2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- When:
- Wave I Dates:Ā June 4-7, 2021
- Wave II Dates:Ā June 13-20, 2021
- Prelims: 10am CDT | Finals: 7pm CDT
- Where:Ā CHI Health Center / Omaha, Nebraska
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifying Cuts
- Wave I & II Event Order
- LCM (50m)
- Prelims Live Stream (USA Swimming)
- Prelims Live Stream (NBC Olympics)
- Finals Live Stream (Olympic Channel)
- Wave I Psych Sheets
- Wave I Live Results
- Day 1 Finals Heat Sheet
16-year-old Camille Spink further established herself during the finals of the women’s 100 freestyle at Wave I of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, moving herself into a tie for 12th all-time in the girls ’15-16 age group.
After dropping a time of 55.63 to take the top seed for the final this morning, Spink sliced another four tenths off of her best time to finish in 55.25. With her performance, Spink punched her ticket to Wave II of the Trials, finishing first overall in the ‘A’ final.
Spinkās best time entering the meet was a 56.01, which previously ranked her 66th all-time in the 15-16 age group. By moving into a tie for 12th tonight, Spink is now ahead of the likes of Abbey Weitzeil, Cierra Runge, and Katie Ledecky, all of whom own Olympic gold medals.
All-Time Rankings, Girls 15-16 100 Freestyle (LCM)
- Claire Curzan, 53.55 ā 2021
- Missy Franklin, 53.63 ā 2011
- Gretchen Walsh, 53.74 ā 2019
- Simone Manuel, 53.86 ā 2013
- Torri Huske, 54.52 ā 2019
- Amy Tang, 54.71 ā 2019
- Amy Bilquist, 54.85 ā 2014
- Lia Neal, 54.90 ā 2011
- Isabel Ivey, 54.95 ā 2016
- Stanzi Moseley, 55.03 ā 2014
- Rhi Jeffrey, 55.21 ā 2003
- Jasmine Tosky / Camille Spink, 55.25 ā 2010/2021
17-year-old Kristina Paegle finished second to Spink in the final, also punching her ticket to Wave II. In the race, Paegle sliced just over a tenth of a second off of her best time of 56.04 that she swam this morning, touching in a time of 55.91. Paegleās swim moves her to 70th all time in the 17-18 age group.
Both swimmers will get a chance to improve their times during the wave II competition.
She has room to improve also. Underwaters were short. That was an obvious gap tonight, the lack of underwaters compared to elite swimmers. Among the women only the 200 butterfly winner understood how much of a benefit it is
Congratulations to Camille Spink!
Camille Spink has posted a faster time than Mallory Comerford and Kelsi Dahlia in calendar year 2021.
https://www.fina.org/swimming/rankings?gender=F&distance=100&stroke=FREESTYLE&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=2021&startDate=&endDate=×Mode=BEST_TIMES®ionId=all&countryId=1dce49f3-9980-42d5-89c9-d4c6184df85a
Great idea to compare a fully tapered sprinter at trials to swimmers doing in-season times at training meets…. š
Iām digging this format. Brings excitement for people that normally would be out after prelims. USA Swimming should keep this format.
I agree.