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Women’s 200 free
NCAP’s Katie Ledecky, a day after an amazing 400 free and personal best in the 100 free, nearly posted her best January 200 free ever.
Ledecky clocked a 1:56.54 to lead prelims. That’s just off her top January time of 1:56.16 set here in Austin a year ago.
She will be vying to post the top January 200 free of all time tonight, currently held by Allison Schmitt with a 1:55.83 from this meet back in 2012 before she went on to claim three golds in London.
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, a day after posting a pair of U.S. Open records, cruised into second with a time of 1:58.07. Expect her to turn on the afterburners tonight to challenge Ledecky.
Virginia’s Leah Smith, who had a strong 400 free overshadowed by Ledecky’s exploits last night, qualified third in the 200 with a 1:59.11.
Saint Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis (1:59.42) and Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin (1:59.65) also cleared 2:00 to make the finale.
Aggie’s Sarah Henry (2:00.39), Athens Bulldogs’ Shannon Vreeland (2:00.40) and Texas’ Madisyn Cox (2:00.46) also made the top eight.
1 Ledecky, Katie 18 Nation's Capital 1:55.16 1:56.54 qOLY
27.67 57.24 (29.57)
1:26.89 (29.65) 1:56.54 (29.65)
2 Sjostrom, Sarah 22 Sweden 1:54.31 1:58.07 qOLY
27.78 57.98 (30.20)
1:28.31 (30.33) 1:58.07 (29.76)
3 Smith, Leah 20 UN 1:57.52 1:59.11 qOLY
28.19 58.44 (30.25)
1:28.81 (30.37) 1:59.11 (30.30)
4 Margalis, Melan 24 Saint Petersburg 1:57.91 1:59.42 qOLY
29.15 59.49 (30.34)
1:29.69 (30.20) 1:59.42 (29.73)
5 Franklin, Missy 20 Colorado Stars 1:55.49 1:59.65 qOLY
27.93 57.96 (30.03)
1:28.91 (30.95) 1:59.65 (30.74)
6 Henry, Sarah 24 Aggie Swim Club 1:58.72 2:00.39 qOLY
28.84 59.34 (30.50)
1:30.04 (30.70) 2:00.39 (30.35)
7 Vreeland, Shann 24 Athens Bulldog S 1:57.38 2:00.40 qOLY
28.71 59.37 (30.66)
1:30.25 (30.88) 2:00.40 (30.15)
8 Cox, Madisyn 20 Univ of Texas 1:59.22 2:00.46 qOLY
28.43 58.60 (30.17)
1:29.37 (30.77) 2:00.46 (31.09)
Men’s 200 free
France went 1-2 in the men’s 200-meter free this morning with Jeremy Stravius clipping his compatriot Jordan Pothain for the top seed, 1:49.14 to 1:49.15.
The French duo will face a pretty strong field in the finale, but it is doubtful that they will challenge the top January swim of all time posted by Yannick Agnel with a 1:45.76 here in Austin in 2014.
Texas’ Townley Haas clocked in third with a 1:49.57 with NBAC’s Michael Phelps still looking strong here in Austin with a fourth-seeded 1:50.06.
Phelps, who set his own January personal best in the 100 fly last night, will likely post another best in the 200 free tonight. Phelps’ fastest January swim came back in 2011 here in Austin with a 1:49.90. He almost cleared that this morning while cruising.
