Previews & Recaps
2021 US Olympic Trials: SwimSwam’s Awards
It was a fun, exhausting, and at-times surprising week in Omaha. Check out our full list of Olympic Trials award winners here.
Exploring Team USA’s Olympic Relay Options: How To Puzzle Out the Medleys
When your best flyer is also your best freestyler, choices get tough. When your best breaststroker might be your second-best flyer, things get weird fast.
Current and Former Florida Gators Sweep Men’s Freestyle Events at U.S. Trials
Florida swimmers managed to pull off a sweep of the men’s free events, winning the 50, 100, 200, 400, 800,and 1500.
Meehan: “Now We’re Ready to Go Compete Against the Rest of the World
US Olympic head coaches Dave Durden and Greg Meehan, along with National Team Managing Director Lindsay Mintenko, spoke at the meet’s end Sunday night.
Dressel: Stars like Adrian”Left Behind Some Really Big Shoes to Fill”
50 free champions Simone Manuel and Caeleb Dressel spoke with the press after the conclusion of the final session of the 2021 US Olympic Trials.
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Trials Mixed Zone: Hali Flickinger Details Confidence Work with Bob Bowman
The UGA grad notably changed training bases, joining Bob Bowman at ASU, after winning silver at the 2019 Worlds in this event.
Trials Mixed Zone: Kate Douglass on 200 IM “My body was starting to give out”
Douglass, who came back in 31.04, clocked 2:09.32 in the 200 IM final, making her the ninth-fastest American in history and the fifth-fastest in the world
Trials Mixed Zone: Ledecky “I don’t know how many times I’ve been between 8:13 and 8:16”
Ledecky easily won the 800 free in a time of 8:14.62, a time that falls just shy of the top-25 swims in history, most of which are held by Ledecky
Trials Mixed Zone: Michael Andrew “I really do well closing the meet with a 50”
Andrew, who won the 100 breast and 200 IM earlier in the meet, closed hard to separate himself from the rest of the field and touch second in 21.48
Junior of the Meet Matt Fallon Goes Into Detail on Breakout 2021 Olympic Trials
Fallon had my personal favorite swim of the meet in the 200 breast semis, where he touched 8th at the 100 wall and then came home in 1:05.2 to touch 1st
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More Swimmers Beat Their Seed Times at U.S. Olympic Trials in 2020 Than in 2016
29.6% of times were faster than entry times at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II while in 2016 this number was 26.1% for the top 40 seeds in each event.
More US Trials Awards: The Most Improved Olympians At Omaha 2021
Kate Douglass, Erika Brown, Patrick Callan, Natalie Hinds, Rhyan White, and Bryce Mefford came back for redemption in 2021, improving upon their 2016 swims.
2021 SwimSwam Olympic Trials Wave II Pick ‘Em Contest – Day 8 Results
Andddd we have a Pick ‘Em winner! After eight days of Trials action and multiple leaders on the overall standings, it was swim6847 who came out on top.
2021 SwimSwam Olympic Trials Wave II Pick ‘Em Contest – Day 7 Results
The day seven pick ’ems had a five-way tie for first between Dr. Glogo D.O., ZanBai, Wanna Sprite ?, Smv, and Kitajima Fan.
SwimSwam’s Top 15 Comments From Olympic Trials Part Two
We sifted through approximately 6,396 comments on the U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II live recaps (from day four through day eight) and narrowed it down to 15.