MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — USA Swimming will flip the competition schedule at next month’s TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Southern California to mimic the Tokyo Olympics schedule.
Finals will be at 10 a.m. and preliminaries will be at 5 p.m. during the meet April 16-19 at Marguerite Aquatic Center in Mission Viejo. Typically, finals are swum at night after prelims are held in the morning. Among the swimmers expected to compete are 25 U.S. Olympians, including Nathan Adrian, Ryan Lochte and Allison Schmitt.
The format change will allow potential Olympians to swim under the schedule set for Tokyo, when semifinals and finals will be at 10 a.