More than nine months still remain before the 2012 Olympic Trials, but I have already begun thinking about who will leave that meet and head to London on the Olympic Team. As I like to do, I am sharing my early predictions for that meet. Of course, I cannot predict what young swimmers will breakout in the early part of the new year, so I predict a team full of veterans to cross the Atlantic next summer. Here we go.
Women:
50 Free
1. Jessica Hardy
2. Dara Torres
100 Free
1. Missy Franklin
2. Natalie Coughlin
3. Dana Vollmer
4. Jessica Hardy
5. Amanda Weir
6. Kara Lynn Joyce
200 Free
1. Missy Franklin
2. Allison Schmitt
3. Katie Hoff
4. Dana Vollmer
5. Dagny Knutson
6. Morgan Scroggy
400 Free
1. Chloe Sutton
2. Allison Schmitt
800 Free
1. Kate Ziegler
2. Chloe Sutton
100 Back
1. Missy Franklin
2. Natalie Coughlin
200 Back
1. Missy Franklin
2. Elizabeth Beisel
100 Breast
1. Rebecca Soni
2. Jessica Hardy
200 Breast
1. Rebecca Soni
2. Amanda Beard
100 Fly
1. Dana Vollmer
2. Christine Magnuson
200 Fly
1. Kathleen Hersey
2. Teresa Crippen
200 IM
1. Elizabeth Beisel
2. Ariana Kukors
400 IM
1. Elizabeth Beisel
2. Caitlin Leverenz
Men:
50 Free
1. Nathan Adrian
2. Jimmy Feigen
100 Free
1. Nathan Adrian
2. Garrett Weber-Gale
3. Matt Grevers
4. Jason Lezak
5. Jimmy Feigen
6. Dave Walters
200 Free
1. Ryan Lochte
2. Michael Phelps
3. Peter Vanderkaay
4. Ricky Berens
5. Matt McLean
6. Conor Dwyer
400 Free
1. Peter Vanderkaay
2. Matt McLean
1500 Free
1. Chad La Tourette
2. Peter Vanderkaay
100 Back
1. Matt Grevers
2. Nick Thoman
200 Back
1. Ryan Lochte
2. Tyler Clary
100 Breast
1. Brendan Hansen
2. Eric Shanteau
200 Breast
1. Eric Shanteau
2. Brendan Hansen
100 Fly
1. Michael Phelps
2. Tyler McGill
200 Fly
1. Michael Phelps
2. Tyler Clary
200 IM
1. Michael Phelps
2. Ryan Lochte
400 IM
1. Ryan Lochte
2. Tyler Clary
