Caeleb Dressel wins both the 50m freestyle final and 100 butterfly semifinal, while Casey Greenberg advances to the women’s platforms finals.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – With only two more days left of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, four Gators have officially booked their plane ticket to Paris. Following last night’s finals session, Team USA announced that Emma Weyant has been confirmed to the team after her second-place finish in the 400m IM. It marks her second Olympic Games and the first female Gator to make the 2024 Olympic Team.
Caeleb Dressel continued to impress on Friday, competing in the 50m free final and the 100m fly semifinal. He advanced in his first individual event Friday night, crashing into the wall in 21.41 for the Olympic Trial’s 50m freestyle’s title. Additionally, he advanced to the men’s 100m fly finals after taking first in the semifinals.
Joining the seven-time Olympic gold medalist was Adam Chaney, who became a household name in the swimming world following Thursday’s night 50m free semifinals. Chaney and Jonny Kulow forced a second swim-off Thursday night after tying in their first. On the women’s side, Isabel Ivey and Zoe Dixon represented Florida in the 200m IM Semifinals.
Overall, eight Florida swimmers competed on day six: Anna Auld, Adam Chaney, Zoe Dixon, Caeleb Dressel, Billy Jones, Caroline Pennington and incoming freshman Sofia Plaza.
At the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials in Knoxville, Tenn., Casey Greenberg advanced to the women’s platform final for a chance to punch her own ticket to Paris.
HOW IT HAPPENED – FINALS SESSION
Men’s 50m Free – Results<https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030101EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf>
Dressel and four of his competitors jumped off the blocks in 0.62 seconds. He was first to the wall in 21.41, which marks the fourth-fastest time in 2024. His fellow Gator, Adam Chaney touched in 22.08 for eighth place.
Men’s 100m Fly Semifinals – Results<https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030104EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf>
Not even an hour after his 50m free final, Dressel headed back to the competition pool for his second event of the night. He swam his second season-best after finishing in 50.79 to grab the first-place seed in the finals event tomorrow night.
Men’s 200m IM Finals – Results<https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030105EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf>
No surprise that Kieran Smith raced in another final, as the former Gator placed third after touching in 1:56.97.
Women’s 200m IM Semifinals – Results<https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030104EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf>
Zoe Dixon and Isabel Ivey both placed in the top eight for a spot in tomorrow’s final. Dixon recorded a 2:11.64 to set a new personal-best and a sixth-place seed in the finals. Ivey added a little time from her prelims finish, but was able to fill the eighth finals spot with a 2:12.26.
HOW IT HAPPENED – MORNING SESSION
Men’s 100m Fly – Results<https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030104EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf>
Dressel was second off the blocks, but quickly regained the lead in the final 50 meters. He comfortably finished first in his heat by over a second to close with a 51.14 and advance to the semifinals.
Billy Jones made his Olympic Trial appearance this morning, swimming in heat four. The current Gator finished just shy of his personal-best 53.23 after touching the wall in 53.27. Jones finished second in his heat and 32nd overall.
Women’s 200m IM – Results<https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030205EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf>
Isabel Ivey, Zoe Dixon and Sofia Plaza made their return to the competition pool. Ivey was in second for the first half of the race, but closed in on Torri Huske on the third leg. The 2024 runner-up clocked a 38.18 in her breaststroke to put her within striking distance of Huske. The Gator moved to first and touched the wall in 2:11.89, setting a new personal-best. She heads into the semifinals as the third-seed.
Joining her fellow Gator in the semifinals, Dixon notched the seventh seed after she finished in 2:12.67. The junior was first off the blocks, but moved into fourth following the opening 50 meters. With the 200m IM World Champion, Kate Douglas and medalist Leah Hayes comfortable take the top-two spots in the heat, the Gator battled for the third-place position. Her 32.05 freestyle split pushed her to the wall for third and the seventh seed in tonight’s final.
Incoming freshman, Sofia Plaza recorded a 2:19.92 to finish 40th overall.
Women’s 800m Free – Results<https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800030201F10101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf>
Caroline Pennington went 8:42.77 to finisher third in her heat and 19th overall. She maintained an average 50-meter split of around 32 seconds. Her Florida teammate, Anna Auld swam in the second heat and finished in 8:56.64 to place 39th overall.
DIVING
HOW IT HAPPENED
Conor Gesing and Peyton Donald competing in the men’s 3-meter prelims, while Greenberg dove in the women’s platform. Gesing Finished 22nd overall in his first Olympic Trials, while Donald scored 264.30 for 36th overall.
