OMAHA, Neb. – Penn State men's swimmer Michael Daly qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials finals Sunday after setting a personal best 4:17.65 in the 400 IM (LCM) Sunday morning at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Daly (Pearl River, New York) dropped nearly two full seconds off his previous top long course mark. Sunday night's finals will be broadcast by NBC beginning at 8 p.m. ET with the live stream on nbcolympics.com.
From Pearl River, New York, Daly earned All-America honorable-mention honors with his 12th-place finish in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships after claiming gold at the 2021 Big Ten Championships. He became Penn State's first Big Ten Champion in the 400 IM with a career-best and school record 3:41.09.
Daly is competing in three events at the U.S Olympic Trials Wave II, Sunday night's 400 IM finals, the 200 free on Monday, June 14 and the 200 back on Thursday, June 17.
Penn State alumna Ally McHugh, an NCAA gold medalist, Big Ten champion and highly decorated Nittany Lion swimmer, qualified for the 400 IM finals with a 4:39.60 in her heat Sunday morning.
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U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II – June 13-20
Morning preliminaries begin at 11 a.m. ET | Evening finals for June 13-17 begin at 8 p.m. ET & at 9 p.m. ET June 18-19
Sunday, June 13 – Michael Daly, 400 IM Finals – 8 p.m. ET on NBC
Monday, June 14 – Michael Daly – 200 Free
Thursday, June 17 – Michael Daly – 200 Back, Hayden Harlow – 200 IM
Saturday, June 19 – Jake Houck – 50 Free, Will Roberson – 50 Free
