Daniel Coakley, a Kealakehe High alum and a member of the Philippines team, finished 39th out of 97 swimmers in the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries in the National Aquatics Center today at the Beijing Olympics.

The top 16 advanced to tomorrow's semifinals. Amaury Leveaux of France was the top qualifier in 21.46 seconds. Coakley finished in 22.69. The 16th place finisher — Gideon Louw of South Africa — finished in 22.17.

World record holder Eamon Sullivan of Australia also advanced to the semifinals.