Giles Smith Scorches Way to 4th-Best 50 Fly in World

Photo Courtesy: David Farr

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Phoenix’s Giles Smith turned in a personal best to win the men’s 50-meter fly at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.

Smith clocked a time of 23.30 to blast his previous top time of 23.65 from prelims. Coming into today, his personal best had been a 23.88 from last summer’s nationals.

Smith’s time tonight vaulted him to fourth in the world.

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FIAT’s Henrique Martins touched second tonight in a time of 23.57, while Tucson Ford’s Masa Kishida placed third in 23.92.

16-year-old Michael Andrew downed his personal best with a fourth-place time of 24.00. That’s better than the 24.22 he clocked in South Africa in February.

Trojan’s Dylan Carter (24.01), Argentina’s Santiago Grassi (24.06), Hong Kong’s Geoff Cheah (24.31), Puerto Rico’s Erik Risolvato (24.37) and Glauber Silva (24.49) also competed in the A final.

Auburn’s Arthur Mendes and North Carolina’s Sam Lewis shared the B final win with 24.36s.

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 50 fly
Men’s 50 fly
Women’s 400 free
Men’s 400 free

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