WASHINGTON - Five members of the 2023-24 GW swimming and diving teams are preparing to compete on the world stage in the coming weeks. Three Revolutionaries - Ava Topolewski, Ava DeAngelis and Connor Rodgers - will be competing at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials from June 15-23 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Another two GW Revs, Djurdje Matic (Serbia) and Toni Dragoja (Croatia), will swim for their home countries' national teams at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships, hosted in Matic's home city of Belgrade, Serbia, with competitive swimming from June 17-23.
U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials is a nine-day event that takes place from June 15-23 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Coverage gets underway this Saturday, June 15, at 6:30 p.m. ET on USA Network. Qualifying heats will air live on Peacock with same-day delayed coverage each day on USA Network. Coverage of every final will air live on NBC and Peacock each night beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
DeAngelis swims first in her lone event of the meet, the 100-meter breaststroke, with prelims and semifinals scheduled for June 16 and the final scheduled for June 17. Topolewski will follow with her first of two events, the 1500-meter freestyle, with prelims on June 18 and the final on June 19. Rodgers will then swim his lone event, the 200-meter IM, with prelims and semifinals set for June 20 and the final set for June 21. Topolewski will swim her second and final event, the 800-meter freestyle, with the prelims on June 21 and final on June 22.
EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2024 European Aquatics Championships began on June 10 and will continue through June 23, with competitive swimming beginning on June 17, hosted at Milan Gale Muškatirovic. Live streaming of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships is available by clicking the streaming link on the European Aquatics Championships home page and creating a free Eurovision Sport account. Live results are available on the European Aquatics Championships home page.
Matic and Dragoja will race in six total events combined representing their native countries of Serbia and Croatia, respectively. Matic begins his meet on June 17 when he swims the 50-meter butterfly, and continues on June 19 with the 100-meter butterfly, before finishing on June 23 in the 4x100-meter medley relay. Dragoja will swim the 100-meter freestyle on June 18, and continue his meet on June 20 with the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, before swimming his final event, the 50-meter freestyle, on June 22 to finish his time in Belgrade. Each relay scheduled is a one-off final, while each individual event begins with a semifinal. Finals for individual swimming events will be held the day after the semifinal.