Katie Grimes

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Katie Grimes
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Grimes at a swim meet in 2022
Personal information
Full nameKathryn Eileen Grimes
NationalityAmerican
BornLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, individual medley, backstroke
Club Sandpipers of Nevada
CoachRon Aitken
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 10 km open water
World Junior Open Water Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Victoria 7.5km open water
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 VictoriaTeam event

Kathryn Eileen Grimes is an American competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she won silver medals in the 1500 meter freestyle and the 400 meter individual medley.[ citation needed ] She placed fourth in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she was the youngest member of the US Olympic Team at 15 years of age.[ citation needed ]

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Early life

Grimes spent her early childhood in Las Vegas, and began her career swimming for the Sandpipers competitive team in Nevada. [1]

2020 Olympic Games

At the 2020 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Grimes qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 800 meter freestyle, placing second after Katie Ledecky with a time of 8:20.36. [2] Following the race, Ledecky commented that Grimes was the "future" of swimming in the United States, and also said to Grimes, "Heck yeah I mean you're the now. You're the present." [3] [4]

Ledecky gave Grimes the nickname of "Katie squared" after they became teammates. When she arrived in Tokyo, Japan, she was 15 years old and the youngest athlete on the 2020 US Olympic team. [5] Grimes ranked second overall in the prelims heats of the 800 meter freestyle with a time of 8:17.05, which was less than a second and a half slower than first-ranked swimmer in the prelims heats, Katie Ledecky. [6] [7] In the final, Grimes placed fourth with a time of 8:19.38, finishing within six seconds of both silver medalist Ariarne Titmus of Australia and bronze medalist Simona Quadarella of Italy. [8] [9]

2021 World Short Course Championships

Grimes entered to compete in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2021 World Short Course Championships held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December. [10] As part of the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival, also run by FINA and held at the same time as the championships, Grimes entered to compete in the 10 kilometer open water swim, where she placed 25th with a time of 2:01:04.0. [11] The following day, December 17, Grimes swam a 8:16.01 in the prelims heats of the 800 meter freestyle at the championships, finishing fifth in her heat, ranking seventh overall and qualifying for the final the following day. [12] December 18, Grimes officially withdrew from competition alongside teammate Lydia Jacoby and did not race in the final of the 800 meter freestyle due to COVID-19 pandemic-related protocols in place at the championships. [13] [14]

2022

On April 1, Grimes won the 10 kilometer marathon swim at the 2022 US Open Water National Championships. [15] She also won the national junior title in the 7.5 kilometer open water swim. [16]

2022 International Team Trials

At the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina in late April, she placed fourth in the 800 meter freestyle with a time of 8:22.73. [17] The following day, she ranked eighth in the prelims heats of the 200 meter freestyle, qualifying for the final with her time of 1:58.67. [18] Later in the same session, she qualified for the final of the 200 meter backstroke with a time of 2:11.31 and overall eighth-rank. [19] In the evening finals session, she placed eighth in the 200 meter freestyle with a 1:58.22 and did not swim in the final of the 200 meter backstroke. [20] [21] On day three, she ranked second in the prelims heats of the 400 meter individual medley with a time of 4:41.02, advancing to the evening final. [22] She won the final with a time of 4:36.17, qualifying for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team in the event. [23] The next day, she ranked sixth in the preliminary heats of the 400 meter freestyle with a 4:11.39 and qualified for the evening final. [24] She placed fourth in the final, finishing in 4:06.67. [25] In the final of the 1500 meter freestyle on day five, she swam a 15:51.36, placing second and qualifying for the World Championships team in the event. [26]

2022 Marathon Swim World Series

For the 10 kilometre marathon swim at the first leg of the 2022 Marathon Swim World Series, held at Albarquel in Setúbal, Portugal in late May, Grimes placed eighth overall, ranked eighth amongst female competitors in terms of points scored, and ranked as the highest-scoring female American competitor. [27] [28] Based on her result at the World Series, she was named to the USA Swimming roster for the 10 kilometre marathon swim in open water swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. [29]

2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1500 m freestyle 15:44.89
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 400 m individual medley 4:32.67

Grimes started her competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships on the second day of pool swimming, advancing to the final of the 1500 meter freestyle from the preliminaries, where she swam a 15:57.05 to enter the final with a prelims time over half a second faster than fourth-ranked Lani Pallister of Australia. [30] She swam a personal best time of 15:44.89 in the final to win the silver medal, finishing over four full seconds ahead of bronze medalist Lani Pallister. [31] [32] On the final day of pool swimming competition, she ranked second in the prelims of the 400 meter individual medley, qualifying for the final with a time of 4:36.68. [33] In the final, she won the silver medal with a personal best time of 4:32.67. [34] Following pool swimming competition, she competed in the 10 kilometer open water swim, placing fifth with a time of 2:02:37.2, which was less than 10 seconds behind gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands. [35]

FINA World Cup

On the second day Indianapolis leg of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup, Grimes swam the short course 1500m freestyle, earning the World Junior Record in the process. [36]

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

EventTimeMeetLocationDateRef
200 m freestyle1:58.22 2022 US International Team Trials Greensboro, North Carolina April 27, 2022 [20]
400 m freestyle4:05.772022 TYR Pro Swim Series – Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, California June 2, 2022 [37]
800 m freestyle8:17.05h 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan July 29, 2021 [6]
1500 m freestyle15:44.89 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary June 20, 2022 [31]
200 m backstroke2:09.522022 TYR Pro Swim Series – Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, California June 3, 2022 [37]
400 m individual medley4:32.67 2022 World Aquatics Championships Budapest, Hungary June 25, 2022 [34]

Legend: h – prelims heat

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