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NBAC’s Chase Kalisz picked up a big win against Michael Phelps in the men’s 200-meter fly at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.
Kalisz expects Phelps to be much better by the time taper comes along next summer.
Original 200 fly report:
NBAC’s Chase Kalisz had more in the tank in the men’s 200-meter fly as he overtook superstar training partner Michael Phelps for the win at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.
With Phelps out in 56.04 to lead at the halfway mark, Kalisz powered home with a winning time of 1:58.07. That’s still not a super fast time at this part of the season, but still showed some racing ability against the greatest of all time.
Phelps settled for silver with a time of 1:58.38 as he finished just behind Kalisz.
Mission Viejo’s Grant Shoults took third overall in 2:00.41, while Nashville’s Dakota Hodgson placed fourth in 2:00.64.
Princeton’s Corey Okubo (2:00.66), SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary (2:00.81), Missouri’s Mack Darragh(2:01.19) and Club Wolverine’s Michael Flach (2:01.83) also swam in the finale.
Northern Kentucky’s Brendan Meyer took home the consolation heat win in 2:01.72 with Gator’sSebastien Rousseau snaring second in 2:02.10. Santa Clara’s Kyler Van Swol picked up third in 2:02.83.
=== A - Final ===
1 Kalisz, Chase 21 North Baltimore- 1:59.86 1:58.07 OT
27.02 56.99 (29.97)
1:27.38 (30.39) 1:58.07 (30.69)
2 Phelps, Michael 30 North Baltimore- 2:00.40 1:58.38 OT
26.28 56.04 (29.76)
1:27.18 (31.14) 1:58.38 (31.20)
3 Shoults, Grant 18 Mission Viejo Na 2:02.26 2:00.41 OT
27.20 57.89 (30.69)
1:29.53 (31.64) 2:00.41 (30.88)
4 Hodgson, Dakota 24 Nashville Aquati 2:01.79 2:00.64 OT
26.87 57.87 (31.00)
1:29.22 (31.35) 2:00.64 (31.42)
5 Okubo, Corey 20 Princeton Univer 2:01.46 2:00.66 OT
27.21 57.67 (30.46)
1:29.09 (31.42) 2:00.66 (31.57)
6 Clary, Tyler 26 SwimMAC Carolina 2:01.62 2:00.81 OT
27.24 58.03 (30.79)
1:29.33 (31.30) 2:00.81 (31.48)
7 Darragh, Mack 21 U. of Missouri-M 2:01.65 2:01.19 OT
27.40 58.07 (30.67)
1:29.81 (31.74) 2:01.19 (31.38)
8 Flach, Michael 24 Club Wolverine-M 2:02.51 2:01.83 OT
26.96 57.68 (30.72)
1:29.08 (31.40) 2:01.83 (32.75)
=== B - Final ===
9 Meyer, Brendan 17 Northern KY Clip 2:02.69 2:01.72 OT
27.87 58.84 (30.97)
1:30.75 (31.91) 2:01.72 (30.97)
10 Rousseau, Sebas 25 Gator Swim Club- 2:02.69 2:02.10 WN
27.57 58.88 (31.31)
1:30.62 (31.74) 2:02.10 (31.48)
11 VanSwol, Kyler 24 Santa Clara Swim 2:02.98 2:02.83 WN
27.07 58.12 (31.05)
1:30.69 (32.57) 2:02.83 (32.14)
12 Kremer, Tom 21 North Baltimore- 2:04.29 2:03.23 WN
27.38 59.10 (31.72)
1:31.21 (32.11) 2:03.23 (32.02)
13 Ozcan, Kaan 17 Una Nbac-MD 2:04.41 2:03.48 WN
27.83 59.31 (31.48)
1:31.55 (32.24) 2:03.48 (31.93)
14 Whitaker, Kyle 24 Club Wolverine-M 2:03.58 2:03.84 WN
27.17 59.30 (32.13)
1:31.53 (32.23) 2:03.84 (32.31)
15 Gemmell, Andrew 24 Nation's Capital 2:05.58 2:05.02 TS
28.67 1:00.69 (32.02)
1:32.55 (31.86) 2:05.02 (32.47)
16 Wilcher, Sam 27 Alligator Aquati 2:04.47 2:11.31
28.35 1:00.86 (32.51)
1:35.87 (35.01) 2:11.31 (35.44)
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