Dressel Leads 50 Fly, Scratches 50 Free on Final Morning of TYR Pro Swim Series Santa Clara

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The final morning session of the TYR Pro Swim Series in Santa Clara, Calif., featured action in the 400 free as well as the 50s of each stroke. Katie Ledecky was the top seed in the women’s 400 free, while Stanford teammate Simone Manuel took the top spot in the women’s 50 free.

As for Caeleb Dressel, he was first in the 50 fly heats but did not swim in the 50 free.

Read below for an event-by-event recap of the session.

Full Results

Women’s 400 Free

Katie Ledecky cruised to a 4:04.06 in prelims to earn the top seed for finals. She could make a run at a sub-4:00 effort in the finals session after swimming a 3:57.94, the second-fastest time in history, at the last stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis last month.

Tucson Ford’s Leah Smith, the silver medalist behind Ledecky at last summer’s World Championships, qualified second in 4:07.50, and St. Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis took third in 4:10.87. Swim Ontario’s Kennedy Goss was fourth (4:14.21), followed by Ledecky’s Stanford teammate Katie Drabot (4:14.58) and York YMCA’s Courtney Harnish (4:!6.12).

Riptide’s Regan Smith, already the winner of both backstroke events and the runner-up in the 200 fly in Santa Clara, turned in a seventh-place time of 4:16.75, and she was followed by Mission Viejo’s Ashley Neidigh (4:16.86) and Mexico’s Ayumi Macias Alba (4:19.61).

Event 26  Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle
==================================================================
        World: W 3:56.46  8/7/2016  Katie Ledecky, USA
     American: A 3:56.46  8/7/2016  Katie Ledecky, USA
     Pro Swim: M 3:57.94  5/17/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ledecky, Katie         21 Stanford Swimmin  3:56.46    4:04.06  
    r:+0.54  28.20        58.57 (30.37)
        1:29.32 (30.75)     2:00.46 (31.14)
        2:31.40 (30.94)     3:02.53 (31.13)
        3:33.49 (30.96)     4:04.06 (30.57)
  2 Smith, Leah            23 Tucson Ford Deal  4:00.65    4:07.50  
             28.96        59.92 (30.96)
        1:31.18 (31.26)     2:02.77 (31.59)
        2:34.33 (31.56)     3:06.02 (31.69)
        3:36.96 (30.94)     4:07.50 (30.54)
  3 Margalis, Melanie      26 Saint Petersburg  4:10.54    4:10.87  
    r:+0.73  29.65      1:01.02 (31.37)
        1:32.61 (31.59)     2:04.56 (31.95)
        2:36.28 (31.72)     3:08.07 (31.79)
        3:39.87 (31.80)     4:10.87 (31.00)
  4 Goss, Kennedy          21 Swim Ontario      4:10.80    4:14.21  
    r:+0.63  29.73      1:01.53 (31.80)
        1:33.92 (32.39)     2:06.56 (32.64)
        2:38.69 (32.13)     3:10.83 (32.14)
        3:43.26 (32.43)     4:14.21 (30.95)
  5 Drabot, Katie          20 Stanford Swimmin  4:08.07    4:14.58  
    r:+0.72  29.63      1:01.83 (32.20)
        1:34.25 (32.42)     2:06.85 (32.60)
        2:38.76 (31.91)     3:10.67 (31.91)
        3:42.99 (32.32)     4:14.58 (31.59)
  6 Harnish, Courtney      19 York YMCA         4:12.05    4:16.12  
    r:+0.80  30.60      1:03.20 (32.60)
        1:35.89 (32.69)     2:08.36 (32.47)
        2:40.50 (32.14)     3:12.50 (32.00)
        3:44.68 (32.18)     4:16.12 (31.44)
  7 Smith, Regan           16 Riptide Swim Tea  4:41.69Y   4:16.75  
    r:+0.72  28.88      1:00.10 (31.22)
        1:32.70 (32.60)     2:05.56 (32.86)
        2:38.71 (33.15)     3:11.96 (33.25)
        3:44.85 (32.89)     4:16.75 (31.90)
  8 Neidigh, Ashley        23 Una MVN           4:11.63    4:16.86  
    r:+0.77  30.11      1:02.00 (31.89)
        1:34.28 (32.28)     2:06.44 (32.16)
        2:38.72 (32.28)     3:11.39 (32.67)
        3:44.26 (32.87)     4:16.86 (32.60)
  9 Macias Alba, Ayumi     21 Mexico            4:19.92    4:19.61  
    r:+0.71  30.94      1:03.95 (33.01)
        1:36.81 (32.86)     2:09.62 (32.81)
        2:42.47 (32.85)     3:15.20 (32.73)
        3:47.91 (32.71)     4:19.61 (31.70)

Women’s 50 Fly

Cardinal’s Kelsi Dahlia posted the top time in the 50 fly prelims to head into the three-round shoot-out in finals. Dahlia swam a time of 26.24 to beat out Cal teammates Farida Osman (26.54) and Katie McLaughlin (26.83). Swim Ontario’s Penny Oleksiak, the Olympic silver medalist in the 100 fly, took fourth in 26.93.

