Commentary by Casey Barrett
In 2012, at age 11, he was a walleyed spectator. Four years later, at 15, he’s a participant. A few weeks ago he dropped a 1:03.62 in the men’s 100 breaststroke at a meet at MIT, seven one-hundredths inside the qualifying standard. He’ll be one of the youngest guys at the meet, and his eyes have gone from wide to narrow with intent. He won’t be in the mix this time, but he’ll be taking notes. He intends to be under the bright lights four years from now, and in eight years too.
His name is Dillon Hillis, of the Manhattan Makos, and he’s not alone.
Today the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials begin in Omaha and there are over 1,700 entrants there to “compete†for less than 60 spots on the U.S. Olympic Team. The great majority of those have little to no shot at making it. Like 1,500 of them; that’s about 90%. Consider that for a moment. Nine in ten Olympic Trials qualifiers are not in the hunt to become Olympians. Even though the feel-good rhetoric is that everyone going to Trials “has a shot at making the Olympics.â€
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