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Media Guide Long Beach, California—July 7-14, 2004 2004 Olympic Trials / Order of Events Preliminaries 9:00 a.m. Finals 5:00 p.m. July 7 – Wednesday 800 Free – Women – FINAL Prelims: Finals: 50 Free – Men – FINAL 400 IM – Men 400 IM – Men – FINAL 50 Free – Women – Semifinal 100 Fly – Women 100 Fly – Women – Semifinal July 14 – Wednesday 400 Free – Men 400 Free – Men – FINAL Prelims: Finals: 400 IM – Women 400 IM – Women – FINAL No Prelims 50 Free – Women – FINAL 100 Breast – Men 100 Breast – Men – Semifinal 1500 Free – Men – FINAL July 8 – Thursday Prelims: Finals: Olympic Trials Press Conferences 100 Back – Women 100 Back – Women – Semifinal July 6 200 Free – Men 200 Free – Men – Semifinal Long Beach Convention Center 100 Breast – Women 100 Fly – Women – FINAL Seaside Ballroom B 100 Back – Men 100 Breast – Men – FINAL 11:30 a.m. - noon Natalie Coughlin 400 Free – Women 100 Breast – Women – Semifinal noon - 12:30 p.m. Michael Phelps 100 Back – Men – Semifinal 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch (boxed lunch provided) 400 Free – Women – FINAL 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Roundtable interviews with male July 9 – Friday swimmers* Prelims: Finals: 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 pm. Roundtable interviews with female 200 Free – Women 200 Free – Women - Semifinal swimmers* 200 Fly – Men 200 Free – Men – FINAL 3 p.m. Mark Spitz 200 IM – Women 100 Back – Women – FINAL 100 Back – Men – FINAL * Confirmed Participants: Brendan Hansen, Larsen Jensen, 100 Breast – Women – FINAL Jason Lezak, Tom Malchow, Aaron Peirsol, Lindsay Benko, 200 Fly – Men – Semifinal Brooke Bennett, Margaret Hoelzer, Diana Munz, Megan Quann, 200 IM – Women - Semifinal Kaitlin Sandeno, Jenny Thompson. July 10 – Saturday Prelims: Finals: July 7 Long Beach Arena 100 Free – Men 100 Free – Men – Semifinal noon Gary Hall Jr. 200 Fly – Women 200 Free – Women – FINAL July 14 Long Beach Arena 200 Breast – Men 200 Fly – Men – FINAL 1 p.m. Michael Phelps 200 Fly – Women – Semifinal 200 Breast – Men – Semifinal Quick Facts 200 IM – Women – FINAL July 11 – Sunday Who: Approx. 700 of America’s top swimmers Prelims: Finals: 100 Free – Women 200 Breast – Men – FINAL Where: Long Beach Aquatic Center 200 Back – Men 100 Free – Women – Semifinal Long Beach, Calif. 200 Breast – Women 200 Back – Men – Semifinal 200 IM – Men 200 Fly – Women – FINAL When: July 7-14, 2004 100 Free – Men – FINAL Prelims: 9 a.m. (PDT) 200 Breast – Women – Semifinal Semifinals/Finals: 5 p.m. (PDT) 200 IM – Men – Semifinal July 12 – Monday Contacts: Mary Wagner, USA Swimming Prelims: Finals: cell: 719-330-4064 50 Free – Men 50 Free – Men – Semifinal 800 Free – Women 200 Breast – Women – FINAL Tarrah Smith Pollaro, USA Swimming 100 Fly – Men 200 Back – Men – FINAL cell: 719-440-2424 200 Back – Women 200 Back – Women – Semifinal 200 IM – Men – FINAL Online Media Services: 100 Free – Women – FINAL www.usaswimming.org 100 Fly – Men – Semifinal *follow the media link at the bottom of the page. July 13 – Tuesday Prelims: Finals: 50 Free – Women 200 Back – Women – FINAL 1500 Free – Men 100 Fly – Men – FINAL 2004 US Olympic Team Trials--Swimming Media Guidelines: Table of Contents Post-Race Interviews During Prelims: Turn in interview requests to the Mixed Zone Coordinator. Athletes are not required to do interviews during prelims, but we will make a Event Breakdown 2 best effort to bring requested athletes to the mixed zone for brief comments. contains results from the 2000 Trials as well as records If you are covering a hometown athlete that is not at the National Team by event; a 2004 Olympic preview is included level, please make arrangements prior to the meet for that athlete to meet you in the mixed zone after their swim as we cannot recognize all 700+ of the athletes by sight. Trials Information 16 contains a fact sheet on the pool as well as a sheet on During Finals: Swimmers will walk through the mixed zone after their team selection policy and event order swim, but are not required to stop. Swimmers who qualify for the Olympic team (winner of each event and top 4 in 100 and 200 free) will be brought to the press conference following the Awards Ceremony for their event. In Trials History 18 some cases, athletes will need to sign into doping control prior to arriving at contains past Trials champs, past Trials meet sites and the press conference. The runners-up of each event are not automatically miscellaneous facts and figures. added to the Olympic Team until there are enough "doubles" in the meet. Please route request for interviews with runners-up (or other finalists) to the Mixed Zone Coordinator. Those interviews will take place in the mixed Times History 22 