Viktor Bromer Shines During Day 2 Prelims at Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando

200m Butterfly Men Preliminary BROMER Viktor Denmark DEN XVII European Short Course Swimming Championships Herning - DEN Denmark Dic. 12-15 2013 Day03 - Dec. 14 , 2013 Photo G.Scala/Deepbluemedia/Inside

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ORLANDO – Viktor Bromer was among many swimmers who put up some seriously fast times this morning at the Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.

Women’s 200 fly

After winning the 100 fly last night, Audrey Lacroix returned this morning with a 2:13.75 in her 200 fly swim.

She still has some serious time to drop to challenge the top in the world so far this year as Miyu Nakano anchors the top 10 in the world with a 2:10.33.

York Y 15-year-old Courtney Harnish put up the second-fastest time of the morning with a 2:14.98, while California’s Caitlin Leverenz placed third in 2:15.17.

Hannah Miley, last night’s MVP with a pair of wins, took fourth this morning with a 2:15.66.

Mexico’s Diana Luna Sanchez (2:15.86), Great Britain’s Amelia Clynes (2:16.15), Venezuela’s Andreino Pinto (2:17.29) and Greater Philadelphia’s Delaney Walz (2:17.37) also made the finale.

Men’s 200 fly

Viktor Bromer, already fourth in the world with a 1:56.89 from the Luxembourg Euro Meet, dominated prelims this morning with a 1:57.00.

That’s the fifth-fastest time in the world this year, and he will be looking to get after Daiya Seto’s top time in the world of 1:55.61 from the BHP Super Series during finals tonight.

Gator’s Sebastien Rousseau, the 400 IM victor last night, took second overall in 2:03.10 with Phoenix’ Alex Coci claiming third in 2:03.22.

Club Wolverine’s Kyle Whitaker grabbed fourth in 2:03.62 with Island’s Alec Page placing fifth in 2:03.66.

Mexico’s Jose Martinez (2:04.10), Luiz Pedro Ribeiro Pereira (2:04.12) and Ireland’s Brendan Hyland (2:04.29) closed out the top eight.

Women’s 50 free

SwimMAC went 1-2 in the women’s 50-meter free this morning with Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (25.10) and Katie Meili (25.79) putting up the top two times in prelims.

Vanderpool-Wallace cleared her season best of 25.12 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series that ranks her eighth in the world. This morning’s time wasn’t enough to leapfrog Margo Geer (25.09) into seventh in the world.

Meili already stands 11th in the world this year with a 25.43 from Austin as well.

Canada’s Victoria Poon (25.82), SwimAtlanta’s Amanda Weir (25.90), Caroline Lapierre-Lemire (25.92), Hannah Riordan (25.99), Seminole’s Sveta Khakhlova (26.08) and Lara Jackson (26.12) will also compete for the title tonight.

Men’s 50 free

Club Wolverine picked up a 1-2 finish of its own in the men’s splash-and-dash.

Geoff Cheah hit the wall in 22.66 for the top seed, while Miguel Ortiz snared second with a 22.67 this morning.

Right behind, SwimAtlanta’s Karl Krug snatched third overall with a time of 22.68.

Phoenix’s Erik Risolvato (22.73), Brazil’s Bruno Fratus (22.87), and Cardinals’ Joao De Lucca (22.88) claimed fourth through sixth with Badger’s Derek Toomey grabbing seventh.

NYAC’s Josh Schneider (23.06) and Club Wolverine’s Junya Koga (23.06)set up a swimoff for eighth.

Fratus and Schneider are the top ranked swimmers coming into today. Fratus is second in the world behind Florent Manaudou (21.89) with a 21.91 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.

Schneider, meanwhile, is third overall with a 22.12 from the BHP Super Series.

Women’s 100 back

Denmark’s Mie Nielsen charged her way to eighth in the world rankings in the 100 back with a 1:00.82 this morning.

Nielsen, who already stood ninth in the world with a 1:00.94 from the Skagerrak Swim in Norway, jumped ahead of Kathleen Baker’s 1:00.92 from the BHP Super Series in the rankings.

