Seward’s Lydia Jacoby won’t swim 100-meter breaststroke event at Paris Olympics

Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby greets fans astatine nan Anchorage airdrome aft returning location from nan 2021 Olympic trials. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media)

Seward swimming phenom Lydia Jacoby fell short of an Olympic sequel Monday aft failing to clinch a accelerated capable clip successful nan 100-meter women’s breaststroke last event.

Jacoby, 20, placed 3rd successful nan 100-meter breaststroke finals successful Indianapolis. She swam a clip of 1:06:37, successful nan aforesaid arena she took location Olympic golden successful 2021 pinch a clip of 1:04:95. Jacoby qualified for Monday’s finals aft placing 5th wide successful qualifying heats held Sunday.

She could still spell to nan Olympics this year, arsenic she’s besides group to compete successful nan 200-meter breaststroke event.

According to Team USA, much than 1,000 American swimmers competed for a spot successful nan U.S. Olympic squad trials.

Alaskans rallied astir Jacoby erstwhile she swam successful nan 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, held 2021. At 17 and still a inferior astatine Seward High School, Jacoby took location a metallic medal for nan women’s 4 by 100 metre medley relay successful summation to her golden for nan 100 metre breaststroke.

Jacoby is nan first Alaskan to suffice for an Olympic games successful swimming. She swims collegiately astatine nan University of Texas astatine Austin, wherever she is majoring successful textiles.

Two different athletes pinch Kenai Peninsula roots person Olympic ambitions this year.

Allie Ostrander, a postgraduate of Kenai Central High School, will compete for a spot on Team USA’s way and section squad June 21-30 successful Eugene, Oregon. As reported by nan Peninsula Clarion, Ostrander qualified for nan Olympic tests successful nan 3,000-meter steeplechase successful April.

USA Cycling announced past week that Kristen Faulkner, of Homer, will compete connected nan 2024 way cycling team. Faulkner, 32, besides races pinch EF Pro Cycling. As reported by NBC, Faulkner went to Harvard University and discontinue her occupation arsenic a task capitalist successful 2021 to do cycling full-time.

The 2024 Olympics footwear disconnected successful Paris successful July.