OMAHA, Neb. - As the 2008 USA Olympic Swimming Trials reached its halfway point, Stanford's Elaine Breeden continued to make a strong push for a trip to Beijing with a stellar performance in the 200 meter butterfly semifinals. After finishing second in the finals of the 100 fly, Breeden's time of 2:07.33 was the fastest by .70-second of the eight qualifiers for tomorrow evening's 200 meter final.

In other events, Julia Smit captured her second third place finish at the Trials when she swam a 1:56.73 in the 200 meter freestyle - a total of .85-seconds off the second place time.

In addition to Breeden's 200 fly final tomorrow night, other Cardinal swimmers slated to be in action on Thursday are: Kate Dwelley. Fiona O'Donnell-McCarthy, Madeline Rovira and Smit in the 100 meter free prelims, along with Kerry Kraemer, Tara Kirk and Elizabeth Smith in the 200 meter breaststroke prelims.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Sunday, June 29

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

Men's 400 IM

Women's 100 Fly

Men's 400 Free

Women's 400 IM

Men's 100 Breast

7 p.m. - Finals

Men's 400 IM - Final

Women's 100 Fly - Semifinals

Men's 400 Free - Final

Women's 400 IM - Final

Men's 100 Breast - Semifinals

Monday, June 30

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

Women's 100 Back

Men's 200 Free

Women's 100 Breast

Women's 400 Free

7 p.m. - Finals

Women's 100 Back - Semifinals

Men's 200 Free - Semifinals

Women's 100 Fly - Final

Men's 100 Breast - Final

Women's 100 Breast - Semifinals

Men's 100 Back - Semifinals

Women's 400 Free - Final

Tuesday, July 1

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

Women's 200 Free

Men's 200 Fly

Women's 200 IM

7 p.m. - Finals

Women's 200 Free - Semifinals

Men's 200 Free - Final

Women's 100 Back - Final

Men's 100 Back - Final

Women's 100 Breast - Final

Men's 200 Fly - Semifinals

Women's 200 IM - Semifinals

Wednesday, July 2

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

Men's 100 Free

Women's 200 Fly

Men's 200 Breast

7 p.m. - Finals

Men's 100 Free - Semifinals

Women's 200 Free - Final

Men's 200 Fly - Final

Women's 200 Fly - Semifinals

Men's 200 Breast - Semifinals

Women's 200 IM - Final

Thursday, July 3

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

Women's 100 Free

Men's 200 Back

Women's 200 Breast

Men's 200 IM

7 p.m. - Finals

Men's 200 Breast - Final

Women's 100 Free - Semifinals

Men's 200 Back - Semifinals

Women's 200 Fly - Final

Men's 100 Free - Final

Women's 200 Breast - Semifinals

Men's 200 IM - Semifinals

Friday, July 4

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

Men's 50 Free

Women's 800 Free

Men's 100 Fly

Women's 200 Back

7 p.m. - Finals

Men's 50 Free - Semifinals

Women's 200 Breast - Final

Men's 200 Back - Final

Women's 200 Back - Semifinals

Men's 200 IM - Final

Women's 100 Free - Final

Men's 100 Fly - Semifinals

Saturday, July 5

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

Women's 50 Free

Men's 1500 Free

7 p.m. - Finals

Women's 200 Back - Final

Men's 100 Fly - Final

Women's 800 Free - Final

Men's 50 Free - Final

Women's 50 Free - Semifinals

Sunday, July 6

11 a.m. - Preliminaries

No session

7 p.m. - Finals

Women's 50 Free - Final

Men's 1500 Free - Final

TELEVISION SCHEDULE

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Sunday, June 29 8:00-9:00 pm ET NBC

Monday, June 30 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA

Tuesday, July 1 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA

Wednesday, July 2 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA

Thursday, July 3 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA

Friday, July 4 8:00-9:00 pm ET NBC

Saturday, July 5 8:00-9:00 pm ET NBC

Sunday, July 6 8:00-9:00 pm ET NBC