Swimmers hold full-time jobs while chasing their Olympic dreams [Video]

INDIANAPOLIS — Zach Harting had a practical reason for getting a job away from the pool.

He was approaching his 26th birthday. He needed health insurance.

“I’m not on my parents’ (plan) anymore,” Harting said.

An Olympian at the Tokyo Games, Harting is attempting to make the team for Paris at this week’s U.S. swimming trials.

No matter what happens, he’s already lined up a pretty solid side hustle as a project engineer for Buffalo Construction in Louisville, Kentucky.

“So 9 to 5, I’m not thinking about swimming,” said Harting, who is attempting to make the Olympics in the butterfly.

He isn’t alone at these trials when it comes to balancing two full-time jobs.

Nic Fink, who joined Harting on the 2021 Olympic team and already qualified for the Paris Gamesin the 100-meter breaststroke, works for Quanta Utility Engineering Services, clocking in remotely from his …