2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

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2016 Arena Pro Swim Series: Santa Clara Day 1 Prelims – Results

Women’s 200 Freestyle

Australian women took the top two seeds this morning. Emma McKeon posted a 1:57.57, well off her world’s second 1:54.83, but still over a second ahead of the field. Bronte Barratt cruised to a 1:58.61, far from her eighth ranked 1:55.95.

Chelsea Chenault and Ella Eastin tied for the third seed in 1:59.68.

Maya Dirado (1:59.75) and Madison Wilson (1:59.87) also slid under two minutes.

Madeline Groves (2:00.21), Jessica Ashwood (2:00.45), and Camille Cheng (2:00.79) also qualified for tonight’s A final.

Event 1  Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 McKeon, Emma           22 St Peters Wester  1:54.83    1:57.57  
                 26.90        56.48 (29.58)
        1:27.00 (30.52)     1:57.57 (30.57)
  2 Barratt, Bronte        27 St Peters Wester  1:55.95    1:58.61  
                 27.98        58.10 (30.12)
        1:28.52 (30.42)     1:58.61 (30.09)
  3 Chenault, Chelsea      21 Trojan Swim Club  1:58.50    1:59.68  
                 28.26        58.57 (30.31)
        1:29.03 (30.46)     1:59.68 (30.65)
  3 Eastin, Ella           19 UN-25-PC-         2:01.10    1:59.68  
                 28.33        58.54 (30.21)
        1:29.12 (30.58)     1:59.68 (30.56)
  5 DiRado, Maya           23 Stanford Swimmin  1:58.64    1:59.75  
                 28.34        59.01 (30.67)
        1:29.51 (30.50)     1:59.75 (30.24)
  6 Wilson, Madison        22 St Peters Wester  1:59.03    1:59.87  
                 27.58        58.04 (30.46)
        1:28.98 (30.94)     1:59.87 (30.89)
  7 Groves, Madeline       21 St Peters Wester  1:57.74    2:00.21  
                 28.03        58.59 (30.56)
        1:29.83 (31.24)     2:00.21 (30.38)
  8 Ashwood, Jessica       23 Chandler Swim-US  1:58.28    2:00.45  
                 28.21        59.10 (30.89)
        1:30.11 (31.01)     2:00.45 (30.34)
  9 Cheng, Camille         23 California Aquat  1:58.78    2:00.79  
                 27.87        58.05 (30.18)
        1:29.29 (31.24)     2:00.79 (31.50)

Men’s 200 Freestyle

Sun Yang cracked the world’s top ten with his 1:46.34. That swim earned him the top seed, well ahead of the field. Conor Dwyer swam a 1:48.90 for second.

Maxime Rooney (1:49.66) and Zhi Yong Qian (1:49.84) were also under 1:50.

David McKeon (1:50.05) returns fifth. Kyle Chalmer and Long Gutierrez tied for the sixth seed in 1:50.31. Markus Thormeyer (1:50.54) and Liam Etgan (1:51.15) wer the final qualifiers for tonight’s A final.

Event 2  Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Sun, Yang              25 Zhejiang Sport-U  1:45.20    1:46.34  
                 25.32        52.33 (27.01)
        1:19.42 (27.09)     1:46.34 (26.92)
  2 Dwyer, Conor           27 Trojan Swim Club  1:46.45    1:48.90  
                 25.63        53.31 (27.68)
        1:21.10 (27.79)     1:48.90 (27.80)
  3 Rooney, Maxime         18 Pleasanton Seaha  1:47.10    1:49.66  
                 25.22        52.83 (27.61)
              45.40 ( )   1:49.66 (1:04.26)
  4 Qian, Zhi Yong         20 Zhejiang Sport-U  1:49.06    1:49.84  
                 25.77        53.98 (28.21)
        1:22.22 (28.24)     1:49.84 (27.62)
  5 McKeon, David          23 Chandler Swim-US  1:46.61    1:50.05  
                 25.53        53.30 (27.77)
        1:21.66 (28.36)     1:50.05 (28.39)
  6 Chalmers, Kyle         17 Marion Swimming-  1:47.23    1:50.31  
                 25.70        54.54 (28.84)
        1:22.51 (27.97)     1:50.31 (27.80)
  6 Gutierrez, Long        21 California Aquat  1:48.87    1:50.31  
                 26.17        54.56 (28.39)
        1:22.77 (28.21)     1:50.31 (27.54)
  8 Thormeyer, Markus      18 Ubc Dolphins-US-  1:48.17    1:50.54  
                 25.92        54.24 (28.32)
        1:22.76 (28.52)     1:50.54 (27.78)
  9 Egan, Liam             20 Unattached-NE-    1:49.88    1:51.15  
                 26.55        54.67 (28.12)
        1:23.10 (28.43)     1:51.15 (28.05)

Women’s 100 Breaststroke

Sarah Haase climbed from outside the top 20 to seventh in the world this year with a stunning 1:06.31 this morning. That was a best time by 1.22 seconds.

