Alabama’s Rhyan White Makes USA Olympic Team in the 100m Backstroke
6/15/2021 11:19:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
White takes second in the 100-meter backstroke to earn a spot on the United States Olympic Team
OMAHA, Neb. – Seeded fourth going into the 100-meter backstroke final at the United States Swimming Olympic Team Trials, Alabama's Rhyan White got her hand on the wall second to earn a spot on Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics.
White, who posted the second fastest time out of prelims with a 58.88 before going 58.99 in the semifinals, cranked out a 58.60 in the finals, finishing in second, 12 hundredths of a second ahead of third place and just a quarter of a second behind Regan Smith.
The Herriman, Utah, native is the third member of the Alabama women's team to make a U.S. Olympic team following Ellen McGrath Owens (diving/1992) & Susan Bartholomew Williams (triathlon/2004) and the first Alabama woman to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team.
Earlier in the day, Kensey McMahon posted a 16:16.09 to advance to the final of the women's 1,500-meter freestyle, an event making its debut at the 2021 Olympic Games.
Day Three Results for the Crimson Tide
- Women's 100-meter backstroke final – Rhyan White finished second in a time of 58.60
- Women's 200-meter freestyle prelims – Morgan Scott took 38th (2:02.30) and Cora Dupre was 46th (2:03.02)
- Women's 200-meter individual medley prelims – Cat Wright took 33rd with a 2:17.52
- Women's 1,500-meter freestyle prelims – Kensey McMahon advanced to the finals with a 16:16.09
Day Four Schedule
- Preliminaries start at 10 a.m. CT on Wednesday, with the evening session getting underway at 6:45 p.m. CT
- Men's 100-meter freestyle prelims – Matt King
- Men's 200-meter breaststroke prelims – Derek Maas
- Women's 1,500-meter freestyle final – Kensey McMahon
Current Alabama Swimmers at the USA Swimming Olympic Team Trials
- Cora Dupre, 100m and 200m backstroke, 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle
- Matt King, 50m and 100m freestyle
- Morgan Liberto, 100m and 200m backstroke
- Derek Maas, 100m and 200m breaststroke and 100m butterfly
- Kensey McMahon, 400m, 800m, 1500m freestyle, 400m individual medley
- Matt Menke, 100m backstroke
- Christopher O'Connor, 100m and 200m backstroke
- Nicholas Perera, 200m and 400m individual medley
- Morgan Scott, 50, 100m and 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke
- Tyler Sesvold, 100m butterfly
- Eric Stelmar, 100m and 200m backstroke
- Rhyan White, 100m and 200m backstroke, 100m butterfly
- Cat Wright, 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley
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