2016 Atlanta Classic: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

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Everything you need to follow along with finals of day one of the 2016 Atlanta Classic held at Georgia Tech.

Schedule of Events:

  • Women’s 200 Free
  • Men’s 200 Free
  • Women’s 100 Breast
  • Men’s 100 Breast
  • Women’s 100 Fly
  • Men’s 100 Fly
  • Women’s 400 IM
  • Men’s 400 IM

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Women’s 200 Free:

Katie Ledecky maintained her spot atop the 200 free field, stopping the clock at a final 1:54.82 for first. Ledecky shaved a slim .03 seconds off her prelims time of 1:54.85.

Grabbing second was Stanford’s Simone Manuel with a 1:57.90. She succeeded in dropping 1.45 seconds off her prelims time of 1:59.35.

Shannon Vreeland posted a 1:58.88 to finish third overall, also dropping time off her prelims swim of 1:59.86.

Brittany MacLean grabbed fourth with a final 1:59.47, just ahead of Hali Flickinger and her time of 1:59.72.

Sarah Henry (1:59.88), Madisyn Cox (2:00.05), and Amanda Weir (2:00.69) completed the top eight.

Men’s 200 Free:

Jay Litherland jumped to the top of the leaderboard in the men’s 200 free turning in a final time of 1:49.41 to finish first. Litherland was the only swimmer to post a sub-1:50 200 free.

Gunnar Bentz grabbed second in the 200 free with a final time of 1:50.11, slicing 1.52 seconds off his prelims time of 1:51.63.

Sebastien Rousseau and Ryan Murphy kept a tight race for third, turning in times .16 seconds apart. Rousseau got his hand to the wall ahead of Murphy to finish with a 1:50.80. Murphy settled for fourth and a 1:50.96.

Kevin Litherland posted a final time of 1:51.04 to grab fifth place overall.

Jack Conger and Jacob Pebley delivered matching times to tie for sixth in tonight’s final. The duo stopped the clock at a final time of 1:51.10.

Walker Higgins rounded out the top eight with a time of 1:51.49.

Women’s 100 Breast:

A duo of 1:07’s highlighted the women’s 100 breasstroke. Melanie Margalis grabbed the top spot on the podium with a final 1:07.48, dropping 1.84 seconds off her prelims time of 1:09.32.

Molly Hannis finished second overall with a 1:07.86. Hannis is currently ranked fourth in the world rankings for 2016 after posting a 1:06.16 at the Southern Premier earlier this year.

Breeja Larson posted a final time of 1:08.46 to finish third overall, while Laura Sogar turned in a 1:09.14 to finish fourth.

Kayla Brumbaum grabbed fifth place with a 1:10.96. She was followed to the wall by a duo of 1:11’s. Annie Zhu (1:11.32) and Vanessa Pearl (1:11.93) finished sixth and seventh respectively.

Allie Raab rounded out the top eight with a 1:12.06.

Men’s 100 Breast:

Andrew Wilson and Reece Whitley kept a tight race in finals of the men’s 100 breaststroke, finishing .11 seconds apart. Wilson delivered the top time of the evening, stopping the clock at a 1:02.06 ahead of Whitley’s 1:02.17.

Chuck Katis of Cal posted the only other 1:02 of the morning at a 1:02.53, good for third.

Moises Loschi finished fourth overall with a 1:03.16, while a tie followed him to the wall. Brad Craig and Michael Duderstadt delivered matching times of 1:03.72 for fifth.

Wyatt Hodges (1:04.21) and Cameron Conners (1:04.62) finished seventh and eighth respectively.

Women’s 100 Fly:

Felicia Lee of Stanford dashed to the only sub 1-minute 100 fly of the night. Lee stopped the clock at a 59.57 to earn the gold.

Hali Flickinger posted the second fastest time of the night at a 1:00.09, while Lauren Case grabbed third with a 1:00.22.

Finishing close behind Case was Natalie Labonge with a 1:00.25 and another .02 seconds behind her was Beryl Gastaldello with a 1:00.27.

Christine Bechtel was sixth overall with a 1:00.48.

Seventh fell to Krista Duffield (1:00.87) and Abby Meyers grabbed eighth with a 1:01.01.

Men’s 100 Fly:

NCAA champion Joseph Schooling moved to the top of podium in the men’s 100 fly with a final time of 51.86. Schooling’s time moves him into the top 20 world rankings for 2016.

Slipping to second was Tom Shields, who stopped the clock at a 52.02.

Jack Conger and David Nolan kept it close to finish third and fourth respectively. Conger delivered a 53.33 over Nolan’s 53.60.

Luis Martinez finished fifth overall with a time of 53.67.

Caeleb Dressel and Gunnar Bentz posted matching times of 53.75 to tie for sixth, while Eugene Godsoe was eighth with a 54.14.

Women’s 400 IM:

Elizabeth Beisel flew to first in the women’s 400 IM with a final time of 4:33.55. Beisel’s time rockets her to fourth in the world rankings for 2016, up from eighth.

Maya DiRado turned in a second place finish of 4:36.98, finishing just shy of her 2016 best of 4:36.82.

After winning the 200 free this morning Katie Ledecky was back and continues to prove herself as a 400 IMer. Ledecky stopped the clock at a 4:37.93 for third and enters the world rankings for 2016 at thirteenth.

Despite posting the top time of the morning Stanford’s Ella Eastin slipped to fourth with a 4:40.77, while Sarah Henry claimed fifth with a 4:41.58.

Mia Nonneberg grabbed sixth overall with a 4:42.19.

Emily Cameron (4:47.50) and Brittany MacLean (4:48.08) were seventh and eighth.

Men’s 400 IM:

Jay Litherland continued his impressive performances with a win in the men’s 400 IM. Litherland stopped the clock just ahead of Cal’s Josh Prenot to win with a time of 4:14.66. Prenot grabbed second with a time of 4:14.81.

Marton Barta claimed third with a 4:19.47, while Sean Grieshop finished close behind with a 4:19.83.

The gap widened between fourth and fifth with Brennan Day turning in a time of 4:27.27 for fifth.

Sixth went to Austin Snyder and his time of 4:27.79.

Andrew Winton (4:28.30) and Robert Finke (4:29.82) completed the top eight.

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