2012 Olympic Trials USA Swimming

I think Beard just got the general 'also swimming in this heat' because she's not really a contender in the 100 BR, and they already had the Hardy-Soni storyline planned for the event as well as a discussion of Breeja Larson's good form to cover. They'll probably say more in the 200 BR where she's got a better shot. I agree with this and there will be a big storyline about Amanda in the 200 ***. Now anybody out there correct me if I am wrong, but Amanda Beard, if she makes the team in the 200 ***, will be the first USA Women to make 5 consecutive Olympic Teams. Dara has made more but not consecutively. She might be the first Women to do this but I am not up on other countries Olympians and there is probably someone that has made more. For that reason and that reason alone, that should create a good story line. This will only be possible if she makes the final of the 200 ***. In 2008, Amanda Beard upset Catlin Leverenz for that second spot in the 200 *** where no gave her a chance so she has a shot. The way Leverenz swam the IM you would think not but then Leverenz did swim a good 100 *** so you never know. Beard has her work cut out for her. Her 2:24.30 is seated 2nd but Beard was seeded in the 100 br with a 1:07.49 then went 1:08.21 in prelims, 1:07.92 in Semi's. If she's proportionally off her 2:24.30, she could be very vulnerable to someone who happens to be on. There are some very impressive names in the top 40. Guess we'll know more after the womens 1 *** finals, & the 2 br prelims & semis. Top 8 1 BR time vs Seed time 1 BAUMGARDNER Ellyn 1:07.64 1:08.20 2 CHANDLER Annie 1:07.34 1:07.17 3 LARSON Breeja 1:07.00 1:08.08 6 WANLAND Ashley 1:07.23 1:08.33 7 LAWRENCE Micah 1:07.39 1:07.62 8 MCCLELLAN Emily 1:07.45 1:08.43 2 BR seed times 01 Soni, Rebecca 25 Trojan Swim Club-CA 2:20.69 02 Beard, Amanda 30 Tucson Ford Deal-AZ 2:24.30 03 Lawrence, Micah 21 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 2:24.62 04 Leverenz, Caitlin 21 University of Ca-PC 2:25.63 05 Freeman, Katlin 25 Santa Barbara Aq-CA/UCSB 2:26.15 06 Kropp, Andrea 19 Rattler Swim Clu-CA/USC 2:26.18 07 Kohoyda, Gisselle 20 University of Lo-KY/Kronos 2:26.56 08 Hehn, Keri 31 Team Bruin-CA 2:26.93 09 Spencer, Haley 21 Minnesota Aquati-MN/Rockwo2:27.09 10 Sogar, Laura 21 Bluefish Swim Cl-NE/TEXAS 2:27.26 11 McKeehan, Michelle 22 Athens Bulldog S-GA/Univer 2:27.57 12 Wanland, Ashley 22 University of Wi-WI/WI Aqu 2:27.77 13 Schoettmer, Emma 18 Center Grove Aqu-IN 2:27.99 14 Mueller, Justine 25 Unattached-NC 2:28.00 15 Smith, Liz 23 Stanford Swimmin-PC/Parkwa 2:28.61 16 Larson, Breeja 20 Aggie Swim Club-GU/Texas A2:28.88 17 Zhu, Annie 17 North Baltimore-MD 2:29.15 18 Kukors, Ariana 23 Bolles School Sh-FL/KING 2:29.46 19 Jendrick, Megan 28 Unattached-PN 2:29.62 20 Olsen, Kate 19 Stanford Swimmin-PC/Sundev 2:29.69 21 Moss, Kaylin 17 New Canaan YMCA-CT 2:30.23 22 Lindsay, Laura 22 Canton City Scho-LE 2:30.23 23 Olson, Christine 21 University of Vi-VA/PHX 2:30.48 24 Mims, Casey 19 University of Ca-PC 2:30.52 25 Ripley, Rachel 21 U. of Missouri-MV 2:30.62 26 Chandler, Annie 24 Tucson Ford Deal-AZ 2:30.65 27 Miller, Mhyria 25 Florida Keys Swi-FG 2:30.82 28 Haglund, Karie 25 T2 Aquatics-FL 2:30.90 29 Stupp, Julie 26 Performance Aqua-FG 2:31.10 30 Hawthorne, Meghan 20 Rattler Swim Clu-CA/USC 2:31.26 31 Kimmitt, Brittany 23 University of Wi-WI/WI Aqu 2:31.45 32 Lazor, Anne 17 Birmingham-Bloom-MI 2:31.47 33 Beisel, Elizabeth 19 Bluefish Swim Cl-NE/Florid 2:31.87 34 Roses, Maija 16 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 2:32.04 35 Carlson, Kasey 20 Walnut Creek Aqu-PC/USC 2:32.07 36 Schmitt, Jessica 21 North Coast Aqua-SI/USC 2:32.12 37 Danner, Ashley 21 Mason Makos Swim-PV 2:32.12 38 Fogle, Emily 20 Purdue Universit-IN/Patrio 2:32.15 39 Gorinski, Laura 21 Navy Swimming-MD 2:32.20 40 McClellan, Emily 20 J-Hawk Aquatic C-WI/UW-Mil 2:32.24 Plus at the 2012 NCAAs Caitlin was just 1/100th off Soni's AR Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke U.S. Open: # 2:04.75 2/28/2009 Rebecca Soni, Southern Cal A - Final 1 Caitlin Leverenz JR Cal Berkeley 2:06.79 2:04.76$ 20 28.78 1:00.43 (31.65) 1:32.14 (31.71) 2:04.76 (32.62) in the womens 2 BR at trials, I bet it's Soni / Leverenz, but Breeja could take it too. Beard has her work cut out for her.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 Trials Day 3: Finals & Semis begin 6:51 EST Heat SHEET Timeline Day 3 Results LIVE RESULTS PSYCH Sheet Women's 200m FR Men's 200m FL Women's 200m IM Finals & Semis: Women's 200m Free - Semifinal Men's 200m Free - Final Women's 100m Back - Final Men's 100m Back - Final Women's 100m *** - Final Men's 200m Fly - Semifinal Women's 200m IM -- Semifinal RESULTS Day 3 Results DAY 2 Results Day 1 Results Swim Swam Olympic Trials Coverage WATCH PRELIMS WEBCAST All but the fastest heats of preliminaries will be webcast live June 25 - July 1 beginning at 10 a.m. CT. The fastest 2-4 heats of preliminaries will be broadcast on tape delay by NBC Sports. NBC Swimming Sign up for NBS Alerts Watch on TV 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CST) Prelims NBCSN 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CST) Finals (LIVE) NBC NBCOlympics.com Swimming Streaming Schedule LIVE EXTRA NEWS on USASwimming.org Swimming Tweets Olympic Trials Swimming Google News CUTS APPROVED TECH SUITS 2012 United States Olympic Trials - Swimming USA Olympic Swimming Trials Results from 1920 - 2008 2012 Olympics USMS Thread 2008 Trials USMS Thread 2008 Olympics USMS thread What else should we include on this page?