Jessica Hardy finished second in 1:08.41, over a second from her year’s best 1:07.09. Australia’s Georgia Bohl qualified third in 1:08.96, far from her world’s fourth 1:06.12.

Fresh off swims at last weekend’s Mel Zajac Invite, Martha McCabe qualified fourth in 1:10.45. Fifth seed went to Grace Zhao in 1:11.87.

Danielle Herrmann (1:11.98), Maija Roses (1:12.04), MC Schillinger (1:12.12), and Heidi Poppe (1:12.89) complete tonight’s A final.

Top seeded, much anticipated Yulia Efimova did not swim.

Event 3  Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Haase, Sarah           22 Stanford Swimmin  1:07.53    1:06.31  
                 31.35      1:06.31 (34.96)
  2 Hardy, Jessica         29 Golden West Swim  1:06.51    1:08.41  
                 31.69      1:08.41 (36.72)
  3 Bohl, Georgia          19 St Peters Wester  1:06.12    1:08.96  
                 31.83      1:08.96 (37.13)
  4 McCabe, Martha         26 Toronto Swim Clu  1:08.84    1:10.45  
                 33.46      1:10.45 (36.99)
  5 Zhao, Grace            16 Palo Alto Stanfo  1:10.51    1:11.87  
                 33.97      1:11.87 (37.90)
  6 Herrmann, Danielle     28 Clovis Swim Club  1:10.53    1:11.98  
                 33.35      1:11.98 (38.63)
  7 Roses, Maija           20 California Aquat  1:10.19    1:12.04  
                 34.42      1:12.04 (37.62)
  8 Schillinger, MC        19 Una Crow-PC-      1:10.64    1:12.12  
                 34.16      1:12.12 (37.96)
  9 Poppe, Heidi           20 UN-25-PC-         1:10.16    1:12.89  
                 33.68      1:12.89 (39.21)

Men’s 100 Breaststroke

Josh Prenot stopped the clock in 1:01.11 to grab the top spot. Azad Al-Barazi swam a 1:01.89 for the second seed. Jimmy Deiparine (1:02.08) and Tales Cerdeira (1:02.11) qualified third and fourth.

BJ Johnson and Marcut Titus both touched in 1:02.29 for fifth.

Thiago Pereira (1:02.42), Chuk Katis (1:02.66), and Connor Hoppe (1:02.70) complete the A final.

Event 4  Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Prenot, Josh           22 California Aquat  1:00.66    1:01.11  
                 29.00      1:01.11 (32.11)
  2 Al-Barazi, Azad        28 Trojan Swim Club  1:01.38    1:01.89  
                 29.04      1:01.89 (32.85)
  3 Deiparine, Jimmy       23 Unattached-US-    1:02.34    1:02.08  
                 29.40      1:02.08 (32.68)
  4 Cerdeira, Tales        29 Brazilian Swimmi  1:01.70    1:02.11  
                 29.13      1:02.11 (32.98)
  5 Johnson, BJ            29 Palo Alto Stanfo  1:01.12    1:02.29  
                 29.61      1:02.29 (32.68)
  5 Titus, Marcus          30 Paul Stafford-AZ  1:00.55    1:02.29  
                 29.21      1:02.29 (33.08)
  7 Pereira, Thiago        30 Brazilian Swimmi  1:03.22    1:02.42  
                 29.48      1:02.42 (32.94)
  8 Katis, Chuck           23 California Aquat  1:00.69    1:02.66  
                 28.77      1:02.66 (33.89)
  9 Hoppe, Connor          20 California Aquat  1:01.20    1:02.70  
                 28.85      1:02.70 (33.85)

Women’s 100 Butterfly

Canadian Noemie Thomas touched in 58.37 this morning, in another tune up swim before she makes her Olympic debut. That time earned her the top seed for tonight.

Australian teammates Emma McKeon and Madeline Groves finished one behind another, just as they did at Australian Nationals, this time in 58.74 and 59.22.

Farida Osman stopped the clock in 59.33 and Janey Hu posted a 59.75.

Stanford swimmers Felicia Lee (59.75), Maya DiRado (59.79), Ella Eastin (1:00.17), and Ally Howe (1:00.23) also qualified for tonight’s championship final.

