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INDIANAPOLIS — Five Hoosiers have already qualified for the Olympic games in Paris during the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Indianapolis.
Two belong to the Carmel Greyhound Swim Team. That includes Alex and Aaron Shackell, siblings whose father was also an Olympian swimming for Great Britain in the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney games. Drew Kibler is another Carmel swimmer who qualified. This will be his second Olympic games.
Other Indiana qualifiers include Lilly King and Blake Pieroni. This ties the record for most Indiana swimmers on an Olympic team which was set in 2021 during the Tokyo Games.
Preliminary races for the fourth day of trials got underway inside of Lucas Oil Stadium at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Starting around 8 p.m. semi-finals in the men’s 100-meter Freestyle, 200-meter Butterfly, 200-meter Backstroke and women’s 100-meter Freestyle will be held. Then the finals for the women’s 100-meter Backstroke and men’s 800-meter Freestyle will follow.
In the 800-meter Freestyle there is a chance for Indiana to add a 6th swimmer to the Olympic squad, breaking the 2021 record. Luke Whitlock of Noblesville will be competing with a win guaranteeing his spot on the team.
Whitlock also posted the fastest preliminary time in the 400-meter freestyle before finishing in fifth in the final.
The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials will run until Sunday, June 23rd.
