Views From the Crowd- Olympic Trials!

By: Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Sam Meisel

Reach for the Wall contributor, Sam Meisel, is in Indianapolis for the Trials and sent us some great photos from Monday Night Finals. The shots below include Phoebe Bacon on her walk out for the100 Back, Caroline Bentz on her walk out for the 100 Back, Brett Feyerick at the start of the 100 Back, and several from the 200 Free Final, where Katie Ledecky took the top spot and Erin Gemmell placed 4th securing her place on the Olympic Team!

In case you missed the first few days of Trials, here’s how the locals have done through today’s (Wednesday) prelims:

Saturday:

Women’s 100 Butterfly (Sunday Night Final):

• Torri Huske- 2nd 55.52
• Phoebe Bacon 20th 58.99

Women’s 400 Freestyle:

• Katie Ledecky- 1st 3:58.35
• Erin Gemmell-5th 4:08.42 (scratched from Finals)
• Chase Travis-33rd 4:14.68
• Paige McKenna-40th 4:17.44
• Madison Smith-42nd 4:18.63

Sunday:

Men’s 400 IM:

• Toby Barnett-50th 4:26.80
• Evan Mackesy-58th 4:27.79

Women’s 100 Breaststroke:

• Abby Harter-22nd 1:09.38
• Anna Keating-53rd 1:10.95

Men’s 100 Backstroke:

• Joe Hayburn- 20th 54.96
• JT Ewing-35th 55.37
• Brett Feyerick-62nd 56.05
• JT Schmid-73rd 56.92

Women’s 200 Freestyle (Monday Night Final):

• Katie Ledecky-1st 1:55.22
• Erin Gemmell-4th 1:56.75 (1:56.53 in semis)
• Camille Spink-13th 1:59.85 (1:59.66 in prelims)

Monday:

Women’s 400 IM:

• Eleanor Sun- 20th 4:50.94
• Sadie Buckley 39th 5:00.38

Women’s 100 Back (Tuesday Night Final):

• Phoebe Bacon-6th 59.37 (59.33 in semis)
• Caroline Bentz-15th 1:00.91 (1:00.47 in prelims)
• Alyssa Sagle-52nd 1:02.74

Tuesday:

Men’s 200 Butterfly:

• Alex Colson-15th 1:59.64 (1:57.62 in prelims)
• Landon Gentry-32nd 2:00.12

Women’s 1500 Freestyle (Wednesday Night Final):

• Katie Ledecky
• Chase Travis-19th 16:41.82
• Brooke Travis-21st 16:42.59
• Paige McKenna-26th 16:46.37

Women’s 100 Freestyle (Wednesday Night Final):

• Torri Huske
• Erin Gemmell-11th 54.29
• Camille Spink-26th 55.23

Men’s 200 Breaststroke:

• Jed Garner-31st 2:14.53
• Eli Martin-37th 2:14.94
• Lleyton Arnold-41st 2:15.18

Wednesday (Prelims):

Women’s 200 Breaststroke:

• Anna Keating-2:29.79 (currently13th)
• Brynn Curtis-22nd 2:31.68

Men’s 200 Backstroke:

• JT Ewing-17th 1:59.47
• Joe Hayburn-29th 2:00.32
• Sam O’Brien-32nd 2:00.54
• Adriano Arioti-55th 2:03.56

Women’s 200 Butterfly:

• Mackenzie McConagha-30th 2:13.32
• Eleanor Sun-35th 2:14.04
• Abby Harter-37th 2:14.52