The 2012 United States Olympic Trials - Swimming
will once again be held at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
The 2008 Trials set a new standard for swimming excitement and 2012 promises to bring even more poolside thrills to America's Heartland.
Check back often for updates as we draw closer to naming the team that will represent the United States in the pool at the London Olympic Games.
When: Mon June 25th - Mon July 2nd 2012
DAYS Till
Where: Qwest Center Omaha
455 North 10th Street Omaha, NE 68102
PSYCH Sheet
RESULTS
One cool thing is the website has USA Olympic Swimming Trials Results from 1920 - 2008
CUTS
APPROVED TECH SUITS
Link to 2012 Olympic Swimming
but the coolest thing is our 2012 LCM Nats is in the same pool starting Thu July 5th, 2012
2012 USMS Summer LCM Nationals
Qwest Center, Omaha, NE
Thu July 5 - Sun 8, 2012
Long Course Meters
Qualifying Times will be available in early 2012
2012 Olympics USMS Forum Site
I don’t know how they are going to manage the men’s 4x100 free relay. Lochte scratched the finals but I think he deserves a spot on the relay even though he didn’t put up an amazing time tonight. He’s not fully rested and will be a lot better in London. He split a 47.9 at Pan Pacs in 2010. He has improved since then and I think he’s good for a 47.5 split in London.
But the problem with adding him to the relay is that makes him the 8th man because Phelps is guaranteed a spot plus the other 6 qualifiers from the 100 free trials finals. In Beijing, there were 7 swimmers which work out nicely. Weber-Gale and Lezak, which were the top two at trials, and Phelps were guaranteed spots in the finals. The other 4 swam the prelims and whoever swam the best split earned a spot in the finals. It was a very fair process. With 8 people you are setting up for some tough decisions. You pretty much have to predetermine which 4 are going to swim finals and which 4 swim prelims. What if someone has a great split in the prelims? Do you kick someone out of the final and deny them a medal or just stick with the original lineup even though it’s not the fastest possible. It works so much better with 6 or 7 people. But they can’t just tell 1 of the top 6 in the 100 to stay home because whoever qualifies 6th will probably only be qualified in just the 100 free.
Probably Lochte will not swim the 4 x 100 free relay at the Olympics. But he might. The coaches will make that decision in London. USA's head Olympic coach is Gregg Troy Lochte's coach.
USA has the talent and depth to swim the slowest 4 in the morning and the fastest 4 at night.
The big risks are:
if someone has an awesome morning swim he might bump the slowest of the 4from the night or
If someone has a terrible morning swim, it would suck if USA didn't make top 8. (which is very unlikely)
The morning crews instructions will be:
SAFE STARTS (be 0.25 to 0.4 on exchanges)
Swim fast have fun and get us in finals.
The coaches will make solid choices based on:
how swimmers trained during camp,
practice times during taper (who they feel is on or off) and
if anyone is sick or injured
The mens relay is Sunday July 29th
We will find out real soon. (schedule)
I don’t know how they are going to manage the men’s 4x100 free relay. Lochte scratched the finals but I think he deserves a spot on the relay even though he didn’t put up an amazing time tonight. He’s not fully rested and will be a lot better in London. He split a 47.9 at Pan Pacs in 2010. He has improved since then and I think he’s good for a 47.5 split in London.
But the problem with adding him to the relay is that makes him the 8th man because Phelps is guaranteed a spot plus the other 6 qualifiers from the 100 free trials finals. In Beijing, there were 7 swimmers which work out nicely. Weber-Gale and Lezak, which were the top two at trials, and Phelps were guaranteed spots in the finals. The other 4 swam the prelims and whoever swam the best split earned a spot in the finals. It was a very fair process. With 8 people you are setting up for some tough decisions. You pretty much have to predetermine which 4 are going to swim finals and which 4 swim prelims. What if someone has a great split in the prelims? Do you kick someone out of the final and deny them a medal or just stick with the original lineup even though it’s not the fastest possible. It works so much better with 6 or 7 people. But they can’t just tell 1 of the top 6 in the 100 to stay home because whoever qualifies 6th will probably only be qualified in just the 100 free.
Probably Lochte will not swim the 4 x 100 free relay at the Olympics. But he might. The coaches will make that decision in London. USA's head Olympic coach is Gregg Troy Lochte's coach.
USA has the talent and depth to swim the slowest 4 in the morning and the fastest 4 at night.
The big risks are:
if someone has an awesome morning swim he might bump the slowest of the 4from the night or
If someone has a terrible morning swim, it would suck if USA didn't make top 8. (which is very unlikely)
The morning crews instructions will be:
SAFE STARTS (be 0.25 to 0.4 on exchanges)
Swim fast have fun and get us in finals.
The coaches will make solid choices based on:
how swimmers trained during camp,
practice times during taper (who they feel is on or off) and
if anyone is sick or injured
The mens relay is Sunday July 29th
We will find out real soon. (schedule)
