For a select few, next week a dream will become a reality.
The USA Swimming Olympic Trials get underway Sunday, June 26, at 10 a.m. CT from Omaha’s CenturyLink Center. For 24 current, former and incoming Auburn swimmers, this is what they have trained for over the past four years, a chance to don a swim cap adorned with an American flag.
Auburn has six top-eight seeds and 11 top-24 seeds throughout the trials. Those ranked in the top eight include Kyle Darmody (100m back – eighth), Zane Grothe (400m free – second; 200m free - fourth), Micah Lawrence (100m breaststroke – sixth, 200m breaststroke - first) and Annie Lazor (200m breaststroke – seventh).