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During the Friday morning prelims session at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Atlanta, Margo Geer and Michael Andrew each laid down quick efforts in the splash-and-dash as part of an eight-event morning. Read below for detailed event-by-event coverage of the session.
Women’s 50 Free
Mission Viejo’s Margo Geer laid down by far the top time of the morning with a 25.02. That was more than four tenths better than Athens Bulldog’s Olivia Smoliga, who took second in 25.46, and Louisville’s Mallory Comerford, who was third in 25.48.
Cal’s Farida Osman took fourth in 25.49, ahead of Lia Neal (25.56) and then a tie between Trojan’s Anika Apostalon and HPC Ontario’s Kayla Sanchez at 25.58. Mission Viejo’s Isabella Arcila was eighth in 25.61, and her teammate Amanda Kendall (ninth, 25.72) should also advance to the final with Comerford expected to scratch.
Event 11 Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 23.67 7/29/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 23.97 7/30/2017 Simone Manuel, USA
U.S. Open: O 24.13 5/18/2008 Cate Campbell, AUS
Jr World: J 24.33 9/16/2017 Rikako Ikee, Japan
GT Pool LC: P 24.73 5/4/2017 Simone Manuel
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Margo Geer 25 Mission Viejo Na 24.83 25.02 q853
r:+0.67
2 Olivia Smoliga 23 ABSC/UGA 24.70 25.46 q809
r:+0.72
3 Mallory Comerfo 20 Unattached 24.88 25.48 q807
r:+0.65
4 Farida Osman 23 California Aquat 24.62 25.49 q806
r:+0.70
5 Lia Neal 23 Unattached 24.77 25.56 q800
r:+0.69
6 Anika Apostalon 23 Trojan Swim Club 21.75Y 25.58 q798
r:+0.67
6 Kayla Sanchez 16 HPC-Ontario 25.29 25.58 q798
r:+0.70
8 Isabella Arcila 23 Mission Viejo Na 25.52 25.61 q795
r:+0.64
Men’s 50 Free
In the final heat of prelims, 18-year-old Michael Andrew blasted a 22.16 to lead the field into the final by three tenths of a second. Second behind Andrew was Cal’s Nathan Adrian, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the event, and third was 2017 World Championships silver medalist Bruno Fratus. Adrian put up a time of 22.46, and Fratus, representing Coral Springs, clocked 22.50.
Fratus’ fellow Brazilian Marcelo Cherighini, of Tiger Elite Racing, was fourth in 22.60, followed by Arilson Silva’s Andrii Govorov (22.65), Argentina’s Guido Buscaglia (22.69), Trojan’s Vladimir Morozov (22.74) and Club Aquatique’s Mehdi Ayoubi (22.99).
Event 12 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 20.91 12/18/2009Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA
American: A 21.15 7/29/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
U.S. Open: O 21.14 7/9/2009 Cesar Cielo, Auburn/BRA
Jr World: J 21.75 8/25/2017 Michael Andrew, USA
GT Pool LC: P 21.85 12/1/2011 Nathan Adrian, CAL
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Michael Andrew 18 Race Pace Club 21.75 22.16 q840
r:+0.71
2 Nathan Adrian 29 California Aquat 21.47 22.46 q806
r:+0.67
3 Bruno Fratus 28 Coral Springs Sw 21.27 22.50 q802
r:+0.69
4 Marcelo Chierig 27 Tiger Elite Raci 22.09 22.60 q792
r:+0.68
5 Andrii Govorov 25 Arilson Silva 22.28 22.65 q786
r:+0.64
6 Guido Buscaglia 21 Argentina 22.46 22.69 q782
r:+0.68
7 Vladimir Morozo 25 Trojan Swim Club 21.44 22.74 q777
r:+0.63
8 Mehdi Ayoubi 19 Club Aquatique 22.35 22.99 q752
r:+0.65
Women’s 200 Back
Italy’s Federica Pellegrini posted the top prelims time in the 200 back, coming in at 2:12.79. The world record-holder in the 200 free is not swimming her signature event in Atlanta but has begun racing more and more backstroke late in her career.
A pair of Canadians qualified second and third, with HPC-Ontario’s Taylor Ruck (2:13.02) and HPC-Victoria’s Jade Hannah (2:13.63). SwimMAC’s Sinclair Larson took fourth in 2:14.02, making her the top American in the morning.
