After swimming a personal-best time of 14:48.23 in the 1500 meter freestyle heats, Jordan Wilimovsky will swim in the event finals tonight at the Rio Olympic Games.
Wilimovsky, a redshirt senior at Northwestern, redshirted between his junior and senior seasons to go back to his hometown of Santa Monica, California to focus on training with his coach Dave Kelsheimer. It paid major dividends. Wilimovsky not only qualified for the 1500 in Rio via U.S. Olympic Trials this July and then advanced to the finals yesterday, but he also qualified for the 10k open water swim last summer, which he will compete in Tuesday morning.