Daiya Seto Leads Japanese Charge As Hosts Put Up Strong Times at FINA World Cup in Tokyo

TOKYO – The FINA World Cup stop in Tokyo featured a second day of preliminary qualifying that still managed to put plenty of more points in Katinka Hosszu and Chad le Clos’ coffers, but the local swimmers definitely made a play with the likes of Daiya Seto and Kosuke Hagino putting up strong times. Meanwhile, the U.S. Junior National Team had its most successful evening so far.

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Men’s 1500 free
Women’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 free
Men’s 200 free
Women’s 50 breast
Men’s 100 breast
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 100 back
Men’s 50 back
Women’s 200 fly
Men’s 200 IM
Women’s 400 free
Men’s 50 free
Women’s 200 breast
Women’s 100 IM
Men’s 200 back
Women’s 50 fly

Men’s 1500 free slower seeds

China’s Qiu Ziao put up the top time this morning with a 14:53.04, while Yohei Takiguchi touched second this morning in 15:01.82. Ryuta Osaki wound up with third in 15:07.64.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
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Women’s 400 IM slower seeds

Mana Yamaguchi earned the time to beat heading into finals with a 4:37.78, while Hiroko Makino (4:38.23) and Misuzu Matsuo (4:38.67) placed second and third out of the early heats.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Erin Voss – 4:48.97
Erin Earley – 4:50.50

Women’s 100 free

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Inge Dekker’s iron grip on her four primary sprint free and fly events has been shaken here in Tokyo with some of the world’s best sprinters also joining her. Australia’s Emma McKeon (53.25) and Great Britain’s Fran Halsall (53.42) qualified first and second with Dekker matching Halsall with a 53.42 as well.

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (54.08), Miki Uchida (54.10), Rikako Ikee (54.49), Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor (54.58) and Tomomi Aoki (54.64) also made the finale with sub-55s. Yayoi Matsumoto was the only 54 not to make it back tonight with a ninth-place 54.70.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Katie Drabot – 55.11

Men’s 200 free

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Kosuke Hagino could be looking at adding another Japanese record to his already impressive resume as he topped qualifying in 1:44.45. He just needs to drop a bit of time tonight to clear Syunsuke Kuzuhara’s 1:43.83 from the 2012 Japanese Championships here in Tokyo to lower the mark.

Great Britain’s James Guy (1:4.47), South Africa’s Myles Brown (1:44.71) and Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:44.86) also clocked 1:44s to make up the top four.

Yuki Kobori (1:45.48), Naito Ehara (1:45.84), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:45.84) and Chiaki Ishibashi (1:46.08) also earned spots in the finale. Paul Biedermann was a surprising ninth-place finisher with a 1:46.35.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Sean Grieshop – 1:47.76
Patrick Mulcare – 1:48.49
Michael Taylor – 1:53.47

Women’s 50 breast

Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 14-06-2014 Roma sport nuoto trofeo Settecolli nella foto: Ruta Meilutyte Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 14-06-2014 Rome in the photo: Ruta Meilutyte

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte put up just the fourth sub-30 of the year with a 29.90 to lead qualifying, while world-leader Alia Atkinson of Jamaica touched second in 30.16. Atkinson has the top time in the world with a 29.12 from the Dubai stop of the World Cup.

U.S. Junior National Teamer Lilly King ripped off a strong 30.66 for third overall, while Australia’s Sally Hunter and USA’s Katie Meili tied for fourth with matching 30.67s.

Asuka Kobayashi (30.90), Kanako Watanabe (31.00) and Maya Hamano (31.23) also picked up lanes in finals.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Lilly King – 30.66 – qualified
Kim Williams – 32.32

Men’s 100 breast

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Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta, who continues to secure the second spot in the overall points standings behind Chad le Clos, turned in a 58.50 for the top seed.

The rest of the finale went to local swimmers, obviously inspired by multiple Olympic gold medalist and legendary breaststroker Kosuke Kitajima.

Kazuki Kohinata (58.87), Yasuhiro Koseki (58.92), Ryuta Nomura (59.00), Ippei Watanabe (59.00), Naoki Taguchi (59.39), Akihiro Yamaguchi (59.51) and Yoshiki Yamanaka (59.55) closed out the rest of the finale field.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Michael Andrew – 1:02.72

Men’s 100 fly

Photo Courtesy: Maria Dobysheva

Germany’s Steffen Deibler turned in the only 50-point swim of the morning with a 50.85 to lead prelims. Kohei Kawamoto, meanwhile, qualified second in 51.07.

Overall points leader Chad le Clos cruised into third with a time of 51.14, while Ranmaru Harada took fourth overall in 51.29.

Takeshi Kawamoto (51.36), Yuki Shirai (51.61), USA’s Giles Smith (51.65) and Great Britain’s Adam Barrett (51.74) snared the rest of the qualification spots.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Michael Andrew – 54.28
Alex Valente – 54.55

Women’s 100 back

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Australia’s Madison Wilson (58.02) and Great Britain’s Georgia Davies (58.05) had the top two times in the 100 back this morning in qualifying.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (58.30), USA’s Felicia Lee (58.33), USA’s Kathleen Baker (58.36), Masumi Takaba (58.44), Sayaka Akase (58.44) and Emi Moronuki (58.46) qualified third through eighth to make up the rest of the finale.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Kathleen Baker – 58.36 – qualified
Erin Voss – 1:00.83
Erin Earley – 1:01.98

Men’s 50 back

Miguel Ortiz places first in the prelims of the 100 backstroke.

