2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
- Sunday, June 26 – Sunday, July 3, 2016
- CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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The final prelims session is complete. The field in the women’s 50 free didn’t drop a lot of time, but there were a few standouts. The men’s 1500 field performed about as expected.
Here’s the aggregate time changes from this morning’s events (positive % means slower):
| 2016 | 2012 | ||||
| Median Time Change | % Who Went Faster | # Faster | Median Time Change | % Who Went Faster | |
| Women 50 Free | 1.5% | 11% | 20 | 0.9% | 22% |
| Men 1500 Free | 1.1% | 20% | 19 | 1.0% | 25% |
Caitlin Cooper had the biggest drop of the morning session at -1.3%. This moved her from 59th on the psych sheet to a semifinal spot in 15th. Robert Finke dropped 16 seconds to move from 35th on the psych sheet to 6th for tomorrow’s finals.
| Event | Name | Time Change | Seed | Prelim Time |
| Women 50 Free | Caitlin Cooper | -1.3% | 25.84 | 25.51 |
| Men 1500 Free | Robert Finke | -1.1% | 15:31.95 | 15:15.52 |
Near misses
This morning saw Logan Houck miss a final spot by .41. In a 1500, that’s less than .1%. The margins between swimmers who achieve their goals and those who don’t at an Olympic Trials are very small. There have been 4 Olympic spots decided by less than .2. 16 swimmers have missed a final by less than .2. Getting that close to an Olympic spot is an incredible, if unsatisfying, achievement. Bethany Galat (who has dropped more time than anyone else in the meet relative to seed time), has twice been third by narrow margins.
Here’s a look at 3rd place finishers in finals so far (though it’s hard to feel too badly for the swimmers in the 100 and 200 free):
Women:
| % Gap to 2nd | Time Gap to 2nd | ||
| Bilquist, Amy | 100 Back | 0.1% | 0.08 |
| Hannis, Molly | 100 Breast | 0.9% | 0.58 |
| Stewart, Kendyl | 100 Fly | 1.8% | 1.01 |
| Weir, Amanda | 100 Free | 0.4% | 0.23 |
| Galat, Bethany | 200 Breast | 0.1% | 0.13 |
| Bayer, Cassidy | 200 Fly | 0.9% | 1.18 |
| Smith, Leah | 200 Free | 0.4% | 0.45 |
| Leverenz, Caitlin | 200 IM | <0.1% | 0.05 |
| Runge, Cierra | 400 Free | 2.7% | 6.39 |
| Galat, Bethany | 400 IM | 0.3% | 0.88 |
Men:
| % Gap to 2nd | Time Gap to 2nd | ||
| Grevers, Matt | 100 Back | 0.9% | 0.48 |
| Prenot, Josh | 100 Breast | 0.9% | 0.55 |
| Held, Ryan | 100 Free | 0.1% | 0.03 |
| Clary, Tyler | 200 Back | 0.5% | 0.56 |
| Licon, Will | 200 Breast | 0.1% | 0.14 |
| Conger, Jack | 200 Fly | 0.6% | 0.64 |
| Conger, Jack | 200 Free | 0.1% | 0.1 |
| Nolan, David | 200 IM | 2.5% | 2.87 |
| Haas, Townley | 400 Free | 0.2% | 0.38 |
| Lochte, Ryan | 400 IM | 0.4% | 1 |
Here’s a look at the swimmers who finished 1 place out of finals:
Women:
| % Gap to 8th | Time Gap to 8th | ||
| Goeders, Anya | 50 Free | 0.3% | 0.08 |
| Ariola, Grace | 100 Back | <0.1% | 0.03 |
| Larson, Breeja | 100 Breast | <0.1% | 0.02 |
| McLaughlin, Katie | 100 Fly | 0.1% | 0.05 |
| Kennedy, Madison | 100 Free | 0.2% | 0.11 |
| Merrell, Eva | 200 Back | 0.1% | 0.15 |
| Reaney, Emma | 200 Breast | 0.1% | 0.22 |
| Marrkand, Jen | 200 Fly | 0.2% | 0.27 |
| Henry, Sarah | 200 Free | 0.1% | 0.06 |
| Aroesty, Margaret | 200 IM | 0.6% | 0.86 |
| Lazor, Annie | 100 Breast | 0.6% | 0.38 |
| Anderson, Haley | 400 Free | 0.2% | 0.38 |
| Eastin, Ella | 400 IM | <0.1% | 0.04 |
| Mann, Becca | 800 Free | 0.1% | 0.46 |
Men:
| % Gap to 8th | Time Gap to 8th | ||
| Copeland, William | 50 Free | 0* | 0 |
| Stuart, Hennessey | 100 Back | 0.1% | 0.03 |
| McHugh, Brendan | 100 Breast | 0.6% | 0.36 |
| Liang, Andrew | 100 Fly | 0.3% | 0.14 |
| Williams, David | 100 Free | <0.1% | 0.01 |
| Griffin, Carter | 200 Back | 0.1% | 0.15 |
| Roy, Daniel | 200 Breast | 0.4% | 0.48 |
| Wright, Justin | 200 Fly | 0.1% | 0.14 |
| Rooney, Maxime | 200 Free | 0.1% | 0.14 |
| Whitaker, Kyle | 200 IM | 0.6% | 0.68 |
| Litherland, Kevin | 400 Free | 0.1% | 0.17 |
| Seliskar, Andrew | 400 IM | 0.1% | 0.2 |
| Houck, Logan | 1500 Free | <0.1% | 0.41 |
*lost in a swim off
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