During the Friday night finals session at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, Katie Ledecky won her third victory of the weekend with the third-fastest time of the world in the
Indiana’s Blake Pieroni, competing for the first time since wrapping up his collegiate career at Indiana, posted a near-wire-to-wire win in the final event of the evening. Pieroni held off late
Katie Ledecky put up a monster race in the 200 free, jumping ahead after the first 50 and eventually winning by more than 2.5 seconds. Her final time was 1:55.42, just
Cal’s Jacob Pebley got a bit of an early challenge from Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich and Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers in the 200 back final, but he ended up pulling well ahead of the field to
Friday night saw the first session of finals for the 2018 Atlanta Classic and each event brought their A game to the McAuley Aquatic Center. Leading the eventful night was Michael
HPC-Ontario’s Taylor Ruck picked up a dominant win in the 200 back, her second win of the weekend after winning the 100 free. Minutes after finishing third in the 50 free,
Cal’s Nathan Adrian held off a challenge from Indiana’s Ali Khalafalla to take his second victory of the weekend, touching in 21.97 to win the 50 free. Adrian moved into a three-way tie
Simone Manuel earned her first win as a professional swimmer, topping the Indy 50 free in 24.59. That gave the former Stanford standout the 10th-fastest time in the world this year
Athens Bulldog’s Chase Kalisz never had any competition in the men’s 400 IM final. He pulled ahead from the start and pulled in with a time of 4:10.55. That’s slower than Kalisz’s
Melanie Margalis trailed Ella Eastin for most of the women’s 400 IM at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, but she took over the lead on the first 50 meters of freestyle.
