The first morning of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series from Knoxville did not see anything too crazy with the likes of Katie Ledecky, Michael Andrew and Andrew Wilson posting the top seeded times in a few events.
Michael Andrew was the headliner for the morning with a new Pro Swim Series record in the 50 back this morning, taking down Junya Koga’s meet record from the Charlotte Pro Swim Series in 2015.
Ledecky is the top seed in the 200 free and 400 IM. A couple of high schoolers in Gianluca Urlando (200 free) and Carson Foster (400 IM) posted the top times in their respective events as well.
Annie Lazor, Olivia Smoliga, Kelsi Dahlia and Luis Martinez also posted the top times in their respective events this morning.
Women’s 200 Free
Katie Ledecky put up the top time in the 200 free heats on Thursday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville with a 1:57.62 as she was one of just two swimmers to break two minutes in the 200 free heats.
Ledecky is ahead of Melanie Margalis (1:59.81) and Stanford teammate Simone Manuel (2:00.39).
The A-Final for this event tonight is fairly strong with six members of the 2019 World Championship team coming back for more. Gabby DeLoof (2:00.54), Regan Smith (2:00.70) and Hali Flickinger (2:00.72) will all swim at Worlds this summer in a variety of events.
Nashville’s Alex Walsh (2:01.31) and Canadian native Aly Ackman (2:01.36) also will swim in the A-Final tonight.
Event 3 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, CHN
Pro Swim: P 1:54.43 2016 Katie Ledecky
Trial Cut: T 2:01.69
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Katie Ledecky 21 Nation's Capital 1:54.56 1:57.62T q886
r:+0.66 28.01 57.31 (29.30)
1:27.50 (30.19) 1:57.62 (30.12)
2 Melanie Margali 27 Saint Petersburg 1:56.58 1:59.81T q838
r:+0.67 28.85 59.03 (30.18)
1:29.67 (30.64) 1:59.81 (30.14)
3 Simone Manuel 22 Alto Swim Club 1:57.01 2:00.39T q826
r:+0.69 28.47 58.93 (30.46)
1:29.67 (30.74) 2:00.39 (30.72)
4 Gabby Deloof 22 Club Wolverine 1:56.55 2:00.54T q823
r:+0.70 28.69 59.45 (30.76)
1:30.21 (30.76) 2:00.54 (30.33)
5 Regan Smith 16 Riptide 2:01.90 2:00.70T q820
r:+0.68 27.94 58.97 (31.03)
1:29.89 (30.92) 2:00.70 (30.81)
6 Hali Flickinger 24 Athens Bulldog S 1:58.21 2:00.72T q819
r:+0.74 29.03 59.73 (30.70)
1:30.58 (30.85) 2:00.72 (30.14)
7 Alex Walsh 17 Nashville Aquati 2:00.79 2:01.31T q807
r:+0.75 28.60 59.19 (30.59)
1:30.14 (30.95) 2:01.31 (31.17)
8 Aly Ackman 25 Germantown Acade 2:01.65 2:01.36 q806
r:+0.63 28.46 59.30 (30.84)
1:30.50 (31.20) 2:01.36 (30.86)Men’s 200 Free
The men’s 200 free final for tonight is a very experienced field with every swimmer but one being in their mid-20s. However, the top seed is 16-year-old Gianluca Urlando from DART Swimming in California. Urlando swam a 1:50.40 to lead the qualifiers heading in to tonight.
Urlando is seeded ahead of Chase Kalisz (1:51.10) and two-time NCAA Champion in the 200 free Joao de Lucca (1:51.16).
Urlando is one of the rising stars in USA Swimming right now after he barely missed a spot on the Pan Pac team this summer by finishing third in the 200 fly at summer Nationals.
The rest of the A-Final tonight will be headlined by veterans Zheng Quah (1:51.22), Tom Shields (1:51.53), Jay Litherland (1:51.67), Jeremy Bagshaw (1:52.79) and Drew Modrov (1:53.60).
