British Invasion of Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando During Day One Prelims

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ORLANDO – The A flights of day one prelims at the Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando are complete, and some fast swimming is due this evening.

Women’s 200-meter Freestyle

The women’s 200-meter freestyle preliminaries kicked off the day as 15-year-old Courtney Harnish of York YMCA paced the field with a 2:02.23. Hannah Miley seeded second in 2:02.32 with Ozaukee’s Katie Drabot earning third in 2:02.35.

The top seed on the psych sheet, Sam Cheverton, took fourth overall in 2:02.38, while Ohio State’s Alex Norris placed fifth in 2:02.84.

Gator’s Theresa Michalak (2:02.99), California’s Caitlin Leverenz (2:03.20) and Island’s Danica Ludlow (2:03.52) qualified sixth through eighth.

Men’s 200-meter Freestyle

Club Wolverine’s Michael Wynalda followed with a 1:49.63 to top the men’s 200-meter freestyle qualifying. Meanwhile, SwimMAC’s Dion Dreesens touched second in 1:50.92.

Club Wolverine’s Bobby Hurley and Kyle Whitaker loaded the A finale with Michigan Blue by tying for third with 1:51.06s.

The Woodlands’ Michael McBroom (1:51.14), SwimMAC’s Greg Mallet (1:51.40), Cardinal’s Joao De Lucca (1:51.40) and Trojan’s Conor Dwyer (1:51.62) also made the finale.

Dwyer’s eight-place pickup is big as he will have the chance to pick up some podium points in the overall race for the Pro Swim Series grand prize.

Women’s 100-meter Breaststroke

Tennessee’s Molly Hannis blasted prelims with a sizzling 1:08.60 in the women’s 100-meter breast. That’s a second off her top time ever of a 1:07.39 from the Charlotte Grand Prix stop in 2013, a time she could challenge this evening.

SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson, making her first return to swimming since her historic title at the World Championships in December, qualified second in 1:10.13.

Saint Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis (1:10.20), Great Britain’s Chloe Tutton (1:10.50), SoFlo’s Valentina Artemeva (1:11.15), Badger’s Bronwyn Pasloski (1:11.58), Great Britain’s Georgia Coates (1:12.03) and Savannah’s ET Roberts (1:12.07) also grabbed spots in the A final.

Men’s 100-meter Breaststroke

Badger’s Cody Miller (1:01.12) and Greater Philadelphia’s Brendan McHugh (1:01.36) picked up the top two seeds in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke this morning.

Both are coming off career years in 2014, and will be looking to continue moving up the ladder here in 2015.

Auburn’s Felipe Lima cruised to third in 1:02.19 with Tennessee’s Brad Craig taking fourth in 1:02.29.

Trojan’s Kosuke Kitajima is still going strong at 32 years of age as the Japanese breaststroke legend qualified fifth in 1:02.38.

Anton Lobanov (1:02.93), Point-Claire’s Antoine Bujold (1:03.83) and Ireland’s Nicholas Quinn (1:03.87) will also compete in the championship finale.

Women’s 100-meter Butterfly

Audrey Lacroix topped qualifying in the women’s 100-meter fly with a time of 1:00.48, while SwimMAC’s Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace took second in 1:00.80.

Great Britain’s Lauren Quigley (1:01.27) and 15-year-old Amelia Clynes (1:01.66) placed third and fourth out of prelims.

Harnish picked up another finale with a 1:01.99 for fifth, while Georgia-Mae Hohmann claimed sixth in 1:02.09.

Kelsey Drake (1:02.15) and Sveta Khakhlova (1:02.37) also look to be in the finale.

Men’s 100-meter Butterfly

Club Seminole’s Pavel Subirats put up the top time of the morning in the men’s 100-meter fly with a 53.08 and looks to be a shoo-in for the win tonight.

Phoenix Swim Club, put three pro swimmers (two from Europe) into the finale as Giles Smith (53.91), Alex Coci (53.96) and Erik Risolvato (54.98) finished second, third and eighth.

Club Wolverine’s Geoff Cheah (54.19), Tucson Ford’s Masa Kishida (54.49), Venezuela’s Albert Subirats (54.65) and Mason Makos’ Sean Fletcher (54.97) also broke 55 seconds to make the finale.

Women’s 400-meter IM

Hannah Miley claimed the top seed in the women’s 400-meter IM with a 4:44.16, while Saint Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis and California’s Caitlin Leverenz tied for second with 4:47.91s.

Katie Hoff of Hurricane Aquatics took fourth in 4:49.52 with Great Britain’s Georgia Coates placing fifth in 4:49.96.

Saint Augustine’s Vien Nguyen (4:50.73), Nitro’s Regan Barney (4:51.43) and Great Britain’s Abbie Wood (4:51.89) rounded out what proved to be a GBR filled finale.

Men’s 400-meter IM

SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary paced prelims in the men’s 400-meter IM with a time of 4:25.87, while Island’s Alec Page took second in 4:29.22. Gator’s Sebastien Rousseau wound up third in 4:29.97.

Wisconsin’s Michael Weiss (4:30.05), Trojan’s Conor Dwyer (4:30.80) and SwimMAC’s Marko Blazevski (4:31.97) qualified fourth through sixth.

Ontario’s Christian Ng (4:35.45) and Mexico’s Julio Olvera Alejos (4:35.52) also will swim in the finale.
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