Michael Andrew

Um, and a ton of, of pretty big name entrance, Jack Alexi, Ilya Karun, Chris Giuliano, Caleb Dressel, uh, Lamar Taylor is in there, which he's, he's Bahamian.

So he can't represent the U S but Van Matthias, Brooks Curry, Matt King, Michael Andrew, Patrick Salmon, uh, I mean, it's the, and the list goes on of, of swimmers with intrigue.

So there for that top eight, I think there's quite a bit of unknown and wiggle room for people to kind of get, make their way into that final.

Um, and then for the top two spots as well, you know, when you look at Alexi Karun, Giuliano and Dressel.

And Matthias really like those five, Matt King and Brooks Curry, maybe, but again, it's, there's a lot, there's a lot of room there.

yeah i got a couple guys even further down that i'm i had that you know caught my eye johnny culo being one we've seen that he's represented the us before at a major stage um and then brendan whitfield he is like a hammer and nail sprinter for virginia tech uh he's only gotten better and better over the last year and a half uh really coming into his own right now so i'm those are two guys who i think could be outside shots to make the final um michael andrew obviously isn't is a name that everybody keeps their eye on because we never know he's only entered in in the 50 and 100 i am as we mentioned yesterday which is a little bit interesting for him So maybe putting a little bit more emphasis on these two events in his training, so maybe he could pop out something crazy.

Yeah, this is going to be a fun this is going to be a really fun event.

It's pretty night and day different from the women's 50 free where, yes, here's your two pretty much guaranteed spots pending something crazy on the men's side.

He could be a pretty valuable relay piece on the 4x2.

Michael Andrew entered in a very limited schedule of 5,300 IM.

That's interesting.

That was interesting.

But again, this meet does not have a whole lot when it comes to competition for a lot of these events.

And it's like Michael Andrew in years past maybe had to top seven or eight other people in order to make one of these teams, maybe this year, he only has to, you know, maybe he only has to get his hand on, you know, on the wall ahead of three or four.

So I was surprised to only see three events from a guy who you who, just a couple years ago, said that he wanted to be the fastest man in all 450s.

But like, so it's like, what? I wonder what his decision making process was behind just two events.

But second, you know, he knew that, you know, d- he, he studied Dave's work and, and his philosophy was a big part of who he had become also as a coach.

But from an athletic point of view, you know, I, I, I met up with Michael Andrew in December last year.

Mm.

And this was right about the time when he had left ASU, and here was a guy who his, his entire childhood, he was coached by his father.