Bacon and Casas Make the Team

 2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

We only had three finals tonight, and between the men and women, there were only two new additions to the team.

In the women’s 200 back, Phoebe Bacon made the team by placing 2nd in the 200 back. Bacon qualified in the same event at the 2021 Trials. Regan Smith added a third event to her schedule by winning the 200 back. After last night, the women already had enough doubles to ensure that they’d be able to take all eligible swimmers to Paris without bumping up against the 26-swimmer roster cap.

On the men’s side, Caeleb Dressel and Chris Guiliano went 1-2 in the 50 free, adding two doubles to the men’s team and ensuring that all second-place finishers will make the team.

Guiliano had previously qualified in the 200 and 100 freestyles, and he’ll be the first US male swimmer Matt Biondi to contest all three events at the Olympics. Dressel was already on the team in the 4×100 free thanks to a 3rd-place  finish in the 100.

Carson Foster earned his second individual spot with a win in the 200 IM after a great race with training partner Shaine Casas. It’ll be the first Olympic team for Casas, who scratched the 100 fly this morning to focus on the 200 IM tonight.

With finals spots in the 100 fly and the 1500 free to go, the US men have 7 doubles and 25 men eligible for the roster. With a 26-swimmer roster cap, that means that if more than one of the four remaining spots go to someone not already on the team, at least one relay swimmer will have to stay home. The good news, though, is that tonight’s doubles ensured that all 2nd-place finishers will be able to go to Paris.

That 7th double also means than Ryan Held is now locked into the roster after finishing 5th in the 100 free. Brooks Curry finished 5th in the 200 free, putting them in the same priority, but Held’s 100 free time was closer to the Olympic Qualifying Time as a percentage.

Women’s Roster Through Day 7

1. Katharine Berkoff (100 back)
2. Phoebe Bacon (200 back)
3. Erika Connolly (4×100 free relay)
4. Kate Douglass (100 free, 200 breast)
5. Erin Gemmell (4×200 free relay)
6. Katie Grimes (400 IM, 1500 free)
7. Torri Huske (100 free, 100 fly)
8. Lilly King (100 breast, 200 breast)
9. Katie Ledecky (400 free, 200 free, 1500 free)
10. Paige Madden (4×200 free relay, 400 free)
11. Simone Manuel (4×100 free relay)
12. Anna Peplowski (4×200 free relay)
13. Alex Shackell (200 fly, 4×200 free relay)
14. Regan Smith (100 back, 200 fly, 200 back)
15. Gretchen Walsh (100 fly, 4×100 free relay)
16. Claire Weinstein (200 free)
17. Abbey Weitzeil (4×100 free)
18. Emma Weber (100 breast)
19. Emma Weyant (400 IM)

*listed alphabetically by last name

Men’s Roster Through Day 7 (Priority 1)

1. Jack Alexy (100 free)
2. Hunter Armstrong (4×100 free relay, 100 back)
3. Shaine Casas (200 IM)
4. Caeleb Dressel (4×100 free relay, 50 free)
5. Matt Fallon (200 breast)
6. Nic Fink (100 breast)
7. Bobby Finke (800 free)
8. Carson Foster (400 IM, 200 IM)
9. Chris Guiliano (200 free, 100 free, 50 free)
10. Ryan Held (4×100 free relay)
11. Thomas Heilman (200 fly)
12. Luke Hobson (200 free)
13. Chase Kalisz (400 IM)
14. Drew Kibler (4×200 free relay)
15. Keaton Jones (200 back)
16. Josh Matheny (200 breast)
17. Ryan Murphy (100 back, 200 back)
18. Aaron Shackell (400 free)
19. Kieran Smith (4×200 free relay, 400 free)
20. Charlie Swanson (100 breast)
21. Luca Urlando (200 fly)
22. Luke Whitlock (800 free)

Other Eligible Swimmers 

1. Brooks Curry (4×200 free relay)
2. Matt King (4×100 free relay)
3. Blake Pieroni (4×200 free relay)

*listed alphabetically by last name

Doubles Explanation

When we use the term “Doubles” to refer to a swimmer qualifying in more than one event, i.e., doubling up on a roster spot. If a swimmer qualifies in three events, for the purposes of the article, it would be considered two doubles. We track ‘doubles’ to determine when the swimmers’ next priority can be officially added to the team.

The Magic Numbers:

• 6 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 2 athletes (2nd-place finishers) can be added for that gender
• 8 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 3 athletes (5th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender
• 10 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 4 athletes (6th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender

So far, the doubles are as follows:

Some notes on the charts

• Colors delineate priorities for ease of viewing
• If there is a strikethrough, that means said athlete qualified in a higher priority
• Bolded events were events added this evening

As a reminder, the selection procedures for the US Olympic Team are as follows.  The US is limited to 26 swimmers per gender and only 12 relay-only swimmers (which is shared between both teams).

• Priority #1. The first priority will be comprised of both (i) the four best finishing
  Available Swimmers based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles, and (ii) the best
  finishing Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the
  Qualifying Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200
  meter Freestyle.
  • Limitation: If an Available Swimmer Nominated to the Team under Priority #1 in
    the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle declines to swim the 100-meter Freestyle
    or 200-meter Freestyle Events at the Olympic Games (pursuant to the
    opportunity given to that athlete under Section 1.3.9) at any time prior to the
    announcement of the Team on June 23, but remains on the Team pursuant to
    Selection in another Individual Olympic Event, no additional swimmer will be
    added to the Team in the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle. This limitation will
    not apply if the Available Swimmer is removed from the Team pursuant to
    Section 3.
• Priority #2. The second priority will be comprised of the second best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200-meter
  Freestyle.
• Priority #3. The third priority will be comprised of the fifth best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles.
• Priority #4. The fourth priority will be comprised of the sixth best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles

Junior Pan Pacs

You can read more about the Junior Pan Pacs roster selection process here. There is a cap of 20 swimmers per gender.

Teagan O’Dell was the only swimmer eligible for Junior Pan Pacs to swim in a final tonight, and she was already likely on the team by virtue of her 100 back earlier this week. Likewise, Lilla Bognar was already on the team in the 400 IM. On the men’s side, Kaii Winkler and Josh Howat were the two highest eligible finishers in the 50 free.