Lydia Jacoby, a 17-year-old from Seward, Alaska, opens her US Olympic Trials with the Women’s 100M Breaststroke preliminary heats and semi-final heats scheduled for Monday, June 14th at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska.
Jacoby, representing Seward Tsunami-AK, enters the preliminary heats, scheduled for 7:44 a.m. Alaska Time, with the 3rd fastest qualifying time and will be in the preferred Lane 4 in Heat 5. A top finish and Jacob advances to the Women’s 100M Breaststroke semi-finals (two heats) at 7:48 p.m. on Monday. The Women’s 100M Breaststroke finals are scheduled for Tuesday, June 15th.
The World and American record holder in the 100M Breaststroke, Lilly King, is entered in Heat 7, Lane 4.
Lydia Jacoby will also compete in the Women’s 200M Breaststroke which is scheduled for Thursday, June 17th.
TV Coverage Information
Qualifying will be aired in the evenings on NBCSN for all seven days of the Wave II meet.
Preliminary heats
June 14-17 and 19: 6:30 p.m. June 18: 6 p.m.
Finals
June 13-17: 8 p.m. ET. June 18-19: 9 p.m. ET. June 20: 8:15 p.m.
All finals will air on NBC, except for those on June 17, which will be live on NBCSN and re-aired on NBC at 10 p.m. ET.
Streaming Information
Live coverage of all races, including preliminaries, will stream on NBCOlympics.com and on the NBC Sports App for the duration of the meet.
Photo courtesy of swimswam.com
