Opinion: Katie Ledecky makes history at Olympic trials; Caeleb Dressel just getting started

Women are being allowed to swim the mile for the first time at the Olympics

Caeleb Dressel qualifies first in the men's 100 free

Allison Schmitt makes her fourth Olympic team

OMAHA, Neb. – History was made at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Wednesday night, and it was entirely appropriate that Katie Ledecky was the one to do it.

For the first time ever, women are being allowed to swim the mile – the grueling 1,500 meters – at the Olympics Games, and by churning to the fastest time in the world this year here in the final, Ledecky was, is and will be the strong favorite for the gold medal in the event.

Men have been swimming the 1,500 in the Summer Games since 1904. It took only 117 years for…