Kathleen Baker: “I think i really mastered the details” (Video)
Cal’s Kathleen Baker put up a new meet & U.S. Open Record of 58.57 to win the women’s 100 back, improving her personal best that she posted winning the Olympic silver last year
Cody Miller: “That was a rollercoaster of a week” (Video)
Miller touched 2nd in 59.11 in the 100 Breast, earning him a berth on the World Championship team
Ledecky: “I didn’t set time goals for myself this year” (Video)
Katie Ledecky was gone from the gun in the women’s 400 free final, toying with world record pace the entire race
Katie Meili announces Law School at Georgetown in the Fall
Making her first World Championships team wasn’t the only exciting reveal Katie Meili had in store for fans tonight
Grevers: “Felt great to touch the wall and see a 1 by my name” (Video)
With the pressure on, Matt Grevers delivered in the men’s 100 back final. The 2012 Olympic gold medalist came through with the win in a time of 52.71
Tim Phillips: “I put my head down and said ‘not this time'” (Video)
When it was all said and done it was Tim Phillips getting to the wall for 2nd in 51.30, booking himself a ticket to his second straight World Championships
Regan Smith has to reschedule drivers ed for World Champs (Video)
Regan Smith, after qualifying for Worlds in the 200 back, realized that she may have to reschedule her previous summer plans… learning to drive.
Conor Dwyer is making a run for Tokyo (Video)
After an extended break full of travel, Conor Dwyer has gotten back into training and is ready to embrace the next Olympic quad
Jacob Pebley set the goal of never going 2:00 this season (Video)
There was only 1 instance this season when Pebley didn’t dip under the 2:00 mark in the 200 back this season… do you know when?
Sarah Gibson: “I don’t know if I really believed it” (Video)
Texas A&M’s Sarah Gibson came storming home in 30.5 and lunged to the wall for the #2 spot, qualifying for her first LC World Championship team
Caeleb Dressel: “I don’t want to be labeled as a sprinter” (Video)
Caeleb Dressel continues to light the pool on fire here in Indy, throwing down a time of 50.87 in the men’s 100 fly.
Jay Litherland dedicates 400 IM to Dynamo family (Video)
Jay Litherland pays tribute to the late Jason Turcotte and everything Dynamo has given him and his brothers through his best efforts in the pool
Beisel: “I did not make the team under circumstances I am proud of”
Shortly after the finish, we learned Eastin had been disqualified for “swimming more than a quarter of the race in the style of backstroke”, AKA the ‘Lochte rule’
Hannah Stevens: “You know what level you want to be at” (Video)
Hannah Stevens of Missouri popped off a 27.63 to win the women’s 50 back, cracking Natalie Coughlin‘s LC National Championship Record which stood at 27.68 from 2013
Justin Ress: “I swam distance in high school” (Video)
NC State’s Justin Ress had that big swim many believed he could have, knocking about half a second off his best time to win the men’s 50 back in 24.41 and qualify for the World Championships