Event 5  Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Thomas, Noemie         20 Ubc Dolphins-US-    57.02      58.37  
                 27.17        58.37 (31.20)
  2 McKeon, Emma           22 St Peters Wester    56.89      58.74  
                 27.51        58.74 (31.23)
  3 Groves, Madeline       21 St Peters Wester    57.08      59.22  
                 27.73        59.22 (31.49)
  4 Osman, Farida          21 California Aquat    58.22      59.33  
                 27.71        59.33 (31.62)
  5 Hu, Janet              20 UN-25-PC-         1:00.34      59.48  
                 27.82        59.48 (31.66)
  6 Lee, Felicia           24 Stanford Swimmin    58.14      59.75  
                 27.91        59.75 (31.84)
  7 DiRado, Maya           23 Stanford Swimmin    59.39      59.79  
                 28.37        59.79 (31.42)
  8 Eastin, Ella           19 UN-25-PC-           59.80    1:00.17  
                 28.67      1:00.17 (31.50)
  9 Howe, Ally             20 UN-25-PC-         1:00.16    1:00.23

Men’s 100 Butterfly

Cal swimmers swept the top 3 spots for tonight’s final. Seth Stubblefield led the way in 52.58, ahead of Tom Shields in 52.66 and Justin Lynch in 52.91.

Giles Smith (53.32), Marcos Antonio Macedo (53.35), Kaio Almeida (53.53), Andrew Liang (53.62), Kyle VanSwol (53.63), and Long Gutierrez (53.93) earned seeds four through nine.

Event 6  Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Stubblefield, Seth     22 California Aquat    52.40      52.58  
                 24.63        52.58 (27.95)
  2 Shields, Tom           24 California Aquat    51.03      52.66  
                 24.56        52.66 (28.10)
  3 Lynch, Justin          19 California Aquat    52.43      52.91  
                 24.69        52.91 (28.22)
  4 Smith, Giles           24 Phoenix Swim Clu    51.92      53.32  
                 25.21        53.32 (28.11)
  5 Macedo, Marcos Antoni  25 Brazilian Swimmi    52.17      53.35  
                 22.82        53.35 (30.53)
  6 Almeida, Kaio          31 Brazilian Swimmi    52.60      53.53  
                 25.45        53.53 (28.08)
  7 Liang, Andrew          20 Unattached-PC-      53.94      53.62  
                 25.13        53.62 (28.49)
  8 VanSwol, Kyler         24 Santa Clara Swim    52.97      53.63  
                 25.06        53.63 (28.57)
  9 Gutierrez, Long        21 California Aquat    52.22      53.93  
                 25.19        53.93 (28.74)

Women’s 400 IM

Caitlin Leverenz of the Cal Bears took the top seed for tonight, posting a 4:41.10. Cal teammate Celina Li finished third overall in 4:50.95. Keryn McMaster stopped the clock in 4:42.17 for the second fastest time of the morning.

Sarah Darcel touched fourth (4:51.89) and Sarah-Lee Hevey (4:53.40) was fifth.

Chenoa Devine (4:54.86), Miranda Heckman (4:55.03), Leah Stevens (4:56.05), and Chloe Isleta (4:58.26) complete tonight’s A final.

Event 7  Women 400 LC Meter IM
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Leverenz, Caitlin      25 California Aquat  4:35.46    4:41.10  
                 29.00      1:02.44 (33.44)
        1:39.42 (36.98)     2:15.79 (36.37)
        2:55.17 (39.38)     3:36.03 (40.86)
        4:08.74 (32.71)     4:41.10 (32.36)
  2 McMaster, Keryn        22 Chandler Swim-US  4:37.94    4:42.17  
                 29.86      1:03.74 (33.88)
        1:39.89 (36.15)     2:15.40 (35.51)
        2:56.57 (41.17)     3:37.86 (41.29)
        4:10.93 (33.07)     4:42.17 (31.24)
  3 Li, Celina             20 California Aquat  4:42.61    4:50.95  
                 29.68      1:04.41 (34.73)
        1:42.28 (37.87)     2:19.58 (37.30)
        3:00.54 (40.96)     3:42.77 (42.23)
        4:17.25 (34.48)     4:50.95 (33.70)
  4 Darcel, Sarah          17 Island Swimming-  4:46.68    4:51.89  
                 30.90      1:06.31 (35.41)
        1:43.93 (37.62)     2:20.82 (36.89)
        3:03.03 (42.21)     3:45.07 (42.04)
        4:18.38 (33.31)     4:51.89 (33.51)
  5 Hevey, Sarah-Lee       27 Team QuÃ©bec-US-  4:52.49    4:53.40  
                 31.41      1:07.29 (35.88)
        1:46.20 (38.91)     2:23.64 (37.44)
        3:04.88 (41.24)     3:45.68 (40.80)
        4:20.41 (34.73)     4:53.40 (32.99)
  6 Devine, Chenoa         17 Davis Arden Raci  4:50.50    4:54.86  
                 30.70      1:05.95 (35.25)
        1:43.14 (37.19)     2:19.83 (36.69)
        3:03.48 (43.65)     3:48.41 (44.93)
        4:22.27 (33.86)     4:54.86 (32.59)
  7 Heckman, Miranda       15 Pleasanton Seaha  5:00.73    4:55.03  
                 30.45      1:05.14 (34.69)
        1:44.63 (39.49)     2:21.66 (37.03)
        3:06.67 (45.01)     3:51.52 (44.85)
        4:24.30 (32.78)     4:55.03 (30.73)
  8 Stevens, Leah          19 UN-25-PC-         4:46.21    4:56.05  
                 31.17      1:07.32 (36.15)
        1:46.35 (39.03)     2:24.02 (37.67)
        3:06.00 (41.98)     3:49.15 (43.15)
        4:22.96 (33.81)     4:56.05 (33.09)
  9 Isleta, Chloe          18 Palo Alto Stanfo  4:52.57    4:58.26  
                 30.87      1:06.45 (35.58)
        1:44.03 (37.58)     2:21.35 (37.32)
        3:04.87 (43.52)     3:48.99 (44.12)
        4:24.12 (35.13)     4:58.26 (34.14)

