100 breastroke olympic trials

At the World Championships, he made the final in all four meter events after his rough breast, and his swims in the fall of and early this year shed doubt on his ability to make the jump to bona fide Olympic star. But Andrew, now 22, is the heavy favorite in the breast and will have additional chances to make the Olympic team later this week, in the IM, fly and 50 free. Both men were under their previous best times.

Qualifying fifth was Cordes, who put together a solid swim in the first circle-seeded heat to touch the wall in Miller ended up qualifying 11th for the semifinals. The rest of the top eight were Josh Matheny Michael Andrew, Andrew Wilson, Nick Fink, Max McHugh, Kevin Cordes, Josh Matheny, Ben Cono, Ilya Evdokimov, Zane Backes, AJ Pouch, Cordes had a big year in , lowering the American Record in the breast and picking up world silver in the process in Budapest, along with another gold from the medley relay.

Michael Andrew photo: Jack Spitser. Enter Michael Andrew. So far in , Andrew has been on fire, lowering the U. Andrew is a quarter-second faster than the next-best American competitor Wilson, Given his recent improvements in multiple disciplines, Michael Andrew is the man to beat at U.

Olympic Trials in June. Andrew Wilson , who finished just 0. In , Wilson out-performed Andrew in the breast to earn the coveted relay spot in finals where the U. Both men are looking to make their first Olympic team, and the breaststroke will be the first race for each of them. Wilson will only race the and breaststrokes in Omaha, whereas Andrew is expected to take on a minimum of four events. In any case, they should both be fresh for the breaststroke as it comes early in the schedule.

Miller was strong throughout and and has posted multiple performances in his signature event in , though at years-old he will be one of the oldest in the field. In order for Miller to make a second Olympic team he is going to need to be at or near his lifetime best and former American Record time of Having been a Brandon Fischer is the only something in the conversation to make the U. Having been Even so, placing top-2 will likely require a significant drop in time from Fischer—but hey, David Plummer made his first Olympic team in the backstroke in at the age of Hot off two NCAA titles, Max McHugh has both the front-end speed and endurance to be dangerous in long course, though his current lifetime best in the breaststroke sits at a National champion in the breaststroke.

Whitley has been on the verge of breaking the barrier in the since , and after some big improvements in the yards pool, including a Prenot and Licon placed 3rd and 8th, respectively, at Trials in , with Prenot going on to win the breaststroke and the silver medal in the in Rio. Neither swimmer, however, has made much noise in the breaststroke lately, both being meter specialist. One more name who could make waves in either breaststroke: World Junior championships silver medalist Josh Matheny , who went Matheny just recently swam an in-season Despite winning the U.

Though he went Dark Horse: Daniel Roy. Though a specialist, Roy posted a Nationals in , and has plenty of experience racing every swimmer mentioned in this article. Having lowered National Age Group Records set by Whitley and a steady improvement in both the and , Roy has a great shot at making the final at Olympic Trials in both breaststrokes.

Actually seeing his swim in Indy he could improve atleast tenths if he cleaned up his turn and finish. I am actually hoping for Despite all the haters this kid has shown up this year. Curious about McHugh just based on the fact he looks like he could beat up Superman. Always wondered about his weight room stats. Cheering for Michael to make Olympics. The problem with his turn is he bends his elbows too much, transfers all momentum into the wall and have a slow and weak bounce.

Peter, call me :. His inconsistency can also prove detrimental to the medley relay. He rose up to the occasion in after improving his breast like 5 times in 2 weeks, and still got a PB and NAG in the final. If inconsistency is your criteria, then Ledecky, baker, Smith, Dressel, Murphy and others have been way more inconsistent over the last 4 years. That is the most important thing to keep an eye on. Who of these guys has the best history of performing in relays?

Is there relay exchange data we can look at anywhere? For the IM I have Calaeb as my number two pick 1. Might have long odds on it since he might not swim it 2.