2023 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- June 27 – July 1, 2023
- Indianapolis, IN
- Indiana University Natatorium
- LCM (50m)
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- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
Women’s 400 IM — Heats
- World Record: 4:25.87, Summer McIntosh (CAN) — 2023
- American Record: 4:31.12, Katie Hoff (USA) — 2008
- U.S. Open Record: 4:28.61, Summer McIntosh (USA) — 2022
- Championship Record: 4:31.12, Katie Hoff (USA) — 2008
- World Junior Record: 4:25.87, Summer McIntosh (CAN) — 2023
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 4:43.06
- 2022 U.S. Trials Top 2 Time: 4:37.72
- 2022 Worlds Medal Time: 4:36.00
Top 8:
- Alex Walsh — 4:37.84
- Katie Grimes — 4:39.71
- Leah Hayes — 4:40.91
- Lilia Bognar — 4:43.28
- Justina Kozan — 4:43.80
- Lucy Bell — 4:45.75
- Zoe Dixon — 4;45.82
- Kayla Han — 4:45.95
In heat six of the women’s 400 IM at the 2023 U.S. National Championships, Emma Weyant was disqualified for doing butterfly kick during the breaststroke leg of her race. She had swam a time of 4:38.08, which would have placed her second overall in prelims and put her in the ‘A’ final. With her disqualification, it is now highly unlikely that she will make the 2023 World Championships team, with her only event remaining being the 400 free (where she is seeded 12th with a time of 4:10.12).
Weyant was the 2021 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist and 2022 World Championships bronze medalist in the women’s 400 IM. Her best time of 4:32.76 from Tokyo was the second-fastest in the entire field.
According to the USA Swimming rulebook, only one butterfly kick is permitted after each start or turn in breaststroke. After that one fly kick is performed, all movement of a swimmer’s legs must be simultaneous without alternating movement.
Below is the video footage of Weyant’s breaststroke leg, courtesy of the USA Swimming livestream. From the angle that the race was being filmed and the video quality, it is difficult to see how Weyant was kicking in her race.
This isn’t the first time in recent history that the women’s 400 IM at a U.S. qualification meet has had a notable DQ. In 2017, Ella Eastin was stripped away of a World Championships spot when she was DQed in the 400 IM final due to the “Lochte Rule” after finishing second overall.
Lol. She followed the NCAA’s rules. She didn’t “cheat”. Your anger is misdirected.
trans people live rent free in your head lmao give up the grift dumbass
A grift that a man swam at women’s NCAAs? Smh
Usa swimming isn’t showing ANY underwater race footage of breaststroke or breaststroke legs tonight…
They know they messed up
They showed underwater footage the women’s 50 breast A final including obvious dolphin kicks that weren’t called this time.
Hilarious that SwimSwam won’t post the video of L King butterfly kicking her way to the 50 breaststroke championship. Was obvious on the telecast.
….I literally Tweeted out video of her flutter kicking in the 50 breaststroke this morning.
I looked for it but Twitter now requires a login just to see your public tweets. I’m not signing up on that site. Do you post on other social media?
Based on what we are hearing on the pool deck, Bret Hawk will be doing a full Pod on this topic of Bad DQ’s
Were all the DQs called by the same official? Sometimes they get too hyper-focused on one aspect of a race. Was it an intentional dolphin kick or just natural undulation?
Ron Desantis is demanding to know more info on who made this call.
is this a joke or not because i genuinley cannot tell😭
He heard that the DQs were being made by Disney employees and drag queens and now he’s mad
Leave it Floriduh Man to think “DQ” is “Drag Queen”! LOL!
20 officials on deck and a huge delay between each 400IM today – either trust the officials on deck to catch the DQ or clear the deck and have it done by video review. Imagine if they stopped an NFL game after every play to see if someone held? The game would never finish
NFL games are already longer than swim meets (with about 1% of the action). Whatever we do, let’s not pursue that model.
Have you ever watched a pro sports league? Every one of them has extended reviews multiple times throughout the event. Either way we want it right and by the rules or say you don’t care when people break the rules to go fast.
Unlike most televised sports, you don’t have to stop a meet to do video review. The meet can go on and finals/results made official later. I mean, that’s how every single meet I’ve ever been at is run.
Allow multiple dolphin kicks off during the pull down already. Eddie Reese brought this up at an ASCA clinic.
oh please save one stroke from the ubiquitous underwaters
Kitajima won in 2004 with an extra dolphin kick in 2004. 8 years later Cameron VDB is winning sneaking in an extra kick. Go to any age group meet and you can see 18 and unders still doing it. 🤷♂️
Oh just get rid of the Breaststroke and introduce the Ridiculous Stroke…
Sign me up for the 200m Corkscrew