Eden Prairie swimmer Rachel Bootsma is one step closer to London. At the Olympic trials in Omaha, the 18-year-old won a preliminary race in the 100-meter backstroke.
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Rachel Bootsma, 18, swims for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team tonight in Omaha, after winning her semifinal heat on Tuesday night.
Rachel Bootsma, of Eden Prairie, swam the 11th-fastest qualifying time in the morning heats at the Summer Olympic Games in London. Her time of 1 minute, 00.03 seconds was short her personal best of 59.10, set last month at the Olympic trials, the Star Tribune reports. The top 16 swimmers compete in Sunday’s semifinals, with the eight fastest moving on to the finals Monday. The 100 meter semifinal heats are set for 2:49 p.m. CDT.
Rachel Bootsma is busy working to be one of the best swimmers in the country. The Star Tribune reports the 18-year-old will compete in Olympic trials for the 100-meter backstroke in June. To join the U.S. team heading to the London Olympics this summer, the six-time state high school champion has to finish in at least second place at the trials.
Add another Minnesotan to the U.S. Olympic team. Amanda Smock of Melrose won the women’s triple jump at the U.S. Track and Field trials in Oregon yesterday. She’ll next compete on August 3 in London.
Gabriele Anderson, a Minnesotan who twice beat cancer on her way to the Olympic trials as a 1,500-meter runner, has won her appeal to be reinstated after being disqualified on the heat sheet for Sunday's final in Eugene, Ore. Anderson had qualified Friday with a time of 4 minutes, 10.08 seconds, seventh-best in two semifinal heats, but was disqualified after another runner claimed Anderson impeded her.
In the morning Rachel Bootsma qualified for the semi-final round in the women's 100 meter backstroke. But in the evening she finished with the 11th best time, with only the top eight moving on to the finals. Bootsma's times in London were well off the personal best she swam in the U.S. Olympic trials.
Kara Goucher is back in her hometown of Duluth for Grandma's Marathon weekend. She's running in a half-marathon event Saturday morning as she prepares for the marathon event at the London Olympics on Aug. 5.
University of Minnesota diver Kelci Bryant is headed to the Olympics in London. Bryant and Abby Johnston won the 3-meter springboard synchro final at the Olympic trials in suburban Seattle.
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