Team Elite’s Hellen Moffitt finished fourth in 27.00, followed by Swim Ontario’s Maggie MacNeil (27.07), Tiger Elite’s Haley Black (27.32), Team Elite’s Sarah Gibson (27.34) and Stanford’s Katie Drabot (27.40).

Event 27  Women 50 LC Meter Butterfly
==================================================================
        World: W 24.43  7/25/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
     American: A 25.48  7/29/2017 Kelsi Worrell, USA
     Pro Swim: M 25.74  2018      Kelsi Dahlia
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Dahlia, Kelsi          23 Cardinal Aquatic    56.37      26.24  
  2 Osman, Farida          23 California Aquat    57.83      26.54  
  3 McLaughlin, Katie      20 California Aquat    58.49      26.83  
         r:+0.35                       
  4 Oleksiak, Penny        18 Swim Ontario        56.46      26.93  
  5 Moffitt, Hellen        23 Team Elite          58.24      27.00  
         r:+0.57                       
  6 MacNeil, Maggie        18 Swim Ontario        58.98      27.07  
  7 Black, Haley           21 Tiger Elite Raci  1:00.26      27.32  
  8 Gibson, Sarah          23 Team Elite          57.96      27.34  
         r:+0.68                       
  9 Drabot, Katie          20 Stanford Swimmin    59.30      27.40

Men’s 50 Fly

Caeleb Dressel, already with wins in the 100 fly and 100 free in Santa Clara, cruised to a 23.59 in the 50 fly prelims to easily top Phoenix Swim Club’s Giles Smith (23.82) and Tiger Elite’s Luis Martinez (23.87). NCAP’s Jack Conger also broke 24, qualifying fourth in 23.94.

Team Elite’s Marcus Schlesinger (24.25), King’s Roman Rybin (24.31), Team Elite’s Marius Kusch (24.38), Longhorn’s Tripp Cooper (24.39) and Swim Ontario’s Alexandre Perreault (24.40) also made the final.

Event 28  Men 50 LC Meter Butterfly
==================================================================
        World: W 22.43  4/5/2009  Rafael Munzip, ESP
     American: A 22.76  7/23/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
     Pro Swim: M 23.11  2012      Matt Targett
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Dressel, Caeleb        21 Bolles School Sh    49.86      23.59  
  2 Smith, Giles           26 Phoenix Swim Clu    52.83      23.82  
         r:+0.45                       
  3 Martinez, Luis         22 Tiger Elite Raci    52.18      23.87  
         r:+0.40                       
  4 Conger, Jack           23 Nation's Capital    51.00      23.94  
  5 Schlesinger, Marcus    26 Team Elite          52.66      24.25  
  6 Rybin, Roman           27 Una KING            56.38      24.31  
  7 Kusch, Marius          25 Unattached          51.83      24.38  
         r:+0.69                       
  8 Cooper, Tripp          25 Una TXLA            52.13      24.39  
         r:+0.68                       
  9 Perreault, Alexandre   19 Swim Ontario        53.37      24.40

Women’s 50 Back

Canada’s Kylie Masse, the world record-holder in the 100 back, recorded the top prelims time of 28.01, and Club Wolverine’s Ali DeLoof was right behind in 28.42. Athens Bulldog’s Olivia Smoliga, who set the American record in the 50 back (27.43) at the last Pro Swim Series shootout in Mesa, Ariz., qualified third in 28.69.

Cal teammates Keaton Blovad (28.84) and Amy Bilquist (28.88) were fourth and fifth, respectively, followed by Aquajets’ Isabelle Stadden (28.89), Team Elite’s Caroline Baldwin (29.15), Mexico’s Fernanda Gonzalez (29.24) and Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson (29.30).

