2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- When:
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Wave II Dates: June 13-20, 2021
- Prelims: 10am CDT | Finals: 7pm CDT
- Where: CHI Health Center / Omaha, Nebraska
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifying Cuts
- Wave I & II Event Order
- LCM (50m)
- Day 2 Finals Live Stream
- Psych Sheets
- Wave II Live Results
- Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet
18 year-old Torri Huske of the Arlington Aquatic Club broke the American Record in the 100 fly that she set yesterday en route to qualifying for her first Olympic team. Her time of 55.66 shaved 0.12s off of yesterday’s mark, and will also stand as U.S. Open, LC Nationals, and 17-18 age group records.
Tonight, she altered her race strategy a bit, going out in a blazing 25.65, over three-tenths faster than in semis, before bringing it home in 30.01s.
Comparative Splits
| Splits | Torri Huske, 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials – Semifinals | Torri Huske, 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials – Finals |
| 50m | 25.96 | 25.65 |
| 100m | 29.82 | 30.01 |
| Final Time | 55.78 | 55.66 |
Huske’s time keeps her at #3 all-time in history, but puts her within just 0.04s of Zhang Yufei for #2 on that list, and just 0.18s behind Sarah Sjostrom’s world record.
All-Time World Top 5:
| Rank | Swimmer | Time | Country |
| 1 | Sarah Sjostrom | 55.48 | SWE |
| 2 | Zhang Yufei | 55.62 | CHN |
| 3 | Torri Huske | 55.66 | USA |
| 4 | Maggie MacNeil | 55.83 | CAN |
| 5 | Emma McKeon | 55.93 | AUS |
Second place went to 16 year-old Claire Curzan, whose time of 56.43 was just a bit off of her personal best, but should guarantee her a trip Tokyo as well. Four of the top five American women ever in the event were competing tonight, and Kate Douglass improved her lifetime best to 56.56, keeping her at the #5 spot all-time among US women.
All Time American Top 5:
| Rank | Swimmer | Time | Date |
| 1 | Torri Huske | 55.66 | 6/13/2021 |
| 2 | Dana Vollmer | 55.98 | 7/28/2012 |
| 3 | Claire Curzan | 56.20 | 4/10/2021 |
| 4 | Kelsi Dahlia | 56.37 | 7/23/2017 |
| 5 | Kate Douglass | 56.56 | 6/13/2021 |
2020-2021 World Top 5:
| 1 | ZHANG YUFEI |
CHN | 55.62 | 09/29 | 2020 CHINESE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS QINGDAO, CHN |
| 2 | TORRI HUSKE |
USA | 55.66 | 06/14 | 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS WAVE II OMAHA, USA |
| 3 | EMMA MCKEON |
AUS | 55.91 | 06/12 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS ADELAIDE, AUS |
| 4 | MAGGIE MACNEIL |
CAN | 56.14 | 05/27 | 2021 TAKE5 HIGH PERFORMANCE EVENT TORONTO, CAN |
| 5 | CLAIRE CURZAN |
USA | 56.20 | 04/10 | 2021 TAC TITANS LC PREMIER INVITATIONAL MEET CARY, NC |
crazy how we have 3 55 swimmers this year, maybe 4 after canadian trials, and none of them are sarah sjostrom
feels like Sarah is left behind at this point …..sheeesh
lets not make superlatives for the sake of it…no one has left Sarah behind. Just because of a freak injury we wont see her but she will be back.
Left behind? Wow, that’s super harsh??!! Sjostrom is a legend in the sport, with an ill-timed injury. You realize in the next round or two of Olympic trials these current 16-18yo’s will be in Kelsi Dahlia’s position: having to face the new young guns with nothing to lose.
Sjostrom is recovering from elbow surgery.
How do we like Huske’s odds at a WR in Tokyo? She seems to perform in big meets, she just dropped nearly a second to qualify for the Olympic team
Thank you for the pandemic postponed Olympics games!
Someone’s gonna’ break it. You got Zhang Yufei, Huske, MacNeil, McKeon, Curzan – between them I’d say the odds are very very very good.
Calendar Year 2021
Women’s 100 meter butterfly
Torri Huske – 55.66
Yufei Zhang – 55.73
Emma McKeon – 55.93
Margaret MacNeil – 56.14
Now, if FINA would expeditiously update the year-to-date rankings:
https://www.fina.org/swimming/rankings?gender=F&distance=100&stroke=BUTTERFLY&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=2021&startDate=&endDate=×Mode=BEST_TIMES®ionId=all&countryId=
Canada is the only country that has not officially conducted Olympic Team Trials with respect to the women’s 100 meter butterfly.
What’s weird about this is Bruce (Claire’s coach) coached Claire Donahue to 2nd in trials in the 100fly and then Claire Curzan to 2nd in 100fly