With commentary from three-time Olympic gold medalist and Army-Navy announcer Rowdy Gaines.
Six members of the Navy men’s swimming team will travel to Indianapolis, Ind., to compete in the USA Swimming Olympic Team Trials. The event runs June 15-23 and will be contested on the field in Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.
This is the first time the Trials will be held inside a football stadium and marks the return of the event to Indianapolis for the first time since 2000.
The Trials will be televised daily by either NBC, USA Network or Peacock.
The qualifying period for the Trials ran from Nov. 30, 2022 to June 4, 2024. Swimmers needed to post a qualifying time in a long course meter (50 meters) length pool to advance to the meet.
Matt Murphy was the first Mid to qualify for the 2024 Trials as he posted a time of 2:14.51 in the 200 breaststroke to better the qualifying standard of 2:15.99 on Feb. 23, 2023. Murphy previously competed in the event at 2020/21 Olympic Trials.
Also heading to the Trials for a second-straight time is Jonah Harm. He competed in the Trials three years ago in the 100 fly and qualified in the same event this year. Harm attained a time of 53.23 on Dec. 8, 2023, to beat the standard of 53.59.
Harm was one of three Mids to qualify for the Trials on that date. Michael Phillips (2:15.61) and Juan Mora (2:15.31) both punched their respective tickets to Indy in the 200 breast as their times were under the standard of 2:15.99.
The lone Mid to qualify for the Trials in two events is Ben Irwin, who will compete in both backstroke events. Irwin first attained a qualifying time of 55.66 in the 100 back on Feb. 29, 2024, then posted an effort of 2:10.69 in the 200 back on April 27. He bettered the former standard by three-hundredths of a second and qualified on the number in the 200 back.
Completing the list of Navy qualifiers in Patrick Colwell in the 100 fly. He bettered the standard in the event of 53.59 with a time of 53.45 on April 27.
Navy has sent at least one swimmer to nine-straight Olympic Trials (since 1992).
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