Nineteen Boilers to Represent Purdue at Swimming's U.S. Olympic Team Trials Five men qualify for 50 free; nine swimmers expected to compete on June 30.
After closing out her college career at the 2011 NCAA Championships, Ariel Martin continued training with the Boilers and qualified for the Olympic Trials in three freestyle events.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.-- Nineteen Purdue swimmers -- 10 men and nine women -- have qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials where they will compete, over an eight-day span beginning June 25, for a chance to achieve the ultimate goal of qualifying for the Olympic Games.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials are set for June 25 through July 2 at the Century Link Center in Omaha, Neb. The Olympic Trials were also held in Omaha in 2008. The attendance of more than 160,000 swimming fans at the 2008 Trials (over the 15 total sessions) was a new record for the event.
The Purdue contingent will be representing the Boilermaker Aquatics Swim Club while being coached by John Klinge, Dan Ross, J Agnew and Erica Janssen. McGough will be representing his hometown Clovis Swim Club from the Fresno, Calif., area.
Throughout the U.S. Olympic Trials, Boilermaker All-Access at PurdueSports.com will present video features of many of the swimmers that qualified for Trials. The schedule of video features will be geared to highlight the swimmers competing in the upcoming 24-48 hours.
The schedule for the U.S. Olympic Trials features preliminary heats in the morning beginning at 11 a.m. ET. The top 16 qualifiers in an event advance to the semifinals and the event final features the top eight competitors. Those races are part of the evening finals, which begin daily at 7:45 p.m. ET. There are three to five events scheduled for each morning of preliminary heats. In many instances, the finals of those events will be held the following night.
NBC and the NBC Sports Network will have daily live television coverage of the evening finals. Live video webcasts of the morning preliminaries will also be available via USASwimming.org. Click HERE for the full TV and webcast schedule.
With over 100 swimmers having qualified for many of the events, there should be 10 or more preliminary heats for most events in the morning sessions.
Most national and international competitions feature long course meter (LCM) events. College swim meets feature short course yards (SCY) events. LCM meets feature longer lengths of the pool (50 meters vs. 25 yards) and therefore fewer turns. To qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials, swimmers had to finish an event below an established standard time at a sanctioned LCM meet. Times posted at college SCY meets are not eligible for Trials qualification.
The final weekend of March, Boilermaker Aquatics hosted a USA Swimming Grand Prix at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. More than 300 swimmers competed with the goal of qualifying for the Trials or improving on their time.
Purdue will be represented by at least one swimmer in every morning session of the Trials. With multiple Boilers qualifying for three of the four events scheduled for Saturday, June 30, nine different Purdue swimmers are expected to compete on the sixth day of the national meet.
Five Boilers qualified for the men's 50 free, the most of any event. Other events featuring multiple Purdue swimmers includes: women's 50, 100 and 200 free, men's 100 free, men's 100 and 200 breast, women's 200 back, and women's 800 free.
Event Schedule & Purdue Qualifiers Preliminary Heats at 11 a.m. ET; Semifinals & Finals at 7:45 p.m. ET Many event finals are held on the following night, check the full schedule HERE
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