I try to get as close as I can in my predictions to who will be swimming what events in the summer Olympics in London. Usually, these predictions stay within my family and we just laugh about them if I'm way off. But instead, this time around, I have a platform on which to make my claims. So I'll give it a try.

As I've mentioned in a previous article, to make it to the Olympic team, you have to place as a top-two finisher in your event. If you are swimming the 100- or 200-meter freestyle however, you can place in the top six and still swim in the Olympics. The Trials air on NBC and NBC Sports Networks all this week from 6:30-8. You can watch a live stream of the events at USA Swimming.

Here are each of my event predictions with an approximated time, and a third place alternate that I'd love to see make it to the Games:

Event 1: Men's 400M Individual Medley

                  1 - Ryan Lochte 4:09.00
                  2 - Michael Phelps 4:10.50
                  3 - Peter Vanderkaay 4:15:90

Event 2: Women's 100M Butterfly

                  1 - Christine Magnuson 57.20
                  2 - Natalie Coughlin 57.90
                  3 - Felicia Lee 58.20

Event 3: Men's 400M Freestyle

                  1 - Peter Vanderkaay 3:46.40
                  2 - Matt McLean 3:48.20
                  3 - Charlie Houchin 3:50.00

Event 4: Women's 400M Individual Medley

                  1 - Katie Hoff 4:35.00
                  2 - Elizabeth Beisel 4:35.20
                  3 - Caitlin Leverenz 4:35.50

Event 5: Men's 100M Breaststroke

                  1 - Eric Shanteau 1:00.00
                  2 - Brendan Hansen 1:00.10
                  3 - Mark Gangloff 1:00.20

Event 6: Women's 100M Backstroke

                  1 - Natalie Coughlin 58.99
                  2 - Missy Franklin 59.30
                  3 - Elizabeth Beisel 59.80

Event 7: Men's 200M Freestyle (*Top 6 Finishers Qualify)

                  1 - Michael Phelps 1:44.40
                  2 - Ryan Lochte 1:44.60
                  3 - Peter Vanderkaay 1:46.20
                  4 - Ricky Berens 1:46.80
                  5 - Conor Dwyer 1:47.00
                  6 - Matt McLean 1:47.50

Event 8: Women's 100M Breaststroke

                  1 - Rebecca Soni 1:04.20
                  2 - Jessica Hardy  1:04.80
                  3 - Amanda Beard 1:05.30

Event 9: Men's 100M Backstroke

                  1 - Matt Grevers 52.90
                  2 - Ryan Lochte 53.10
                  3 - Nick Thoman 53.20

Event 10: Women's 400M Freestyle

                  1 - Katie Hoff 4:05.50
                  2 - Kate Ziegler 4:06.20
                  3 - Allison Schmitt 4:06.30

Event 11: Women's 200M Freestyle (*Top 6 Finishers Qualify)

                  1 - Missy Franklin 1:55.50
                  2 - Allison Scmitt 1:55.60
                  3 - Katie Hoff 1:57.50
                  4 - Morgan Scroggy 1:57.80
                  5 - Chelsea Nauta 1:58.00
                  6 - Dana Vollmer 1:58.10

Event 12: Men's 200M Butterfly

                  1 - Michael Phelps 1:54.00
                  2 - Tyler Clary 1:55.00
                  3 - Ryan Lochte 2.03.00

Event 13: Women's 200M Individual Medley

                  1 - Ariana Kukors 2:10.00
                  2 - Caitlin Leverenz 2:10.90
                  3 - Natalie Coughlin 2:12.00

Event 14: Men's 100M Freestyle (*Top 6 Finishers Qualify)

                  1 - Michael Phelps 49.00
                  2 - Nathan Adrian 49.05
                  3 - Garrett Weber-Gale 49.10
                  4 - Jason Lezak 49.15
                  5 - Ryan Lochte 49.20
                  6 - Bobby Savulich 49.30

Event 15: Women's 200M Butterfly

                  1 - Kathleen Hersey 2:06.80
                  2 - Elaine Breeden 2:07.50
                  3 - Kim Vandenberg 2:08.00

Event 16: Men's 200M Breaststroke

                  1 - Eric Shanteau 2:10.00
                  2 - Brendan Hansen 2:10.20
                  3 - Mike Alexandrov 2:12.50

Event 17: Women's 100M Freestyle (*Top 6 Finishers Qualify)

                  1 - Natalie Coughlin 53:60
                  2 - Missy Franklin 53:65
                  3 - Dana Vollmer 53:90
                  4 - Jessica Hardy 54.30
                  5 - Amanda Weir 54:75
                  6 - Kara Lynn Joyce 54:80

Event 18: Men's 200M Backstroke

                  1 - Ryan Lochte 1:53.00
                  2 - Tyler Clary 1:54.70
                  3 - Michael Phelps 1:57.20

Event 19: Women's 200M Breaststroke

                  1 - Rebecca Soni 2:22.20
                  2 - Amanda Beard 2:24.50
                  3 - Micah Lawrence 2:24.90

Event 20: Men's 200M Individual Medley

                  1 - Ryan Lochte 1:53.80
                  2 - Michael Phelps 1:54.00
                  3 - Tyler Clary 1:57.40

Event 21: Men's 50M Freestyle

                  1 - Cullen Jones 22.00
                  2 - Nathan Adrian 22.10
                  3 - Garrett Weber-Gale 22.40

Event 22: Women's 800M Freestyle

                  1 - Kate Ziegler 8:26.90
                  2 - Chloe Sutton 8:27.00
                  3 - Katie Hoff 8:27.50

Event 23: Men's 100M Butterfly

                  1 - Michael Phelps 51.00
                  2 - Tyler McGill 51.50
                  3 - Davis Tarwater 52.00

Event 24: Women's 200M Backstroke

                 1 - Missy Franklin 2:06.00
                 2 - Elizabeth Pelton 2:07.30
                 3 - Elizabeth Beisel 2:07.50

Event 25: Women's 50M Freestyle

                  1 - Jessica Hardy 24.6
                  2 - Kara Lynn Joyce 24.9
                  3 - Dara Torres 25.2

Event 26: Men's 1500M Freestyle

                  1 - Chad La Tourette 14:55.00
                  2 - Peter Vanderkaay 14:56.00
                  3 - Sean Ryan 15:01.40