GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Current, former and incoming Gators will compete at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials. The nine-day event will be held from Saturday, June 15 to Sunday, June 23 on a football field for the very first time inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.
35 Gators will compete throughout the nine days of competition for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. The maximum size for the U.S. Olympic swim team is 26 women and 26 men, which also includes relay swimmers. The team selection procedure is if a swimmer finishes in the top two of a race, while having an Olympic qualifying time, they will make the team (pending confirmation from the federation). Swimmers for freestyle relays are also chosen by their times at the trials.
Head Coach
Anthony Nesty will serve as
head coach for the U.S. men's swim team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
GATORS COMPETING:
Former Gators: Current Gators: Incoming Gators:
Men: Men: Women: Men:
Caeleb Dressel Adam Chaney Anna Auld Luke Whitlock
Bobby Finke Jake Mitchell Catie Choate Devin Dilger
Kieran Smith Gio Linscheer Micayla Cronk Women:
Women: Josh Parent Lainy Kruger Gracie Weyant
Isabel Ivey Caleb Maldari Michaela Mattes Sofia Plaza
Andrew Taylor Caroline Pennington Addison Reese
Bobby Dinunzio Olivia Peoples
Mason Laur Grace Rainey
Macguire McDuff JoJo Ramey
Julian Smith Bella Sims
Peter Bretzmann Emma Weyant
Amadeusz Knop Julia Heimstead
Sean Sullivan
Billy Jones
Florida has five swimmers competing that have previously made a U.S. Olympic Team.
- Caeleb Dressel is one of the highly anticipated swimmers to watch. The Florida Gator looks to participate in his third Olympic Games after making history at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The seven-time gold medalist became one of five swimmers ever to win five medals at a single game. Dressel holds four American records in the 50-meter free (21.04), 100-meter free (46.96), 50-meter fly (22.35) and 100-meter fly (49.45).
- Bobby Finke will make his second Olympic trials appearance. The Florida alum won two gold medals in the 800-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle events in Tokyo. Finke holds the American Records in both the 800-meter free (7:38.67) and 1500-meter free (14:31.59), which he set at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
- Kieran Smith is set to compete in five events (100/200/400 free, 200 back, 200 IM) at trials. The 28-time All-American took home bronze in the 400-meter free at the Tokyo Games.
- Jake Mitchell is set for his second Olympic trials. The Tokyo Olympian had an historical first trial. He had finished second in the 400-meter free, but didn't swim a qualifying time. Two nights later, he swam the event again, but alone. The current Gator recorded a 3:47.95 time to mark a qualifying time and a spot on the Olympic Team.
- Emma Weyant earned her first Olympic medal in Tokyo. After winning the 400-meter IM event at trials, Weyant swam a 4:32.76 in Japan to earn a silver medal. She is set to compete in the event as well as the 200/400/800 free and 200 breast in Indianapolis.
- Freshman standout Bella Sims is listed 11 times on the physch sheet. At 16-years-old, Sims qualified for Tokyo as the second-youngest member of the 2020 US Olympic Team. The silver-medalist earned a spot on the 4 x 200-meter free relay team and was the lead off for the US in the prelims. She clocked a 1:58.99 split to to help the US advance to the finals, where the team finished second.
SWIMMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Session Start Times (ET): 11 a.m. Prelims / 7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs). The trials will have 17 sessions distributed over nine days. With eight prelims and nine finals, every individual event contested at the Olympics will have a trial.
| June 15 - Saturday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Women's 100M Butterfly |
Women's 100M Butterfly Semis |
| Women's 400M Freestyle |
Men's 400M Freestyle Finals |
| Men's 100M Breaststroke |
Women's 400M Freestyle Finals |
| Men's 400M Freestyle |
Men's 100M Breaststroke Finals |
| June 16 - Sunday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Men's 200M Freestyle |
Men's 400M IM Final |
| Men's 400M IM |
Women's 100M Butterfly |
| Women's 100M Breaststroke |
Men's 200M Freestyle Semi |
| Men's 100m Backstroke |
Women's 100M Breaststroke Semi |
| Women's 200M Freestyle |
Men's 100M Backstroke Semi |
|
Men's 100M Breaststroke Final |
|
Women's 200M Freestyle Semi |
| June 17 – Monday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Women's 400M IM |
Women's 400M IM Final |
| Women's 100M Backstroke |
Men's 200M Freestyle Final |
| Men's 800M Freestyle |
Women's 100M Backstroke Semi |
|
Men's 100M Backstroke Semi |
|
Women's 100m Breaststroke Final |
|
Women's 200m Freestyle Final |
June 18 – Tuesday
|
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Men's 200M Butterfly |
Men's 100M Freestyle Semi |
| Men's 100M Freestyle |
Men's 200M Butterfly Semi |
| Women's 1500M Freestyle |
Women's 100M Backstroke Final |
| Women's 100M Freestyle |