Event 4 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:42.00 7/28/2009 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, RUS
Pro Swim: P 1:44.82 2016 Sun Yang
Trial Cut: T 1:50.79
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Gianluca Urland 16 Dart Swimming 1:50.08 1:50.40T q788
r:+0.70 25.82 53.78 (27.96)
1:22.17 (28.39) 1:50.40 (28.23)
2 Chase Kalisz 24 Athens Bulldog S 1:50.47 1:51.10 q773
r:+0.71 25.93 54.48 (28.55)
1:23.49 (29.01) 1:51.10 (27.61)
3 Joao De Lucca 29 Cardinal Aquatic 1:47.83 1:51.16 q772
r:+0.72 25.85 54.41 (28.56)
1:23.19 (28.78) 1:51.16 (27.97)
4 Zheng Quah 22 Unattached 1:48.31 1:51.22 q771
r:+0.61 25.97 54.51 (28.54)
1:23.56 (29.05) 1:51.22 (27.66)
5 Tom Shields 27 California Aquat 1:49.71 1:51.53 q764
r:+0.74 26.03 53.90 (27.87)
1:22.89 (28.99) 1:51.53 (28.64)
6 Jay Litherland 23 Dynamo Swim Club 1:47.58 1:51.67 q762
r:+0.72 25.96 54.14 (28.18)
1:22.78 (28.64) 1:51.67 (28.89)
7 Jeremy Bagshaw 26 Hpcentervictoria 1:48.56 1:52.79 q739
r:+0.70 26.56 54.73 (28.17)
1:23.55 (28.82) 1:52.79 (29.24)
8 Drew Modrov 29 Unattached 1:51.97 1:53.60 q723
r:+0.73 26.26 55.33 (29.07)
1:25.00 (29.67) 1:53.60 (28.60)Women’s 100 Breast
Annie Lazor, fresh off a gold medal at the World Short Course Championships in December, posted the top time in the 100 breast heats at 1:07.28. She is the top seed by over a second as she is ahead of veterans Micah Sumrall (1:08.38) and Molly Hannis (1:08.65).
Rachel Nicol, who represents Canada internationally, posted a 1:08.80. She will be in the running for the win tonight as she competed in the Rio Olympic final in 2016.
Another Canadian Olympian, Kierra Smith, also made the final at 1:09.75.
Byanca Rodriguez (1:09.79), Emily Escobedo (1:10.17) and Faith Knelson (1:10.36) also qualified for the A-Final.
Event 5 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 1:04.13 7/25/2017 Lilly King, USA
American: A 1:04.13 7/25/2017 Lilly King, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:04.45 8/7/2009 Jessica Hardy, Trojan
Jr World: J 1:05.39 8/20/2014 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU
Pro Swim: P 1:05.57 2011 Rebecca Soni
Trial Cut: T 1:10.99
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Annie Lazor 24 Mission Viejo Na 1:08.49 1:07.28T q866
r:+0.71 32.07 1:07.28 (35.21)
2 Micah Sumrall 28 Chattahoochee Go 1:06.34 1:08.38T q824
r:+0.72 32.71 1:08.38 (35.67)
3 Molly Hannis 26 Tennessee Aquati 1:05.78 1:08.65T q815
r:+0.68 32.40 1:08.65 (36.25)
4 Rachel Nicol 25 Calgary SwimClub 1:07.03 1:08.80 q809
r:+0.66 32.39 1:08.80 (36.41)
5 Kierra Smith 24 Hpc-Ontario 1:06.62 1:09.75 q777
r:+0.75 33.48 1:09.75 (36.27)
6 Byanca Rodrigue 24 Desert Dragons 1:07.80 1:09.79 q775
r:+0.64 32.71 1:09.79 (37.08)
7 Emily Escobedo 23 Condors Swim Clu 1:09.19 1:10.17T q763
r:+0.67 33.51 1:10.17 (36.66)
8 Faith Knelson 17 Hpcentervictoria 1:07.30 1:10.36 q757
r:+0.67 33.03 1:10.36 (37.33)Men’s 100 Breast
Andrew Wilson, who has since made the move from Longhorn Aquatics to Athens Bulldog Swim Club in Georgia, is the top seed in the men’s 100 breast. He swam a 1:00.90 on Thursday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville as he was the lone swimmer under 1:01 in the heats.
Josh Prenot (1:01.43), Kevin Cordes (1:01.78) and Nic Fink (1:02.04) followed Wilson in second, third and fourth. All four of those swimmers will be representing Team USA at either the World Championships (Wilson, Prenot) or the Pan American Games (Cordes, Fink).
Caspar Corbeau (1:02.14), Richard Funk (1:02.89) and Jake Foster (1:03.38) will also swim in the A-Final. There was a tie for eighth place with Alexander Milanovich (1:03.71) and Miguel Chavez set for a swim-off later in the session.
Event 6 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 57.10 8/4/2018 Adam Peaty, GBR
American: A 58.64 7/23/2017 Kevin Cordes, USA
U.S. Open: O 58.74 6/30/2017 Kevin Cordes, Unattached-SE
Jr World: J 59.01 8/23/2017 Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA
Pro Swim: P 58.86 2017 Adam Peaty
Trial Cut: T 1:03.29
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Andrew Wilson 25 Athens Bulldog S 59.19 1:00.90T q825
r:+0.62 28.78 1:00.90 (32.12)
2 Josh Prenot 25 California Aquat 1:00.07 1:01.43T q804
r:+0.67 29.24 1:01.43 (32.19)
3 Kevin Cordes 25 Phoenix Swim Clu 58.64 1:01.78T q790
r:+0.73 29.07 1:01.78 (32.71)
4 Nic Fink 25 Athens Bulldog S 59.40 1:02.04T q780
r:+0.74 29.99 1:02.04 (32.05)
5 Caspar Corbeau 17 Tualatin Hills S 1:01.81 1:02.14 q777
r:+0.68 29.38 1:02.14 (32.76)
6 Richard Funk 26 Toronto Swim Clu 59.89 1:02.89 q749
r:+0.65 29.25 1:02.89 (33.64)
7 Jake Foster 18 Mason Manta Rays 1:02.22 1:03.38 q732
r:+0.67 29.76 1:03.38 (33.62)
8 Alexander Milan 16 Etobicoke Swim C 1:02.82 1:03.71 q721
r:+0.81 29.46 1:03.71 (34.25)
8 Miguel Chavez 24 Una TE 1:02.06 1:03.71 q721
r:+0.65 29.78 1:03.71 (33.93)
Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------Women’s 50 Back
The women’s 50 back will be another good race on the first day of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series at Knoxville with Olivia Smoliga (28.30) on top of the leaderboard. She set the American Record last year at the Pro Swim Series in Mesa with a 27.43.
Smoliga is ahead of Ali DeLoof (28.41), Jade Hannah (28.50), Kayla Sanchez (28.51) and Isabelle Stadden (28.57) as it will be a real dog fight between those five swimmers for second place.
Kathleen Baker, the world record holder in the 100 back, will be in lane seven in tonight’s final (barring scratches) as she could upset the field, although Baker winning probably wouldn’t count as an “upset.” She was a 28.77 in prelims.
Phoebe Bacon, another one of USA Swimming’s rising stars, is seventh at 28.84. Canada’s Danielle Hanus (29.00) is the eighth seed.
Event 7 Women 50 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 26.98 8/19/2018 Liu Xiang, CHN
American: A 27.43 4/14/2018 Olivia Smoligna, USA
U.S. Open: O 27.43 4/14/2018 Olivia Smoligna, USA
Jr World: J 27.49 2/2/2016 Minna Atherton, AUS
Pro Swim: P 27.43 4/14/2018 Olivia Smoliga, Athens Bulldog S
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Olivia Smoliga 24 Athens Bulldog S 58.75 28.30 q874
r:+0.63
2 Ali Deloof 24 Team Elite 59.43 28.41 q864
r:+0.62
3 Jade Hannah 16 Hpcentervictoria 59.62 28.50 q855
r:+0.55
4 Kayla Sanchez 17 Hpc-Ontario 1:00.70 28.51 q855
r:+0.57
5 Isabelle Stadde 16 Aquajets Swim Te 1:00.06 28.57 q849
r:+0.55
6 Kathleen Baker 21 Team Elite 58.00 28.77 q832
r:+0.61
7 Phoebe Bacon 16 Nation's Capital 59.12 28.84 q826
r:+0.74
8 Danielle Hanus 20 Hpcentervictoria 1:00.54 29.00 q812
r:+0.57 Men’s 50 Back
19-year-old Michael Andrew got his 2019 started in a big way by breaking the TYR Pro Swim Series record in the 50 back prelims on Thursday morning in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Andrew posted a 24.68 in the heats to break the old meet record held by Junya Koga (24.74) from the 2015 Pro Swim Series in Charlotte.
Andrew was the only one to break 25 seconds in the heats as he was a little off his overall best time of 24.49 from the 2018 FINA World Cup in Kazan. He actually went a 24.49 twice this year, doing it twice on the World Cup circuit, once in Kazan and once in Doha.
