Written by: Andrew DeSorbo 7/1/2008 8:36 AM
While many of you have been following the Olympic Trials on TV in the evenings or watching on line, here is another brief RSA report to keep you informed. Will Dove started us off with a LTB in the 200 meter freestyle (1:51.18). Sarah Henry followed up with a heat-winning 1:10.89 in the 100 meter breaststroke. Sarah's time was a new LTB and a near-2 second drop and also qualifies her for the 2008-2009 National Junior Team. Sarah will compete in either Guam in January of 2009 or in Vancouver, Canada in May of 2009. Melanie Roberts then had a near-miss at a second swim in the 100 breaststroke with a 19th-place finish. Torrey Bussey had a fast heat to contend with in her first Olympic Trial individual event, including a former Olympian in her heat, and turned in her best preliminary LCM 100 breaststroke swim and her third-best overall. Finally, Hannah Caron time trialed the 100 freestyle and dropped a tad for a new LTB of 58.54 seconds. It was another fun day with back-to-back World records in the preliminary heats of the women's 100 meter backstroke and a fast negative split 400 free from Katie Hoff to finish the evening's finals.
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