Argentina’s Andrea Berrino took fifth in 2:16.17, followed by 14-year-old Mariah Denigan of the Northern Kentucky Clippers (2:16.82). Pointe-Claire’s Aela Janiver (2:17.03) took seventh,and there was a tie for eighth, with Sandpipers’ Erica Sullivan and Italy’s Carlotta Zofkova both touching in 2:17.44 to set up a potential swim-off.
Event 13 Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA Olympic Team
American: A 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA Olympic Team
U.S. Open: O 2:05.68 6/26/2013 Missy Franklin, Colorado STARS-C
Jr World: J 2:06.76 6/29/2017 Kaylee McKeown, Australia
GT Pool LC: P 2:07.14 12/1/2011 Missy Franklin, STAR
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Federica Pelleg 29 Italy 2:10.70 2:12.79 q815
r:+0.68 30.87 1:04.94 (34.07)
1:39.46 (34.52) 2:12.79 (33.33)
2 Taylor Ruck 17 HPC-Ontario 2:06.87 2:13.02 q811
r:+0.64 30.63 1:04.02 (33.39)
1:38.53 (34.51) 2:13.02 (34.49)
3 Jade Hannah 16 HPCenterVictoria 2:10.44 2:13.63 q800
r:+0.58 30.73 1:04.54 (33.81)
1:38.77 (34.23) 2:13.63 (34.86)
4 Sinclair Larson 18 SwimMAC Carolina 2:12.79 2:14.02 q793
r:+0.79 32.08 1:06.02 (33.94)
1:40.14 (34.12) 2:14.02 (33.88)
5 Andrea Berrino 24 Argentina 2:13.47 2:16.17 q756
r:+0.73 32.01 1:05.96 (33.95)
1:41.17 (35.21) 2:16.17 (35.00)
6 Mariah Denigan 14 Northern KY Clip 2:15.83 2:16.82 q745
r:+0.77 32.28 1:07.04 (34.76)
1:42.25 (35.21) 2:16.82 (34.57)
7 Aela Janvier 18 Pointe-Claire 2:13.71 2:17.03 q742
r:+0.69 32.45 1:07.10 (34.65)
1:42.82 (35.72) 2:17.03 (34.21)
8 Erica Sullivan 17 Sandpipers Of Ne 2:19.79 2:17.44 q735
r:+0.69 32.72 1:07.35 (34.63)
1:42.60 (35.25) 2:17.44 (34.84)
8 Carlotta Zofkov 24 Italy 2:15.65 2:17.44 q735
r:+0.84 31.02 1:05.92 (34.90)
1:41.31 (35.39) 2:17.44 (36.13)
Men’s 200 Back
Team Elite’s Ryosuke Irie, who won a silver medal in the 200 back at the 2012 Olympics, edged out Cal’s Jacob Pebley for the top seed in prelims of the 200 back, 2:00.13 to 2:00.51. Pebley’s teammate Ryan Murphy, the Olympic silver medalist in the event, was third in a comfortable 2:01.76.
UBC Thunderbirds teammates Markus Thormeyer (2:02.35) and Josiah Binnema (2:02.84) took fourth and fifth, respectively, followed by Plymouth Whitemarsh’s Andrew Abruzzo (2:02.90), SwimAtlanta’s Bradley Dunham (2:03.05) and Dynamo’s Ian Grum (2:03.59).
Event 14 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
American: A 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:53.08 7/11/2009 Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn
Jr World: J 1:55.14 7/28/2017 Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia
GT Pool LC: P 1:55.82 5/13/2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL-PC
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ryosuke Irie 28 Team Elite 1:55.79 2:00.13 q808
r:+0.54 27.26 57.28 (30.02)
1:28.66 (31.38) 2:00.13 (31.47)
2 Jacob Pebley 24 California Aquat 1:54.77 2:00.51 q801
r:+0.65 28.99 1:00.35 (31.36)
1:31.33 (30.98) 2:00.51 (29.18)
3 Ryan Murphy 22 California Aquat 1:53.62 2:01.76 q776
r:+0.53 27.94 59.06 (31.12)
1:30.32 (31.26) 2:01.76 (31.44)
4 Markus Thormeye 20 UBC Thunderbirds 1:59.76 2:02.35 q765
r:+0.77 29.27 1:00.75 (31.48)
1:31.94 (31.19) 2:02.35 (30.41)
5 Josiah Binnema 20 UBC Thunderbirds 2:00.74 2:02.84 q756
r:+0.64 28.58 59.63 (31.05)
1:31.48 (31.85) 2:02.84 (31.36)
6 Andrew Abruzzo 18 Plymouth Whitema 2:06.53 2:02.90 q755
r:+1.54 28.84 1:00.18 (31.34)
1:31.89 (31.71) 2:02.90 (31.01)
7 Bradley Dunham 17 SwimAtlanta 2:05.53 2:03.05 q752
r:+1.48 29.08 59.52 (30.44)
1:31.70 (32.18) 2:03.05 (31.35)
8 Ian Grum 16 Dynamo Swim Club 2:02.85 2:03.59 q742
r:+0.70 28.89 59.88 (30.99)
1:31.91 (32.03) 2:03.59 (31.68)
Women’s 200 Free
China’s Wang Jianjiahe, fresh off a sub-8:20 performance in the 800 free Thursday night, posted the top seed in the 200 free prelims, pulling ahead of HPC-Ontario’s Taylor Ruck and Rebecca Smith on the final 50 in their heat. Wang finished in 1:57.80, well ahead of Ruck (1:59.35) and Smith (1:59.45).
St. Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis also broke 2:00, qualifying fourth in 1:59.85, followed by Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (2:00.77) and Lia Neal (2:01.54).
Two more Canadians, Toronto Swim Club’s Penny Oleksiak (2:01.74) and HPC-Ontario’s Kayla Sanchez (2:02.06), also got into the top eight, and a fifth Canadian, Erika Seltenrich, will also get into the championship final after Comerford scratches. Seltenrich posted a time of 2:02.15 in prelims.
Event 15 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:52.98 7/29/2009 Federica Pellegrini, ITA
American: A 1:53.61 7/31/2012 Allison Schmitt, USA Olympic Team
U.S. Open: O 1:54.40 6/28/2012 Allison Schmitt, North Baltimore
Jr World: J 1:56.12 8/20/2014 Shen Duo, China
GT Pool LC: P 1:54.82 5/13/2016 Katie Ledecky, NCAP-PV
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Jianjiahe Wang 15 China 1:59.50 1:57.80 q882
r:+0.80 27.76 58.05 (30.29)
1:28.48 (30.43) 1:57.80 (29.32)
2 Taylor Ruck 17 HPC-Ontario 1:56.94 1:59.35 q848
r:+0.73 27.51 57.94 (30.43)
1:28.64 (30.70) 1:59.35 (30.71)
3 Rebecca Smith 17 HPC-Ontario 1:58.59 1:59.45 q846
r:+0.75 27.76 58.21 (30.45)
1:28.82 (30.61) 1:59.45 (30.63)
4 Melanie Margali 26 Saint Petersburg 1:56.58 1:59.85 q837
r:+0.74 28.32 58.44 (30.12)
1:28.87 (30.43) 1:59.85 (30.98)
5 Mallory Comerfo 20 Unattached 1:56.95 2:00.77 q818
r:+0.67 28.73 59.75 (31.02)
1:30.54 (30.79) 2:00.77 (30.23)
6 Lia Neal 23 Unattached 2:04.09 2:01.54 q803
r:+0.72 28.27 58.94 (30.67)
1:30.43 (31.49) 2:01.54 (31.11)
7 Penny Oleksiak 17 Toronto Swim Clu 1:59.66 2:01.74 q799
r:+0.74 28.43 1:00.20 (31.77)
1:31.59 (31.39) 2:01.74 (30.15)
8 Kayla Sanchez 16 HPC-Ontario 1:58.28 2:02.06 q793
r:+0.75 28.72 59.70 (30.98)
1:30.91 (31.21) 2:02.06 (31.15)
Men’s 200 Free
Nation’s Capital’s Jack Conger will go for his second win of the meet as the top seed in the 200 free final. He posted a 1:49.03 in prelims to finish just ahead of a tight pack that included another of his Texas and U.S. Olympic teammates, Clark Smith.
Mission Viejo’s Zane Grothe took second in 1:49.29, Marwan Elkamash was third (1:49.31), Baylor’s Trey Freeman took fourth (1:49.47) and Smith was fifth (1:49.48).
Others making the final were North Carolina’s Dimitrios Dimitriou (1:50.15), Pymouth Whitemarsh’s Andrew Abruzzo (1:50.24) and HPC-Victoria’s Jeremy Bagshaw (1:51.04).
