolly (TNAQ), 53.92
Anna Moesch (GSCY), 54.28
Erika Connolly released her quickest swim in two years to get a compartment in the upcoming last of the ladies' 100 free-form, winning a dip off against young person Anna Moesch.
After the two created matching 54.09s in the semis, another PB for Moesch, Connolly put her foot down in the swim-off by timing 53.92, her quickest since the 2022 Preliminaries and over a second quicker than she was finally summer's Nationals.
Moesch, 18, followed up her best time in the semis with the second-quickest swim of her vocation not long later here in that frame of mind off, contacting in 54.28 to complete ninth in general. In 2021, Moesch was the sprinter up in the 50 free at Wave I of the Olympic Preliminaries to land a compartment at the Wave II meet.
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