2016 FINA Short Course World Championships: Day 3 Prelims Recap

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Read below to find our full coverage of day three prelims of the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships. The morning featured a total of eight events and was highlighted by an American Record in the 50 SCM butterfly by Kelsi Worrell.

Prelims Results

Heat Sheets

Event Schedule:

Men’s 100 Individual Medley
Women’s 50 Butterfly
Men’s 50 Backstroke
Women’s 100 Individual Medley
Men’s 50 Freestyle
Women’s 200 Backstroke
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
Mixed 4×50 Medley Relay

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Men’s 100 Individual Medley:

Russia’s Vladimir Morozov cruised to a top seed time of 52.33 in heat nine of the men’s 100 individual medley. Morozov is the current world record holder in this event with a time of 50.30 that he set in August.

Michael Andrew of the USA snagged the second place seed with a 52.58, while the Japanese duo of Daiya Seto and Shinri Shioura finished third and fourth in prelims respectively. Seto stopped the clock at a 52.76 over Shioura’s 52.86.

Returning as the fifth place seed is Australia’s Jack Gerrard with a time of 52.89, followed by a tie for sixth between China’s Wang Shun and Germany’s Philip Heintz. Wang and Heintz posted matching times of 52.91 from heat eight.

The Netherlands’ Kyle Stolk rounded out the top eight with a time of 53.07.

Greece’s Andreas Vazaios (53.19), Great Britain’s Mark Szaranek (53.40), Portugal’s Alexis Santos (53.41), Sweden’s Simon Sjodin (53.44), Hungary’s David Foldhazi (53.47), Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov (53.48), Norway’s Markus Lie (53.53), and Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli (53.57) return as ninth through sixteenth.

Women’s 50 Fly:

Kelsi Worrell of the USA blasted the competition in prelims of the women’s 50 fly, posting the only sub-25 second time. Worrell posted a new American Record en route to her top seed time of 24.94. The previous record of 25.65 belonged to Christine Magnussen from two separate semi-finals heats in 2010 and 2012.

Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro finished second overall in prelims with a time of 25.37, followed closely by Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen and her time of 25.38.

Japan sprint sensation Rikako Ikee turned in a qualifying time of 25.55 to return as fourth, just ahead of The Netherlands’ Maaike De Waard (25.62) and France’s Melanie Henique (25.65).

Australia’s Emily Washer and Denmark’s Emilie Beckmann completed the top eight with matching time of 25.88 from heats six and eighth respectively.

Canada’s Katerine Savard (25.96), the USA’s Sarah Gibson (25.98), Sweden’s Sara Junevik (26.06), Russia’s Svetlana Chimrova (26.11), Belgium’s Kimberly Buys (26.11), Czech Republic’s Lucie Svecena (26.18), Iceland’s Bryndis Hansen (26.22), and Slovakia’s Nastja Govejsek (26.26) complete the top sixteen qualifiers.

Men’s 50 Back:

Japan’s Junya Koga posted the only sub-23 second swim in prelims of the men’s 50 backstroke, stopping the clock at a 22.93 to return as the top seed in tonight’s semi-finals.

Jeremy Stravius of France grabbed the second place seed with a 23.09, while China’s Xu Jiayu delivered a 23.42 to return as the third place seed.

Spain’s Miguel Ortiz-Canavate and Belarus’ Pavel Yankovich turned in matching times of 23.47 to tie for the fourth place seed, while Poland’s Tomasz Polewka finished sixth in prelims with a 23.50.

Mitch Larkin of Australia picked up the seventh place seed with a 23.57, just ahead of Venezuela’s Albert Subirats and his time of 23.59.

Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich (23.70), Romania’s Robert Glinta (23.70), Australia’s Bobby Hurley (23.71), Turkey’s Iskender Baslakov (23.83), USA’s Michael Taylor (23.87), USA’s Jacob Pebley (23.88), Japan’s Maseki Kaneko (23.89), and Viktar Staselovich (23.98) rounded out the top sixteen.

Women’s 100 Individual Medley:

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson topped a star-studded field in prelims of the women’s 100 individual medley with a top qualifying time of 58.47.

Atkinson will be joined in tonight’s semi-finals by Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, the current world record holder in this event, who touched second overall with a 58.87.

Australia’s Emily Seebohm qualified third with a 59.16, followed by Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen and her time of 59.67.

Lena Kreundl of Austria took fifth in prelims with a 59.81, just ahead of The Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen’s 59.82.

