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Women’s 200 IM
Cardinal’s Tanja Kylliainen powered her way to the top time in the morning with a 2:14.20.
The Louisville swimmers were super excited following Kylliainen’s swim as she cleared the Olympic qualifying cut in the process.
Stanford’s Maya DiRado turned in a second-place time of 2:14.57, and could challenge for the title tonight as she’s already posted a fourth-ranked season best of 2:08.99 from Worlds. If she can duplicate even a bit of that speed, Ariana Kukors’ 2008 pool record of 2:11.53 is in trouble.
Saint Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis finished third in 2:14.74 with California’s Caitlin Leverenz claiming the fourth seed in 2:15.26.
SwimMAC’s Kirsty Coventry (2:15.45), NBAC’s Becca Mann (2:15.65), Aggie’s Sarah Henry (2:15.80) and Minnesota’s Brooke Zeiger (2:15.89) also made the A final.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kylliainen, Tan 22 Cardinal Aquatic 2:14.59 2:14.20 qOT
29.32 1:03.54 (34.22)
1:42.46 (38.92) 2:14.20 (31.74)
2 DiRado, Maya 22 Stanford Swimmin 2:08.99 2:14.57 qOT
29.67 1:02.08 (32.41)
1:42.97 (40.89) 2:14.57 (31.60)
3 Margalis, Melan 23 Saint Petersburg 2:10.20 2:14.74 qOT
29.66 1:04.78 (35.12)
1:43.78 (39.00) 2:14.74 (30.96)
4 Leverenz, Caitl 24 California Aquat 2:10.51 2:15.26 qOT
29.42 1:03.64 (34.22)
1:42.73 (39.09) 2:15.26 (32.53)
5 Coventry, Kirst 32 SwimMAC Carolina 2:14.32 2:15.45 qOT
30.72 1:03.76 (33.04)
1:43.12 (39.36) 2:15.45 (32.33)
6 Mann, Becca 17 North Baltimore- 2:16.32 2:15.65 qOT
29.77 1:04.49 (34.72)
1:44.52 (40.03) 2:15.65 (31.13)
7 Henry, Sarah 23 Aggie Swim Club- 2:12.25 2:15.80 qOT
30.09 1:04.60 (34.51)
1:44.92 (40.32) 2:15.80 (30.88)
8 Zeiger, Brooke 19 Univ Minnesota-M 2:15.70 2:15.89 qOT
29.46 1:03.74 (34.28)
1:44.75 (41.01) 2:15.89 (31.14)
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9 Bowker, Justine 29 T2 Aquatics-FL 2:14.02 2:16.50 qOT
29.44 1:05.14 (35.70)
1:43.63 (38.49) 2:16.50 (32.87)
10 Pelton, Elizabe 21 Univ California, 2:13.46 2:16.88 qOT
29.48 1:04.02 (34.54)
1:45.49 (41.47) 2:16.88 (31.39)
11 Bradford-Feldma 18 Univ Louisville- 2:19.76 2:17.37 qOT
30.00 1:06.03 (36.03)
1:45.65 (39.62) 2:17.37 (31.72)
12 Reaney, Emma 23 Una IA-IN 2:16.08 2:17.66 qOT
29.46 1:05.16 (35.70)
1:44.23 (39.07) 2:17.66 (33.43)
13 Nguyen, Vien 19 Unattached-FL 2:12.33 2:17.71 qOT
29.80 1:04.28 (34.48)
1:45.89 (41.61) 2:17.71 (31.82)
14 Manuel, Simone 19 Unattached-PC 2:16.42 2:18.25 qOT
29.01 1:03.80 (34.79)
1:46.30 (42.50) 2:18.25 (31.95)
15 Cottrell, Andee 20 Univ Louisville- 2:18.41 2:18.89 qWN
29.84 1:07.89 (38.05)
1:46.27 (38.38) 2:18.89 (32.62)
16 Baker, Kathleen 18 Univ California, 2:12.09 2:19.00 qWN
29.58 1:03.82 (34.24)
1:46.22 (42.40) 2:19.00 (32.78)
Men’s 200 IM
NBAC’s Chase Kalisz and Michael Phelps were at it again as the two led the way in the men’s 200-meter IM qualifying at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.