Andrew is well ahead of the rest of the field heading in to finals tonight with Cal swimmers Daniel Carr (25.30) and Ryan Murphy (25.71) in second and third.
Those three were the only ones to break 26 seconds in the heats. Tim Zeng (26.33), Jack Kirby (26.51), Bryce Mefford (26.61), Zach Franklin (26.75) and William Marois (26.84) also swam in the heats and qualified for the A-Final in the 50 back.
Event 8 Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 24.00 8/4/2018 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
American: A 24.24 7/27/2018 Ryan Murphy, CAL
U.S. Open: O 24.24 7/27/2018 Ryan Murphy, CAL
Jr World: J 24.00 8/4/2018 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
Pro Swim: P 24.74 2015 Junya Koga
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Michael Andrew 19 Race Pace Club 53.55 24.68P q924
r:+0.61
2 Daniel Carr 20 Unattached 54.01 25.30 q857
r:+0.51
3 Ryan Murphy 23 California Aquat 51.94 25.71 q817
r:+0.55
4 Tim Zeng 21 Chena Swim Club 55.45 26.33 q761
r:+0.64
5 Jack Kirby 18 Baylor Swim Club 56.19 26.51 q745
r:+0.62
6 Bryce Mefford 20 California Aquat 53.84 26.61 q737
r:+0.57
7 Zach Franklin 17 Stingrays 49.01Y 26.75 q725
r:+0.60
8 William Marois 20 Chena Swim Club 56.34 26.84 q718
r:+0.55 Women’s 100 Fly
Kelsi Dahlia cruised to the top seed in the 100 fly on the first full morning of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville. She posted a 58.37 in the 100 fly heats as she was the only swimmer under 59 this morning.
Dahlia is ahead of 2017 NCAA Champion Farida Osman (59.11) and 2015 World Championship semi-finalist Kendyl Stewart (59.34).
Also in tonight’s final will be two of the three medalists from the 2016 Olympics in silver medalist Penny Oleksiak (1:00.12) and bronze medalist Dana Vollmer (59.89). Vollmer is sixth heading in to finals while Oleksiak is seventh.
Also in the final will be Natalie Hinds, who has since made the move from the University of Florida to the pro group at the University of Georgia. Hinds swam a 59.76 for the fifth seed. She is behind 16-year-old Regan Smith (59.69) of Riptide. Canada’s Haley Black (1:00.29) is the eighth seed.
Event 9 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 55.48 8/7/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 55.98 7/29/2012 Dana Vollmer, USA Olympic Team
U.S. Open: O 56.38 1/15/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
Jr World: J 56.46 8/7/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN
Pro Swim: P 56.38 2016 Sarah Sjostrom
Trial Cut: T 1:00.69
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Kelsi Dahlia 24 Cardinal Aquatic 56.37 58.37T q858
r:+0.60 28.09 58.37 (30.28)
2 Farida Osman 23 Una Prvt/PRVT 58.51 59.11 q826
r:+0.67 28.21 59.11 (30.90)
3 Kendyl Stewart 24 Team Elite 57.70 59.34T q817
r:+0.76 27.96 59.34 (31.38)
4 Regan Smith 16 Riptide 58.59 59.69T q802
r:+0.70 27.90 59.69 (31.79)
5 Natalie Hinds 25 Athens Bulldog S 1:00.32 59.76T q800
r:+0.66 27.84 59.76 (31.92)
6 Dana Vollmer 31 California Aquat 59.38 59.89T q794
r:+0.76 27.80 59.89 (32.09)
7 Penny Oleksiak 18 Hpc-Ontario 56.94 1:00.12 q785
r:+0.67 28.49 1:00.12 (31.63)
8 Haley Black 22 Hpc Vancouver 59.75 1:00.29 q779
r:+0.64 28.04 1:00.29 (32.25)Men’s 100 Fly
Luis Martinez of Guatemala swam to the top seed in the 100 fly heats on Thursday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville with a 52.22. Martinez is ahead of Giles Smith (52.59) and Marius Kusch (52.60) moving forward to tonight’s final.
Those three plus high schooler Gianluca Urlando (52.98) were the only ones under 53 seconds in the heats.