Event 16 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:42.00 7/26/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER
American: A 1:42.96 8/12/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:44.10 7/1/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
Jr World: J 1:46.40 8/24/2017 Ivan Girev, Russia
GT Pool LC: P 1:46.36 12/1/2011 Yannick Agnel, FRA
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Jack Conger 23 Nation's Capital 1:45.77 1:49.03 q818
r:+0.74 25.30 52.88 (27.58)
1:21.10 (28.22) 1:49.03 (27.93)
2 Zane Grothe 25 Mission Viejo Na 1:46.39 1:49.29 q812
r:+0.77 25.76 53.53 (27.77)
1:21.39 (27.86) 1:49.29 (27.90)
3 Marwan Elkamash 24 Una GCU 1:47.40 1:49.41 q810
r:+0.69 25.96 53.85 (27.89)
1:22.04 (28.19) 1:49.41 (27.37)
4 Trey Freeman 17 Baylor Swim Club 1:47.79 1:49.47 q808
r:+0.73 25.76 53.45 (27.69)
1:21.65 (28.20) 1:49.47 (27.82)
5 Clark Smith 22 Longhorn Aquatic 1:47.10 1:49.48 q808
r:+0.73 25.41 53.36 (27.95)
1:21.65 (28.29) 1:49.48 (27.83)
6 Dimitrios Dimit 20 Univ North Carol 1:37.16Y 1:50.15 q794
r:+0.67 26.22 53.98 (27.76)
1:22.34 (28.36) 1:50.15 (27.81)
7 Andrew Abruzzo 18 Plymouth Whitema 1:50.93 1:50.24 q792
r:+0.85 26.12 54.02 (27.90)
1:22.48 (28.46) 1:50.24 (27.76)
8 Jeremy Bagshaw 25 HPCenterVictoria 1:48.20 1:51.04 q775
r:+0.70 26.16 54.11 (27.95)
1:22.76 (28.65) 1:51.04 (28.28)
Women’s 400 IM
Athens Bulldog’s Hali Flickinger made her return to the 400 IM after a hiatus of several years, out-dueling Longhorn’s Madisyn Cox in their prelims heat to take the top seed for finals. Flickinger posted a time of 4:43.28, ahead of Cox (4:44.98) and St. Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis (4:47.58).
14-year-old Mariah Denigan made her second final of the day for the Northern Kentucky Clippers, finishing fourth in 4:48.17. Other finalists included Sarasota YMCA’s Emma Weyant (4:50.46), Trojan’s Haley Anderson (4:51.67), UBC Thunderbirds’ Megan Dalke (4:52.70) and Magnolia’s Kaitylnn Sims (4:53.80).
Event 9 Women 400 LC Meter IM
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World: W 4:26.36 8/6/2016 Katinka Hosszu, HUN
American: A 4:31.12 6/29/2008 Katie Hoff, North Baltimore
U.S. Open: O 4:31.07 6/19/2015 Katinka Hosszu, HUN
Jr World: J 4:39.01 8/25/2015 Rosie Rudin, Singapore
GT Pool LC: P 4:33.55 5/13/2016 Elizabeth Beisel, ABF-NE
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hali Flickinger 23 ABSC/UGA 4:41.50 4:43.28 q831
r:+0.76 29.99 1:03.80 (33.81)
1:40.92 (37.12) 2:16.87 (35.95)
2:58.25 (41.38) 3:40.47 (42.22)
4:12.80 (32.33) 4:43.28 (30.48)
2 Madisyn Cox 22 Longhorn Aquatic 4:38.85 4:44.98 q816
r:+0.74 30.06 1:04.81 (34.75)
1:41.66 (36.85) 2:17.90 (36.24)
2:58.45 (40.55) 3:39.43 (40.98)
4:12.34 (32.91) 4:44.98 (32.64)
3 Melanie Margali 26 Saint Petersburg 4:37.43 4:47.58 q794
r:+0.73 29.26 1:02.98 (33.72)
1:40.76 (37.78) 2:17.60 (36.84)
2:59.07 (41.47) 3:41.06 (41.99)
4:15.73 (34.67) 4:47.58 (31.85)
4 Mariah Denigan 14 Northern KY Clip 4:48.26 4:48.17 q789
r:+0.81 31.97 1:07.81 (35.84)
1:44.64 (36.83) 2:20.35 (35.71)
3:02.09 (41.74) 3:44.69 (42.60)
4:17.05 (32.36) 4:48.17 (31.12)
5 Emma Weyant 16 Sarasota YMCA Sh 4:53.30 4:50.46 q771
r:+0.87 31.36 1:07.01 (35.65)
1:45.78 (38.77) 2:23.57 (37.79)
3:04.31 (40.74) 3:45.37 (41.06)
4:18.49 (33.12) 4:50.46 (31.97)
6 Haley Anderson 26 Trojan Swim Club 4:48.19 4:51.67 q761
r:+0.84 30.56 1:04.83 (34.27)
1:44.82 (39.99) 2:22.65 (37.83)
3:03.76 (41.11) 3:46.02 (42.26)
4:19.50 (33.48) 4:51.67 (32.17)
7 Megan Dalke 19 UBC Thunderbirds 4:52.79 4:52.70 q753
r:+0.71 30.92 1:05.75 (34.83)
1:44.33 (38.58) 2:20.79 (36.46)
3:03.70 (42.91) 3:46.19 (42.49)
4:20.39 (34.20) 4:52.70 (32.31)
8 Kaitlynn Sims 17 Magnolia Aquatic 4:57.18 4:53.80 q745
r:+0.86 32.14 1:08.28 (36.14)
1:47.14 (38.86) 2:24.28 (37.14)
3:05.06 (40.78) 3:47.92 (42.86)
4:21.75 (33.83) 4:53.80 (32.05)
Men’s 400 IM
After finishing second in the 800 free Thursday night, Plymouth Whitemarsh’s Andrew Abruzzo led the way in the 400 IM with a time of 4:23.37. He finished ahead of three men who have all won NCAA titles in the event and one of whom is the reigning World Champion.
