2024 US Olympic Trials Day 3 Roster Update: Hobson Punches his Ticket.

With tonight awarding the first relay swimmers of the meet, it is time we reintroduce the term “doubles.” When we use that term, we are referring to a swimmer qualifying in more than one event, i.e., doubling up on a roster spot. If a swimmer qualifies in three events, for the purposes of the article, it would be considered as two doubles. We track ‘doubles’ to determine when the swimmers’ next priority can be officially added to the team.

Both of the rosters for the 4×200 free relays were determined today. Katie Ledecky leads the group and will be joined by fellow Olympian Paige Madden and newcomers Claire Weinstein and Erin Gemmell. Weinstein finished 2nd in the 200 free, but will likely be the top entrant in the race as Ledecky has previously alluded to dropping the race, something which she did in 2022 and 2023. As detailed below, and different from past years, should Ledecky opt not to race, the 7th place finisher in the race will not be invited to the team (if there is space).

On the men’s side, Luke Hobson and Chris Guiliano will be first-time Olympians and will take on the 200 free individually. Joining them on the relay will be veteran relay swimmers Drew Kibler and Kieran Smith, who was already named to the team in the 400.

The US team added more veterans as American Record holders Ryan Murphy and Lilly King punched their ticket to Paris. The pair had strong statement wins and will be stabilizing presences in both their events and the medley relays. Emma Weyant will look to equal or improve upon her silver medal from Tokyo in the 400 IM and joins Katie Grimes, who won the event and will take on the 400 IM for the first time at the Olympics.

The Magic Numbers:

• 6 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 2 athletes (2nd-place finishers) can be added for that gender
• 8 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 3 athletes (5th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender
• 10 doubles on either the men’s or women’s side mean all priority 4 athletes (6th-place in 100/200 free) can be added for that gender

So far, the Doubles are as follows:

 

Please stay tuned to this space to track all those named to the US Olympic Team. We will be tracking all those who have made the Olympic team every day. We will also be tracking the Junior Pan Pacs team, which can be found at the end of the article.

Some notes on the charts

• Colors delineate priorities for ease of viewing
• If their is a strikethrough, that means said athlete qualified in a higher priority
• Bolded events were events added this evening

As a reminder, the selection procedures for the US Olympic Team are as follows.  The US is limited to 26 swimmers per gender and only 12 relay-only swimmers (which is shared between both teams).

• Priority #1. The first priority will be comprised of both (i) the four best finishing
  Available Swimmers based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles, and (ii) the best
  finishing Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the
  Qualifying Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200
  meter Freestyle.
  • Limitation: If an Available Swimmer Nominated to the Team under Priority #1 in
    the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle declines to swim the 100-meter Freestyle
    or 200-meter Freestyle Events at the Olympic Games (pursuant to the
    opportunity given to that athlete under Section 1.3.9) at any time prior to the
    announcement of the Team on June 23, but remains on the Team pursuant to
    Selection in another Individual Olympic Event, no additional swimmer will be
    added to the Team in the 100-meter or 200-meter Freestyle. This limitation will
    not apply if the Available Swimmer is removed from the Team pursuant to
    Section 3.
• Priority #2. The second priority will be comprised of the second best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the Events other than the 100-meter and 200-meter
  Freestyle.
• Priority #3. The third priority will be comprised of the fifth best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles.
• Priority #4. The fourth priority will be comprised of the sixth best finishing
  Available Swimmer based on finish order during the Finals of the Qualifying
  Competition in each of the 100-meter and 200-meter Freestyles

Robert Gibbs, who will be contributing to the roster tracking over the course of meet, detailed the Junior Pan Pacs roster selection process here . There is a cap of 20 swimmers per gender.