Kalisz took the top seed in 2:02.42, while Phelps cruised in with a second-seeded time of 2:02.67.
The duo might take a run at Phelps’ pool record of 1:57.58 from 2011 during finals tonight.
Louisville’s Carlos Claverie qualified third overall in 2:03.27 with Trojan’s Conor Dwyer snaring fourth in 2:03.59.
Gator’s Dan Wallace (2:04.53), Louisville’s Nolan Tesone (2:04.70), NBAC’s Austin Surhoff (2:05.00) and Purdue’s Guillermo Blanco (2:05.60)
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kalisz, Chase 21 North Baltimore- 1:58.73 2:02.42 qOT
26.79 59.03 (32.24)
1:33.72 (34.69) 2:02.42 (28.70)
2 Phelps, Michael 30 North Baltimore- 1:54.75 2:02.67 qOT
26.91 57.77 (30.86)
1:34.23 (36.46) 2:02.67 (28.44)
3 Claverie, Carlo 19 Univ Louisville- 2:04.94 2:03.27 qOT
26.94 59.56 (32.62)
1:33.07 (33.51) 2:03.27 (30.20)
4 Dwyer, Conor 26 Trojan Swim Club 1:57.41 2:03.59 qOT
57.96 ( )
1:34.67 (36.71) 2:03.59 (28.92)
5 Wallace, Dan 22 Gator Swim Club- 1:57.59 2:04.53 qOT
27.18 59.45 (32.27)
1:35.27 (35.82) 2:04.53 (29.26)
6 Tesone, Nolan 21 Univ Louisville- 2:04.08 2:04.70 qOT
27.46 57.71 (30.25)
1:33.89 (36.18) 2:04.70 (30.81)
7 Surhoff, Austin 24 North Baltimore- 1:58.80 2:05.00 qOT
26.76 58.10 (31.34)
1:35.65 (37.55) 2:05.00 (29.35)
8 Blanco, Guiller 22 Una Pur-IN 1:43.87Y 2:05.06 qOT
26.11 58.11 (32.00)
1:34.19 (36.08) 2:05.06 (30.87)
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9 Solaeche-Gomez, 21 Gator Swim Club- 1:58.99 2:05.10 qWN
28.05 59.42 (31.37)
1:35.69 (36.27) 2:05.10 (29.41)
10 Whitaker, Kyle 24 Club Wolverine-M 1:59.13 2:05.33 qWN
27.10 59.20 (32.10)
1:35.33 (36.13) 2:05.33 (30.00)
11 Okubo, Corey 20 Princeton Univer 2:03.03 2:05.42 qWN
57.82 ( )
1:35.26 (37.44) 2:05.42 (30.16)
11 Fink, Nicolas 22 Athens Bulldog S 2:02.68 2:05.42 qWN
1:01.65 ( )
1:35.90 (34.25) 2:05.42 (29.52)
13 Weiss, Michael 24 Wisconsin Aquati 2:01.20 2:05.49 qWN
27.26 59.04 (31.78)
1:35.93 (36.89) 2:05.49 (29.56)
14 Blazevski, Mark 23 SwimMAC Carolina 2:03.65 2:05.52 qWN
27.53 1:00.57 (33.04)
1:35.42 (34.85) 2:05.52 (30.10)
15 Maly, Jakub 23 Univ Minnesota-M 2:01.68 2:05.66 qWN
26.89
1:35.46 ( ) 2:05.66 (30.20)
16 Miller, Cody 23 Badger Swim Club 2:02.72 2:06.08 qWN
26.69 1:01.30 (34.61)
1:35.77 (34.47) 2:06.08 (30.31)
Women’s 200 back
Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin looks to be back in the groove after picking up her first win in months during the 100 back last night.
Franklin raced her way to a 2:10.18 to lead the way in the 200-meter back prelims this morning. She should take a run at her pool record of 2:08.03 set back in 2011 during finals tonight.
Oakville’s Dominique Bouchard snagged the second seed in 2:10.49 and will challenge Franklin for the title.
Stanford’s Maya DiRado (2:12.41) and California’s Elizabeth Pelton (2:14.04) qualified third and fourth.
