OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Little-known Scot Robison has the fastest time in preliminaries of the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.
The 23-year-old sprinter from Charlotte, N.C., won his heat in 49.08 seconds Thursday morning, beating out Nathan Adrian, who was second-quickest at 49.17.
Matt Grevers was third at 49.24, followed by Jimmy Feigen at 49.29 and Ryan Lochte in 49.33. Garrett Weber-Gale was sixth at 49.34, and Ricky Berens was seventh at 49.35. Jason Lezak, the 36-year-old sprinter who chased down Frenchman Alain Bernard on the final leg of the 400 free relay to win gold in Beijing, was ninth at 49.40.
