Auburn's Micah Lawrence and Annie Lazor have one trial left to compete in for a Team USA spot and berth in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Lawrence, who finished sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke in the London Olympics in 2012, qualified second and Lazor seventh in the same event’s semifinals on Thursday. Lawrence swam a 2:24.66 to win the second heat and qualify second for Friday's finals. Lazor, swimming next to her in the semis, timed at 2:26.68 to qualify seventh.
Lawrence had qualified first for the semifinals after swimming a 2:26.27. Lazor qualified third with a 2:27.48 preliminary showing.
Lilly King holds the top spot heading into Friday’s finals after posting a 2:24.03 during the semifinals.
Friday’s preliminaries will include the men’s 50m freestyle, women’s 800m freestyle, men’s 100m butterfly and the women’s 200m backstroke. All preliminaries can be seen live on the NBC Sports Extra App and all finals sessions can be seen on NBC, beginning at 10 a.m. CST with the finals at 7 p.m.
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