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
For 2016, it seems like it would be pretty easy to trim the field with only some small adjustments to the cuts. For example, there are 179 entries in the men's 50 free. If the cut had been 23.29 rather than 23.49, the number of qualifiers would have been 94. I don't think anyone would call an adjustment of 0.2 seconds unfair.
For 2016, Nathan Jendrick suggests shortening the qualifying period to a year, and also mentions Rowdy's suggestion that swimmers should have to make a cut twice to be able to swim an event at Trials.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../31117.asp
I looked at the other events besides the 50 free above, and making each cut a little bit faster (about 0.9% per event) trims the field considerably.
For 2016, it seems like it would be pretty easy to trim the field with only some small adjustments to the cuts. For example, there are 179 entries in the men's 50 free. If the cut had been 23.29 rather than 23.49, the number of qualifiers would have been 94. I don't think anyone would call an adjustment of 0.2 seconds unfair.
For 2016, Nathan Jendrick suggests shortening the qualifying period to a year, and also mentions Rowdy's suggestion that swimmers should have to make a cut twice to be able to swim an event at Trials.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../31117.asp
I looked at the other events besides the 50 free above, and making each cut a little bit faster (about 0.9% per event) trims the field considerably.
