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After shattering the World Record in the 1500 and the U.S. Open mark in the 400 freestyle, Katie Ledecky will be back in the water on the final night of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series Indianapolis in the 800 distance. She owns the top seed in the event as does Club Wolverine’s Felix Auboeck who will be heavily challenged by Mission Viejo’s Zane Grothe.
After posting the top time in this morning’s prelims, Katie Drabot will not be competing the 200 butterfly in tonight’s finals. Veteran Hali Flickinger will look to secure the win in this event. Other top seeds include Chase Kalisz in the 200 fly, Indiana duo Lilly King and Cody Miller in the 100 breaststroke, Ali Deloof and Jacob Pebley in the 100 backstroke and Melanie Margalis and Daniel Sos in the 200 IM.
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Women’s 200 Butterfly
After getting off to a quick start, Flickinger (2:08.76) was able to hold off a charging Kelsi Dahlia in the last fifty of the women’s 200 Butterfly. The swim was just off her 2:08.04 from the Atlanta stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series. The Cardinal out-split Flickinger 33.44-34.09 on the last lap but did not have enough for the win as she got second in 2:09.22. Dahlia’s swim was just outside the world top 20 rankings.
NCAP’s Cassidy Bayer then scored a distant third (2:12.28) and was followed closely by Lauren Edelmen (2:13.17) and Hannah Kukurugya (2:14.06). Allie Piccirillo (2:15.25), Maggie Berning (2:15.48) and Kayla Churman (2:15.48) rounded out the A final while Rachel Klinker earned a victory in the B final.
Men’s 200 Butterfly
Competing in multiple races tonight, Kalisz kicked things off with a dominant 200 fly win. His final time of 1:55.72 would be good for tenth in the world rankings, although his 1:55.6 from Austin currently sits eighth. The win put him ahead of Zane Grothe in the Pro Swim Series men’s rankings.
Teammate Pace Clark earned the second spot in 1:57.93, as the two were the only swimmers under the 2:00 barrier. Corey Gambardella (2:00.04) won a tight battle for third between Brendan Meyer (2:00.43) and Nicolas Albiero (2:00.54).
Camden Murphy (2:01.05), Clayton Forde (2:02.21) and Zach Harting (2:02.23) placed sixth through eighth while Tom Shields won the B final in 1:59.12.
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
Olympic and World Champion Lilly King blasted a world-leading 100 Breaststroke time of 1:05.90 in front of a home Indiana crowd. The Hoosier was off to a quick start and led the race from start to finish. Her efforts tie the 1:05.90 set by Reona Aoki of Japan earlier this year.
Melanie Margalis and 17-year-old Emily Weiss tied for second behind King in 1:08.07. Margalis was victorious in the 200 Breaststroke at this Pro Swim Series stop while Weiss will join King at the University of Indiana next year.
An experienced group of breaststrokers followed in Bethany Galat (1:08.57), Miranda Tucker (1:08.57), Emily Escobedo (1:09.19) Mariia Astashkina (1:09.47) and Annie Lazor (1:09.99).
Men’s 100 Breaststroke
Kevin Cordes came out on top in a three-way battle for gold in the men’s 100 Breast. Ahead just seven one-hundredths at the fifty, Cordes’ 32.40 closing split gave him the slight edge in 1:00.61 over Nic Fink (1:00.94) and Cody Miller (1:00.99). Miller also came home in 32.40 but was out a bit slower in 28.59. All three swims were just outside of the world top 20 rankings.
Evgenii Somov led the remaining swimmers to 1:02s finishing fourth in 1:02.16. Jacob Montague (1:02.57), Nick Zito (1:02.67), Jake Harner (1:02.74) and Dom Polling (1:02.78) rounded out the heat. Somov was the only one of the group to come home under 33 seconds to give him the advantage.
Women’s 100 Backstroke
After slightly trailing throughout most of the race, Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga had the magic touch at the end of the women’s 100 Backstroke to get the win by .01. Her 59.78 is just outside the world top 10 rankings, although her 59.14 from Atlanta earlier this year currently ranks her fourth.
Smoliga came from behind after Ali Deloof was off to a quick 29.00 opening fifty. Canada’s Taylor Ruck was also in the mix at 29.37 but the women finished second (59.79) and third (1:00.13), respectively. Deloof now owns the eleventh-best time in the world this year and is the third-fastest American behind Smoliga and Regan Smith.
