U.S. Olympic Trials: 100 Freestyles Among Huge Day 4 Prelims Slate (Heat Sheet)
Day four of the U.S. Olympic Trials will include the longest prelims session of the week, with action in five events: the men’s 200 butterfly, men’s 100 freestyle, women’s 1500 freestyle, women’s 100 freestyle and men’s 200 breaststroke.
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Teenage star Thomas Heilman is the top seed in the 200 fly after his surprising fourth-place finish at last year’s World Championships, while Carson Foster will try to add another event to his Olympic schedule. He occupies lane four in the previous heat while 2021 Olympian Zach Harting is the third seed. In the men’s 100 free, Caeleb Dressel will make his Olympic Trials debut, racing in lane six of the second-to-last heat with Chris Guiliano, Destin Lasco and Justin Ress. The top seed in the event is Jack Alexy, the surprising silver medalist in the 100 free at last year’s World Championships.
Katie Grimes and Katie Ledecky occupy lane four in the top-two heats of the 1500 free while 2021 Olympic silver medalist Erica Sullivan swims two lanes away from Ledecky in the last heat. Then, Kate Douglass makes her Indianapolis debut in the women’s 100 free in a heat surrounded by two of her teammates, Maxine Parker and new 100 fly world-record holder Gretchen Walsh. Veterans Abbey Weitzeil and Simone Manuel occupy the previous heat while Torri Huske swims in the first circle-seeded heat.
Finally, Matt Fallon is favored in the men’s 200 breaststroke, with 100 breast winner Nic Fink swimming one lane over in the final heat. Josh Matheny and Jake Foster are the other swimmers assigned to lane four in their respective heats.