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Olympic Trials Update: Olivia Smoliga Won’t Advance to 100-Meter Freestyle Finals

The Glenview swim star and rising Glenbrook South senior placed 4th in the women's backstroke finals on Wednesday. She will next swim in Sunday's's 50-meter freestyle prelims.

Glenview’s Olivia Smoliga, 17, finished 48th overall (56.59) in today’s 100-meter freestyle prelimineraries in Omaha, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The rising Glenbrook South senior , missing a spot as an Olympic qualifier by only a few seconds.

Smoliga will next compete in the 50-meter freestyle beginning Sunday.

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To read Patch's complete coverage of Smoliga's road to the Olympic Trials, including photos from her Glenview send-off party, click here. Plus, stay tuned to Glenview Patch Wednesday for a full Q&A with Olivia following the trials. 

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