Queens’ Dion Dreesens (1:50.14), Gator’s Dan Wallace (1:50.25), Long Gutierrez (1:50.28) and Badger’s Zane Grothe (1:50.60) picked up the rest of the A final spots.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Stravius, Jerem 27 France 1:47.10 1:49.14 qOLY
25.15 52.96 (27.81)
1:21.60 (28.64) 1:49.14 (27.54)
2 Pothain, Jordan 21 France 1:48.34 1:49.15 qOLY
25.98 53.58 (27.60)
1:21.75 (28.17) 1:49.15 (27.40)
3 Haas, Townley 19 Univ of Texas 1:47.55 1:49.57 qOLY
25.56 53.70 (28.14)
1:22.08 (28.38) 1:49.57 (27.49)
4 Phelps, Michael 30 North Baltimore 1:48.20 1:50.06 qOLY
26.17 54.41 (28.24)
1:22.39 (27.98) 1:50.06 (27.67)
5 Dreesens, Dion 22 Queens Universit 1:47.20 1:50.14 qOLY
25.93 53.88 (27.95)
1:21.86 (27.98) 1:50.14 (28.28)
6 Wallace, Dan 22 Gator Swim Club 1:47.04 1:50.25 qOLY
26.18 54.40 (28.22)
1:22.31 (27.91) 1:50.25 (27.94)
7 Gutierrez, Long 20 UN 1:48.87 1:50.28 qOLY
25.70 53.71 (28.01)
1:22.05 (28.34) 1:50.28 (28.23)
8 Grothe, Zane 23 Badger Swim Club 1:47.11 1:50.60 qOLY
26.43 54.56 (28.13)
1:23.07 (28.51) 1:50.60 (27.53)
Women’s 200 back
After taking a beating last night with what might be her first night at a pro meet without making any money, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu found a bit of speed this morning in the 200 back.
Hosszu clocked a 2:08.32 to lead prelims this morning. Depending on how she feels tonight, she might have a shot at lowering the best January 200 back ever of 2:07.31 clocked by Missy Franklin here in Austin in 2013.
California’s Kathleen Baker, a star in the making, qualified second in 2:10.09 and should challenge Hosszu this evening.
The third and fourth qualified swimmers certainly have the credentials to make a run at dethroning Hosszu tonight. Franklin posted a 2:10.25 while SwimMAC’s Kirsty Coventry turned in a 2:10.31.
Oakville’s Dominique Bouchard (2:10.48), Stanford’s Maya DiRado (2:10.61), Texas’ Quinn Carrozza (2:12.79) and BlueFish’s Elizabeth Beisel (2:12.80) also made the championship heat.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hosszu, Katinka 26 HUN 2:06.18 2:08.32 qOLY
30.02 1:02.11 (32.09)
1:35.21 (33.10) 2:08.32 (33.11)
2 Baker, Kathleen 18 Univ California, 2:10.42 2:10.09 qOLY
30.52 1:03.55 (33.03)
1:36.75 (33.20) 2:10.09 (33.34)
3 Franklin, Missy 20 Colorado Stars 2:06.34 2:10.25 qOLY
30.82 1:03.63 (32.81)
1:37.14 (33.51) 2:10.25 (33.11)
4 Coventry, Kirst 32 SwimMAC Carolina 2:10.01 2:10.31 qOLY
31.00 1:04.04 (33.04)
1:37.33 (33.29) 2:10.31 (32.98)
5 Bouchard, Domin 24 Oakville 2:08.16 2:10.48 qOLY
32.04 1:04.45 (32.41)
1:37.17 (32.72) 2:10.48 (33.31)
6 DiRado, Maya 22 Stanford Swimmin 2:08.28 2:10.61 qOLY
31.36 1:03.99 (32.63)
1:37.35 (33.36) 2:10.61 (33.26)
7 Carrozza, Quinn 19 Univ of Texas 2:13.60 2:12.79 qOLY
31.52 1:04.73 (33.21)
1:38.62 (33.89) 2:12.79 (34.17)
8 Beisel, Elizabe 23 Bluefish Swim Cl 2:08.33 2:12.80 qOLY
31.81 1:05.40 (33.59)
1:39.21 (33.81) 2:12.80 (33.59)
Men’s 200 back
Ryan Murphy turned in the top time of the preliminary heats with a 1:56.37. He will have some time to drop to challenge his fifth-ranked season best from last year of 1:55.00.
Ryosuke Irie’s record for the fastest time ever in January with a 1:54.02 from the 2012 Western States meet in Australia is likely safe this evening.
Jacob Pebley qualified second in a time of 1:57.83 with SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary putting up a 1:58.67 as the only other sub-2:00 swimmer this morning.
NCS’s Hennessey Stuart qualified fourth in 2:00.18 with Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers taking fifth in 2:00.19.
NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin (2:00.84), NBAC’s Austin Surhoff (2:01.49) and Great Britain’s Jay Lelliot (2:02.37) all made the finale as well.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Murphy, Ryan 20 UN 1:55.00 1:56.37 qOLY
28.47 57.97 (29.50)
1:27.31 (29.34) 1:56.37 (29.06)
2 Pebley, Jacob 22 UN 1:56.29 1:57.83 qOLY
28.19 57.43 (29.24)
1:27.71 (30.28) 1:57.83 (30.12)
3 Clary, Tyler 26 SwimMAC Carolina 1:54.73 1:58.67 qOLY
28.04 57.86 (29.82)
1:28.13 (30.27) 1:58.67 (30.54)
4 Stuart, Henness 20 NCS 1:59.27 2:00.18 qOLY
27.90 58.18 (30.28)
1:29.02 (30.84) 2:00.18 (31.16)
5 Grevers, Matt 30 Tucson Ford Deal 1:57.43 2:00.19 qOLY
28.52 59.35 (30.83)
1:29.57 (30.22) 2:00.19 (30.62)
6 Vyatchanin, Ark 31 New York Athleti 1:55.30 2:00.84 qOLY
28.68 58.90 (30.22)
1:29.79 (30.89) 2:00.84 (31.05)
7 Surhoff, Austin 25 North Baltimore 1:59.37 2:01.49 qOLY
28.61 59.64 (31.03)
1:30.49 (30.85) 2:01.49 (31.00)
8 Lelliott, Jay 20 Great Britain 2:03.17 2:02.37 qOLY
29.43 1:00.10 (30.67)
1:31.44 (31.34) 2:02.37 (30.93)
Women’s 50 free
SwimMAC’s Madison Kennedy and Canyons’ Abbey Weitzeil crushed prelims in the women’s 50-meter free.
Kennedy led the way with a 25.03, while Weitzeil clocked a second-seeded 25.06. Both times are just a second of the world best from last year of 24.03 set by Cate Campbell at the BHP Super Series in Perth. That time also is the fastest time ever swum in January.
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, who ranked third last year with a 24.20 at Swedish Nationals, turned in a third-seeded 25.14 this morning.
SwimMAC’s Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace clocked a fourth-seeded 25.15, while California’s Farida Osman posted a 25.18 for the fifth seed.
France’s Anna Santamans (25.20), HPCO’s Chantal van Landeghem (25.26) and HPCO’s Sandrine Mainville (25.38) also made the top eight.
The B final is loaded as well with Sweden’s Therese Alshammar (25.42), California’s Dana Vollmer (25.62) and California’s Natalie Coughlin (25.67) all among the swimmers who made the consolation heat.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Kennedy, Madiso 28 SwimMAC Carolina 24.71 25.03 qOLY 2 Weitzeil, Abby 19 Canyons Aquatic 24.80 25.06 qOLY 3 Sjostrom, Sarah 22 Sweden 23.98 25.14 qOLY 4 Vanderpool-Wall 25 SwimMAC Carolina 24.31 25.15 qOLY 5 Osman, Farida 20 Univ California, 24.92 25.18 qOLY 6 Santamans, Anna 22 France 24.76 25.20 qOLY 7 Van Landeghem, 21 Hpc-Ontario 24.39 25.26 qOLY 8 Mainville, Sand 23 Hpc-Ontario 25.12 25.38 qOLY ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Alshammar, Ther 38 Sweden 24.99 25.42 qOLY 10 Martin, Ivy 22 Wisconsin Aquati 24.62 25.46 qOLY 11 Meili, Katie 24 SwimMAC Carolina 25.30 25.51 qOLY 12 Vollmer, Dana 28 Una Cal 26.00 25.62 qOLY 12 Gastaldello, Be 20 Texas A & M Univ 25.41 25.62 qOLY 14 Williams, Miche 25 Hpc-Ontario 24.84 25.66 qOLY 15 Coughlin, Natal 33 California Aquat 24.66 25.67 qOLY 16 Geer, Margo 23 Tucson Ford Deal 24.95 25.78 qOLY
Men’s 50 free
NC State’s Simonas Bilis earned the top seed of the day in the men’s splash-and-dash with a 22.36.
If he can drop another half-a-second, he might challenge the January record of 21.70 posted by Nathan Adrian here in Austin back in 2013.
Brazil’s Bruno Fratus, who ranked second in the world with a 21.37 last year, qualified second today in 22.44.
NYAC’s Jimmy Feigen posted a third-seeded 22.51, while Adrian cruised into fourth with a 22.60.
