2019 Phillips 66 US National Championships Day 3 Prelims: Rooney Second-Fastest in World in 100 Fly

Maxime Rooney took the top seed in the 100 fly at US Nationals. Photo Courtesy: Connor Trimble

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The third morning of the 2019 Phillips 66 US National Championships is the quick session with just four events.

The women’s and men’s 400 IM will open the competition, followed by the women’s and men’s 100 butterfly.

Ally McHugh, who won the 800 free on Wednesday, is the top seed in the women’s 400 IM. Cal’s Sean Grieshop is the top seed in the men’s event.

In the 100 fly, Kelsi Dahlia is the top seed, while Regan Smith will also compete. Dana Vollmer, who announced she will retire after this meet, will swim her last 100 fly prelims on Friday.

In the men’s 100 fly, Ryan Lochte is slated to swim along with a group of contenders that includes Jack Conger, Luca Urlando and Justin Lynch.

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Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 Fly
Men’s 100 Fly

Women’s 400 IM

Scotland’s Hannah Miley used a strong breaststroke leg to pull away and take the top seed in the 400 IM.

Miley and Brooke Forde were tied at the 250 mark at 2:56.93 before Miley used a 39.68 split, while most of the competition was in the 40s, to pull ahead and hang on for the win 4:41.23.

Forde took the second seed in 4:41.54 and will be a factor in the finals, swimming in her home pool.

Emma Weyant hung close behind in the final heat and finished in 4:42.00, just ahead of 800-free-champ Ally McHugh, who finished in 4:42.02 to take the fourth seed.

Kelly Fertel took the fifth seed in 4:42.04 just ahead of 200-breast-champ Madisyn Cox (4:42.05) as seeds 3-6 were separated by five hundredths of a second combined.

Emma Barksdale took the seventh seed in 4:42.33, followed by Kate Moore (4:44.18).

With swimmers balancing holding back a little for the finals and also making sure they make the final, the race for the title should be exciting with swimmers’ strengths spread out between the different strokes.

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Men’s 400 IM

Sean Grieshop is the world junior record holder in the 400 IM, but he is looking to make a statement at the national level.

The Cal swimmer used a balanced race to take the top seed in the event in 4:16.60.

Meanwhile, the Mason Rays brothers Carson and Jake Foster took the second and third seeds, respectively. Carson finished in 4:17.27, while Jake finished in 4:17.85, which sets up an intriguing final. The brothers swam next to each other in the second-to-last heat during prelims and will now have Grieshop in between for the final.

Bobby Finke, who won the 1500 free on Wednesday, took the fourth seed in 4:18.03 and will also be a factor.

Kieran Smith took the fifth seed in 4:18.16, followed by Brodie Williams (4:18.63), Grant Sanders (4:18.93) and Mark Szaranek (4:19.15).

Four swimmers — Finke, Sanders, Smith and Szanarek either swim or used to swim for Florida.

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Women’s 100 Fly

Fresh off swimming at the world championships, Kelsi Dahlia put together a solid 100 fly to take the top seed at nationals. She split a 26.82 on the front half, then a strong 30.52 coming home to touch the wall first in 57.34.

Amanda Kendall took the second seed in 57.80, followed by high school swimmer of the year Torri Huske (57.98). Huske was followed by three more high schoolers Claire Curzan (58.16), Lillie Nordmann (58.36) and Regan Smith (58.38) as the youth movement at nationals continued.

Aly Tetzloff took the seventh seed (58.55), followed by Natalie Hinds (58.67). Katie Drabot was the first left out of the finals in 58.83.

Meanwhile, Dana Vollmer swam the final race of her career. The Olympic gold medalist announced her retirement to follow this meet earlier this week. She finished 32^nd in 59.94.

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Men’s 100 Fly

Maxime Rooney continued his strong performance at nationals with the top seed in the 100 fly. It is not just that he got the top seed, but how he did it.

Rooney’s time of 50.68 is the second-fastest performer in the world this year behind Caeleb Dressel (49.50 WR).

It was an extremely fast event this morning as Jack Conger took the second seed in 51.21 (seventh-fastest in the world this year), followed by Jack Saunderson (51.36, ninth-fastest this year).

John Shebat took the fourth seed in 51.95, very fast, but overshadowed by the first three.

Giles Smith was fifth (52.16), followed by Danny Kovac (52.27), Luca Urlando (52.33) and Ryan Held (52.35).

Urlando’s time was the fourth-fastest national age group time (17-18) in the event. He already holds the second-fastest at 52.04.

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