Men’s 400 IM

Abrahm DeVine took the top seed in 4:20.88 well ahead of Mitchell Larkin in 4:23.34 and Max Williamson in 4:24.30.

Ken Takashi (4:24.86), Jared Gilliland (4:26.07), and Brandonn Almeida (4:26.85) took seeds four through six.

Robert Hill (4:27.10), Christopher Jhong (4:28.41), and Andrew Seliskar (4:29.99) complete the A final.

Event 8  Men 400 LC Meter IM
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 DeVine, Abrahm         19 Unattached-PC-    4:20.39    4:20.88  
                 26.85        58.14 (31.29)
        1:31.83 (33.69)     2:04.41 (32.58)
        2:41.63 (37.22)     3:19.34 (37.71)
        3:51.31 (31.97)     4:20.88 (29.57)
  2 Larkin, Mitchell       22 St Peters Wester  4:27.99    4:23.34  
                 27.19        58.99 (31.80)
        1:31.58 (32.59)     2:03.90 (32.32)
        2:42.49 (38.59)     3:21.39 (38.90)
        3:53.10 (31.71)     4:23.34 (30.24)
  3 Williamson, Max        21 Unattached-PC-    4:16.91    4:24.30  
                 27.91      1:00.24 (32.33)
        1:35.05 (34.81)     2:08.98 (33.93)
        2:45.87 (36.89)     3:22.38 (36.51)
        3:53.48 (31.10)     4:24.30 (30.82)
  4 Takahashi, Ken         19 California Aquat  4:25.70    4:24.86  
                 27.25        58.95 (31.70)
        1:33.94 (34.99)     2:08.25 (34.31)
        2:45.35 (37.10)     3:23.67 (38.32)
        3:54.84 (31.17)     4:24.86 (30.02)
  5 Gilliland, Jared       21 Chandler Swim-US  4:19.60    4:26.07  
                 27.90        59.91 (32.01)
        1:34.41 (34.50)     2:08.62 (34.21)
        2:46.26 (37.64)     3:24.09 (37.83)
        3:56.16 (32.07)     4:26.07 (29.91)
  6 Almeida, Brandonn      19 Brazilian Swimmi  4:14.63    4:26.85  
                 28.73      1:01.39 (32.66)
        1:35.61 (34.22)     2:08.04 (32.43)
        2:46.22 (38.18)     3:24.63 (38.41)
        3:56.83 (32.20)     4:26.85 (30.02)
  7 Hill, Robert           20 Chena Swim Club-  4:21.25    4:27.10  
                 28.61      1:00.93 (32.32)
        1:36.00 (35.07)     2:09.96 (33.96)
        2:46.39 (36.43)     3:24.20 (37.81)
        3:56.21 (32.01)     4:27.10 (30.89)
  8 Jhong, Christopher     16 Pleasanton Seaha  4:30.02    4:28.41  
                 28.71      1:01.09 (32.38)
        1:35.99 (34.90)     2:10.21 (34.22)
        2:48.62 (38.41)     3:27.29 (38.67)
        3:57.52 (30.23)     4:28.41 (30.89)
  9 Seliskar, Andrew       19 California Aquat  4:16.05    4:29.99  
                 27.07        58.50 (31.43)
        1:33.68 (35.18)     2:08.83 (35.15)
        2:46.79 (37.96)     3:25.81 (39.02)
        3:59.07 (33.26)     4:29.99 (30.92)

Scheduled events:

Women’s 200 Freestyle
Men’s 200 Freestyle
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
Men’s 100 Breaststroke
Women’s 100 Butterfly
Men’s 100 butterfly
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM

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