California’s Melanie Klaren (2:14.96), SwimMAC’s Kirsty Coventry (2:15.12), Riptides’ Regan Smith (2:15.51) and Toronto’s Kylie Masse (2:16.05) also made the A final.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Franklin, Missy 20 Colorado Stars-C 2:06.34 2:10.18 qOT
31.17 1:03.80 (32.63)
1:37.53 (33.73) 2:10.18 (32.65)
2 Bouchard, Domin 24 Oakville-US 2:08.16 2:10.49 qOT
32.10 1:04.47 (32.37)
1:37.64 (33.17) 2:10.49 (32.85)
3 DiRado, Maya 22 Stanford Swimmin 2:08.50 2:12.41 qOT
31.63 1:04.73 (33.10)
1:38.83 (34.10) 2:12.41 (33.58)
4 Pelton, Elizabe 21 Univ California, 2:09.36 2:14.04 qOT
32.18 1:05.96 (33.78)
1:40.11 (34.15) 2:14.04 (33.93)
5 Klaren, Melanie 22 California Aquat 2:11.43 2:14.96 qOT
31.53 1:05.32 (33.79)
1:39.96 (34.64) 2:14.96 (35.00)
6 Coventry, Kirst 32 SwimMAC Carolina 2:10.01 2:15.12 qOT
32.05 1:05.77 (33.72)
1:41.18 (35.41) 2:15.12 (33.94)
7 Smith, Regan 13 Riptide Swim Tea 2:14.69 2:15.51 qOT
31.66 1:06.26 (34.60)
1:41.12 (34.86) 2:15.51 (34.39)
8 Masse, Kylie 19 Univ of Toronto- 2:09.70 2:16.05 qOT
31.76 1:06.50 (34.74)
1:41.63 (35.13) 2:16.05 (34.42)
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9 Bilquist, Amy 18 Univ California, 2:13.25 2:16.27 qOT
32.23 1:06.32 (34.09)
1:41.61 (35.29) 2:16.27 (34.66)
10 Zeiger, Brooke 19 Univ Minnesota-M 2:13.30 2:16.80 qWN
33.03 1:07.41 (34.38)
1:42.80 (35.39) 2:16.80 (34.00)
11 Leclair, Ashley 19 Univ Louisville- 2:14.71 2:17.27 qWN
31.92 1:06.82 (34.90)
1:42.05 (35.23) 2:17.27 (35.22)
12 Skinner, Sophie 15 Northern KY Clip 2:16.17 2:17.61 qWN
31.98 1:06.60 (34.62)
1:41.99 (35.39) 2:17.61 (35.62)
13 Smith, Amanda 16 Northern KY Clip 2:14.79 2:17.84 qWN
32.56 1:07.94 (35.38)
1:43.08 (35.14) 2:17.84 (34.76)
14 Waddell, Tevyn 17 Mitchell Aquatic 2:17.08 2:17.89 qWN
32.26 1:07.10 (34.84)
1:43.27 (36.17) 2:17.89 (34.62)
15 Mann, Becca 17 North Baltimore- 1:59.31Y 2:17.92 qWN
33.95 1:08.62 (34.67)
1:43.71 (35.09) 2:17.92 (34.21)
16 Byrnes, Megan 17 Nation's Capital 2:15.72 2:18.26 qWN
33.10 1:07.64 (34.54)
1:43.07 (35.43) 2:18.26 (35.19)
Men’s 200 back
SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte put up the top time in prelims in the 200-meter back as he looks for a gold medal tonight.
Lochte turned in a time of 2:00.04 for the top seed. He has a lot of time to drop tonight to challenge Aaron Peirsol’s 2002 pool record of 1:55.15.
SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary powered his way to second in 2:00.94 with Louisville’s Aaron Greene snagging third in 2:01.06.
NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin (2:02.14), Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich (2:01.73), Princeton’s Corey Okubo (2:03.72), Missouri State’s Paul Le (2:03.76) and Cardinal’s Pedro Oliveira (2:04.00) will also compete in the A final.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Lochte, Ryan 31 SwimMAC Carolina 1:56.47 2:00.04 qOT
27.53 56.89 (29.36)
1:27.93 (31.04) 2:00.04 (32.11)
2 Clary, Tyler 26 SwimMAC Carolina 1:54.73 2:00.94 qOT
28.44 58.34 (29.90)
1:29.27 (30.93) 2:00.94 (31.67)
3 Greene, Aaron 21 Univ Louisville- 2:02.34 2:01.06 qOT
28.01 58.41 (30.40)
1:29.45 (31.04) 2:01.06 (31.61)
4 Vyatchanin, Ark 31 New York Athleti 1:55.30 2:01.24 qOT
28.91 59.11 (30.20)
1:30.40 (31.29) 2:01.24 (30.84)
5 Tarasevich, Gri 20 Univ Louisville- 1:57.77 2:01.73 qOT
28.64 59.26 (30.62)
1:30.56 (31.30) 2:01.73 (31.17)
6 Okubo, Corey 20 Princeton Univer 2:00.46 2:03.72 qOT
29.85 1:01.26 (31.41)
1:33.23 (31.97) 2:03.72 (30.49)
7 Le, Paul 22 Missouri State A 2:02.23 2:03.76 qOT
28.76 1:00.02 (31.26)
1:32.10 (32.08) 2:03.76 (31.66)
8 Oliveira, Pedro 27 Cardinal Aquatic 2:00.97 2:04.00 qWN
28.80 1:00.16 (31.36)
1:32.15 (31.99) 2:04.00 (31.85)
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9 Thormeyer, Mark 18 Ubc Dolphins-US 2:01.06 2:04.84 qWN
29.84 1:01.24 (31.40)
1:33.58 (32.34) 2:04.84 (31.26)
10 Tesone, Nolan 21 Univ Louisville- 2:02.99 2:05.07 qWN
29.21 59.66 (30.45)
1:31.97 (32.31) 2:05.07 (33.10)
11 Wells, James 23 Badger Swim Club 2:01.87 2:05.80 qWN
29.04 1:01.51 (32.47)
1:33.96 (32.45) 2:05.80 (31.84)
12 Choboter, Noah 19 Regina Optimist- 2:06.90 2:06.32 qWN
30.13 1:01.96 (31.83)
1:34.94 (32.98) 2:06.32 (31.38)
13 Murphy, Christo 18 Nation's Capital 2:04.33 2:06.57 qWN
28.95 1:00.74 (31.79)
1:33.78 (33.04) 2:06.57 (32.79)
14 Cote-Leduc, Fel 21 Blue Machine-US 2:05.41 2:06.86 qTS
28.97 1:00.79 (31.82)
1:33.81 (33.02) 2:06.86 (33.05)
15 Gemmell, Andrew 24 Nation's Capital 2:06.06 2:07.30 qTS
31.00 1:03.58 (32.58)
1:35.62 (32.04) 2:07.30 (31.68)
16 Johnson, Christ 22 Tsv Hohenbrunn-R 2:04.74 2:07.51 qWJR
28.66 1:00.09 (31.43)
1:32.93 (32.84) 2:07.51 (34.58)
Women’s 100 free
Simone Manuel put the pool record on notice in the women’s 100-meter free with a top time of 54.45.
Manuel is likely to take down Missy Franklin’s 2011 pool record of 54.27, and if Manuel doesn’t get it then Abbey Weitzeil of Canyons is in striking distance as well with a second-seded 54.58.
In an exciting heat, Franklin and NCAP’s Katie Ledecky tied with matching 55.22s, while SwimAtlanta’s Amanda Weir qualified fifth in 55.26.
