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 how about Katie Grimes? She'll be swimming indoors and outdoors at the Paris Games. And the most prominent name of all, Katie Ledecky, locked up a second individual race in Paris.
IIn 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 freestyle.
She'll be joined in Paris by Claire Weinstein, runner-up in the 200 free at 1:56.18. Paige Madden and Erin Gemmell are also assured of relay spots in the 4x200 free relay after finishing third and fourth, respectively, with the next two — Anna Peplowski and Alex Shackell — also in the mix for relay spots.
Murphy won the men's 100-meter backstroke to continue a run of excellence that dates to his breakout at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The 28-year-old Floridian touched in 52.22 and now gets a chance to add to his already impressive resume, which includes four golds, one silver and one bronze.
«I think I enjoy it a little bit more than I used to,» Murphy said. «I used to feel like I was going to throw up before every race.»
Hunter Armstrong claimed the likely second Olympic spot in 52.72 — edging Jack Aikins by two-hundredths of a second.
The 27-year-old King thrilled her home-state fans at Lucas Oil Stadium by taking the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.43.
She has said that her third Olympics will be
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