Northwestern Swimming Well Represented at U.S. Olympic Trials

6/23/2016 2:24:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University will have a strong presence in Omaha, Neb., next week (June 26 – July 3) for the 2016 U.S. Swimming Olympic Team Trials. Twenty-two current, former and future Wildcat swimmers will compete for a berth in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

The event serves as the only selection meet for the U.S. Olympic Swim Team and more than 200,000 tickets have already been purchased to sell out the eight-day competition.

The Northwestern contingent heading to Omaha is headlined by All-American Jordan Wilimovsky, who will try to qualify for the Olympic Games in the 400 free and 1,500 free events. Wilimovsky already earned an automatic berth for the Games in the 10K open water event after he captured the world title at the FINA World Championships in July of 2015.

Five-time Olympic gold medalist and Northwestern alumnus Matt Grevers will look to make a return trip to the Olympic Games when he participates in the 100 and 200 backstroke qualifying events. Grevers, who won four NCAA titles during his time in Evanston, captured gold two gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and two more at the 2012 London Games.

Here is the full list of Northwestern's representatives that will complete at the trials:

NORTHWESTERN ALUMNI
Men
Matt Grevers (100 back, 200 back)
Mike Alexandrov (100 breast, 200 breast)

Women
Taylor (Reynolds) Wilcox (50 free)

CURRENT NORTHWESTERN STUDENT-ATHLETES
Men
Charlie Cole (200 free, 400 free)
Will Hofstadter (100 breaststroke)
Andy Jovanovic (100 back)
Gage Kohner (50 free)
Jonathan Lieberman (200 back)
Tyler Lis (200 back)
Carter Page (1500 free)
Nick Petersen (100 back, 100 fly)
Ryan Tate (100 fly)
Jordan Wilimovsky (400 free, 1500 free)

Women
Lauren Abruzzo (400 IM, 400 free, 800 free)
Peyton Greenberg (200 breast)
Julianne Kurke (100 breast)
Lacey Locke (100 back)
Melissa Postoll (100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, 400 IM)
Ellen Stello (200 fly)
Mary Warren (50 free)

INCOMING NORTHWESTERN STUDENT-ATHELTES
Women
Sandra Freeman (400 IM)
Krystal Lara (100 back)

For a complete schedule of events, results and more, click the link to the official USA Swimming Olympic Trials website.