Indiana rising redshirt junior Michael Brinegar advanced to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in his second event during the final night of finals at the 2020 Olympic Trials at the CHI Health Center on Sunday night.
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.
1500m FREESTYLE
Michael Brinegar, an Olympian in the 800m Freestyle, earned a second roster spot after finishing second in the 1500m Freestyle final with a time of 15:00.87, narrowly missing his career-best time of 15:00.82.
He carried the third spot in the standings for the first half of the race before overtaking the second spot. He remained in second for the remainder of the race and was only out-touched by Bobby Finke (14:46.06).
FINAL RESULTS
MEN’S 1500m FREESTYLE
- Michael Brinegar – 15:00.87 #
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Advanced to Olympics #
U.S. HOOSIER SWIMMERS AND DIVERS HEADED TO TOKYO
Zach Apple – 100m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Relay
Michael Brinegar – 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle
Andrew Capobianco – 3M Springboard, 3M Springboard Synchro
Mike Hixon – 3M Springboard Synchro
Lilly King – 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke
Annie Lazor – 200m Breaststroke
Jessica Parratto – 10M Platform Synchro
Blake Pieroni – 400m Freestyle Relay