Longhorn’s Will Licon qualified second behind Abruzzo in 4:24.36, followed by Athens Bulldog’s Chase Kalisz in 4:25.35. Cal’s Josh Prenot was fourth in 4:26.11.
The final will also include UBC Thunderbirds’ Colin Eriks (4:27.53), SwimAtlanta’s Andrew Winton (4:29.20), Argentina’s Santiago Bergliaffa (4:29.75) and Dynamo’s Ian Grum (4:30.44).
Event 10 Men 400 LC Meter IM
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World: W 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
U.S. Open: O 4:05.25 6/29/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
Jr World: J 4:14.00 6/26/2016 Sean Grieshop, USA
GT Pool LC: P 4:09.43 5/4/2017 Chase Kalisz
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Andrew Abruzzo 18 Plymouth Whitema 4:23.20 4:23.37 q793
r:+0.79 26.55 57.38 (30.83)
1:30.64 (33.26) 2:04.07 (33.43)
2:42.59 (38.52) 3:22.43 (39.84)
3:53.79 (31.36) 4:23.37 (29.58)
2 Will Licon 23 Longhorn Aquatic 3:37.40Y 4:24.36 q784
r:+0.70 27.24 58.89 (31.65)
1:32.86 (33.97) 2:06.63 (33.77)
2:43.24 (36.61) 3:20.11 (36.87)
3:52.42 (32.31) 4:24.36 (31.94)
3 Chase Kalisz 23 ABSC/UGA 4:05.90 4:25.35 q775
r:+0.76 26.58 57.09 (30.51)
1:31.48 (34.39) 2:04.91 (33.43)
2:43.27 (38.36) 3:21.28 (38.01)
3:54.10 (32.82) 4:25.35 (31.25)
4 Josh Prenot 24 California Aquat 4:14.19 4:26.11 q769
r:+0.70 26.82 57.98 (31.16)
1:33.04 (35.06) 2:07.18 (34.14)
2:43.50 (36.32) 3:19.64 (36.14)
3:53.62 (33.98) 4:26.11 (32.49)
5 Colin Eriks 22 UBC Thunderbirds 4:22.78 4:27.53 q757
r:+0.83 28.04 59.67 (31.63)
1:33.61 (33.94) 2:07.55 (33.94)
2:45.81 (38.26) 3:24.69 (38.88)
3:56.54 (31.85) 4:27.53 (30.99)
6 Andrew Winton 18 SwimAtlanta 4:23.85 4:29.20 q743
r:+0.74 27.70 59.02 (31.32)
1:34.99 (35.97) 2:10.21 (35.22)
2:47.46 (37.25) 3:25.94 (38.48)
3:58.45 (32.51) 4:29.20 (30.75)
7 Santiago Bergli 18 Argentina 4:22.29 4:29.75 q738
r:+0.78 27.71 1:00.30 (32.59)
1:35.32 (35.02) 2:09.42 (34.10)
2:47.44 (38.02) 3:26.10 (38.66)
3:57.94 (31.84) 4:29.75 (31.81)
8 Ian Grum 16 Dynamo Swim Club 4:28.27 4:30.44 q732
r:+0.73 28.55 1:01.77 (33.22)
1:36.34 (34.57) 2:09.85 (33.51)
2:49.85 (40.00) 3:30.26 (40.41)
4:00.89 (30.63) 4:30.44 (29.55)
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