Rising star Abbey Weitzeil looks to qualify for another Olympic event on Sunday. (Getty)
USA Swimming Olympic Trials Results: Day 8
The last spots on the 2016 USA swimming team were finalized on Sunday night.
Here’s a look at the results and Rio qualifiers from Sunday:
Women’s 50m Free
Abbey Weitzeil wins the 50m freestyle in 24.28 with Simone Manuel in 2nd! #SwimTrials16
19-year-old Abbey Weitzeil has quickly established herself as one of the best short-distance swimmers in the world, and she’ll get two chances to prove that in Rio. She already qualified by winning the 100m free, and she added to that Sunday by clocking the fifth-fastest time in the world this year.
She was followed by fellow 19-year-old Simone Manuel, who also qualifies for her second event, while Madison Kennedy missed out on Brazil by 15 one-hundredths of a second.
Going to Rio: Abbey Weitzeil, Simone Manuel
Men’s 1500m Free
And Connor Jaeger wins the men’s 1500 free with 14:47.61, coming home in 27.80. Jordan Wilimovsky 2nd 14:49.19 #SwimTrials16
As expected, Connor Jaeger and Jordan Wilmovsky finished 1-2 without much of a challenge.
Jaeger, who has already qualified in the 400m freestyle, owns the American record in this event and continued his dominance on Sunday night with the fourth-fastest time in the world this year.
He’ll be joined in Rio by Wilimovsky, a distance swimmer who adds a pool event to the 10k open water race he’ll also be swimming Brazil.
Going to Rio: Connor Jaeger, Jordan Wilimovsky
Updated USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016
Here’s a list of swimmers who have already qualified for Rio. You can click here to learn more about each individual swimmer.
Men
Jordan Wilimovsky: 10K Open Water, 1500m Free
Sean Ryan: 10K Open Water
Chase Kalisz: 400m IM
Jay Litherland: 400m IM
Connor Jaeger: 400m Free, 1500m Free
Conor Dwyer: 400m Free*, 200m Free
Kevin Cordes: 100m Breast, 200m Breast
Cody Miller: 100m Breast
Townley Haas: 200m Free
Jack Conger: 200m Free
Ryan Lochte: 200m Free, 200m IM
Ryan Murphy: 100m Back, 200m Back
David Plummer: 100m Back
Michael Phelps: 200m Fly, 200m IM, 100m Fly
Tom Shields: 200m Fly, 100m Fly
Josh Prenot: 200m Breast
Nathan Adrian: 100m Free, 50m Free
Caeleb Dressel: 100m Free
Ryan Held: 100m Free
Anthony Ervin: 100m Free, 50m Free
Jacob Pebley: 200m Back
Women
Haley Anderson: 10K Open Water
Maya DiRado: 400m IM, 200m IM, 200m Back
Elizabeth Beisel: 400m IM
Kelsi Worrell: 100m Fly
Dana Vollmer: 100m Fly
Katie Ledecky: 400m Free, 200m Free, 800m Free
Leah Smith: 400m Free, 200m Free, 800m Free
Olivia Smoliga: 100m Back
Kathleen Baker: 100m Back
Lilly King: 100m Breast, 200m Breast
Katie Meili: 100m Breast
Missy Franklin: 200m Free, 200m Back
Allison Schmitt: 200m Free
Melanie Margalis: 200m IM
Cammile Adams: 200m Fly
Hali Flickinger: 200m Fly
Molly Hannis: 200m Breast
Abbey Weitzeil: 100m Free, 50m Free
Simone Manuel: 100m Free, 50m Free
Amanda Weir: 100m Free
Lia Neal: 100m Free
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USA Swimming Olympic Trials Results: Sunday Qualifiers