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Here is the first batch of pictures from Trials; Day 1 Prelims. Expect a whole lot more where this came from!

NBCOlympics.com is providing on-demand video of select races from last week's Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Live coverage of the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials - Swimming is available o Swim Stars Live.

NBCOlympics.com will webcast the morning prelim sessions live from the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Neb. Olympic gold medalist and former National Team captain Josh Davis will be the commentator. The webcasts begin Sunday and will air each day of Trials starting at 11 a.m. Central Time.

USA Swimming has released the psych sheet for next week's Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational. The competition gives swimmers and opportunity to race in the Olympic Trials pool before the big meet kicks off at the end of June.

A large number of Swim Stars will be making the trip to Omaha to get some quality racing in before Trials.

Amanda Beard (200 Breast, 100 Fly, 100 Breast, 200 IM) and Matt Grevers (100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Back, 50 Free) will be representing the west coast Swim Stars, while Club Wolverine and North Baltimore will be sending large squads.

The Texas Trio will stay home and likely compete at the Texas Senior Circuit meet hosted in their home pool.

Ryan Lochte and Megan Romano will compete at the other Grand Prix held next weekend, the Charlotte UltraSwim. Ryan's events will be the 200 Free, 50 Back, 400 IM, 50 Free, 100 Back, 400 Free, 200 IM, and 200 Back. Megan will contest the 50, 100, and 200 Free, as well as the 100 & 200 Back events. The Athens Bulldogs will compete in Charlotte, along with clubs like the Bluefish Swim Club, Dynamo, and Indiana's Club Paradise. That psych sheet is also available.

The Charlotte UltraSwim live results will be provided by Hy-Tek on the event website here, while the Swimvitational results will be handled by Omega. Both meets run June 5-8.

Read on for the rest of the Swim Stars events at the Swimvitational.

Coverage of the Santa Clara International will be available on Swim Stars Live this weekend.

Additionally, SwimNetwork.com will be providing on-demand race footage and video interviews from this grand prix stop on their website.

The psych sheet for this weekend's Santa Clara International is now available.

The majority of Swim Stars covered here will be making the trip to Santa Clara for this competition.

The meet begins at 4:00 PM Thursday with the preliminary heats of the women's 800 Free and men's 1500 Free. Friday through Sunday, prelims start at 9AM and finals commence at 5PM.

All session passes are available for $25, while individual prelim sessions cost $4 and finals $8.

Read on for the Swim Stars' individual events.

More than 15 members of the U.S. National swim team will compete at the 41st Toyota Santa Clara International Grand Prix, May 15-18 in Santa Clara, Calif. Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.), Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.), and Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) are expected to compete at the final West Coast stop on the eight-meet Toyota Grand Prix Series.

Swimmers competing in the meet will look to add to their Toyota Grand Prix Series point totals with strong finishes in Santa Clara. The top medal-winner at the end of the Toyota Grand Prix Series will be awarded $20,000, courtesy of Toyota and USA Swimming.

Other members of the U.S. National swim team expected to compete in Santa Clara include Olympians Kaitlin Sandeno (Lake Forest, Calif.), Erik Vendt (North Eaton, Mass.), Kara Lynn Joyce (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Amanda Beard (Irvine, Calif.), Jason Lezak (Irvine, Calif.), Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich.), and Margaret Hoelzer (Huntsville, Ala.). The star-studded field will also include top '08 hopefuls such as Bay Area native Kim Vandenberg (Moraga, Calif.), and world record-holder Kate Ziegler (Great Falls, Va.).

Phelps currently tops the leaderboard for the 2007-2008 Toyota Grand Prix Series with a total of twelve gold and three bronze medals for 69 points. Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) is tied for second with Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) each with 51 points. The full leaderboard can be found here.

Tickets for the 41st Toyota Santa Clara International Grand Prix, held at the George F Haines International Swim Center, are $4 for prelim sessions, $8 for final sessions, and an all-session pass is available for $25. Tickets can be purchased at the door. The complete competition schedule can be found online here. Prelims begin each day at 9 a.m and finals commence each day at 5 p.m. On Thursday, May 15, there will be no morning session, and the prelims for the women's 800m and men's 1500m free will begin at 4 p.m.

The Toyota Grand Prix Series serves as an opportunity for athletes to race against top-notch competition as they continue their preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Other stops in the series include Charlotte, N.C. and Omaha, Neb. the last which will take place at the same location of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming.