Three Auburn swimmers swim in Olympic Trials semifinals

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June 27, 2016

Zane Grothe, Micah Lawrence and Annie Lazor each advanced to the semifinals of their respective events on Tuesday at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha. Grothe would finish 16th in the 200-meter freestyle while Lazor and Lawrence would finish 10th and 15th, respectively, in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Grothe, who finished fourth in the 400m freestyle on Sunday, was 11th out of prelims after swimming a 1:48.29. He was not able to keep that pace in Tuesday's semifinals, swimming a 1:50.24.

Lawrence, who was on the US Team in 2012 in the 200-meter breaststroke, swam a 1:07.35, the seventh-fastest time in the 100m breaststroke prelims. Lazor was just behind her in 10th in 1:07.89. Swimming in the semifinals, Lazor went 1:08.00 and Lawrence 1:08.60.

Swimming continues on Tuesday with the prelims of the women's 200-meter freestyle (Jessica Merritt) and the women's 200-meter IM (Ashley Neidigh, Zoe Thatcher). Prelims begin at 10 a.m. CT and can be seen live on the NBC Sports Extra app. All finals sessions air live on NBC beginning at 7 p.m.

Auburn Monday Results
Women's 100m Backstroke (Prelims)

87. Aly Tetzloff ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:03.59

Men's 200m Freestyle (Prelims)
11. Zane Grothe ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:48.29
31. Colin Bone ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:49.74
39. Zach Apple ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:50.62

Men's 200m Freestyle (Semifinals)
16. Zane Grothe ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:50.24

Women's 100m Breaststroke (Prelims)
7. Micah Lawrence ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:07.35
10. Annie Lazor ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:07.89

Women's 100m Breaststroke (Semifinals)
10. Annie Lazor ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:08.00
15. Micah Lawrence ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 1:08.60

Men's 100m Backstroke (Prelims)
T34. Kyle Darmody ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 56.04
T108. Taylor Copeland ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 57.26

Women's 400m Freestyle (Prelims)
38. Ashley Neidigh ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 4:16.27
72. Zoe Thatcher ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 4:20.53