Cardinals Send Two to US Olympic Trial Finals After Day 3

Cardinals Send Two to US Olympic Trial Finals After Day 3

June 15, 2021 | Swimming & Diving

The Cards had four Top 16 finishes and three swam in the semifinals tonight

By: Nancy Worley

OMAHA, Neb. -- Tuesday at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials proved to be the most competitive so far as the University of Louisville had four top 16 finishes in prelims and send three swimmers to the semifinals tonight at the CHI Health Center in Omaha.

The marquee event for the Cardinals was the men's 200M butterfly. Cardinal Forever Zach Harting once again showed he is a second half swimmer when he made up more than two seconds on Trenton Julian's on the final lap, splitting 29.88. Harting out-touched the Cal swimmer with a time of 1:55.21 to not only qualify for the finals but will be the co-top seed with Luca Urlando. Teammate Nick Albiero, went 1:56.29 in his heat of the 200M Butterfly semifinals. He will advance to the finals as fifth seed tomorrow to vie for an Olympic berth.

In prelims, the Cardinal teammates Harting and Albiero swam in the same heat and were the one-two punch in the morning session. Harting put together a blazing second half to post a time of 1:55.34, which was three-tenths off his best time and 1.3 seconds faster the winning time in this event at 2016 Olympic Trials. Albiero, UofL's 2021 NCAA champ in the 200-yard fly, went 1:56.13 just a tenth off his best time.

Cardinal Abby Hay earned a second swim this morning, advancing to the semifinals of the 200M Individual Medley with a time of 2:15.70

During other prelim swims, UofL freshman Liberty Williams led her heat wire-to-wire with a 16:35.20 in the 1500M Freestyle, beating the runner-up by nine seconds and shaving 10 seconds off her entry time to finish 13th. However, only eight moved on to finals in this event. Teammate Alena Kraus put up a 2:02.53 in the 200M Freestyle and Tristen Ulett turned in a time of 2:17.92 in the 200M Individual Medley.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are scheduled for Friday July 23, 2021 – Sunday August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Prelims resume tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. ET.

Session Times
Morning preliminary sessions will begin daily at 11 a.m. ET. Nightly semifinals and finals sessions will feature the following start times:

June 13-17: Beginning at 7:45 p.m. ET (first race at 8 p.m.)
June 18-19: Beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET (first race at 9 p.m.)
June 20: Beginning at 8 p.m. ET (first race at 8:15 p.m.)

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Nick Albiero swims the butterfly at the Olympic Trials

Nick Albiero swims the butterfly at the Olympic Trials

Cardinals to watch during Wave II
Women
Gabi Albiero (100 fly, 200 fly, 50 free, 100 free)
Adeline Farrington (100 breast, 200 breast)
Morgan Friesen (100 breast, 200 breast)
Abby Hay (200 IM, 400 IM)
Paige Hetrick (100 back, 200 back)
Alena Kraus (100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free)
Tristen Ulett (100 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, 50 free, 100 free, 200 IM)
Kaylee Wheeler (100 breast)
Liberty Williams (400 free, 800 free, 1500 free)

Men
Nicolas Albiero (100 back, 200 back, 100 fly, 200 fly)
Hayden Curley (400 free, 800 free, 1500 free)
Mihalis Deliyiannis (50 free)
Dalton Lowe (100 fly)
Colton Paulson (100 free, 200 free, 400 free)
T.C. Smith (400 free, 800 free, 1500 free)
Jack Wever (100 back, 200 back)
Mitchell Whyte (50 free, 100 back, 100 fly)

Cardinal Pros
Mallory Comerford (100 fly, 50 free, 100 free, 200 free)
Kelsi Worrell Dahlia (200 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM)
Casey Fanz (50 free, 100 free)
Zach Harting (200 free, 100 fly, 200 IM, 200 Fly)


*Wednesday, June 16*	*Wednesday, June 16*
Men's 100 Freestyle	Men's 100 Freestyle – Semifinal
Women's 200 Butterfly	Women's 200 Freestyle – FINAL
Men's 200 Breaststroke	Men's 200 Butterfly – FINAL
Men's 800 Freestyle	Women's 200 Butterfly – Semifinal
	Men's 200 Breaststroke – Semifinal
	Women's 200 Individual Medley – FINAL
	Women's 1500 Freestyle – FINAL

*Thursday, June 17*	*Thursday, June 17*
Women's 100 Freestyle	Men's 800 Freestyle – FINAL
Men's 200 Backstroke	Men's 200 Breaststroke – FINAL
Women's 200 Breaststroke	Women's 100 Freestyle – Semifinal
Men's 200 Individual Medley	Men's 200 Backstroke – Semifinal
	Women's 200 Butterfly – FINAL
	Men's 100 Freestyle – FINAL
	Women's 200 Breaststroke – Semifinal
	Men's 200 Individual Medley – Semifinal

*Friday, June 18*	*Friday, June 18*
Women's 800 Freestyle	Women's 200 Breaststroke – FINAL
Men's 100 Butterfly	Men's 200 Backstroke – FINAL
Women's 200 Backstroke	Women's 200 Backstroke – Semifinal
	Men's 200 Individual Medley – FINAL
	Women's 100 Freestyle – FINAL
	Men's 100 Butterfly – Semifinal

*Saturday, June 19*	*Saturday, June 19*
Men's 50 Freestyle	Men's 100 Butterfly – FINAL
Women's 50 Freestyle	Women's 200 Backstroke – FINAL
Men's 1500 Freestyle	Women's 800 Freestyle – FINAL
	Men's 50 Freestyle – Semifinal
	Women's 50 Freestyle – Semifinal

*Sunday, June 20*	*Sunday, June 20*
No Preliminaries	Men's 50 Freestyle – FINAL
	Women's 50 Freestyle – FINAL
	Men's 1500 Freestyle – FINAL