The USA’s Ella Eastin and Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse completed the top eight qualifiers with times of 1:00.40 and 1:00.58 respectively.

Canada’s Sarah Darcel (1:00.70), Norway’s Susann Bjornsen (1:00.70), Japan’s Yui Ohashi (1:00.75), Iceland’s Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir (1:00.79), the USA’s Lilly King (1:00.84), Hungary’s Evelin Verraszto (1:00.95), China’s Sun Meichen (1:00.99), and Finland’s Fanny Teijonsalo (1:01.21) will complete the semi-final heats.

Men’s 50 Free:

Russia’s Vladimir Morozov picked up a second top seed in the men’s splash and dash. Morozov powered to a top qualifying time of 21.27, followed closely by South Africa’s Douglas Erasmus and his time of 21.31.

Jesse Puts of The Netherlands delivered a 21.42 to qualify third for tonight’s semi-finals, just ahead of Lithuania’s Simonas Bilis (21.43) and Japan’s Kenta Ito (21.45).

Greece’s Kristian Gkolomeev turned in a 21.47 for the sixth place seed, while Italy’s Luca Dotto picked up seventh with a 21.50.

Michael Chadwick of the USA rounded out the top eight qualifiers with a time of 21.56.

New Zealand’s Daniel Hunter (21.59), Hungary’s Maksim Lobanovskii (21.59), USA’s Paul Powers (21.60), Croatia’s Mislav Sever (21.63), Russia’s Aleksei Brianskii (21.67), France’s Clement Mignon (21.69), and Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (21.71) posted ninth through sixteenth place finishes.

Women’s 200 Back:

Daryna Zevina of Ukraine outlasted the competition in prelims of the women’s 200 back with a qualifying time .52 seconds ahead of the competition. Zevina stopped the clock at a 2:02.87 to return as the top seed in tonight’s 200 back final.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, the world record holder in this event, qualified second overall with a time of 2:03.39, cruising to an easy finish from heat four of five.

Hometown favorite Hilary Caldwell grabbed the third place seed with a 2:03.74, followed closely by the USA’s Hellen Moffitt and her time of 2:03.83.

Australia’s Emily Seebohm picked up the fifth place seed with a 2:03.91, ahead of the Japanese duo of Sayaka Akase (2:04.63) and Miki Takahashi (2:04.76).

Kathleen Dawson of Great Britain rounded out the qualifiers with a time of 2:05.12.

Men’s 200 Breast:

Germany’s Marco Koch continued to dominate the men’s breaststroke events with a top showing in prelims of the men’s 200 breaststroke. Koch turned in a 2:03.69 to grab the top seed going into tonight’s final.

Andrew Willis of Great Britain grabbed the second place seed with a qualifying time of 2:03.88, while Russia’s Mikhail Dorinov posted a 2:04.19 to pick up the third place seed.

The USA’s Josh Prenot earned the fourth place seed with a qualifying time of 2:04.52, followed closely by Russia’s Ilya Khomenko and his time of 2:04.63.

Japan’s Yukihiro Takahashi and the USA’s Nic Fink posted matching times of 2:04.69 from heats six and five respectively to tie for sixth.

Erik Persson of Sweden completed the top eight qualifiers with a time of 2:04.93.

Mixed 4×50 Medley Relay:

The USA topped the prelims field of the mixed 4×50 medley relay with a qualifying time of 1:38.82. Ali DeLoof led off for Team USA with a split of 26.18, giving Cody Miller (25.82) plenty of room to take off in the breaststroke leg. Matthew Josa split a 22.71 in the butterfly to hold the lead, while Mallory Comerford brought the race home with a split of 24.11.

The Russian Federation and Brazil picked up the second and third place seeds in heat three after a strong duel between the members of their relays. Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich (23.73), Kirill Prigoda (25.75), Svetlana Chimrova (25.79), and Rozaliya Nasretdinova (24.09) posted a combined time of 1:39.36 to return as the second place seed.

Brazil settled for the third place seed and a combined time of 1:39.52 thanks to strong swims by Etiene Medeiros (26.18), Felipe Lima (25.70), Nicholas Santos (22.57), and Larissa Oliveira (25.07).

Canada claimed the fourth place seed with a time of 1:39.63, while Italy posted a 1:40.17 for fifth.

China (1:40.26), Japan (1:40.47), and Sweden (1:40.49) qualified sixth through eighth respectively.

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