There might’ve been five other women swimming in her heat, but the pool was seemingly empty as junior Caroline Benda dominated the 400 IM.
Touching the wall with an Olympic Trials qualifying time of 4:48.39, second place was nowhere in sight, hauling in nearly 10 seconds after Benda.
This marked the first Olympic cut time for swimming and diving this collegiate season on both the men’s and women’s teams.
The Kentucky Wildcats tallied 15 NCAA B-cuts and four new top-ten program times over the three day meet, two of which coming from freshman Lance Johnson.
“We competed well, persevered through a lot of racing, and showed our personalities as we continue to build our competitive identity,” head coach Bret Lungaard said in a press release.