Bulldog’s Shannon Vreeland (55.29), NBAC’s Allison Schmitt (55.46) and California’s Camille Cheng (55.54) rounded out the top eight.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Manuel, Simone 19 Unattached-PC 53.25 54.45 qOT
26.47 54.45 (27.98)
2 Weitzeil, Abbey 18 Canyons Aquatic- 54.38 54.58 qOT
26.52 54.58 (28.06)
3 Franklin, Missy 20 Colorado Stars-C 53.43 55.22 qOT
27.13 55.22 (28.09)
3 Ledecky, Katie 18 Nation's Capital 54.55 55.22 qOT
27.31 55.22 (27.91)
5 Weir, Amanda 29 SwimAtlanta-GA 54.24 55.26 qOT
26.83 55.26 (28.43)
6 Vreeland, Shann 23 Athens Bulldog S 54.14 55.29 qOT
27.00 55.29 (28.29)
7 Schmitt, Alliso 25 North Baltimore- 54.34 55.46 qOT
26.98 55.46 (28.48)
8 Cheng, Camille 22 California Aquat 55.09 55.54 qOT
26.60 55.54 (28.94)
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9 Geer, Margo 23 Tucson Ford Deal 53.95 55.57 qOT
27.11 55.57 (28.46)
10 Worrell, Kelsi 21 Univ Louisville- 54.73 55.65 qOT
26.38 55.65 (29.27)
11 Medeiros, Etien 24 Sesi-Sp-US 54.99 55.87 qOT
27.24 55.87 (28.63)
12 Kendall, Amanda 24 Mason Makos Swim 55.35 56.00 qOT
27.08 56.00 (28.92)
12 Osman, Farida 20 Univ California, 55.41 56.00 qOT
27.30 56.00 (28.70)
14 De Paula, Dayna 26 Sesi-Sp-US 55.32 56.18 qOT
27.26 56.18 (28.92)
15 Kneppers, Andre 22 Univ Louisville- 56.22 56.23 qOT
27.45 56.23 (28.78)
16 Mainville, Aria 21 Club Aquatique d 55.72 56.38 qOT
27.02 56.38 (29.36)
Men’s 100 free
Canyons’ Santo Condorelli cleared 49 seconds to lead the way in the men’s 100-meter free.
Condorelli posted a 48.94 and should give Brett Fraser’s pool record of 48.60 from 2011 a run tonight.
Auburn’s Marcelo Chierighini qualified second in 49.08 with SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte taking third in 49.64.
Cardinal’s Joao De Lucca (49.72), Trojan’s Conor Dwyer (49.81), California’s Nathan Adrian (50.04), UBCD’s Yuri Kisil (50.24) and Auburn’s Renzo Tjon A Joe (50.27) also made the top eight.
Michael Phelps elected to scratch the 100 free this morning to focus on the 200 IM tonight.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Condorelli, San 20 Canyons Aquatic- 47.98 48.94 qOT
23.39 48.94 (25.55)
2 Chierighini, Ma 24 Una AU-SE 48.27 49.08 qOT
23.29 49.08 (25.79)
3 Lochte, Ryan 31 SwimMAC Carolina 48.90 49.64 qOT
24.31 49.64 (25.33)
4 De Lucca, Joao 25 Cardinal Aquatic 48.67 49.72 qOT
23.82 49.72 (25.90)
5 Dwyer, Conor 26 Trojan Swim Club 49.06 49.81 qOT
24.07 49.81 (25.74)
6 Adrian, Nathan 26 Univ California, 48.05 50.04 qOT
24.06 50.04 (25.98)
7 Kisil, Yuri 20 Ubc Dolphins-US 49.07 50.24 qOT
24.28 50.24 (25.96)
8 Tjon A Joe, Ren 20 Una AU-SE 49.47 50.27 qOT
24.02 50.27 (26.25)
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9 Cheah, Geoff 25 Club Wolverine-M 49.48 50.32 qOT
24.16 50.32 (26.16)
10 Townsend, Daria 31 YMCA Westside Si 49.30 50.48 qOT
23.92 50.48 (26.56)
11 Lindenbauer, Ma 22 Univ Louisville- 49.89 50.51 qOT
24.30 50.51 (26.21)
12 Nolan, David 22 Una Nbac-MD 49.50 50.58 qOT
24.22 50.58 (26.36)
13 Gomez, Roberto 27 Una AU-SE 50.89 50.65 qOT
24.32 50.65 (26.33)
14 Ortiz, Miguel L 24 Club Wolverine-M 49.48 50.66 qOT
24.11 50.66 (26.55)
15 Krueger, Daniel 16 McFarland Sparta 50.01 50.70 qWN
24.41 50.70 (26.29)
16 Tandy, Brad 24 Tucson Ford Deal 50.97 50.75 qWN
24.41 50.75 (26.34)
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- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 100 free
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 1500 free
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