Etiene Medeiros Nips Simone Manuel For 50 Free Title at 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis

Jul 17, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Etiene Medeiros of Brazil celebrates on the podium after the women's 100m backstroke final the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

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After setting the pool record during prelims with a 24.73, SESI’s Etiene Medeiros touched out Simone Manuel for the women’s 50-meter free title at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.

Medeiros clipped Manuel at the wall, 24.92 to 24.94, while Canyon’s Abbey Weitzeil checked in with a third-place time of 25.07.

California’s Kelsi Worrell (25.35), Tucson Ford’s Margo Geer (25.68) and Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin (25.74) took fourth through seventh.

NCAP’s Katie Ledecky turned in a 25.87 to finish eighth as a warmup to her 400 free later tonight.

SwimAtlanta’s Amanda Weir won the B final in a time of 25.35. Mason Makos’ Amanda Kendall took second in 25.38 with California’s Amy Bilquist earning third in 25.69.

                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Medeiros, Etien  24 Sesi-Sp-US          24.73      24.92POT     
  2 Manuel, Simone   19 Unattached-PC       24.85      24.94POT     
  3 Weitzeil, Abbey  18 Canyons Aquatic-    25.12      25.07 OT     
  4 Osman, Farida    20 Univ California,    25.48      25.09 OT     
  5 Worrell, Kelsi   21 Univ Louisville-    25.31      25.35 OT     
  6 Geer, Margo      23 Tucson Ford Deal    25.52      25.68 OT     
  7 Martin, Ivy      22 Wisconsin Aquati    25.30      25.74 OT     
  8 Ledecky, Katie   18 Nation's Capital    25.45      25.87 OT     
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Weir, Amanda     29 SwimAtlanta-GA      25.62      25.35 OT     
 10 Kendall, Amanda  24 Mason Makos Swim    25.53      25.38 OT     
 11 Bilquist, Amy    18 Univ California,    25.56      25.69 OT     
 12 Mainville, Aria  21 Club Aquatique d    25.89      25.73 OT     
 13 Stewart, Kendyl  21 Una Troj-CA         25.99      25.84 OT     
 14 Ibanez Lopez, L  24 Unattached-GU       25.92      25.91 OT     
 14 Bailey, Chelsea  23 Una King-PN         25.80      25.91 OT     
 16 Poon, Victoria   31 A.N. de Montreal    25.95      25.97 OT

SCHEDULED EVENTS

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

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