Asia Seidt was not far behind in fourth (1:00.83) touching just ahead of Simone Manuel (1:01.11) who was also off a fast start of 29.86. Lisa Bratton (1:01.26), Isabella Arcila Hurtado (1:01.62) and Kennedy Goss (1:01.74) placed sixth through eighth.
Men’s 100 Backstroke
Veteran Matt Grevers did not waste any time going after the 100 Backstroke title in Indy. His 25.83 first fifty set him up way ahead of the field headed into the final lap. Despite being out-split by Cal’s Jacob Pebley in the back half (27.95-27.61), Grevers had enough in the tank to get his hand on the wall first in 53.78. The swim was just off his 53.73 from Austin which holds the tenth world ranking this year. Pebley was also just .05 off his Atlanta mark.
Grigory Tarasevich was second at the halfway point in 26.37 but settled for third in 54.42. He had a dominant third-place finish over Nicolas Albiero (55.99). Alex Boratto (56.44), Drew Kibler (56.72), Wilson Beckman (57.39) and Ali Khalafalla (58.30) rounded out the heat.
Women’s 200 IM
Not long after earning second in the 100 Breaststroke, Melanie Margalis proved her dominance in the women’s 200 IM at these Pro Swim Series. Margalis had the fastest split on all four strokes – including a 37.26 breast split over Lilly King’s 37.77. Her 2:10.26 betters her seventh-ranked swim by over half of a second.
Kayla Sanchez earned runner-up honors this time around after posting quick fly and back splits in route to a 2:12.94. The mark is just outside the world top 20 rankings. Brooke Forde was next in 2:13.46 coming home in the second-fastest freestyle split of the field.
Reka Gyorgy (2:15.17) and Bethany Galat (2:16.20) were next while King took sixth in 2:17.35. Katherine Douglass was seventh in 2:17.54 and was followed by Miranda Tucker in 2:19.68.
Men’s 200 IM
Only one tenth off his swim from Austin, Kalisz closed out his Indy competition with a win in the 200 IM. His fifth-place rank is currently the only American swim inside the top 20 this year. He had the fastest splits in the field in the first three legs as Daniel Sos led the field on the free leg in 28.45. Kalisz finished in 1:57.63 while Sos was fourth in 2:00.93.
Norbert Szabo was second in 2:00.43 after fast fly and breast splits, while Georgia/Dynamo duo Jay Litherland and Gunnar Bentz took third (2:00.55) and fifth (2:03.88), respectively. Sam Iida (2:04.14), Metin Aydin (2:04.61) and Dom Polling (2:05.29) placed sixth through eighth.
Women’s 800 Freestyle
After wins in the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyles, Ledecky warned her final win of the meet in the 800 distance. Her time of 8:07.27 was just over half a second off her U.S. Open and Pro Swim Series records from 2016. Both her opening and closing 200 splits were two minutes, coming in at 2:00.63 and 2:00.75, helping her beat the field by over twenty seconds.
17-year-old Erica Sullivan swam to lifetime best 8:30.15 to take runner up honors, moving her nineteenth on the USA Swimming All-Time Top 100 Times for this event in the 17-18 age group. Additionally, the time puts her fourteenth in this event in the world rankings this year, one spot behind American distance star Ashley Twichell.
Sullivan had enough to hold off a charging Ally McHugh in the back half. McHugh took third just behind in 8:30.23. Megan Byrnes (8:35.06), Ashley Neidigh (8:38.10), Sierra Schmidt (8:38.36), Madelyn Donohoe (8:38.62) and Cassy Jernberg (8:42.08) rounded out the top eight.
Men’s 800 Freestyle
Zane Grothe closed out the Indy Pro Swim Series with a huge swim in the men’s 800 Freestyle. His 7:50.94 was a season-best, bumping him from ninth to fifth in the world rankings. Club Wolverine’s Felix Auboeck was in the mix through around the 400, but Grothe was consistently sub-30 on this splits throughout the race to secure the win.
Auboeck also had a race with Logan Houck, who he was able to run down 7:58.05-7:58.18. Both swims are just outside the top 20 world rankings. Michigan Teammates Ricardo Vargas Jacobo (8:01.63), PJ Ransford (8:11.39) and Will Roberts (8:14.54) placed fourth, sixth and seventh, respectively.
Marcelo Acosta was fifth in 8:07.54 and Sean Grieshop took eighth in 8:15.34.
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