Kirk, how about semi-finals? I've seen videos of semis on NBC's site, but Comcast only seems to have finals.

I've seen videos of semis on NBC's site, but Comcast only seems to have finals. Can you post a link? Apparently my blonde-ness is showing today, because I can't seem to find archived races on their 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. swimswam.com/.../ So does this mean that the Trials cuts should be faster or slower? :dunno:

5 Fun Things at the Aqua Zone 6/26/2012 By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent

Commentary its abuzz that many swimmers are only focused on getting to the next final, not necessarily going all out on every swim. This might account for some of the slower times. Do you guys think that a tougher cut with the time trials make for better competition?

Donahue wasn't a huge surprise if you noticed her in 2011 when she turned in a 58.05 #14 world ranking (tied with Natalie) last August and then had a very nice Pan Am Games. I think a lot of folks had her clustered with Coughlin and Christine Magnuson as racing for the second spot in the event. And of the contenders, she actually seemed to still be improving unlike some of the other expected finalists. Wonder if Becca Mann is going to manage to take down the 13-14 400 free record that Ledecky just missed. It seems like she's got a late enough birthday that she could take a run at Sippy's time ay the US Open in August.

Did anyone notice that the announcers never mentioned Amanda Beard last night? Is she blacklisted for being too sexy?

I think Beard just got the general 'also swimming in this heat' because she's not really a contender in the 100 BR, and they already had the Hardy-Soni storyline planned for the event as well as a discussion of Breeja Larson's good form to cover. They'll probably say more in the 200 BR where she's got a better shot. WKU's press release on Donnovan: www.wkusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml