Welcome to Carmel, Indiana, AKA SwimCity, USA, where more swimmers will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympic Qualifiers over the next week than there are traffic lights on the roads.
The 50-square-mile, 106,000-person city is home to 14 swimmers who are taking part in 46 events in the trials from June 15-23 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Seven athletes are high schoolers, one of whom just finished eighth grade and another just graduated. The girls high school team has won 38 state championships in a row — a national record for any sport in any state — and the boys have won 13 of the last 15, with head coach Chris Plumb overseeing both teams for 18 of those years.