Event 29  Women 50 LC Meter Backstroke
==================================================================
        World: W 27.06  7/30/2009 Jing Zhao, China
     American: A 27.48  7/26/2017 Kathleen Baker, USA
     Pro Swim: M 27.43  2018      Olivia Smoliga
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Masse, Kylie           22 Swim Ontario        58.10      28.01  
         r:+0.55                       
  2 Deloof, Ali            23 Club Wolverine      59.43      28.42  
         r:+0.65                       
  3 Smoliga, Olivia        23 Athens Bulldog S    58.77      28.69  
         r:+0.75                       
  4 Blovad, Keaton         19 California Aquat  1:01.77      28.84  
         r:+0.63                       
  5 Bilquist, Amy          20 California Aquat    59.37      28.88  
         r:+0.67                       
  6 Stadden, Isabelle      15 Aquajets Swim Te  1:00.06      28.89  
         r:+0.62                       
  7 Baldwin, Caroline      22 Team Elite        1:00.34      29.15  
         r:+0.61                       
  8 Gonzalez, Fernanda     28 Mexico            1:01.41      29.24  
         r:+0.66                       
  9 Nelson, Beata          19 Wisconsin Aquati  1:01.54      29.30  
         r:+0.70

Men’s 50 Back

Coming off impressive wins in both the 100 and 200 back, Cal’s Ryan Murphy recored the top prelims time in the 50 back at 25.45, He finished five hundredths ahead of Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers, and Swim Ontario’s Javier Acevedo was third (25.72). Cal’s Daniel Carr (25.73) and Team Elite’s Ryosuke Irie (25.92) also broke 25.

Cal teammates David Puczkowski and Jacob Pebley tied for sixth in 26.00, ahead of HPC-Vancouver’s Markus Thormeyer (26.17) and Pleasantville’s Destin Lasco (26.42).

Event 30  Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke
==================================================================
        World: W 24.04  8/2/2009  Liam Tancock, GBR
     American: A 24.33  12/5/2008 Randall Bal, USA
     Pro Swim: M 24.74  2015      Junya Koga
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Murphy, Ryan           22 California Aquat    51.85      25.45  
         r:+0.60                       
  2 Grevers, Matt          33 Tucson Ford Deal    52.26      25.50  
         r:+0.70                       
  3 Acevedo, Javier        20 Swim Ontario        53.64      25.61  
         r:+0.57                       
  4 Carr, Daniel           19 California Aquat    54.80      25.73  
         r:+0.62                       
  5 Irie, Ryosuke          28 Team Elite          52.80      25.92  
         r:+0.53                       
  6 Puczkowski, David      21 California Aquat    57.59      26.00  
         r:+0.78                       
  6 Pebley, Jacob          24 California Aquat    52.95      26.00  
         r:+0.69                       
  8 Thormeyer, Markus      20 HPC Vancouver       53.86      26.17  
         r:+0.75                       
  9 Lasco, Destin          16 Pleasantville Aq    56.84      26.42  
         r:+0.66

Men’s 400 Free

South Korea’s Park Tae Hwan turned in a time of 3:52.51 to top the 400 free prelims, ahead of Gator Swim Club’s Mitch D’Arrigo (3:53.26) and Mission Viejo’s Zane Grothe (3:54.49).

Other finalists will include Mexico’s Ricardo Vargas Jacobo (3:55.18), Stanford’s True Sweetser (3:55.60), North Texas Nadadores’ Jack Levant (3:56.01), Stanford’s Grant Shoults (3:56.31), Longhorn’s Clark Smith (3:56.53) and South Korea’s Koo Kiwoong (3:58.58).

UPDATE: Gator’s Jan Switkowski posted a 3:54.47 in the B-flight to finish fourth and knock Koo out of the A-final, pending scratches.

 Event 31  Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle
==================================================================
        World: W 3:40.07  7/26/2009 Paul Biederman, GER
     American: A 3:42.78  8/10/2008 Larsen Jensen, USA
     Pro Swim: M 3:43.55  2016      Sun Yang
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       

