2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

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Women’s 200 fly

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu won her third title of the meet with a win in the 200-meter fly at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Hosszu raced her way to a season-best time of 2:08.00 to move to eighth in the world rankings. She just missed being just the eighth swimmer to clear 2:08 this year with Madeline Groves leading that group with a 2:05.41 from the Australian Championships.

SwimMAC’s Cammile Adams made a run to try to track down Hosszu, but settled for second with a 2:08.78. Bulldogs’ Hali Flickinger snared third overall in 2:09.07.

SwimMAC’s Kate Mills (2:10.23), NBAC’s Becca Mann (2:10.95), Kentucky’s Christina Bechtel (2:11.52), Cassidy Bayer (2:12.47) and Emma Nunn (2:14.43) also competed in the finale.

Crown Point’s Hannah Kukurugya blasted her in-season best with a 2:12.04 to win the B final. That swim slashed time off her previous 2:13.72 from prelims that was her in-season best.

Men’s 200 fly

NBAC’s Chase Kalisz had just enough in the tank to touchout the field to win the men’s 200-meter fly at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Kalisz, who turned with most of the pack, chased down Andrew Seliskar and Gunnar Bentz to win the finale in 1:57.58. That time is a second-and-a-half off the top times in the world currently anchored with a 10th-ranked 1:56.13 from Chad le Clos.

Seliskar, who looked to be the likely winner at around 175 meters, took second in 1:57.70. Jack Conger chased down Bentz to take third in 1:58.23. Bentz settled for fourth in 1:58.38.

Ioannis Drymonakos finished fifth in 1:59.61.

In a bit of a surprise, SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary (1:59.83) and NBAC’s Michael Phelps (2:00.77) struggled their way to sixth and seventh.

Dynamo’s Mick Litherland placed eighth overall in 2:00.82.

Club Wolverine’s Kyle Whitaker edged a close B final finish with a time of 2:00.11 for the win. Ontario’s Zack Chetrat (2:00.26) and Tom Kremer (2:00.50) also were in the mix for the win.

Women’s 50 free

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace blasted the field in the women’s 50-meter free at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Vanderpool-Wallace unleashed a 24.35 to win the splash-and-dash and move to third in the world this year. Only Cate Campbell (24.03) and Bronte Campbell (24.19) have been faster, while Ranomi Kromowidjojo also has a 24.35 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup.

Her effort nearly took down her lifetime best of 24.34 set at the Commonwealth Games last summer.

California’s Natalie Coughlin earned second overall in 25.03, while Georgia’s Chantal Van Landeghem placed third in 25.05.

SwimMAC’s Katie Meili (25.31), Canada’s Michelle Williams (25.50), Makos’ Amanda Kendall (25.57), Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell (25.79) and Lakeside’s Lauren Pitzer (25.81) also competed in the finale.

SwimMAC’s Madison Kennedy won the B final going away with a time of 25.25.

Men’s 50 free

NYAC’s Josh Schneider, who has been surging the past few months, topped a loaded field in the men’s 50-meter free at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Schneider vaulted his way to fifth in the world with a smoking time of 21.96. That effort tied Marco Orsi’s 21.96 from Spanish Nationals.

Only Florent Manaudou (21.57), Vlad Morozov (21.65), Bruno Fratus (21.74) and Cesar Cielo (21.84) have been faster this year.

Cielo, meanwhile, wound up taking second tonight in 22.05, while California’s Nathan Adrian managed to turn an eighth-seed into a paycheck with a third-place time of 22.19.

Bruno Fratus (22.22), Orsi (22.44), Anthony Ervin (22.58), Cullen Jones (22.68) and Renzo Tjon A Joe (22.86) also were part of a multiple Olympian international field.

Italy’s Luca Dotto dominated the field in the B final with a time of 22.40.

Women’s 100 back

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu captured her fourth title in a sub-minute battle with SwimMAC’s Kathleen Baker at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Hosszu had to overtake Baker down the stretch as she won in 59.47 to move to fifth in the world rankings. Only Emily Seebohm (58.89), Madison Wilson (58.94), Mie Nielsen (59.14) and Fu Yuanhui (59.41) have been faster.

Baker, meanwhile, blasted the 1:00 barrier for the first time ever with a 59.86 to move to seventh in the world rankings. Her previous best had been a 1:00.35 from the Pan Pacific Championships last summer.

SwimMAC’s Kirsty Coventry (1:00.66) took third overall to pick up a paycheck as well.

Ontario’s Dominique Bouchard (1:01.20), Bulldogs’ Olivia Smoliga (1:01.28), Carolina Colorado (1:01.63), Ontario’s Danielle Hanus (1:02.17) and Ontario’s Kylie Masse (1:02.26) rounded out the top eight.

Michigan’s Clara Smiddy turned in a 1:01.05 to top the field in the B final. Teammate Ali Deloff finished second in 1:01.51.

Men’s 100 back

NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin managed to win the 100 back at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Vyatchanin, now swimming for Serbia after defecting as a Russian Olympian, took the title in 53.69. His NYAC teammate David Plummer took second in 53.90.

Vyatchanin moved to 11th in the world with his swim.

Club Wolverine’s Junya Koga earned the final medal of the race with a third-place 54.42, while SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte just missed the podium with a fourth-place 54.43.

PASA’s Eugene Godsoe (55.02), Omar Pinzon (55.39), Jack Conger (55.62) and Guilherme Guido (56.11) closed out the top eight.

