Team USA - Swimming

[clemsonbeav 601]

Stay in your lane and discuss swimming here.

[clemsonbeav 601]

The swimming tour happening now will be on Peacock tonight (was also on last night): https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/how-to-watch-2026-pro-swim-series-westmont

[clemsonbeav 601]

Swimming qualification is messy...but suffice it to say, I think we'll have a full team.  (26-28 per gender)

 

Pool swimming is basically based on having the entry standard (which we'll def meet).

The new events will be awarded during the WC in October 2027.

 

Open water swimming will award quotas during the WCh in 2027, ranking as of 1 Feb 2028, as well as a final OQE in 2028.

Edited Friday at 12:08 AM by clemsonbeav

[clemsonbeav 601]

We've got a few of our top dogs over in China right now.

 

Yu Zidi, the 13-yr-old from China, beat Regan Smith in the 200m fly.

Kate Douglass scored bronze in the 100m free.

Jack Alexy finished 2nd in the 50m free (behind Cameron McEvoy  and his new WR)

Kate Douglass scored another bronze in the 50m free. (only .03 difference between gold and bronze) Gretchen Walsh was in 4th.

Regan Smith won gold in the 200m back.

Kate Douglass scored gold in the 200m breast.

 

One more day tomorrow.  I think it was just the four of them, and I think they only landed a couple of days ahead of time...Regan referred to it as 'a business trip'.

Edited March 20 by clemsonbeav

[clemsonbeav 601]

In all, 6 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze in China.

 

I'm gonna need the field of our men's swimmers to be as deep as the women's.

[clemsonbeav 601]

The first Open Water world cup is going on.  The US didn't send anyone.

 

We do have a couple of athletes that are in the top 30 (only 22 per gender compete in LA28):

 

Men - Dylan Gravely is #18, Ivan Puskovitch is #27 (finished 19th in Paris)

Women - Mariah Denigan is #15 (placed 16th in Paris), and Brinkleigh Hansen is #28 (she's only 16 years old!)