2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

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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)

SCHEDULED EVENTS

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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Jocelyne Humbert O'Kane

8 years ago

Go distance