Auburn’s Joe Patching earned the B final title in 55.33.

Women’s 200 breast

SwimMAC’s Micah Lawrence dominated the women’s 200-meter breaststroke at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Lawrence put up a time of 2:24.61 to move to 14th in the world rankings with the win.

It’s a nice performance for someone who had to quickly rehab a broken leg suffered during an Australian trip with SwimMAC earlier this year.

Canada’s Martha McCabe placed second with a time of 2:26.69, while Melanie Margalis took third in 2:27.24.

BlueFish’s Laura Sogar (2:27.78), Breeja Larson (2:29.57), SwimMAC’s Katie Meili (2:30.22), SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson (2:30.76) and Annie Lazor (2:31.83) also competed in the finale.

Gamecocks’ Amanda Rutqvist topped the B final with a time of 2:30.12, while Emily Kopas wound up second in 2:31.37.

Men’s 200 breast

California’s Josh Prenot put up a lifetime best in the men’s 200-meter breast at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Prenot threw down a top time of 2:09.30 for the win, cutting a second off his personal best and moving to sixth in the world.

Only Yasuhiro Koseki (2:07.77), Adam Peaty (2:08.34), Andrew Willis (2:0.59), Ross Murdoch (2:08.90) and Ilya Khomenko (2:08.98) have been faster this year.

Badger’s Cody Miller, who is ranked 13th in the world with a 2:10.28 from the Orlando stop, took second in 2:11.63. Nic Fink picked up the bronze medal with a time of 2:11.75.

Meanwhile, Penn Charter 15-year-old Reece Whitley demolished the 15-16 U.S. National Age Group record with a stunning fourth-place time of 2:12.92.

That swim downed the previous record of 2:14.67 set by Matthew Elliott back in 2009.

Whitley now owns the 13-14 100 breast (1:03.23) and 200 breast (2:16.48) long course records, and is battling professional swimmer Michael Andrew (1:01.67) for the final 15-16 breaststroke mark in their age group.

Carlos Claverie (2:14.64), Richard Funk (2:15.87), Thomas Dahlia (2:17.89) and Chase Kalisz (2:18.66) closed out the finale.

Top-ranked Thiago Pereira elected to scratch finals even with a 2:14.58 for the top time.

Jorge Murillo Valdes touched first in the consolation heat with a time of 2:15.35.

Women’s 50 fly

SwimMAC’s Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace doubled up with a blazing women’s 50-meter fly at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Vanderpool-Wallace nailed her start and never looked back as she won in 25.93.

That swim shot her to fifth in the world rankings. Only Sarah Sjostrom (24.69), Jeanette Ottesen (25.48), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (25.86) and Beryl Gastaldello (25.92) have been quicker this year so far.

Western Kentucky’s Claire Donahue raced her way into second tonight with a 26.31, while Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell placed third overall in 26.71. Donahue moved to 15th in the world with her swim.

Makos’ Amanda Kendall (27.00), Venezuela’s Jeserik Pinto (27.09), SwimMAC’s Alyssa Marsh (27.14), Megan Bestor (27.35) and Ellen Thomas (27.58) also swam in the final.

North Carolina’s Hellen Moffitt took home the B final by a wide margin with a 27.35.

Men’s 50 fly

Brazil’s Cesar Cielo crushed the field in the men’s 50-meter fly at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Cielo, who is ranked second in the world with a 23.11 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet earlier this year, uncorked a time of 23.26 for the win in Charlotte.

SwimMAC’s Tim Phillips won the battle for second with a time of 23.71, while Makos’ Sean Fletcher took third in 23.97.

Brazil’s Arthur Mendes (24.10), PASA’s Eugene Godsoe (24.17), Canada’s Santo Condorelli (24.18), SwimMAC’s Matt Josa (24.25) and SwimMAC’s Cullen Jones (24.35) also participated in the sprint fly.

Italy’s Marco Belotti had enough to win the B final with a time of 24.13.

Women’s 400 free

Leah Smith of Cavalier Swimming held off NBAC’s Lotte Friis to win the women’s 400-meter free at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Smith hit the wall in 4:07.45 to move to 18th in the world rankings, and was within a second of her best time.

NBAC’s Lotte Friis placed second tonight in 4:08.29 as she nearly came back to take the win from Smith.

NBAC’s Cierra Runge wound up third overall in 4:10.82.

NBAC’s Sierra Schmidt (4:12.22), Badger’s Lindsay Vrooman (4:12.74), Ontario’s Kennedy Goss (4:17.24) and Emily Overholt (4:18.48) also battled in the A final.

In an exciting battle, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu managed to clip Bulldogs’ Shannon Vreeland, 4:12.15 to 4:12.17, in the B final.

Men’s 400 free

Club Wolverine’s Connor Jaeger dueled Trojan’s Conor Dwyer for the men’s 400-meter free title at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Jaeger turned in a time of 3:46.30 to move up to ninth in the world as he cleared his previous season-best of 3:47.58 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.

Dwyer hit the wall second in 3:47.53 to move to 14th in the world rankings as he continued to extend his series lead.

Marwan El Kamash put up a third-place time of 3:50.34 to take third overall.

Ahmed Akaram (3:50.61), Dion Dreesens (3:52.39), Michael Klueh (3:54.76), Michael Weiss (3:56.89) and Jonathan Roberts (4:00.59) placed fourth through eighth.

Zane Grothe picked up the B final win with a time of 3:53.48.

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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