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
Personally I think Phelps scratching the 100 free is kind of lame. I guess he figures he deserves to be on the 400 relay and doesn't need to swim the event at Trials. I think this puts Gregg Troy in an awkward position.
Personally I think Phelps scratching the 100 free is kind of lame. I guess he figures he deserves to be on the 400 relay and doesn't need to swim the event at Trials. I think this puts Gregg Troy in an awkward position.
Swimswam speculates that he may have had prior assurance:
swimswam.com/.../
Swimming World reminds us that the same thing happened in 2004:
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../31002.asp
Outside of Schmitt, Phelps and Clary this was a pretty awful night of trials. OK, maybe Feigen had a good swim as well. The women's 200 IM was shockingly slow. Women's 2 fly was even worse than I was expecting.
And speaking of upside, just how tall is she? She dwarfed Soni and Soni is about 5' 8". Some very tall winners last night with Larson and Grevers!I think she's 6'1".
Peter Busch's interview with her earlier this year was awesome, she came off as a grounded and intelligent person. In fact, that interview convinced me she's the real deal, she has a champion's attitude. It helps that she's also 20, not a star-struck 15 year old. You saw a bit of her poise last night in a pressure cooker environment. It's insane that this is her first LCM taper meet... ever. The fact that she keeps performing and keeps getting better proves to me that she's probably going to be around for a long, long time.
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.
Keep your eyes on AGGIE swimmer Cammille Adams in the 200 fly, she's seeded 1st & swimming very well.She's been 2:06.7 already this year. Wide open event, I predict Hersey / Adams but any number of people could make it.
Even before Larson, Bultman has been developing a very good reputation for improving the swimmers who make their way to his Texas A&M team. He's also had a number of Canadian and Mexican Olympians lately.
Do you think they might make Lochte swim a time trial during camp or in London?
Hey, Skip, I like your new zippy red fish! :applaud:
Now, if we can just get That Guy to say GOODBYE to Hello Kitty! :bolt:
Hey, Skip, I like your new zippy red fish! :applaud:
Now, if we can just get That Guy to say GOODBYE to Hello Kitty! :bolt:
Not sure why this is important, but here goes:
GOODBYE to Hello Kitty!:bolt:
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