2022 U.S. Swimming World Championships Trials: Ledecky sails in 1500m, picks up fourth win of the event

It's the final day of the U.S. Swimming World Championship Trials at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on Saturday (30 April) as the top American swimmers conclude their quests to be named to Team USA for the 2022 World Championships in Budapest. The Worlds begin June 17 and run through July 3.

The competition began on Tuesday morning, with the top two finishers in each individual event being selected.

Check out what happened on Friday.

Olympics.com will provide you with regular updates of the action thoughout Saturday's meet. A full schedule is below. Refresh for updates.

Here is everything you need to know about the event.

7:22 pm - Dressel wins final event, men's 50m free

Caeleb Dressel closed out the U.S. trials by posting the fastest men's 50m free time of 2022, a 21.29, to win the race ahead of Michael Andrew (21.45). Dressel matched Ledecky, winning four events in Greensboro.

"I wanted to have a better swim than this morning - we did that. I just had to fix the little things. I was hoping for 1-4 tonight, so to see 1-2, I'm pretty fired up," said Dressel.

At 25, Dressel now finds himself as one of the veterans of Team USA, a role of which he is unsure.

"Goodness, I want to do my part just as much as everybody else," he said. "I'm like one of the old guys on the team now, which is really weird. I still feel young, I'm still feeling good, so I don't think about it."

7:12 pm - Huske wins women's 50m free

Torri Huske continued her winning ways in Greensboro in the final women's event of the week, taking the 50m freestyle in 24.50. Erika Brown was second at 24.52. The top six women were separated by just a quarter of a second.

"I feel like I just really enjoyed the experience and I just really loved racing all these amazing women, so I guess that stands out most," said the 19-year-old Huske.

"I think to just have fun with it and get excited to race the person next to you, and I guess trust the process and that things will take care of themselves," she said of the lessons learned throughout her stellar week of competition.

7:02 pm - Finke wins men's 800m

Bobby Finke swam a 7:43.32 to win the men's 800m freestyle in a new U.S. Open record time ahead of Charlie Clark (7:50.07).

"I was really just trying to pick it up. My strategy going into the race, I was just trying to take it easy for the first 400 and then really try to back half it," said Finke. "Not surely full if I did that. I felt like I did, but just gotta go see my splits."

6:45 pm - Walsh, Kalisz win women's, men's 200m individual medley

Alex Walsh and Leah Smith will compete in the women's 200m IM for Team USA at the world championships after finishing one-two, respectively. Walsh's 2:07.84 is a new U.S. open record, the fastest time of the year and would have been good enough to win gold last summer at Tokyo 2020. Smith swam 2:09.99.

"It means a lot. I know it was Kathleen Baker's record, and she's been a huge role model of mine," said Walsh, who won silver in the event at Tokyo 2020. "I really couldn't be happier with the time and the record."

In the men's 200m IM, Chase Kalisz, the 2020 400m IM gold medallist, took the top spot in 1:56.21 with Carson Foster in second at 1:56.65.

"I'm happy with that. We've got some more work to go and do, obviously," said Kalisz. "A little less than two months until the big show."

6:19 pm - Ledecky wins women's 1500m freestyle

Katie Ledecky, who won the first-ever women's 1500m Olympic gold medal last summer at Tokyo 2020, swam a comfortable 15:38.99 in the women's 1500m to open Saturday's finals. Katie Grimes was second at 15:51.36.

By the halfway mark, Ledecky and Grimes had separated themselves from the field with Ledecky leading Grimes by about 8 seconds while Grimes had a 10 second lead over third place. The win was Ledecky's fourth in Greensboro.

Ledecky owns the 12 fastest times ever in the event.

"It was decent, would have liked to have been a little bit faster. But I'll take it at the end of the week," said Ledecky. "I mean, it's the last race of the week, it's the 1500, it's never going to feel good. I just tried to power through and put together the best swim that I could today."

Day five schedule at U.S. trials for swim world champs

Here's what's on tap for Saturday's busy sessions of competition, all times are local to the event / EDT (GMT/UTC -4 hours).

Prelims Schedule:

9:00am - Women's 200m Individual Medley
9:21am - Men's 200m Individual Medley
9:42am - Women's 50m Freestyle
9:54am - Men's 50m Freestyle
3:24pm - Women's 1500m and Men's 800m Freestyle

Finals Schedule:

6:02pm - Women's 1500m Freestyle
6:27pm - Women's 200m Individual Medley
6:39pm - Men's 200m Individual Medley
6:49pm - Men's 800m Freestyle
7:08pm - Women's 50m Freestyle
7:16pm - Men's 50m Freestyle