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Olympics Mixed Medley Relay lineup: Who will be chosen?

Elaine Krugman

The trials are over and the drum has been signed!  Now, for the big question:  Which two women and two men will be chosen to swim the first ever Olympics Mixed Medley Relay?  Who will swim which strokes?  Of course, a lot will depend on what happens during the Olympics, and the relay team may not be set in ink until right before the deadline.  Hypothetically, if the team were chosen based on their trials performances, which four swimmers would you choose, and which leg would they swim?

I've been going through various scenarios in my head, and I keep going back to having Regan Smith swim backstroke and Lilly King swim breaststroke.  I would love to see Caeleb Dressel anchor the relay; however, he would be awesome on the fly leg as well.  Nawww, Caeleb MUST anchor the relay!  

Thoughts???

  • 0 in reply to Jeff Enge

    The wave eating issue is very true. Maybe mixed relays should be swum every-other-lane. Agree that the MMR is better than the MFR in general anyway.

  • 0 in reply to Karl_S

    I kinda liked the every-other-lane relay setup for all the pandemic college conference and national meets in general!

  • 0 in reply to Elaine Krugman

    How about Ryan Murphy-Lilly King-Torri Huske-Caeleb Dressel? You've got two world record-holders (Murphy and King) and then two who are within a couple tenths of the world record (Huske and Dressel).

  • 0 in reply to daniel.paulling

    Hmmm, I like that suggestion, too!  Valid points, for sure.  I'm so confused!  I can't argue against that line-up!  One thing for sure that we all seem to agree on is that Lilly King and Caleb Dressel should definitely be in the mix.  Actually, I'm getting more sold on Ryan Murphy instead of Regan Smith.

    Thanks for weighing in, Daniel!  Great job on Swimmer Magazine, by the way.  I always enjoy reading your "Editor's Note," and I read the magazine from cover to cover.  (As a matter of fact, it's the ONLY magazine that I read the ads, too!)  The only bummer about the magazine is that it doesn't come out monthly! 

  • 0 in reply to Elaine Krugman

    Thank you for the kind words. It's a great team of writers, editors, photographers, and a designer who pull it off. 

  • 0 in reply to Allen Stark

    Go to Michael Andrew on breaststroke, if Great Britain uses Adam Peatty, Lillan King would be way behind.

  • 0 in reply to 02ER5

    That's only one leg of the relay that requires two women. If you don't use Lilly King, then which two women do you use?  

  • 0 in reply to 02ER5

    The US won at worlds with Lilly King and that was against Peaty. Michael Andrews will probably final in the 100 BR. He may even medal, but King way faster than the other women and as Elaine pointed out, who would the other women be. Finally, King has tons of relay experience between NCAA and International competition that Andrews just doesn’t have. 

  • 0 in reply to 02ER5

    If Russia uses Evgeny Rylov, Regan Smith or Rhyan White would be way behind.

    If Hungary uses Kristof Milak, Torri Huske would be way behind.

    If Australia uses Kyle Chalmers, Abbey Weitzel would be way behind.

    It's about balancing each leg compared to what everybody else might have, not just about one leg.

  • 0 in reply to Elaine Krugman

    You are right they need 2 women and now I think Michael Andrew needs rest for 2 im since he usually dies in the last 50 of the 200 im.

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