The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials will be held from Saturday, June 15 to Sunday, June 23 in Indianapolis, Ind.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Current, former and incoming Gators will compete at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials. The nine-day event will be held from Saturday, June 15 to Sunday, June 23 on a football field for the very first time inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.
35 Gators will compete throughout the nine days of competition for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. The maximum size for the U.S. Olympic swim team is 26 women and 26 men, which also includes relay swimmers. The team selection procedure is if a swimmer finishes in the top two of a race, while having an Olympic qualifying time, they will make the team (pending confirmation from the federation). Swimmers for freestyle relays are also chosen by their times at the trials.
Head Coach Anthony Nesty<https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/coaches/anthony-nesty/1669> will serve as head coach for the U.S. men’s swim team<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/9/21/mens-swimming-diving-nesty-named-head-coach-for-usa-mens-swim-team-at-2024-olympics.aspx> at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
GATORS COMPETING:
Former Gators: Current Gators: Incoming Gators:
Men: Men: Women: Men:
Caeleb Dressel Adam Chaney Anna Auld Luke Whitlock
Bobby Finke Jake Mitchell Catie Choate Devin Dilger
Kieran Smith Gio Linscheer Micayla Cronk Women:
Women: Josh Parent Lainy Kruger Gracie Weyant
Isabel Ivey Caleb Maldari Michaela Mattes Sofia Plaza
Andrew Taylor Caroline Pennington Addison Reese
Bobby Dinunzio Olivia Peoples
Mason Laur Grace Rainey
Macguire McDuff JoJo Ramey
Julian Smith Bella Sims
Peter Bretzmann Emma Weyant
Amadeusz Knop Julia Heimstead
Sean Sullivan
Billy Jones
Florida has five swimmers competing that have previously made a U.S. Olympic Team.
* Caeleb Dressel is one of the highly anticipated swimmers to watch. The Florida Gator looks to participate in his third Olympic Games after making history at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The seven-time gold medalist became one of five swimmers ever to win five medals at a single game. Dressel holds four American records in the 50-meter free (21.04), 100-meter free (46.96), 50-meter fly (22.35) and 100-meter fly (49.45).
* Bobby Finke will make his second Olympic trials appearance. The Florida alum won two gold medals in the 800-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle events in Tokyo. Finke holds the American Records in both the 800-meter free (7:38.67) and 1500-meter free (14:31.59), which he set at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
* Kieran Smith is set to compete in five events (100/200/400 free, 200 back, 200 IM) at trials. The 28-time All-American took home bronze in the 400-meter free at the Tokyo Games.
* Jake Mitchell is set for his second Olympic trials. The Tokyo Olympian had an historical first trial. He had finished second in the 400-meter free, but didn’t swim a qualifying time. Two nights later, he swam the event again, but alone. The current Gator recorded a 3:47.95 time to mark a qualifying time and a spot on the Olympic Team.
* Emma Weyant earned her first Olympic medal in Tokyo. After winning the 400-meter IM event at trials, Weyant swam a 4:32.76 in Japan to earn a silver medal. She is set to compete in the event as well as the 200/400/800 free and 200 breast in Indianapolis.
* Freshman standout Bella Sims is listed 11 times on the physch sheet. At 16-years-old, Sims qualified for Tokyo as the second-youngest member of the 2020 US Olympic Team. The silver-medalist earned a spot on the 4 x 200-meter free relay team and was the lead off for the US in the prelims. She clocked a 1:58.99 split to to help the US advance to the finals, where the team finished second.
Additionally, At the 2020 Olympic Games, 91% of U.S. swimmers (48 of 53 athletes) competed collegiately; another strong collegiate footprint is expected on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team. Team USA swimmers earned 30 total medals – more than any other country at Games. American swimmers earned 11 golds, 10 silvers and nine bronze medals.
SWIMMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Session Start Times (ET): 11 a.m. Prelims / 7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs). The trials will have 17 sessions distributed over nine days. With eight prelims and nine finals, every individual event contested at the Olympics will have a trial.
