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OMAHA, Neb. – Jessica Hardy qualified for her third event, the women’s 50m freestyle, on night eight of 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, winning with a time of 24.50. In addition to the 50m free, Hardy will also be eligible to represent Team USA in the women’s 100m freestyle and the 400m free relay. Hardy, traditionally a breaststroker, has had to change her focus on strokes after qualifying for only freestyle events. “I don’t believe it,” says Hardy of her freestyle qualifications. “What is happening? I thought I was a...

7/1/2012     OMAHA, Neb. – Michael Phelps won his fourth event of the meet Sunday at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, taking the men’s 100m butterfly with a time of 51.14. That accomplishment makes him eligible to swim eight events at the 2012 Olympic Games – the 100 fly, the 200 fly, the 200 IM, the 400 IM, the 200 freestyle and all three relays. It’s the same program he followed in his historic eight-gold-medal run in Beijing, though his status in the 400 free relay is up...

OMAHA, Neb. – Michael Phelps won his second of three races against Ryan Lochte this week at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, edging his rival Saturday in the men’s 200m IM, 1:54.84 to 1:54.93. Other winners on the sixth night of finals at the CenturyLink Center included Lochte in the men’s 200m backstroke in 1:54.54; Rebecca Soni in the women’s 200m breaststroke in 2:21.13; and Jessica Hardy in the women’s 100m freestyle in 53.96. Second-place finishers included Micah Lawrence in the women’s 200 breast (2:23.03); Tyler Clary in the...

By Matt Entringer//Correspondent When Conor Dwyer touched the wall at 1:46.64 in the Men’s 200m Freestyle, he knew he had spent his last 11 months wisely. The 23-year-old Winnetka, Ill. native, who qualified for the 800m freestyle relay in the 2012 London Olympics after coming in fourth place, trained upwards of six hours per day for almost an entire year, rarely taking a day off. The countless days of pool and dryland workouts all started shortly after Dwyer’s last NCAA Championship appearance for the University of Florida in 2011. However,...

6/29/2012     OMAHA, Neb. – Scott Weltz, Clark Burckle and Cammile Adams qualified for their first Olympic Team in front of a sell-out crowd of 14,103 people Friday at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Weltz and Burckle made the team by virtue of their 1-2 finish in the men’s 200m breaststroke, touching in 2:09.01 and 2:09.97. Adams won the women’s 200m butterfly with a Trials meet record time of 2:06.52. Finishing second behind Adams was Kathleen Hersey, who punched her ticket to London in 2:07.72. Also making the...

OMAHA, Neb. – Michael Phelps qualified for his fourth Olympic event Thursday at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, winning the men’s 200m butterfly with a time of 1:53.65. It marked the fourth time in his career that he has qualified for the Olympics in this event. Also having a stellar day 4 at the CenturyLink Center was Allison Schmitt, who set the American record in the women’s 200m freestyle in 1:54.40. Caitlin Leverenz capped the session with a win in the women’s 200m IM finals, touching in 2:10.22. Men’s...

OMAHA, Neb. – Michael Phelps won round 2 against Ryan Lochte in the men’s 200m free, and Missy Franklin set an American record in the women’s 100m backstroke Wednesday at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Both Phelps and Franklin earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team for their efforts. Also securing trips to London were Breeja Larson with a win in the women’s 100m breaststroke, Matt Grevers with a win in the men’s 100m backstroke, and Ricky Berens and Conor Dwyer with third- and fourth-place finishes in the...

6/26/2012     OMAHA, Neb. – Brendan Hansen qualified for his third Olympic Team Tuesday at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, capping an 18-month come-back with a win in the men’s 100m breaststroke. He was one of three swimmers to earn a spot on the team on the second night of finals at the CenturyLink Center. Also qualifying for the 2012 London Games were Dana Vollmer with a win in the women’s 100m butterfly and Allison Schmitt with a win in the women’s 400m freestyle. Finishing second in finals...

6/25/2012 OMAHA, Neb. – Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Elizabeth Beisel officially qualified for the Olympic Team Monday at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Each swimmer punched his or her ticket to London by virtue of a first-place finish – Lochte in the men’s 400m IM, Vanderkaay in the men’s 400m freestyle and Beisel in the women’s 400m IM. The second place finisher in each of those events – Michael Phelps in the men’s 400m IM, Conor Dwyer in the men’s 400m free and Caitlin Leverenz in the women’s...