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Spain’s Miguel Ortiz raced his way to the top seed in the sprint back with a 23.35, while USA’s Eugene Godsoe touched second in 23.63. Australia’s Mitch Larkin (23.75) and Great Britain’s Christopher Walker-Hebborn (23.81) also cleared 24 seconds this morning.

Yusuke Kudo (24.14), Masaki Kaneko (24.21), Germany’s Christian Diener (24.35) and Takeshi Kawamoto (24.38) will also compete in the finale tonight.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Michael Andrew – 25.08
Michael Taylor – 25.90

Women’s 200 fly

Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 14-06-2014 Roma sport nuoto trofeo Settecolli nella foto: Katinka Hosszu HUN Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 14-06-2014 Rome in the photo: Katinka Hosszu HUN

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu earned the top seed in the 200 fly with a 2:06.68, while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte joined her in the 2:06s with a second-place time of 2:06.82.

Germany’s Franziska Hentke (2:07.12), Miyu Nakano (2:07.42), Australia’s Emma McKeon (2:08.40) and Yai Watanabe (2:08.58) placed second through sixth.

A pair of Americans, Cassidy Bayer (2:08.74) and Caitlin Leverenz (2:08.89) also found a way into the finale.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Cassidy Bayer – 2:08.74 – qualified
Hannah Kukurugya – 2:09.87
Ella Eastin – 2:12.08

Men’s 200 IM

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

It was an All-Japan kind of morning in the 200 IM with locals taking all the championship final spots. Daiya Seto led the way with a 1:55.23, while Ryosuke Irie (1:56.95), Kosuke Hagino (1:56.96) and Yuki Shirai (1:56.96) also broke 1:57 to make the top four.

Hiromasa Fujimori (1:57.67), Naoki Nakatani (1:57.73), Takeharu Fujimori (1:57.97) and Tatsuya Ito (1:58.10) also will compete tonight in the finale.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Patrick Mulcare – 2:00.31
Corey Okubo – 2:00.96
Sean Grieshop – 2:01.05
Abrahm Devine – 2:01.75

Women’s 400 free

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu collected another top seed, this time with a 4:00.81 in the middle distance event, while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte took second in 4:02.43.

Chihiro Igarashi (4:04.33), USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:04.88), Misato Iwanaga (4:08.27), Yuna Kukuchi (4:08.27), USA’s Katie Drabot (4:08.98) and Asami Chida (4:09.11) placed third through eighth.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Katie Drabot – 4:08.98 – qualified

Men’s 50 free

Kenta Ito put himself within striking distance of his Asian record of 21.25 in the 50 free with a 21.71 this morning to lead qualifying. Germany’s Steffen Deibler touched second in 21.74 with Katsumi Nakamura taking third in 21.77.

Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (21.79), Shinri Shioura (21.89), Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell (21.98), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (22.08) and Great Britain’s Ben Proud (22.09) will also swim in the championship heat.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Michael Andrew – 23.00

Women’s 200 breast

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Australia’s Sally Hunter turned in the top time of the morning with a 2:21.43 with Reona Aoki (2:22.04) and Rie Kaneto (2:22.39) placing second and third in qualifying.

Runa Imai (2:22.92), Russia’s Maria Astashkina (2:22.95), Sakino Akaishi (2:23.55), Spain’s Jessica Vall (2:23.62) and Sae Saito (2:23.93) also cleared 2:24 to make the finale.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Lilly King – 2:29.35
Allie Szekely – 2:30.21

Women’s 100 IM

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

Team USA came out in full force in the sprint medley, and that included Katie Meili clocking a sizzling 59.01 to lead qualifying. That’s just half-a-second off Ariana Kukors’ American record of 58.65 from 2010.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (59.04), Kanako Watanabe (59.51), Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (59.52) and Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor (59.75) also cleared 1:00.

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte (1:00.33), Tomoyo Fukuda (1:00.83) and USA’s Felicia Lee (1:00.87) claimed the rest of the spots in finals.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Kathleen Baker – 1:01.30
Lilly King – 1:02.89
Hannah Kukurugya – 1:02.90
Kim Williams – 1:02.97
Ella Eastin – 1:03.37
Cassidy Bayer – 1:03.46
Katie Drabot – DQ

Men’s 200 back

Yuki Shirai had the top time this morning with a 1:52.03, while Masaki Kaneko (1:52.71), Ryosuke Irie (1:52.92) and Australia’s Mitch Larkin (1:52.94) also posted 1:52s for the top four spots.

Germany’s Christian Diener (1:53.42), USA’s Eugene Godsoe (1:54.04), Yuma Edo (1:54.79) and Syunya Nishimura (1:55.03) will also compete in the finale.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Michael Taylor – 1:57.21
Corey Okubo – 1:58.20
Michael Andrew – 2:00.19
Abrahm Devine – 2:01.26

Women’s 50 fly

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse

Fran Halsall closed within distance of another British record, this time with a 25.82 in the sprint fly. That’s just off Halsall’s 25.44 from the 2009 British Grand Prix in Leeds.

Inge Dekker qualified second in 25.85 with Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz taking third in 26.10.

USA’s Felicia Lee (26.18), Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (26.30), Rikako Ikee (26.33), Rino Hosoda (26.49) and Brazil’s Daynara De Paula (26.65) snared the rest of the top times to make finals.

U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Hannah Kukurugya – 28.04

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