Caroline Burckle will represent the Orange and Blue in Beijing after swimming a lifetime best time in finals
of the 200-meter freestyle (1:57.93) to finish fourth overall at day
four of the U.S. Olympic Trials at the Qwest Center in Omaha Wednesday.

Burckle went a lifetime best time in finals of the 200 free for the
third time in the 2008 Olympic Trials, first in prelims (1:59.09), next
in the semifinal event (1:58.50) and again during finals (1:57.93),
shaving off significant time each outing. The top six women in the 200
free qualified to represent Team USA in Beijing. Burckle, who also swam
in the 2004 Olympic Trials, will be making her Olympic debut at the 2008
Games in China.

Ryan Lochte finished preliminaries of the 100-meter freestyle race in ninth place (48.88) Wednesday morning to
advance to the semifinal round in the evening session. Heated eighth
going into semifinals after second-seed Michael Phelps scratched from
the event, Lochte returned a 48.65 (fifth place) performance to qualify
for the top-eight final Thursday.

After setting a career-best mark in the 200 fly on day three of
competition Tuesday, Clark Burckle was the second Gator swimmer, including Lochte, to secure a spot in finals of his respective
event Wednesday. Burckle earned a ticket to the semifinal round of the
200-meter breaststroke after topping his career-best time by
two-and-a-half seconds (2:12.86) in prelims, then turning in a 2:13.05
semifinals swim. Burckle will be heated eighth going into the eight-man
final Thursday.