Men's 800M Freestyle Final |
| Men's 200M Breaststroke |
Women's 100M Freestyle Semi |
|
Men's 200m Breaststroke Final |
| June 19 – Wednesday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Women's 200M Breaststroke |
Women's 100M Freestyle Final |
| Men's 200M Backstroke |
Men's 200M Butterfly Final |
| Women's 200M Butterfly |
Women's 200M Butterfly Semi |
|
Women's 1500M Freestyle Final |
|
Men's 200M Backstroke Semi |
|
Women's 200M Breaststroke Final |
|
Men's 200M Breaststroke Final |
|
Men's 100M Freestyle Final |
| June 20 – Thursday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Women's 200M Backstroke |
Women's 200M Butterfly Final |
| Men's 50M Freestyle |
Men's 200M Backstroke Final |
| Men's 200M IM |
Men's 50M Freestyle Semi |
|
Women's 200M Breaststroke Final |
|
Women's 200M Backstroke Semi |
|
Men's 200M IM Semi |
| June 21 – Friday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Men's 100M Butterfly |
Men's 50M Freestyle Final |
| Women's 200M IM |
Women's 200M Backstroke Final |
| Women's 800M Freestyle |
Men's 200M IM Final |
|
Men's 100M Butterfly Semi |
|
Women's 200M IM Semi |
| June 22 – Saturday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
| Women's 50M Freestyle |
Men's 100M Butterfly Final |
| Men's 1500M Freestyle |
Women's 50M Freestyle Semi |
|
Women's 200M IM Final |
|
Women's 800M Freestyle Final |
| June 23 – Sunday |
| Prelims |
Finals |
|
Women's 50M Freestyle Final |
|
Men's 1500M Freestyle Final |
SWIM TRIALS FULL TV SCHEDULE:
Live coverage of the Trials will be available every night at 8. pm. ET on NBC, along with daily preliminary heats on Peacock at 11 a.m. USA Network will have same-day delayed coverage of prelims.
| DATE |
COVERAGE |
NETWORK |
TIME |
| Sat., June 15 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
6:30 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Sun., June 16 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
5 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Mon., June 17 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
7 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Tues., June 18 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
6 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Wed., June 19 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
7 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Thurs., June 20 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
7 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Fri., June 21 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
5:30 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Sat., June 22 |
Qualifying Heats |
Peacock |
11 a.m. |
|
Qualifying Heats |
USA Network* |
6:30 p.m. |
|
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Sun., June 23 |
Finals |
NBC, Peacock |
8 p.m. |
| Sat., June 29 |
Paralympic Finals |
CNBC, Peacock |
6 p.m. |
| Sun., June 30 |
Paralympic Finals |
CNBC* |
1 p.m. |
*Taped coverage
OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TIMES:
For individual events at the Paris Games, there are two types – Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and Olympic Consideration TIME (OCT), per World Aquatics. Swimmers who match or better the OQT in one or more individual events, qualify for Olympic competition automatically. Participating countries may enter two (2) athletes in the same event, only if both swimmers' times are equivalent or under the OQT. The OCT threshold works differently. Should the OQT not yield a quota of 852 total swimmers, "World Aquatics will then invite athletes who have equaled or bettered an OCT, until the total quota of 852 athletes is reached."
| Men's |
Event |
Women's |
Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT)
-2 Entries |
Olympic Consideration Times (OTC)
-1 Entry |
Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT)
-2 Entries |
Olympic Consideration Times (OTC)
-1 Entry |
| 21.96 |
22.07 |
50m Freestyle |
24.70 |
24.82 |
| 48.34 |
48.58 |
100m Freestyle |
53.61 |
53.88 |
| 1:46.26 |
1:46.79 |
200m Freestyle |
1:57.26 |
1:57.85 |
| 3:46.78 |
3:47.91 |
400m Freestyle |
4:07.90 |
4:09.14 |
| 7:51.65 |
7:54.01 |
800m Freestyle |
8:26.71 |
8:29.24 |
| 15:00.99 |
15:05.49 |
1500m Freestyle |
16:09.09 |
16:13.94 |
| 53.74 |
54.01 |
100m Backstroke |
59.99 |
1:00.29 |
| 1:57.50 |
1:58.09 |
200m Backstroke |
2:10.39 |
2:11.04 |
| 59.49 |
59.79 |
100m Butterfly |
1:06.79 |
1:07.12 |
| 2:09.68 |
2:10.33 |
200m Butterfly |
2:23.91 |
2:24.63 |
| 51.67 |
51.93 |
100m Breaststroke |
57.92 |
58.21 |
| 1:55.78 |
1:56.36 |
200m Breaststroke |
2:08.43 |
2:09.07 |
| 1:57.94 |
1:58.53 |
200m Individual Medley |
2:11.47 |
2:12.13 |
| 4:12.50 |
4:13.76 |
400m Individual Medley |
4:38.53 |
4:39.92 |
The Paris Olympic Games pool competition will be held July 27 – August 4, 2024, while the open water swimming competition will take place August 8-9, 2024.
Gators who have currently punched their ticket to Paris:
Maha Amer – Egypt
Josh Liendo – Canada
Julie Brousseau – Canada
Jonny Marshall – Great Britain
Nicole Maier – Germany
Aleksas Savickas – Lithuania
Alfonso Mestre – Venezuela
Alberto Mestre – Venezuela
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