Sunday, September 18, 2011

Olympic Trials Predictions

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