The bottom half of the A-Final is just as strong as the top half with 2016 Olympic finalist Tom Shields (53.34) sitting in fifth place. He is just ahead of Cal teammates Justin Lynch (53.35) and Matthew Josa (53.37).
USA National Team member Michael Andrew just snuck in to the eighth spot at 53.47. He edged out Zheng Quah (54.55) and Pace Clark (54.70) for the last spot.
Event 10 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
U.S. Open: O 50.22 7/9/2009 Michael Phelps, North Baltimore
Jr World: J 50.62 7/29/2017 Kristof Milak, HUN
Pro Swim: P 51.00 2018 Jack Conger
Trial Cut: T 54.19
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Luis Martinez 23 Guatemala 52.18 52.22 q868
r:+0.65 24.53 52.22 (27.69)
2 Giles Smith 27 Phoenix Swim Clu 52.54 52.59T q850
r:+0.60 25.28 52.59 (27.31)
3 Marius Kusch 25 Unattached 51.83 52.60T q849
r:+0.70 24.43 52.60 (28.17)
4 Gianluca Urland 16 Dart Swimming 52.40 52.98T q831
r:+0.72 24.95 52.98 (28.03)
5 Tom Shields 27 California Aquat 51.55 53.34T q814
r:+0.70 25.29 53.34 (28.05)
6 Justin Lynch 22 California Aquat 52.20 53.35T q814
r:+0.61 25.20 53.35 (28.15)
7 Matthew Josa 23 California Aquat 52.10 53.37T q813
r:+0.62 24.66 53.37 (28.71)
8 Michael Andrew 19 Race Pace Club 51.53 53.47T q808
r:+0.68 24.91 53.47 (28.56)Women’s 400 IM
Katie Ledecky ventured out into the 400 IM on Thursday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville with a 4:46.80 in the heats. She used a strong back half to overtake 2016 Olympic finalist Emily Overholt (4:51.38) of Canada, who will come back tonight as the fifth seed.
Ledecky is ahead of two Georgia Bulldogs in Melanie Margalis (4:47.71) and Hali Flickinger (4:48.24) who shut it down over the freestyle leg. The race tonight should be much quicker as any of the top five finalists are capable of getting down to a 4:40.
Mariah Denigan of the Northern Kentucky Clippers is the fourth seed at 4:48.36 as she came in with a best time of 4:40.62, which put her fifth all-time in the 15-16 NAG rankings.
Megan Kingsley (4:52.70), Samantha Tadder (4:53.30) and Alex Walsh (4:54.69) will also swim in the A-Final tonight.
Event 11 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, GBR
Pro Swim: P 4:31.07 2015 Katinka Hosszu
Trial Cut: T 4:51.79
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Katie Ledecky 21 Nation's Capital 4:38.16 4:46.80T q801
r:+0.68 30.69 1:05.54 (34.85)
1:43.56 (38.02) 2:19.90 (36.34)
3:01.66 (41.76) 3:42.97 (41.31)
4:15.14 (32.17) 4:46.80 (31.66)
2 Melanie Margali 27 Saint Petersburg 4:35.50 4:47.71T q793
r:+0.69 30.70 1:04.79 (34.09)
1:41.68 (36.89) 2:17.40 (35.72)
2:59.11 (41.71) 3:40.44 (41.33)
4:15.80 (35.36) 4:47.71 (31.91)
3 Hali Flickinger 24 Athens Bulldog S 4:39.04 4:48.24T q789
r:+0.73 29.49 1:02.57 (33.08)
1:40.83 (38.26) 2:17.25 (36.42)
2:59.75 (42.50) 3:42.41 (42.66)
4:16.08 (33.67) 4:48.24 (32.16)
4 Mariah Denigan 15 Northern KY Clip 4:40.62 4:48.36T q788
r:+0.74 31.75 1:07.84 (36.09)
1:44.25 (36.41) 2:19.93 (35.68)
3:01.40 (41.47) 3:44.12 (42.72)
4:16.65 (32.53) 4:48.36 (31.71)
5 Emily Overholt 21 Hpc Vancouver 4:39.48 4:51.38 q763
r:+0.77 29.96 1:03.68 (33.72)
1:40.68 (37.00) 2:17.17 (36.49)
2:59.51 (42.34) 3:42.78 (43.27)
4:18.37 (35.59) 4:51.38 (33.01)
6 Megan Kingsley 22 Athens Bulldog S 4:06.51Y 4:52.70 q753
r:+0.69 30.65 1:04.92 (34.27)
1:42.48 (37.56) 2:19.57 (37.09)
3:02.57 (43.00) 3:46.11 (43.54)
4:20.27 (34.16) 4:52.70 (32.43)
7 Samantha Tadder 16 Tide Swimming 4:55.79 4:53.30 q748
r:+0.78 31.25 1:06.51 (35.26)
1:46.12 (39.61) 2:24.48 (38.36)
3:04.62 (40.14) 3:46.02 (41.40)
4:19.80 (33.78) 4:53.30 (33.50)
8 Alex Walsh 17 Nashville Aquati 4:52.24 4:54.69 q738
r:+0.87 30.37 1:05.66 (35.29)
1:44.69 (39.03) 2:22.32 (37.63)
3:05.33 (43.01) 3:48.40 (43.07)
4:22.71 (34.31) 4:54.69 (31.98)Men’s 400 IM
Just like in the women’s 400 IM heats, the top four seeds in the men’s 400 IM heats shut it down on the second half to conserve energy for tonight and the rest of the meet.