  1 Park, Tae Hwan         28 Korea             3:44.38    3:52.51  
    r:+0.52  27.10        56.41 (29.31)
        1:26.00 (29.59)     1:55.53 (29.53)
        2:24.97 (29.44)     2:54.39 (29.42)
        3:23.96 (29.57)     3:52.51 (28.55)
  2 D'Arrigo, Mitch        23 Gator Swim Club   3:49.84    3:53.26  
    r:+0.70  26.94        55.82 (28.88)
        1:25.52 (29.70)     1:55.41 (29.89)
        2:25.42 (30.01)     2:55.09 (29.67)
        3:24.30 (29.21)     3:53.26 (28.96)
  3 Grothe, Zane           26 Mission Viejo Na  3:44.43    3:54.49  
    r:+0.69  27.07        56.27 (29.20)
        1:25.76 (29.49)     1:55.57 (29.81)
        2:25.49 (29.92)     2:55.57 (30.08)
        3:25.10 (29.53)     3:54.49 (29.39)
  4 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard  20 Mexico            3:52.45    3:55.18  
    r:+0.70  27.39        57.10 (29.71)
        1:26.86 (29.76)     1:56.64 (29.78)
        2:26.08 (29.44)     2:55.80 (29.72)
        3:25.57 (29.77)     3:55.18 (29.61)
  5 Sweetser, True         20 Unattached Stanf  3:47.94    3:55.60  
    r:+0.71  27.79        57.56 (29.77)
        1:27.23 (29.67)     1:56.95 (29.72)
        2:26.56 (29.61)     2:56.46 (29.90)
        3:26.13 (29.67)     3:55.60 (29.47)
  6 Levant, Jack           18 North Texas Nada  3:52.86    3:56.01  
    r:+0.70  26.93        55.96 (29.03)
        1:25.50 (29.54)     1:55.30 (29.80)
        2:25.16 (29.86)     2:55.51 (30.35)
        3:26.38 (30.87)     3:56.01 (29.63)
  7 Shoults, Grant         21 Unattached Stanf  3:48.73    3:56.31  
    r:+0.62  27.27        57.04 (29.77)
        1:26.96 (29.92)     1:57.07 (30.11)
        2:26.79 (29.72)     2:56.85 (30.06)
        3:26.80 (29.95)     3:56.31 (29.51)
  8 Smith, Clark           23 Longhorn Aquatic  3:45.74    3:56.53  
    r:+0.66  26.91        56.39 (29.48)
        1:26.28 (29.89)     1:56.32 (30.04)
        2:26.78 (30.46)     2:57.15 (30.37)
        3:27.86 (30.71)     3:56.53 (28.67)
  9 Koo, Kiwoong           22 Korea             3:55.49    3:58.14  
    r:+0.69  26.83        56.85 (30.02)
        1:27.26 (30.41)     1:57.93 (30.67)
        2:28.72 (30.79)     2:59.41 (30.69)
        3:30.09 (30.68)     3:58.14 (28.05)

Women’s 50 Breast

Lilly King wore a practice suit for her 50 breast prelims race, but it didn’t stop her from qualifying first in 31.61. She and Mexico’s Melissa Rodriguez (31.97) were the only swimmers to crack 32 in the morning session.

Annie Lazor took third in 32.23, followed by Lakeside’s Kennedy Lohman (32.93) and Santa Clara Swim Club’s Jordan Morgan (32.94). Also qualifying for the final were Stanford’s Kim Williams (33.03), Aquajets’ Jordan Wentzel (33.03), Stanford’s Grace Zhao (33.13) and Athens Bulldog’s Danielle Della Torre (33.40).

Event 32  Women 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
==================================================================
        World: W 29.40  7/30/2017 Lilly King, USA
     American: A 29.40  7/30/2017 Lilly King, USA
     Pro Swim: M 29.71  2018      Molly Hannis
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 King, Lilly            21 Indiana  Swim Te  1:04.13      31.61  
         r:+0.68                       
  2 Rodriguez, Melissa     23 Mexico            1:09.42      31.97  
         r:+0.49                       
  3 Lazor, Annie           23 Unattached        1:07.89      32.23  
         r:+0.71                       
  4 Lohman, Kennedy        20 Lakeside Swim Te  1:09.50      32.93  
  5 Morgan, Jordan         14 Santa Clara Swim  1:11.88      32.94  
         r:+0.64                       
  6 Williams, Kim          21 Stanford Swimmin  1:10.29      33.03  
         r:+0.74                       
  6 Wentzel, Jordyn        17 Aquajets Swim Te  1:13.12      33.03  
         r:+0.73                       
  8 Zhao, Grace            18 Stanford Swimmin  1:10.34      33.13  
         r:+0.73                       
  9 Della Torre, Danielle  18 Athens Bulldog S  1:09.66      33.40  
         r:+0.64

Men’s 50 Breast

Athens Bulldog’s Nic Fink touched out Tiger Elite’s Kevin Cordes in the final heat of the 50 breast to capture the top seed for the final. Fink swam a time of 27.66, followed closely by Cordes in 27.74 and Longhorn’s Andrew Wilson in 27.97.

Cal’s Connor Hoppe finished fourth in 28.04, ahead of Chuck Katis (28.18), Tiger Elite’s Miguel De Lara Ojeda (28.28), Indiana’s Ian Finnerty (28.29), Sandpipers’ Cody Miller (28.35) and Pavel Romanov (26.38).

Event 33  Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
==================================================================
        World: W 25.95  7/25/2017 Adam Peaty, GBR
     American: A 26.76  8/4/2015  Kevin Cordes, USA
     Pro Swim: M 27.39  2016      Cody Miller
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Fink, Nic              24 Athens Bulldog S    59.40      27.66  
         r:+0.70                       
  2 Cordes, Kevin          24 Tiger Elite Raci    58.64      27.74  
         r:+0.71                       
  3 Wilson, Andrew         24 Longhorn Aquatic    59.19      27.97  
         r:+0.64                       
  4 Hoppe, Connor          22 California Aquat  1:00.89      28.04  
         r:+0.45                       
  5 Katis, Chuck           25 Una TIGR          1:01.41      28.18  
         r:+0.60                       
  6 De Lara Ojeda, Miguel  23 Tiger Elite Raci  1:01.24      28.28  
         r:+0.68                       
  7 Finnerty, Ian          21 Indiana  Swim Te  1:00.09      28.29  
         r:+0.66                       
  8 Miller, Cody           26 Sandpipers Of Ne    58.87      28.35  
         r:+0.68                       
  9 Romanov, Pavel         24 Unattached        1:02.45      28.38

Women’s 50 Free

Stanford’s Simone Manuel stormed to a 24.92 in prelims to edge out the 25.08 that Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil put up in the previous heat. Finishing just behind that duo was another Stanford swimmer, Lia Neal, in 25.41. Cal’s Katie McLaughlin (25.55) and SwimMAC’s Madison Kennedy (25.57) were close behind.

Also qualifying in the top nine were Cardinal’s Kelsi Dahlia (25.66), Cal’s Farida Osman (25.67), Club Wolverine’s Catie DeLoof (25.69) and Cal’s Amy Bilquist (25.74).

Event 34  Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle
==================================================================
        World: W 23.67  7/29/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
     American: A 23.97  7/30/2017 Simone Manuel, USA
     Pro Swim: M 24.17  2016      Sarah Sjostrom
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Manuel, Simone         21 Stanford Swimmin    23.97      24.92  
         r:+0.70                       
  2 Weitzeil, Abbey        21 California Aquat    24.28      25.08  
         r:+0.65                       
  3 Neal, Lia              23 Stanford Swimmin    24.77      25.41  
         r:+0.71                       
  4 McLaughlin, Katie      20 California Aquat    25.93      25.55  
         r:+0.74                       
  5 Kennedy, Madison       30 SwimMAC Carolina    24.39      25.57  
         r:+0.72                       
  6 Dahlia, Kelsi          23 Cardinal Aquatic    24.79      25.66  
         r:+0.59                       
  7 Osman, Farida          23 California Aquat    24.62      25.67  
         r:+0.58                       
  8 Deloof, Catie          21 Club Wolverine      25.56      25.69  
  9 Bilquist, Amy          20 California Aquat    25.22      25.74  
         r:+0.70

Men’s 50 Free

With top seed Caeleb Dressel scratching, Cal’s Nathan Adrian posted the top time in the 50 free prelims. Adrian, who was 15th in the 100 free prelims before winning hte B-final in 48.99, recorded a time of 22.39 to edge out teammate and No. 2 seed Michael Jensen (22.56).

Michael Chadwick qualified third in 22.63, with Indiana’s Zach Apple (22.83), Team Elite’s Meiron Cheruti (22.87), Longhorn’s Tate Jackson (22.90), Tennessee’s Kyle Decoursey (22.90), Josh Fleagle (22.95) and Swim Ontario’s Oleksandr Loginov (22.98) also making the top heat.

Event 35  Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
==================================================================
        World: W 20.91  12/18/2009Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA
     American: A 21.15  7/29/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
     Pro Swim: M 21.56  2015      Nathan Adrian
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Adrian, Nathan         29 California Aquat    21.47      22.39  
         r:+0.67                       
  2 Jensen, Michael        20 California Aquat    22.35      22.56  
         r:+0.71                       
  3 Chadwick, Michael      23 Unattached          21.96      22.63  
         r:+0.56                       
  4 Apple, Zachary         21 Una IST             22.00      22.83  
         r:+0.50                       
  5 Cheruti, Meiron        20 Team Elite          22.22      22.87  
         r:+0.60                       
  6 Jackson, Tate          21 Una TXLA            22.40      22.90  
         r:+0.68                       
  6 Decoursey, Kyle        21 Una TNAQ            22.64      22.90  
         r:+0.46                       
  8 Fleagle, Josh          24 Unattached          23.33      22.95  
         r:+0.68                       
  9 Loginov, Oleksandr     25 Swim Ontario        22.24      22.98  
         r:+0.73

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