Saluting Those Who Qualified for U.S. Trials
Stephanie Peacock AP Photo
Saluting Those Who Qualified for U.S. Trials
Competing in the Olympics is a rare accomplishment for an athlete, and we’ve featured the current and former Tar Heel athletes who will be competing in London. But before we launch headlong into those events, we wanted to take a moment to recognize those who qualified for the U.S. trials. Even though they didn’t make the team, just getting invited to the trials is quite an accomplishment.
Among those who performed well were rising junior Stephanie Peacock, who finished sixth in the 800-meter freestyle swimming with a career-best time that set a new UNC record, and Scott Knox ’10, whose U.S. handball team was one of only three U.S. teams that failed to qualify for the Olympics (synchronized swimming and men’s field hockey were the others).
Women
Here are Tar Heel women, mostly swimmers, and the events in which they qualified for the trials but who did not make the U.S. Olympic team:
Erika Acuff ’01: swimming events
Cari Blalock, junior: 100 fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Addie Bracy ’09, UNC volunteer assistant coach: 10,000 meter
Rebecca Brooks, senior: 200 back
Madison Burns, freshman: 400 IM
Candace Cooper ’12: 100 back
Kelsey Cummings, sophomore: 400 free, 800 free
Erika Erndl ’01: 50-meter frees semis, finished 11th
Sheena Gordon ’06: triple jump
Meredith Hoover, junior: 200 fly
Katie Keel ’12: 100 breast
Emily Kelly, junior: 200 free
Laura Moriarty ’12: 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM
Katie Nolan, senior: 100 fly, 200 fly
Emma Nunn, freshman: 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Stephanie Peacock, junior: 200 free, 400 free, 800 freestyle (6th, career best time, new UNC record)
Marie Pesacreta ’12: 200 IM
Katie Rechsteiner, junior: 100 breast, 200 breast
Charlotte Ruby, freshman: 200 fly
Jackie Rudolph, senior: 800 free
Danielle Siverling, sophomore: 100 free, 200 free, 400 free
Carly Smith, senior: 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM
Sarah Tanner ’12: 100 fly
Men
These Tar Heel men, also mostly swimmers, qualified in these events for the trials but did not make the team:
Brian Bollerman, sophomore: 200 breast
Steve Cebertowicz ’12: 50 free, 100 free
Ben Colley, freshman: 200 fly
Kyle Ficker, junior: 50 free
John Paul Gaylor, sophomore: 1500 free (finished 57th)
Alex Gianino, junior: 200 IM, 400 IM
Dominick Glavich, sophomore: 100 fly, 200 fly
Nic Graesser, freshman: 100 back
Tyler Harris ’11: 400 free, 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
Logan Heck, freshman: 100 free, 200 fly
Joe Kinderwater ’11: 400 free, 1500 free
Scott Knox ’10: Team Handball
Sam Lewis, freshman: 100 back
Tom Luchsinger, senior: 200 free, 400 free, 200 fly, 400 IM
David MacDonald ’12: three-meter diving
Patrick Myers, sophomore: 100 back, 200 back, 400 IM
Brett Nagle, senior: 400 free, 1,500 free (19th place, personal-best time)
Dan O’Connor, junior: 1500 free, 400 IM, 1500 free (28th place)
Clayton Parros, senior: 400 meter
Vinny Pryor ’11: 100 breast
Evan Reed ’12: 100 free, 200 free
Wil Singley ’12: 200 IM, 400 free
David Speese, sophomore: 100 breast, 200 breast
J.T. Stilley, junior: 200 free, 400 free
Tommy Wyher ’11: 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly
Trying Out for Other Countries
These Tar Heels competed in other countries’ trials but didn’t make their Olympic Teams.
Canada
Lauren Earp, freshman: 50, 100, 200 and 400 free, 100 breast
Annie Harrison, freshman: back and IM events
Matt Kwatyra, freshman: back and IM events
Jamaica
Tasha Stanley ’12: 800 meter run (6th place)
France
Mateo Sossah ’11: decathlon
Victor Leclere ’12: fly events
Switzerland
Stephanie Eisenring, senior: 400 free
— Clifton Barnes ’82