Greenberg advanced to the semifinals for the first time in her career/ She continued her momentum from the morning and went even further to place eighth in the semis.
DIVING SEMIFINALS RESULTS:
Casey Greenberg – Platform
Diving #
Type of Dive
Score
1
Inward 2 1/2 Somersault Pike
63.00
2
Forward 3 1/2 Somersault Pike
46.50
3
Armstand Back 2 Somersault 1 1/2 Twist Free
38.40
4
Reverse 2 1/2 Somersault Tuck
46.20
5
Forward 2 1/2 Somersault 1 Twist Pike
52.20
Total: 246.30
DIVING PRELIM RESULTS:
Conor Gesing – 3-Meter
Diving #
Type of Dive
Score
1
Forward 3 ½ Somersault Pike
57.35
2
Inward 3 ½ Somersault Pike
51.00
3
Reverse 3 ½ Somersault Tuck
52.50
4
Back 1 ½ Somersault Pike
49.50
5
Forward 2 1/2 Somersault 2 Twist Pike
66.30
6
Reverse 1 1/2 Somersault 3 1/2 Twist Free
49.00
Total: 325.65
Peyton Donald – 3-Meter
Diving #
Type of Dive
Score
1
Inward 2 1/2 Somersault Pike
61.50
2
Forward 2 1/2 Somersault 1 Twist Pike
54.00
3
Back 2 1/2 Somersault Pike
42.00
4
Reverse 2 1/2 Somersault Pike
51.00
5
Reverse 3 1/2 Somersault Tuck
0.00
6
Forward 3 1/2 Somersault Pike
55.88
Total: 264.30
Casey Greenberg – Platform
Diving #
Type of Dive
Score
1
Inward 2 1/2 Somersault Pike
58.80
2
Forward 3 1/2 Somersault Pike
54.00
3
Armstand Back 2 Somersault 1 1/2 Twist Free
43.20
4
Reverse 2 1/2 Somersault Tuck
16.80
5
Forward 2 1/2 Somersault 1 Twist Pike
58.00
Total: 230.80
FRIDAY RESULTS
Friday, June 21
Finals Results
Men’s 50m Freestyle
1st – Caeleb Dressel – 21.41
8th – Adam Chaney – 22.08
Men’s 200m IM
3rd – Kieran Smith – 1:56.97
Men’s 100m Butterfly Semifinals
*Top eight advance to Finals*
1st – Caeleb Dressel – 50.79
Women’s 200m IM Semifinals
*Top eight advance to Finals*
6th – Zoe Dixon – 2:11.64
8th – Isabel Ivey – 2:12.26
Morning Heats Results
Men’s 100m Butterfly
*Top-16 advance to Finals*
1st – Caeleb Dressel – 51.14
32nd – Billy Jones – 53.27
Women’s 200m IM
*Top-16 advance to Finals*
3rd – Isabel Ivey – 2:11.89
7th – Zoe Dixon – 2:12.67
40th – Sofia Plaza* – 2:19.92
Women’s 800m Freestyle
*Top eight advance to Semifinals*
19th – Caroline Pennington – 8:42.77
39th – Anna Auld – 8:56.64
*Incoming Gators
GATORS ON THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM
Name
Event
Kieran Smith
4X200m Freestyle Relay
Caeleb Dressel
4x100m Freestyle Relay
50m Freestyle
Bobby Finke
800m Freestyle
Emma Weyant
400m IM
GATOR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
Name
Event
Place
Time
Luke Whitlock
800m Free
2nd Place
7:45.19
UP NEXT
Day eight of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials takes place on Saturday, June 22 inside Lucas Oil Stadium. Three roster spots will be solidified in the Men’s 100m fly and the women’s 200m IM and 800m free. The men will compete for a finals spot in the 1500m free in the morning, as Bobby Finke looks to defend his Olympic title. The women race for a semifinals spot in the 50m free during prelims.
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 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.
COMPLETE LIST OF GATORS WHO HAVE PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS:
* Maha Amer – Egypt
* Julie Brousseau – Canada
* Josh Liendo – Canada
* Nicole Maier – Germany
* Jonny Marshall – Great Britain
* Alfonso Mestre – Venezuela
* Alberto Mestre – Venezuela
* Aleksas Savickas – Lithuania
* Caeleb Dressel – USA
* Bobby Finke – USA
* Kieran Smith – USA
* Emma Weyant – USA
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