2024 US Olympic Trials Day 4 Roster Update: New WR Holder Regan Smith Headed to Paris

• 2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

  • June 15-23, 2024
  • Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  • LCM (50 Meters)
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With only two events offering roster spots on tap for the evening, it was a slow night for roster updates, but several swimmers secured their spots on the plane to Paris. Leading the charge in getting a new roster spot was the newly minted World Record holder Regan Smith. With her 57.13, Smith has now won the 100 back at two successive Olympic Trials. Bobby Finke achieved the same feat as Smith, winning the 800 free for the second successive Trials meet.

Placing seconds in those two events were Katharine Berkoff and Luke Whitlock. Berkoff became the 4th fastest swimmer in history in the semifinals (57.83), and while she was a little slower this evening (57.91), she was fastest enough to qualify for the team. Luke Whitlock, a Florida commit, took second to his future training partner, Finke, in a time of 7:45.19.

Junior Pan Pacs

While the roster for the Olympic team saw no doubles, the Jr. Pan Pac team was a flurry of action. With Whitlock likely making the Olympic Team, he was removed from the tracker, meaning Sean Green became the fastest 400 swimmer, and Luka Mijatovic, who is the highest-placed junior swimmer in 200, added the 400. Green also added the 800 tonight. While Luke Ellis beat Green in the prelims, order of precedence gives Green, who swam in the finals, the edge over Ellis.

Leah Shackley improved her ranking by placing best among the eligible swimmers in the 100 back and adding it to her 100 fly. Teagan O’Dell also joins the prospective roster in the 100 back.

When we use the term “Doubles” to refer to a swimmer qualifying in more than one event, i.e., doubling up on a roster spot. If a swimmer qualifies in three events, for the purposes of the article, it would be considered two doubles. We track ‘doubles’ to determine when the swimmers’ next priority can be officially added to the team.

The Magic Numbers:

• 6 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 2 athletes (2nd-place finishers) can be added for that gender
• 8 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 3 athletes (5th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender
• 10 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 4 athletes (6th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender

So far, the Doubles are as follows:

Please stay tuned to this space to track all those named to the US Olympic Team. We will be tracking all those who have made the Olympic team every day. We will also be tracking the Junior Pan Pacs team, which can be found at the end of the article.

Some notes on the charts

• Colors delineate priorities for ease of viewing
• If there is a strikethrough, that means said athlete qualified in a higher priority
• Bolded events were events added this evening

As a reminder, the selection procedures for the US Olympic Team are as follows.  The US is limited to 26 swimmers per gender and only 12 relay-only swimmers (which is shared between both teams).

• Priority #1. The first priority will be comprised of both (i) the four best finishing
  Available Swimmers based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles, and (ii) the best
  finishing Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the
  Qualifying Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200
  meter Freestyle.
  • Limitation: If an Available Swimmer Nominated to the Team under Priority #1 in
    the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle declines to swim the 100-meter Freestyle
    or 200-meter Freestyle Events at the Olympic Games (pursuant to the
    opportunity given to that athlete under Section 1.3.9) at any time prior to the
    announcement of the Team on June 23, but remains on the Team pursuant to
    Selection in another Individual Olympic Event, no additional swimmer will be
    added to the Team in the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle. This limitation will
    not apply if the Available Swimmer is removed from the Team pursuant to
    Section 3.
• Priority #2. The second priority will be comprised of the second best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200-meter
  Freestyle.
• Priority #3. The third priority will be comprised of the fifth best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles.
• Priority #4. The fourth priority will be comprised of the sixth best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles

Robert Gibbs, who will be contributing to the roster tracking over the course of meet, detailed the Junior Pan Pacs roster selection process here. There is a cap of 20 swimmers per gender.