2008 Swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska

This past weekend, after a long night working at Pure Nightclub in Las Vegas, I hopped aboard a 7:30 am flight to Omaha, Nebraska to see my little brother Alex swim in the 2008 Swimming Olympic Trials. Alex is in the red and silver cap in the middle of the above picture. Basically the top 2 qualifying times in each event will earn a trip to China later this summer. Alex was seeded 54th in the 400 freestyle and ended up finishing 65th. Not his best race but it is amazing he was even apart of the meet. I know he has put in a lot of work over the past few years to reach this high level of competition and I am very proud of the little guy, even though he is taller than me, haha. So I have a nationally ranked swimmer in my family and can now live out all my past visions of grandeur in swimming through my lil’ bro.

In addition, my former teammate on Maryland swimming and arguably the greatest Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps broke his own World Record in the 400 IM. Katie Hoff, another Baltimore swimmer, set a World Record in the women’s 400 IM.

I was able to get my camera in despite many signs disallowing it, but could only get shots from my seat so unfortunately all my photos have a the same vantage point. Check out all my pics here. After finals on the first day I also took a few shots walking around Old Town Omaha. To see those shots go here.

Michael Phelps on the Awards Stand after the 400 IM Final