Friday Marks 1 Year Until the 2020 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials Begin

Friday marks exactly one year to go until the start of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, which will run from June 21st through June 28th in Omaha, Nebraska. Tickets go on sale July 1st.

As the meat of the 2019 long course summer season heats up, there are already 526 eligible swimmers who have achieved 1,045 Olympic Trials cuts, based on times entered in the USA Swimming SWIMS database through Thursday evening. With big meets all over the country this weekend, more qualifiers have popped up since then, including of note Texas A&M rising sophomore Jacob Schababerle, who hit a 2:16 in the 200 breaststroke at the Texas Senior Circuit meet on Thursday evening to stamp his ticket to Omaha.

By LSC:

In total 49 LSCs are represented with Olympic Trials qualifiers so far, led by North Carolina and followed closely by the Pacific Coast LSC in California (home to the Bay Area). Note that this is based on the LSC that a swimmer was representing during the time of qualification – 4 swimmers have qualified under 2 different LSCs, and Team Elite swimmers, for example, are based in San Diego but still registered under the North Carolina LSC even after that pro group moved west. That’s out of 59 LSCs in the country.

LSCs without a qualifier yet:

• Adirondack Swimming
• Border Swimming
• Hawaii Swimming
• New Mexico Swimming
• North Dakota Swimming
• Ozark Swimming
• South Dakota Swimming
• West Texas Swimming
• West Virginia Swimming
• Wyoming Swimming

Qualifiers By Event:

So far, there are 593 female qualifiers and 471 male qualifiers – we typically see more female qualifiers to the Olympic Trials than male. The women’s 100 backstroke has the most with 57, followed by the men’s 50 free with 56. That men’s 50 free is the only men’s event in the top 8 by number of qualifiers.

Unranked, By Event:

Ranked, By Event:

List of Qualifiers:

Hali Flickinger leads all swimmers with 9 qualifying swims, followed by her fellow Georgia Bulldog Melanie Margalis with 8. Regan Smith, Katie Ledecky, and Madisyn Cox each have 7, as does Caeleb Dressel – the top male entrant. Michael Andrew and Chase Kalisz are among a growing group with 6 times each.

Based on swims entered in SWIMS by Thursday, June 20th; foreign entries removed. Probably Imperfect.