Ontario’s Dominique Bouchard, who ranks sixth in the world with a 1:00.68 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series, claimed second in 1:00.93.

Czech’s Simona Baumrtova touched third in 1:01.64 with Great Britain’s Lauren Quigley placing fourth in 1:02.05.

Hilardy Caldwell (1:02.43), Danielle Hanus (1:03.13), Georgia-Mau Hohmann (1:03.19) and Maddie Hess (1:03.55) also grabbed transfer spots into the finale.

Men’s 100 back

Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich picked up the top seed of the morning in the 100 back with a 55.54 to move to 20th in the world rankings.

Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers, ranked second in the world already with a 53.27 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series, claimed second with a 55.66 this morning.

Club Wolverine’s Junya Koga raced his way to third with a 55.69, off his fourth-ranked season best of 53.87 also from Austin.

NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin, a former Russian Olympian who has stated his desire to now swim for Serbia, placed fourth in 55.91.

Club Wolverine’s Bobby Hurley (56.34), Dynamo’s Michael Taylor (56.42), Omar Pinzon (56.44) and Club Wolverine’s Geoff Cheah (56.45) closed out the top eight.

Women’s 200 breast

Tennessee’s Molly Hannis dominated prelims in the 200 breast with a time of 2:28.41 to move to 12th in the world rankings.

Hannis only has a bit more to cut to make the top 10 currently anchored by Hannah Miley’s 2:28.00 from the Speedo Flanders Cup.

SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson, the 100 breast winner last night, qualified second in 2:32.68, while Miley wound up third in 2:33.00.

Great Britain’s Chloe Tutton touched just behind with a 2:33.01, while Hurricane’s Katie Hoff posted a fifth-place 2:33.42.

SwimMAC’s Katie Meili (2:33.86), Raminta Dvariskyte (2:34.21) and Saint Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis (2:34.40) qualified sixth through eighth.

Men’s 200 breast

Badger’s Cody Miller, after taking home the 100 breast gold last night, looks good for a double with a 2:14.64 in the 200 breast prelims this morning.

Miller is ranked second in the world with a 2:11.35 from the BHP Super Series, and could be vying for a world’s best tonight. Yasuhiro Koseki holds the top time with a 2:10.45 also from the BHP meet.

Greater Philadelphia’s Brendan McHugh turned in a second-place time of 2:16.22, while Terrapins’ Sean Mahoney also swam in the 2:16s with a third-place 2:16.80.

Trojan’s Kosuke Kitajima, the four-time Olympic gold medalist who is looking to make his fifth Olympics next year, qualified fourth in 2:17.05.

Great Britain’s Calum Tait (2:17.48), Ireland’s Nicholas Quinn (2:18.79), Anton Lobanov (2:19.01) and SwimMAC’s Marko Blazevski (2:19.23) also made the finale.

Women’s 400 free

Elizabeth Beisel, still nursing a groin injury that kept her out of the BHP Super Series last month, led the way in the middle distance event. She clocked a 4:16.55 for the top seed.

Hannah Miley earned enough final spot with a 4:17.40 for the second seed, while Danica Ludlow earned third in 4:17.75.

Rockwood’s Jordan Stout (4:18.11), Point-Claire’s Sam Cheverton (4:18.28), Chile’s Kristel Kobrich (4:18.47), Kendall Brent (4:18.78) and Kirsten Jacobsen (4:19.87) will also compete in the finale.

Men’s 400 free

Trojan’s Conor Dwyer, the current points leader in the Arena Pro Swim Series, will likely add some more after qualifying first this morning in the 400 free with a 3:56.91.

Club Wolverine’s Michael Wynalda (3:57.26) and Bobby Hurley (3:57.31) claimed second and third this morning out of prelims as well.

Wisconsin’s Michael Weiss (3:57.36), The Woodlands’ Michael McBroom (3:57.47) and SwimMAC’s Dion Dreesens (3:57.97) also clocked 3:57s to make the top eight.

Club Wolverine’s Michael Klueh (3:58.45) and Seminole’s Matteo De Angulo (3:58.71) rounded out the championship field.

2015 Arena Pro Swim Series, Orlando, Live Results – Results

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