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Live Recap of Day 3 Preliminaries

Live Recap of Day 3 Preliminaries

SPEEDO ATLANTA CLASSIC 2024

Friday’s preliminary session for the 2024 Atlanta Classic is scheduled to feature the women’s and men’s 200 free, 200 back, 400 individual medley and 100 fly.

Florida intern and American Olympic champion Katie Ledecky headlines another freestyle event, the women’s 200 freestyle, ahead of the top three in last night’s 400 freestyle. Madi Mintenko of Pikes Peak and current Florida Gator Bella Sims. Meanwhile, Florida Kieran Smith enters the men’s 200 freestyle event as the top seed before settling for third place in the 400 freestyle last night behind Venezuela Alphonse Mestre. Returning to the top 200 seeds of the preliminaries, the American Olympian Phoebe Bacon of Wisconsin and Virginia Cavalier Jack Aikins lead the women’s and men’s events respectively.

Another American Olympian, this one from Florida Emma Weyant, titles its flagship event, the 400 IM. At the same time, another American Olympian from Florida, Bobby Finke, will headline the men’s 400m IM event. Shifting gears to the 100 fly, Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller leads a star-studded peloton including the Egyptian-born Worlds medalist Farida Osman of Cal. In the men’s 100 butterfly, we should see the American Olympic champion from Florida Caeleb Dressel I’m looking to get another win here in Atlanta.

Friday Preliminaries Heatsheet

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Women’s 200m Freestyle — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 1:57.26
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 2:00.89

Men’s 200m Freestyle — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 1:46.26
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 1:49.99

Women’s 200m Backstroke — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 2:10.39
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 2:13.59

Men’s 200m Backstroke — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 1:57.50
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 2:01.69

Women’s 400m IM — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 4:38.53
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 4:49.89

Men’s 400 IM — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 4:12.50
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 4:25.19

Women’s 100m Butterfly — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 57.92
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 1:00.19

Men’s 100m butterfly — Preliminaries

  • FINA Olympic Standard A: 51.67
  • U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time: 53.59