Indie’s Michael Andrew qualified fifth in 22.73 and will be chasing his 15-16 U.S. National Age Group record of 22.34 set last year.
SwimMAC’s Cullen Jones (22.74) and Club Wolverine’s Miguel Ortiz (22.81) qualified sixth and seventh.
Club Wolverine’s Junya Koga and Trojan’s Anthony Ervin set up a swimoff for eighth with matching 22.82s.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Bilis, Simonas 22 NCS 22.31 22.36 qOLY 2 Fratus, Bruno 26 Brazil 21.41 22.44 qOLY 3 Feigen, Jimmy 26 New York Athleti 22.29 22.51 qOLY 4 Adrian, Nathan 27 California Aquat 21.37 22.60 qOLY 5 Andrew, Michael 16 Indie Swimming 22.34 22.73 qOLY 6 Jones, Cullen 31 SwimMAC Carolina 21.83 22.74 qOLY 7 Ortiz, Miguel L 24 Club Wolverine 22.36 22.81 qOLY 8 Koga, Junya 28 Club Wolverine 22.71 22.82 qOLY 8 Ervin, Anthony 34 Trojan Swim Club 21.55 22.82 qOLY Swim-Off Required ---------------------------------------------- 10 Risolvato, Erik 22 Phoenix Swim Clu 22.22 22.89 qOLY 11 Condorelli, San 20 Canyons Aquatic 22.04 22.92 qOLY 11 Chadwick, Micha 20 U. of Missouri 22.03 22.92 qOLY 11 Cheah, Geoff 25 Club Wolverine 22.39 22.92 qOLY 14 Ramirez, Daniel 23 Una Obu 23.32 22.95 qOLY 15 Stravius, Jerem 27 France 22.58 22.96 qOLY 16 Stubblefield, S 22 California Aquat 22.15 23.02 qOLY
Women’s 400 IM
Although Katinka Hosszu definitely has some challengers in the 200 back earlier in the evening, she’s likely to walk away with the 400 IM title as she clocked a 4:37.50 this morning.
She won’t take a run at her surprising top-ranked time of 4:30.39 from last year, but she might post the fastest January 400 IM ever. That record is currently owned by Aimee Willmott with a 4:33.64 at the 2014 Speedo Cup.
NBAC’s Becca Mann qualified second in 4:42.50 with BlueFish’s Elizabeth Beisel taking third in 4:43.82.
Aggie’s Sarah Henry (4:43.89), SwimMAC’s Cammile Adams (4:45.98), Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem (4:46.01), Texas’ Madisyn Cox (4:46.06) and California’s Caitlin Leverenz (4:48.32) also made the A final.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hosszu, Katinka 26 HUN 4:30.39 4:37.50 qOLY
29.55 1:03.57 (34.02)
1:39.19 (35.62) 2:14.20 (35.01)
2:54.13 (39.93) 3:35.15 (41.02)
4:06.66 (31.51) 4:37.50 (30.84)
2 Mann, Becca 18 North Baltimore 4:37.04 4:42.50 qOLY
30.63 1:04.39 (33.76)
1:41.41 (37.02) 2:16.66 (35.25)
2:58.11 (41.45) 3:39.36 (41.25)
4:11.44 (32.08) 4:42.50 (31.06)
3 Beisel, Elizabe 23 Bluefish Swim Cl 4:36.71 4:43.82 qOLY
31.11 1:05.99 (34.88)
1:42.50 (36.51) 2:17.73 (35.23)
2:57.74 (40.01) 3:38.54 (40.80)
4:11.65 (33.11) 4:43.82 (32.17)
4 Henry, Sarah 24 Aggie Swim Club 4:38.88 4:43.89 qOLY
31.32 1:05.30 (33.98)
1:43.34 (38.04) 2:20.46 (37.12)
3:00.14 (39.68) 3:40.30 (40.16)
4:12.62 (32.32) 4:43.89 (31.27)
5 Adams, Cammile 24 SwimMAC Carolina 4:40.41 4:45.98 qOLY
30.18 1:03.92 (33.74)
1:41.35 (37.43) 2:17.39 (36.04)
2:59.24 (41.85) 3:41.50 (42.26)
4:14.75 (33.25) 4:45.98 (31.23)
6 Pickrem, Sydney 18 Texas A & M Univ 4:38.03 4:46.01 qOLY
31.25 1:07.28 (36.03)
1:44.52 (37.24) 2:20.84 (36.32)
3:01.64 (40.80) 3:42.03 (40.39)
4:15.01 (32.98) 4:46.01 (31.00)
7 Cox, Madisyn 20 Univ of Texas 4:41.75 4:46.06 qOLY
30.11 1:05.01 (34.90)
1:42.27 (37.26) 2:18.79 (36.52)
2:59.21 (40.42) 3:40.68 (41.47)
4:13.73 (33.05) 4:46.06 (32.33)
8 Leverenz, Caitl 24 California Aquat 4:35.46 4:48.32 qOLY
15.79 ( )
1:42.00 (1:26.21) 2:19.62 (37.62)
2:59.56 (39.94) 3:41.23 (41.67)
4:15.05 (33.82) 4:48.32 (33.27)
Men’s 400 IM
SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte broke out with a big morning swim as he led the way in the men’s 400-meter IM.
