At the June 2012 Olympic Trials, Kinsley finished third with a distance of . Earlier that month, he achieved the Olympic "A" Standard with a new personal best of . The distance made him eligible for the 2012 Summer Olympics and ranked him in the top 20 worldwide for the first time in his career. "For about 90 percent of the victory lap, I was bawling in front of 30,000 people," Kinsley said of making the Olympic team. "I don't know if I can think of a person who'd be more proud to wear red, white and blue."