David Woods

Alex Shackell won a semifinal of 200-meter butterfly Wednesday at the USA Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium, advancing to Thursday night’s final.

Indy Olympians from 2021, Cole Hocker and Lynna Irby-Jackson, will try to make it to Paris when the track and field trials open a 10-day run Friday.

Five days after her brother secured a berth, Carmel’s Alex Shackell finished second in the 200-meter butterfly Thursday at the USA Olympic Trials.

After Lilly King secured yet another Olympics berth in the 200 breaststroke, the former IU star swimmer had a surprise waiting for her backstage.

Here are the highlights of Day 7 of the USA Swimming Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Allie Wilson makes US Olympic team in 800 meters, while Rushville’s Charity Hufnagel wins high jump, but could miss out due to technicality.

Cole Hocker is going to another Olympic Games. This time the Cathedral grad is going for gold.

The discus thrower developed at IU. She won a Big Ten title for IU. Her coach is from the state of Indiana. Now, she’s at Louisville, and an Olympian.

It is doubtful, although not inconceivable, that Pike graduate Lynna Irby-Jackson will run in a second Olympics in Paris.

In other years, Indiana athletes Lynna Irby-Jackson, Charity Hufnagel and Kara Winger would have earned the right to represent USA at Olympic Games.