zone, unless a significant number of media have requested the same athlete. In that case, the athlete will be brought into the press conference room when contains Record Progressions, All-Time Top possible. Performances and Performers, fastest fields as well as -Flash quotes from evening winners will be available in the media work American and World records, Trials and Olympic room. records; World Rankings for 2004 through June 27. Television Crew Guidelines -TV can film warm-ups up to 30 minutes before the end of the warm-up ses- Olympic History 58 sion. A TV Marshall will be on deck to monitor this time and let you know contains past medalists and finishers, Olympic when to clear the deck. Deck must be cleared of TV cameras by 8:30 a.m. superlatives and past medal counts for prelims and 4:30 p.m. for finals. -TV crews, other than NBC affiliates, cannot film in the mixed zone at any time. Any arrangements for interviews with athletes outside of the press con- Athlete Bios 67 ferences should be scheduled for outside the venue (fan zone, parking lot, contains bios on the top 10 Trials qualifiers per event etc.) or in the interview room in the media work room (first come, first serve). When at all possible, these interviews should be set up prior to the meet, particularly in the case of hometown athletes. Media Opportunities IBC Most of the Olympic athletes will not be available for additional TV inter- contains information about upcoming media events views beyond the press conferences unless it has been arranged with a coach or agent ahead of time. with the U.S. Olympic Swim Team -During the competition, you can view the competition from the observation media area (non-tabled media seating) or on video screens in the work room. -NBC affiliates should check in with Julie Jarvis of NBC News Channel upon arrival. -Live shots need to be requested and approved 24 hours in advance through Mike Daniels. No live shots will be permitted in the viewing venue after 8:30 a.m. (through the conclusion of preliminaries) or after 4:30 p.m. (through the completion of finals). Live shots during the competition can take place in the AquaZone or other areas outside the venue. Photographer Guidelines -No flash photography is permitted at the start of a race. -Photographers must remain in their designated photo areas. -Each photographer in the finish end photo boxes must be wearing the appropriate wristband while in this area. This wristband should be picked up daily at the photo check-in desk in the media work room. -Each photographer who has been granted access to the turn end photo box must be wearing a photo vest while in this area. This vest should be picked up daily and returned nightly at the photo check-in desk in the media work room. Only wire services and major dailies will be granted access to this photo area. -Photographers have their own work area in the media work room and should not be working nor storing items in the writers or television crew areas. -Photos taken at the event can only be used for editorial purpose. Any com- mercial use must be approved in writing by the athlete(s) featured in the photo. 1 Event Breakdown Men's 400m IM Men's 400m Free While world record-holder Michael Phelps (Towson, Klete Keller (Phoenix, Ariz./Club Wolverine) won the first Md./North Baltimore) is the clear favorite in this event, the American medal at the 2000 Olympics, taking bronze in race for second-and possibly a spot on the 2004 Olympic this event. The former American record-holder (Michael Team-is up for grabs. While Erik Vendt (North Easton, Phelps is the current American record-holder in this event, Mass./Trojan) is the second-fastest American all-time in but it is unlikely that Phelps will attempt this difficult dou- this event, Kevin Clements (Rowland Heights, Calif./North ble, following the 400m IM) has been surging lately, post- Baltimore) has been gaining ground. ing outstanding swims at the Santa Clara and Janet Evans Phelps won this title and lowered his world mark at the Grand Prix meets. Keller will be pushed by 2000 2003 World Championships, and now has a 1.7 second Olympian Chad Carvin (Laguna Hills, Calif./Mission advantage over the rest of the world (Hungarian Laszio Viejo) who finished sixth in Sydney in this event. Along Cseh posted a 4:10.79 to take second in Barcelona). Vendt with Phelps making the decision between the IM or the is the highest returning finisher from the 2000 Games, as free tonight, Robert Margalis (St. Petersburg, the 23-year-old won silver behind retired American Tom Fla./Georgia/St. Petersburg) and Erik Vendt (North Easton, Dolan, part of a one-two finish that turned the American Mass./Trojan) would be factors in either race, depending team around after a slow start in Sydney.