Lochte clocked a top time of 4:18.51 to put himself in position for the title tonight. The record for a January swim, however, is likely out of reach as Kosuke Hagino clocked a 4:09.82 at the 2014 BHP Aquatic Super Series meet just two years ago.
Josh Prenot, the 200 breast winner last night, took second this morning in 4:19.41. SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary powered his way to a third-seeded 4:19.42.
NBAC’s Chase Kalisz (4:20.08), Nitro’s Sean Grieshop (4:20.89), Gator’s Dan Wallace (4:23.17), Andrew Seliskar (4:23.86) and Ous Mellouli (4:24.46) also made their way into the top eight.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Lochte, Ryan 31 SwimMAC Carolina 4:18.68 4:18.51 qOLY
26.34 57.03 (30.69)
1:30.51 (33.48) 2:02.25 (31.74)
2:38.89 (36.64) 3:14.93 (36.04)
3:46.83 (31.90) 4:18.51 (31.68)
2 Prenot, Josh 22 UN 4:13.15 4:19.41 qOLY
27.82 59.11 (31.29)
1:33.67 (34.56) 2:07.26 (33.59)
2:42.41 (35.15) 3:17.30 (34.89)
3:49.66 (32.36) 4:19.41 (29.75)
3 Clary, Tyler 26 SwimMAC Carolina 4:09.03 4:19.42 qOLY
27.44 58.60 (31.16)
1:31.22 (32.62) 2:03.00 (31.78)
2:40.51 (37.51) 3:18.80 (38.29)
3:49.86 (31.06) 4:19.42 (29.56)
4 Kalisz, Chase 21 North Baltimore 4:09.62 4:20.08 qOLY
27.36 59.15 (31.79)
1:33.39 (34.24) 2:07.66 (34.27)
2:42.75 (35.09) 3:18.79 (36.04)
3:49.92 (31.13) 4:20.08 (30.16)
5 Grieshop, Sean 17 Nitro Swimming 4:15.67 4:20.89 qOLY
28.18 1:00.26 (32.08)
1:33.81 (33.55) 2:06.44 (32.63)
2:44.20 (37.76) 3:21.48 (37.28)
3:52.04 (30.56) 4:20.89 (28.85)
6 Wallace, Dan 22 Gator Swim Club 4:11.04 4:23.17 qOLY
27.74 59.77 (32.03)
1:35.28 (35.51) 2:09.47 (34.19)
2:46.23 (36.76) 3:23.02 (36.79)
3:54.46 (31.44) 4:23.17 (28.71)
7 Seliskar, Andre 19 UN 4:16.05 4:23.86 qOLY
27.95 1:00.35 (32.40)
1:35.55 (35.20) 2:09.38 (33.83)
2:46.27 (36.89) 3:23.69 (37.42)
3:54.86 (31.17) 4:23.86 (29.00)
8 Mellouli, Ous 31 UN/Unattached 4:17.69 4:24.46 qOLY
28.30 1:00.57 (32.27)
1:35.47 (34.90) 2:09.04 (33.57)
2:46.33 (37.29) 3:24.35 (38.02)
3:55.29 (30.94) 4:24.46 (29.17)
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- Women’s 50 free
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- Women’s 400 IM
- Men’s 400 IM
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