SUNDAY, JUNE 16 HEATS
Notes
Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium crowd welcomed two-time IU Olympian Lilly King with a roar as she opened her U.S. Olympic Team Trials program on Sunday.
- King earned the top seed in Sunday night’s 100-meter breaststroke semifinal with a 1:06.05 in prelims – over half a second faster than the field.
- Two-time Olympian Blake Pieroni posted his best 200-meter freestyle performance since his personal best 1:45.93 in 2013. Pieroni had not been under 1:47 since 2021 trials and announced his retirement in 2022 before recently returning to training at Indiana. The top six finishers from the 200 free final are expected to make the Olympics. Pieroni came into the meet as the No. 15 seed with a time of 1:47.02.
- Anna Peplowski swam the No. 4 200-meter freestyle time in the morning, going 1:57.37. Peplowski has been as quick as 1:56.99.
Results
Men’s 200-meter freestyle
- 2. Blake Pieroni – 1:46.09 (Qualified for Semifinal)
- 23. Owen McDonald – 1:48.05
- 31. Brendan Burns – 1:48.82
Men’s 400-meter IM
- 37. Drew Reiter – 4:25.11
- 49. Toby Barnett – 4:26.80
- T52. Lucas Piunti – 4:27.04
- T54. Tristan DeWitt – 4:27.51
Women’s 100-meter breaststroke
- 1. Lilly King – 1:06.05 (Qualified for Semifinal)
- 64. Kabria Chapman – 1:11.26
Men’s 100-meter backstroke
- 45. Gavin Wight – 55.62
Women’s 200-meter freestyle
- 4. Anna Peplowski – 1:57.37 (Qualified for Semifinal)
- 45. Ella Ristic – 2:01.69
Next Session: Sunday, June 16 Finals
- Men’s 200-meter freestyle semifinal (Pieroni)
- Women’s 100-meter breaststroke semifinal (King)
- Men’s 100-meter breaststroke final (Matheny)
- Women’s 200-meter freestyle semifinal (Peplowski)