June 15 – Saturday
Prelims
Finals
Women’s 100M Butterfly
Women’s 100M Butterfly Semis
Women’s 400M Freestyle
Men’s 400M Freestyle Finals
Men’s 100M Breaststroke
Women’s 400M Freestyle Finals
Men’s 400M Freestyle
Men’s 100M Breaststroke Finals
June 16 – Sunday
Prelims
Finals
Men’s 200M Freestyle
Men’s 400M IM Final
Men’s 400M IM
Women’s 100M Butterfly
Women’s 100M Breaststroke
Men’s 200M Freestyle Semi
Men’s 100m Backstroke
Women’s 100M Breaststroke Semi
Women’s 200M Freestyle
Men’s 100M Backstroke Semi
Men’s 100M Breaststroke Final
Women’s 200M Freestyle Semi
June 17 – Monday
Prelims
Finals
Women’s 400M IM
Women’s 400M IM Final
Women’s 100M Backstroke
Men’s 200M Freestyle Final
Men’s 800M Freestyle
Women’s 100M Backstroke Semi
Men’s 100M Backstroke Semi
Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final
Women’s 200m Freestyle Final
June 18 – Tuesday
Prelims
Finals
Men’s 200M Butterfly
Men’s 100M Freestyle Semi
Men’s 100M Freestyle
Men’s 200M Butterfly Semi
Women’s 1500M Freestyle
Women’s 100M Backstroke Final
Women’s 100M Freestyle
Men’s 800M Freestyle Final
Men’s 200M Breaststroke
Women’s 100M Freestyle Semi
Men’s 200m Breaststroke Final
June 19 – Wednesday
Prelims
Finals
Women’s 200M Breaststroke
Women’s 100M Freestyle Final
Men’s 200M Backstroke
Men’s 200M Butterfly Final
Women’s 200M Butterfly
Women’s 200M Butterfly Semi
Women’s 1500M Freestyle Final
Men’s 200M Backstroke Semi
Women’s 200M Breaststroke Final
Men’s 200M Breaststroke Final
Men’s 100M Freestyle Final
June 20 – Thursday
Prelims
Finals
Women’s 200M Backstroke
Women’s 200M Butterfly Final
Men’s 50M Freestyle
Men’s 200M Backstroke Final
Men’s 200M IM
Men’s 50M Freestyle Semi
Women’s 200M Breaststroke Final
Women’s 200M Backstroke Semi
Men’s 200M IM Semi
June 21 – Friday
Prelims
Finals
Men’s 100M Butterfly
Men’s 50M Freestyle Final
Women’s 200M IM
Women’s 200M Backstroke Final
Women’s 800M Freestyle
Men’s 200M IM Final
Men’s 100M Butterfly Semi
Women’s 200M IM Semi
June 22 – Saturday
Prelims
Finals
Women’s 50M Freestyle
Men’s 100M Butterfly Final
Men’s 1500M Freestyle
Women’s 50M Freestyle Semi
Women’s 200M IM Final
Women’s 800M Freestyle Final
June 23 – Sunday
Prelims
Finals
Women’s 50M Freestyle Final
Men’s 1500M Freestyle Final
SWIM TRIALS FULL TV SCHEDULE:
Live coverage of the Trials will be available every night at 8. pm. ET on NBC, along with daily preliminary heats on Peacock at 11 a.m. USA Network will have same-day delayed coverage of prelims.
DATE
COVERAGE
NETWORK
TIME
Sat., June 15
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
6:30 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Sun., June 16
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
5 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Mon., June 17
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
7 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Tues., June 18
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
6 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Wed., June 19
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
7 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Thurs., June 20
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
7 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Fri., June 21
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
5:30 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Sat., June 22
Qualifying Heats
Peacock
11 a.m.
Qualifying Heats
USA Network*
6:30 p.m.
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Sun., June 23
Finals
NBC, Peacock
8 p.m.
Sat., June 29
Paralympic Finals
CNBC, Peacock
6 p.m.
Sun., June 30
Paralympic Finals
CNBC*
1 p.m.
*Taped coverage
OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TIMES:
For individual events at the Paris Games, there are two types – Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and Olympic Consideration TIME (OCT), per World Aquatics. Swimmers who match or better the OQT in one or more individual events, qualify for Olympic competition automatically. Participating countries may enter two (2) athletes in the same event, only if both swimmers’ times are equivalent or under the OQT. The OCT threshold works differently. Should the OQT not yield a quota of 852 total swimmers, “World Aquatics will then invite athletes who have equaled or bettered an OCT, until the total quota of 852 athletes is reached.”
Men’s
Event
Women’s
Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT)
-2 Entries
Olympic Consideration Times (OTC)
-1 Entry
Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT)
-2 Entries
Olympic Consideration Times (OTC)
-1 Entry
21.96
22.07
50m Freestyle
24.70
24.82
48.34
48.58
100m Freestyle
53.61
53.88
1:46.26
1:46.79
200m Freestyle
1:57.26
1:57.85
3:46.78
3:47.91
400m Freestyle
4:07.90
4:09.14
7:51.65
7:54.01
800m Freestyle
8:26.71
8:29.24
15:00.99
15:05.49
1500m Freestyle
16:09.09
16:13.94
53.74
54.01
100m Backstroke
59.99
1:00.29
1:57.50
1:58.09
200m Backstroke
2:10.39
2:11.04
59.49
59.79
100m Butterfly
1:06.79
1:07.12
2:09.68
2:10.33
200m Butterfly
2:23.91
2:24.63
51.67
51.93
100m Breaststroke
57.92
58.21
1:55.78
1:56.36
200m Breaststroke
2:08.43
2:09.07
1:57.94
1:58.53
200m Individual Medley
2:11.47
2:12.13
4:12.50
4:13.76
400m Individual Medley
4:38.53
4:39.92
Swimming at the 2024 Olympic Games will be held at the Paris La Defense Arena, located in the city of Nanterre. Indoor swimming kicks off July 27 and runs through August 4; in total, 35 medal events will be competed. Olympic swimming competition concludes with the men’s and women’s open water (10km marathon swimming) races taking place August 8-9. The full Team USA roster for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be confirmed in July.
Gators who have currently punched their ticket to Paris:
Maha Amer – Egypt
Josh Liendo – Canada
Julie Brousseau – Canada
Jonny Marshall – Great Britain
Nicole Maier – Germany
Aleksas Savickas – Lithuania
Alfonso Mestre – Venezuela
Alberto Mestre – Venezuela
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