Former Regis Jesuit High School star Emma Weber has earned the chance to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris with her performance at the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis.
Weber — who is a junior at the University of Virginia — finished second in the June 17 finals of the 100 meter breaststroke at Lucas Oil Stadium with a personal best time of 1 minute, 6.10 seconds, which brought with it a spot to compete in the Games in July.
Weber got to the wall behind Lilly King and a fraction of a second in front of Lydia Jacoby, who won the gold medal in the event in the last Olympics in Tokyo.
“I looked up and I thought ‘I don’t think that’s right,” Weber said in an interview with SwimSwam immediately after the race. “It’s just an amazing feeling.”
Weber credited her teammates at Virginia for helping push her to where she needed to be to qualify. She must be officially selected to join the U.S. team, but is extremely unlikely that she would not make it.
Weber started her prep career at Fairview High School in Boulder, where she won the first Class 5A 100 yard breaststroke state championship of her career. She transferred to Regis Jesuit, where she won the event as both a junior and a senior, while also ruled the 200 yard individual medley in 2021.
Weber will also be in action in the 200 meter breaststroke as the U.S. Swim Trials continue through June 23. The U.S. Diving Trials also are underway and former Regis Jesuit star Quinn Henninger — who currently dives at Indiana University —is in contention to qualify either as an individual or as part of a 3-meter synchronized men’s pair.
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