Emma Weber edged Tokyo gold medalist Lydia Jacoby by 0.27, who now won’t get a chance to defend her title in Paris.
INDIANAPOLIS — It was a night for familiar names at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.
American backstroke star Ryan Murphy is headed to his third Olympics. So is breaststroke queen Lilly King. And the most prominent name of all, Katie Ledecky, locked up a second individual race in Paris.
Let’s not forget Katie Grimes, who’ll be swimming indoors and outdoors at the Summer Games.
In a hectic session featuring five finals, Ledecky made it two-for-two in Indy by touching first in the 200-meter freestyle Monday.
Having already won the 400 free on the opening night of the trials, Ledecky showed her speed on the final lap to take the victory in 1 minute, 55.22 seconds.
Still to come for Ledecky, her two best events: the 800 and 1,500 …