17-year-old Carson Foster is the top seed at 4:25.01 just ahead of Josh Prenot (4:25.26) and Jay Litherland (4:25.64). It should be a good race between those three as predicted before the meet, along with Jake Foster (4:26.65), Tristan Cote (4:26.72) and Anton Ipsen (4:26.97).
Josh Zakala (4:28.05) and Zachary Tan (4:29.24) also swam in the heats and qualified to swim again tonight at finals.
Event 12 Men 400 LC Meter IM ================================================================== 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 Pro Swim: P 4:08.92 2018 Chase Kalisz Trial Cut: T 4:25.99 Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Round 1 === 1 Carson Foster 17 Mason Manta Rays 4:14.73 4:25.01T q778 r:+0.63 27.32 58.71 (31.39) 1:32.59 (33.88) 2:05.69 (33.10) 2:42.95 (37.26) 3:21.17 (38.22) 3:53.80 (32.63) 4:25.01 (31.21) 2 Josh Prenot 25 California Aquat 4:14.74 4:25.26T q776 r:+0.67 27.03 58.63 (31.60) 1:33.88 (35.25) 2:08.20 (34.32) 2:43.74 (35.54) 3:19.89 (36.15) 3:53.50 (33.61) 4:25.26 (31.76) 3 Jay Litherland 23 Dynamo Swim Club 4:09.31 4:25.64T q773 r:+0.72 28.54 59.14 (30.60) 1:33.32 (34.18) 2:06.27 (32.95) 2:45.55 (39.28) 3:24.09 (38.54) 3:55.72 (31.63) 4:25.64 (29.92) 4 Jake Foster 18 Mason Manta Rays 4:15.78 4:26.65 q764 r:+0.68 28.02 1:00.31 (32.29) 1:36.38 (36.07) 2:11.76 (35.38) 2:47.64 (35.88) 3:24.33 (36.69) 3:56.03 (31.70) 4:26.65 (30.62) 5 Tristan Cote 23 Calgary SwimClub 4:17.40 4:26.72 q764 r:+0.68 28.08 1:00.10 (32.02) 1:35.46 (35.36) 2:09.33 (33.87) 2:47.31 (37.98) 3:25.60 (38.29) 3:56.74 (31.14) 4:26.72 (29.98) 6 Anton Ipsen 24 Wolfpack Elite 4:18.10 4:26.97 q761 r:+0.68 28.35 1:00.78 (32.43) 1:35.60 (34.82) 2:09.57 (33.97) 2:47.23 (37.66) 3:25.54 (38.31) 3:56.85 (31.31) 4:26.97 (30.12) 7 Josh Zakala 20 Hpcentervictoria 4:21.75 4:28.05 q752 r:+0.75 28.01 1:00.37 (32.36) 1:34.70 (34.33) 2:07.70 (33.00) 2:46.16 (38.46) 3:25.31 (39.15) 3:57.65 (32.34) 4:28.05 (30.40) 8 Zachary Tan 15 Phoenix Swim Clu 4:25.28 4:29.24 q742 r:+0.63 27.93 1:01.17 (33.24) 1:36.55 (35.38) 2:10.55 (34.00) 2:47.16 (36.61) 3:25.40 (38.24) 3:58.03 (32.63) 4:29.24 (31.21)
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