Day two of the second wave of the 2020 Olympic Trials continued with 11 Hoosiers in the pool at the CHI Health Center on Monday.
The Wave II eight-day Trials competition serves as the sole qualifier for pool swimmers on the U.S. Olympic Team for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The top 16 times out of the preliminary heats will form the semifinals for all events at 200m or less, with the top eight semifinalists advancing to the finals. In events 400m or longer, the top eight swimmers out of the preliminary heats will head straight to the finals.
Athletes will earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team roster at each of the eight finals sessions.
100m BREASTSTROKE
Reigning Olympic gold medalist Lilly King earned the top qualifying spot with a time of 1:05.67 to advance to the semifinals of the women’s 100m Breaststroke. Pro swimmer Annie Lazor threw down the fifth-fastest time in the world in the sixth heat to qualify third for the semifinals with a career-best mark of 1:05.92.
Rising senior Mackenzie Looze dropped over a second off her seed time to win the second heat and place 18th at 1:09.05. Big Ten champion Emily Weiss placed 26th with a time of 1:09.68Senior-to-be Noelle Peplowski touched in 37th at 1:10.08.
200m FREESTYLE
Former IU All-American Zach Apple tied for ninth with teammate and Indiana alumnus Blake Pieroni in the preliminary heats of the 200m Freestyle at 1:47.35. Pro swimmer Zane Grothe tied for the 13th qualifying spot with a time of 1:47.93. All three swimmers advanced to the evening semifinal session.
100m Backstroke
Seven-time All-American Brendan Burns nabbed the 24th spot in the prelims of the 100m Backstroke with a time of 54.96. Wave I advancer Jacob Steele placed 28th in the event with a final mark of 55.27.
400m FREESTYLE
In-bound freshman Mariah Denigan finished second in the fourth heat to place 15th overall in the women’s 400m Freestyle prelims with a time of 4:13.24.
FINAL RESULTS
MEN’S 200m FREESTYLE
t-9. Zach Apple – 1:47.35 ^
t-9. Blake Pieroni – 1:47.35 ^
t-13. Zane Grothe – 1:47.93 ^
WOMEN’S 100m BREASTSTROKE
- Lilly King – 1:05.67 ^
- Annie Lazor – 1:05.92 ^
- Mackenzie Looze – 1:09.05
- Emily Weiss – 1:09.68
- Noelle Peplowski – 1:10.08
MEN’S 100m BACKSTROKE
- Brendan Burns – 54.96
- Jacob Steele – 55.27
WOMEN’S 400m FREESTYLE
- Mariah Denigan – 4:13.24
Advanced to Semifinals ^
Session two of the trials will begin at approximately 7:45 p.m. tonight with Hoosier representation in the semifinals of the men’s 200m Freestyle and women’s 100m Breaststroke and finals of the men’s 100m Breaststroke.
