Author: Christine Brennan, USA TODAY

Katie Grimes, the 15-year-old who used to think it was cool just to have the same first name as Katie Ledecky, punched her ticket to Tokyo.

Lochte’s swim in the men’s 200 IM final signified an end to his long-shot bid to compete in Tokyo next month.

Simone Manuel failed to qualify for the final in the women’s 100 freestyle, an event she won at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

It’s the first time at the Olympics that women will be allowed to swim the 1,500-meter freestyle, a race Katie Ledecky dominates.

Ledecky has qualified for her third Olympic team but seeing her family brought tears of joy after her victory in the women’s 400 free.

Torri Huske’s time of 55.66 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly Monday broke her American record and is the fastest in the world this year.

Ledecky’s winning time was nearly five seconds slower than her world record, but it was good enough to claim a spot on the Olympic team for Tokyo.

Two of Australia’s young star swimmers have already sent the Americans a message with one world-record swim and another near-world record.