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2016 USA Olympic Trials Psych Sheet Released

2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials

USA Swimming released the initial psych sheet today for the 2016 Olympic Trials, which begin Sunday in Omaha, Nebraska.  We’ll be following up all day with observations and analysis, but you can start perusing the psych sheet for yourself  by clicking the link below.

OT Psych Sheet 2016

There are no entry limits, so a swimmer is eligible to enter any event for which they have a qualifying time, but there is no guarantee that each swimmer will swim every event for which they have entered.  In 2012, Ryan Lochte was entered in 11 events, but only ended up swimming 6 events.  Even then, he did not swim the finals of the 100 free.

For events 400m and longer, the swimmers with the top eight fastest times from preliminaries will compete in finals.  For events under 400m, the top 16 swimmers will swim semi-finals, and the 8 fastest from semis will go onto to finals.

The only guaranteed way to make the team is to win an individual event, or finish in the top four in the 100/200 freestyle, but typically the USA will have room on the roster to take the top two in each event, plus the 5th and 6th place finishers in the 100/200 freestyles, as well.

Keep checking SwimSwam all day as we give breakdown the potential event lineups for a number of the USA’s top swimmers, including Lochte, Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, and many others.

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dropped my phone in the pool
8 years ago

A little off topuc, but when i open this page on my phone it automatically downloads the psych sheet. Does that happen for others?

SwimmerFoxJet
Reply to  dropped my phone in the pool
8 years ago

Not on the pc, but on any tablets or phones.

dewey
8 years ago

Do we know who the oldest swimmers entered are? Any former Olympians who qualified again at 40+? Oldest trials rookie?

dewey
Reply to  Braden Keith
8 years ago

Erika Braun also competed in 2012 at 40

phelps swims 200 breast rio
8 years ago

I’m wondering if Mary T’s 200 fly U.S. Open record will be broken at trials.

Swimmer Thieroff
8 years ago

If all goes well for Michael Andrew until that point, then Friday, July 1st, 2016 will be the night that the Notorious MA dies of a heart attack… He’ll have the 200 IM finals along with the 50 free and 100 fly semis!!! Did he not learn his lesson last year at Junior Worlds???

Tom
Reply to  Swimmer Thieroff
8 years ago

I do know you meant it as a joke but please have a little clasd…

swimfan
Reply to  Swimmer Thieroff
8 years ago

What happened at JR Worlds? Also – no time to look now – but does Michael Andrew have a shot at making the Olympic team?

BaldingEagle
8 years ago

I think it would be really cool to see a notation beside each entry time as to when that time was recorded. That would give us a perspective on the entries. For some, those are times from world titles last year, and some are from recent meets. We could see who’s hot, who’s been resting for a hike, who’s been relying on old times, etc.

BaldingEagle
Reply to  BaldingEagle
8 years ago

*resting for a while

Swimmer A
8 years ago

So I see Kevin and Mic Litherland in the psych sheet. Last I heard they were planning to swim for New Zealand. How are they able to compete at trials? Or did they not make the New Zealand team?

Klorn8d
Reply to  Swimmer A
8 years ago

They didn’t make the team, but they still shouldn’t be allowed to swim here

Jay L.
Reply to  Klorn8d
8 years ago

Well, when it comes to nationalities, until you actually represent one country internationally, you can bounce around like a beach ball at a nickelback concert.

Teddy
Reply to  Jay L.
8 years ago

Hahah. Hopefully you do as well next week as you did on this reply.

completelyconquered
Reply to  Jay L.
8 years ago

Hey, look who it is! Good luck next week Jay.

SwimminIsGood
8 years ago

Interesting not to see Tom Kremer in the 200 free, at least. He red-shirted Stanford this past year, to focus on training with Bowman in AZ…anyone have info on him?

SwimminIsGood
Reply to  Braden Keith
8 years ago

Ah, that’s right…I forgot that. Thanks, Braden. Hope you all have a fun week ahead…no doubt your swimswam readers will! Can’t wait…almost here….Sunday cannot arrive soon enough!

SwimmerFoxJet
8 years ago

Lochte: 400 IM 200 FREE 100 FREE 100 FLY 200 IM! 100 FREE!!!

PHELPS: 100 FREE!!! 200 FREE!!! 200 FLY (Sorry Bobo, I think he’s still gonna do it and should)!!! 200 IM!! 100 FLY!

I’m really not sure how fast he can go in the frees, considering is he fully tapering? Is he going to race it all out?

48.1-47.7 100 Free
1:44.6-1:45.7 200 Free.

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