2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
- June 15-23, 2024
- Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50 Meters)
- Session Start Times (ET):
- 11 a.m. Prelims
- 7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
- Meet Central
- Broadcast Info
- SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- SwimSwam Preview Index
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- Prelims Stream
- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Gretchen Walsh put on a stunning display during the opening evening session of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, smashing the world record in the semi-finals of the women’s 100 butterfly.
Walsh rocketed to a time of 55.18, knocking three-tenths off Sarah Sjostrom‘s eight-year-old world record of 55.48 set at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Read more on Walsh’s record-breaking swim here.
Watch it below:
WOMEN’S 100 FLY
Finals Qualifiers:
- Gretchen Walsh (NAC), 55.18 WR
- Torri Huske (AAC), 55.79
- Regan Smith (TXLA), 55.92
- Alex Shackell (CSC), 56.78
- Claire Curzan (TAC), 57.24
- Emma Sticklen (TXLA), 57.77
- Beata Nelson (UN-WI), 57.80
- Kelly Pash (TXLA), 57.97
United States (Courtesy NBC Sports)
International (courtesy C Dawg)
While Walsh’s swim was undoubtedly the highlight of the night, she still has work to do to punch her ticket to the Paris Olympic team, with the women’s 100 fly final on tap for tomorrow.
Katie Ledecky and Aaron Shackell were the two swimmers who solidified their spot at the Games on Saturday, winning the women’s and men’s 400 freestyle events.
Watch Shackell and Ledecky go wire-to-wire en route to Olympic qualification, Shackell for the first time and Ledecky for the fourth.
MEN’S 400 FREE
- Aaron Shackell (CSC), 3:45.46
- Kieran Smith (RAC), 3:45.76
- David Johnston (TST), 3:46.19
- Bobby Finke (SPA), 3:46.27
- Luke Whitlock (FAST), 3:46.55
- Jake Magahey (SA), 3:46.89
- Daniel Matheson (SUN), 3:48.63
- Jake Mitchell (FLOR), 3:50.76
United States (Courtesy NBC Sports)
International/Poolside: Courtesy Kyle Maas
WOMEN’S 400 FREE
- Katie Ledecky (GSC), 3:58.35
- Paige Madden (NYAC), 4:02.08
- Jillian Cox (TXLA), 4:06.89
- Aurora Roghair (ALTO), 4:08.66
- Kayla Han (CSC), 4:08.21
- Anna Peplowski (ISC), 4:09.20
- Leah Smith (TXLA), 4:09.34
- Madi Mintenko (PPA), 4:12.05
United States (Courtesy NBC Sports)
International (courtesy C Dawg)
Didn’t Kelsi Dahlia swim a 54.59 in 2021 ISL?
Yes but in short course meters.
I loved seeing her reaction at the end, so shocked and humble! What a fantastic swim. Excited to see what she can do in the 50 and 100 free!
Notice no world record line on broadcast. Did NBC not expect any WRs to be threatened?
Some mistakes. She can do 54.8
Mistakes? Where? The last 10m looked rough but that’s just the way it goes sometimes when you’re obliterating WR pace.
she rolled the wall pretty bad, can clean up 0.1-0.2 there. the last 10 were not thart rough tbh…regan just came home like a freight train
Aaron Shackell had great turns.
It’s interesting how Gretchen (so far) seems to mirror Dressel’s path. Same 3 main events. Junior World champions & NAG holders. After adjusting to college & new coaches took their swimming to the next tier as upperclassmen. Obliterate NCAA records. Then back it up in LC after a period of debate about whether their performances can carry over. Of course, we’ll see if she is able to convert all this to at least an individual gold. But she is showing her level.
Hopefully she doesn’t suffer his brutal burn out 😢
And that’s the part where “GWalsh is only a bathtoob swimmer” was so dumb, to me.
We’ve seen plenty of swimmers develop at different rates SCY v LCM. Why wouldn’t one of the most talented ones not eventually ‘figure it out’?
Did make me connect way more with this record tho, I didn’t expect to be ~~moved~~ the way I was
Thanks for posting videos the internationals can watch.
Amazing swimming. So keen for Paris!
Torri was long on the finish and still 55.7. Gretchen has the kind of shoulder flexibility I haven’t seen since Lars Frolander.