How to watch Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Murphy and Jacksonville swimmers at U.S. Olympic Trials
Clayton Freeman
The U.S. Olympic Trials are entering their final stage.
Hundreds of the top American swimmers begin Wave II of USA Swimming's Olympic trials on Sunday at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, the last step before the Tokyo Olympics next month.
At the head of the pack: Bolles School graduate Ryan Murphy, winner of three gold medals and a world record at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and Clay High School's Caeleb Dressel, who earned a record eight medals, six gold, at the 2019 world championships in South Korea.
Dressel and Murphy are among nearly a dozen swimmers with connections to Jacksonville or Northeast Florida scheduled to compete during the coming week.
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Only the top two finishers in each event earn a berth on the United States team for Tokyo.
Here's a day-by-day, session-by-session schedule of events at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Parentheses indicate athletes with Jacksonville-area connections who have qualified to swim in a given event. It does not mean that those athletes will necessarily elect to compete in that event, nor does it mean that they will progress to a semifinal or final.
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How to watch U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming
When: June 13-20
Where: CHI Health Center, Omaha, Neb.
TV: Finals live on NBC 8 p.m. Eastern, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; preliminaries tape-delayed on NBCSN (5:30 p.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Friday, 6:30 p.m. other days)
Online: NBCOlympics.com and NBC Sports app
Full schedule for Jacksonville-area swimmers
Sunday, June 13 — morning prelims
Men's 400 IM, women's 100 fly (Sara Stotler), men's 400 free (Tyler Watson), women's 400 IM (Kensey McMahon), men's 100 breast (Dillon Hillis)
Sunday, June 13 — evening
Men's 400 IM final, women's 100 fly semis (Sara Stotler), men's 400 free final (Tyler Watson), women's 400 IM final (Kensey McMahon), men's 100 breast semis (Dillon Hillis)
Monday, June 14 — morning prelims
Women's 100 back (Sherridon Dressel), men's 200 free (Caeleb Dressel), women's 100 breast, men's 100 back (Ryan Murphy), women's 400 free (Kensey McMahon)
Monday, June 14 — evening
Women's 100 fly final (Sara Stotler), men's 200 free semis (Caeleb Dressel), women's 100 breast semis, men's 100 breast final (Dillon Hillis), women's 400 free final (Kensey McMahon), men's 100 back semis (Ryan Murphy), women's 100 back semis (Sherridon Dressel)
Tuesday, June 15 — morning prelims
Women's 200 free (Claire Rasmus, Sara Stotler), men's 200 fly (Cole Crane, Jace Crawford, Caeleb Dressel, Dillon Hillis), women's 200 IM (Sara Stotler), women's 1,500 free (Kensey McMahon)
Tuesday, June 15 — evening
Women's 200 free semis (Claire Rasmus, Sara Stotler), men's 200 free final (Caeleb Dressel), women's 100 back final, men's 100 back final (Ryan Murphy), women's 100 breast final, men's 200 fly semis (Cole Crane, Jace Crawford, Caeleb Dressel, Dillon Hillis), women's 200 IM semis (Sara Stotler)
Wednesday, June 16 — morning prelims
Men's 100 free (Caeleb Dressel), women's 200 fly (Sara Stotler), men's 200 breast (Dillon Hillis), men's 800 free (Tyler Watson)
Wednesday, June 16 — evening
Men's 100 free semis (Caeleb Dressel), women's 200 free final (Claire Rasmus, Sara Stotler), men's 200 fly final (Cole Crane, Jace Crawford, Caeleb Dressel, Dillon Hillis), women's 200 fly semis (Sara Stotler), men's 200 breast semis (Dillon Hillis), women's 200 IM final (Sara Stotler), women's 1,500 free final (Kensey McMahon)
Thursday, June 17 — morning prelims
Women's 100 free (Claire Rasmus), men's 200 back (Ryan Murphy), women's 200 breast, men's 200 IM (Caeleb Dressel)
Thursday, June 17 — evening
Men's 800 free final (Tyler Watson), men's 200 breast final (Dillon Hillis), women's 100 free semis (Claire Rasmus), men's 200 back semis (Ryan Murphy), women's 200 fly final (Sara Stotler), men's 100 free final (Caeleb Dressel), women's 200 breast semis, men's 200 IM semis (Caeleb Dressel)
Friday, June 18 — morning prelims
Women's 800 free (Kensey McMahon), men's 100 fly (Cole Crane, Jace Crawford, Caeleb Dressel, Dillon Hillis), women's 200 back (Sherridon Dressel)
Friday, June 18 — evening
Women's 200 breast final, men's 200 back final (Ryan Murphy), women's 200 back semis (Sherridon Dressel), men's 200 IM final (Caeleb Dressel), women's 100 free final (Claire Rasmus), men's 100 fly semis (Cole Crane, Jace Crawford, Caeleb Dressel, Dillon Hillis)
Saturday, June 19 — morning prelims
Men's 50 free (Caeleb Dressel), women's 50 free, men's 1,500 free (Tyler Watson)
Saturday, June 19 — evening
Men's 100 fly final (Cole Crane, Jace Crawford, Caeleb Dressel, Dillon Hillis), women's 200 back final (Sherridon Dressel), women's 800 free final (Kensey McMahon), men's 50 free semis (Caeleb Dressel), women's 50 free semis
Sunday, June 20 — evening
Men's 50 free final (Caeleb Dressel), women's 50 free final, men's 1,500 free final (Tyler Watson)
Jacksonville-area swimmers by school and event
Men
Cole Crane, Episcopal
100 fly, 200 fly
Jace Crawford, Episcopal
100 fly, 200 fly
Caeleb Dressel, Clay
50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM
Dillon Hillis, Bolles Sharks club
100 breast, 200 fly, 200 breast, 100 fly
Ryan Murphy, Bolles
100 back, 200 back, 100 fly
Tyler Watson, Paxon
400 free, 800 free, 1500 free
Women
Sherridon Dressel, Clay
100 back, 200 back
Kensey McMahon, Mandarin
400 free, 800 free, 1500 free, 400 IM
Claire Rasmus, Bolles
200 free, 100 free
Sara Stotler, Clay
200 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM