USA Short Course National Championships: Day One Prelims

ATLANTA, Georgia, November 29. WITH a tapered Ryan Lochte looking to relive one off his greatest yard meets from the 2006 NCAA Championships, which also took place in Atlanta, fans are in for a show tonight after day one of prelims at the USA Short Course National Championships held in Atlanta, Ga.

Women's 500 freestyle
Eight swimmers put themselves into position to take a run at Kate Ziegler's American record of 4:33.35 set in 2006.

Mary DeScenza topped qualifying with a time of 4:41.93, while Katie Carroll finished second in 4:42.74. Alyssa Anderson, who will be attending the University of Arizona next year, finished third in 4:44.44, while Erin Reilly placed fourth in 4:45.77.

Jennifer Blackman (4:45.79), Cammile Adams (4:46.02), Caroline Burckle (4:46.02) and Carly Piper (4:46.03) completed the rest of the top eight.

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Men's 500 freestyle
Peter Vanderkaay and Larsen Jensen will look to put on a show during finals after the duo posted 4:17s in prelims. Vanderkaay, who owns the American record with a 4:08.60 from 2006, paced qualifying with a time of 4:17.21. Jensen, meanwhile, touched in 4:17.32 as the pair battled side-by-side in heat nine.

Davis Tarwater (4:19.89) and Erik Vendt (4:19.94) both dipped under 4:20 for third and fourth, respectively, while Fran Crippen (4:20.80), Jayme Cramer (4:20.93), Balazs Gercsak (4:21.80) and Robert Margalis (4:22.14) comprised the rest of the championship heat.

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Women's 200 IM
The championship finalists in the women's 200 IM will be gunning for Maggie Bowen's American record time of 1:53.91.

Ava Ohlgren led qualifying with a time of 1:57.63, while Kathleen Hersey, who is heading to Texas next year, touched in 1:58.20. Mary Beck, the reigning Swimming World Magazine High School Swimmer of the Year, took third in 1:58.64, while Kaitlin Sandeno clocked a 1:59.42 for fourth.

Spindrift Beck, who recently broke a national high school record in the 100 breast, also tied for fourth in 1:59.42, while Emily Silver turned in a sixth-place 1:59.77.

Kirsten Smith (2:00.52) and Margaret Hoelzer (2:00.72) finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

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Men's 200 IM
In what should be a barn-burner this evening, a reportedly shaved Ryan Lochte dropped a 1:43.84 in prelims in the pool he set the American record with a 1:40.55 in 2006. Michael Phelps, who is testing his wrist for the first time in competition, placed second in 1:45.31.

Eric Shanteau (1:45.68), Doug Van Wie (1:46.17) and James Wike (1:46.18) took third through fifth in prelims, while John Dorr (1:46.22), Mike Alexandrov (1:46.25) and Adam Mania (1:46.72) rounded out the championship heat.

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Women's 50 freestyle
Kara Lynn Joyce's American record of 21.63 will be up for grabs in the championship heat tonight as Natalie Coughlin, fresh off a strong showing in the FINA World Cup circuit, clocked the quickest time of the morning with a 21.93. Meanwhile, Amanda Weir dropped a 21.97 to tie Joyce's matching mark from the morning session.

Rachel Komisarz (22.24), Jessica Hardy (22.45) and Samantha Woodward (22.58), Carrie Ellis (22.66) and Ava Ohlgren (22.71) made up the rest of the A final.

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Men's 50 freestyle
In the quickest event in the sport, Ryan Lochte emerged with the top prelim time in the men's sprint free when he touched in a time of 19.22. He, along with the rest of the championship heat, will be chasing the U.S. Open record of Cesar Cielo (18.69) and Ben Wildman-Tobriner's American record (18.87).

Incredibly, both Cielo and Wildman-Tobriner missed out on finals as Cielo placed 10th in 19.94 and Wildman-Tobriner took 12th in 19.99.

Meanwhile, Jason Lezak (19.40) and Cullen Jones (19.56) will look to chase down Lochte, who apparently is tapered for this meet.

Bryan Lundquist (19.58), Jonathon Newton (19.61), Matt Grevers (19.67), Nathan Adrian (19.67) and Fred Bousquet (19.73) make up the rest of the top eight finalists.

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