By David Rieder
No world record has been set at the Olympic Trials this week, but everyone in Omaha awoke this morning to the news of one Down Under. Cate Campbell provided the fireworks with a 52.06 in the 100 free at Swimming Australia’s Grand Prix meet in Brisbane, clipping the 52.07 that Britta Steffen set at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
That, of course, came just hours after Abbey Weitzeil won the same event at U.S. Trials in 53.28. Even before the world record, Weitzeil acknowledged after she would have to swim much faster to be in medal contention in Rio, and the U.S. will need improvements all across the board if they want to win a medal in the 400 free relay—let alone gold, with Australia having three women who have gone under 53 this year.
But those races aside, the American women need Weitzeil or Simone Manuel to drop some time for a potential anchor leg on the 400 medley relay. The Americans were a disappointing fourth in that event at the World Championships last summer, but if Manuel does not get the spot they will roll out a totally new quartet this time around.
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