Shaine Casas

Uh, for somebody that was representing his club, not even representing his country, paid his own way to this competition, and no doubt that he'll earn a wildcard spot and get himself to Beijing as well.

Uh, Kirill Prigoda was in fifth spot ahead of Carson Foster, Shaine Casas, Casper Corbo, So Agata, who boasted the crown in, uh, Astana, and Pavel Samosenko.

On the girls' side as well, you know, I don't think we've ever seen a paycheck as big as Marrit Steenberg, and deservedly so, history maker, but you know, 178,000, let's, let's round it out, $180,000.

Well, I'll say I, I was on the tours where Katinka was dominating everything, and she was earning 200 to 300, but she had to work really hard for that-

So we will see certainly the athletes that skip trials, Cam McEvoy, take a wildcard option to, to Beijing.

For the Americans, what would be great is if they intentionally don't go to trials, which is next week in the US.

That's Luke Barr, Shaine Casas, Anna Peplowski.

Imagine [chuckles] if they don't even go because just as a somewhat of a middle finger to say, "Well, we're gonna take the wildcard option," but it's all gonna come to a head next year at the 2027 World Cup where the World Cup will be the qualification for the men's and women's 50 breast, 50 fly, 50 backstroke.