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Longhorn’s Andrew Wilson touched out Kevin Cordes for the men’s 100-meter breast win at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Austin.
Wilson hit the wall in 1:00.42, well off his personal best of 59.65 that put him on the map last summer.
Cordes, meanwhile, grabbed silver with a time of 1:00.53, while Missouri’s Sam Tierney snagged third in 1:00.63.
Athens Bulldog’s Nic Fink placed fourth in 1:00.86, while HPCO’s Richard Funk tied with Indie’s Michael Andrew and California’s Chuck Katis for fifth with 1:01.73s.
Great Britain’s James Wilby snagged eighth in 1:01.82.
Trojan’s Jason Block captured the consolation heat with a time of 1:01.96. Wisconsin’s Nicholas Schafer placed second in 1:02.18 with Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl taking third in 1:02.28. SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte wound up 14th overall in 1:02.61.
=== A - Final ===
1 Wilson, Andrew 22 Longhorn Aquatic 1:00.36 1:00.42 OLY
28.24 1:00.42 (32.18)
2 Cordes, Kevin 22 UN 1:00.87 1:00.53 OLY
28.43 1:00.53 (32.10)
3 Tierney, Sam 22 U. of Missouri 1:01.22 1:00.63 OLY
28.62 1:00.63 (32.01)
4 Fink, Nic 22 Athens Bulldog S 1:01.63 1:00.86 OLY
28.45 1:00.86 (32.41)
5 Funk, Richard 23 Hpc-Ontario 1:01.79 1:01.73 OLY
29.06 1:01.73 (32.67)
5 Andrew, Michael 16 Indie Swimming 1:01.63 1:01.73 OLY
28.49 1:01.73 (33.24)
5 Katis, Charles 23 California Aquat 1:02.16 1:01.73 OLY
29.08 1:01.73 (32.65)
8 Wilby, James 22 Great Britain 1:02.44 1:01.82 OLY
29.25 1:01.82 (32.57)
=== B - Final ===
9 Block, Jason 26 Trojan Swim Club 1:02.48 1:01.96 OLY
29.21 1:01.96 (32.75)
10 Schafer, Nichol 23 Wisconsin Aquati 1:02.62 1:02.18 OLY
29.34 1:02.18 (32.84)
11 Schwingenschlog 24 U. of Missouri 1:02.47 1:02.28 OLY
29.23 1:02.28 (33.05)
12 Persson, Erik 22 Sweden 1:02.74 1:02.40 OLY
29.78 1:02.40 (32.62)
13 Alexandrov, Mik 30 New York Athleti 1:02.81 1:02.59 OLY
29.07 1:02.59 (33.52)
14 Lochte, Ryan 31 SwimMAC Carolina 1:02.56 1:02.61 OLY
29.32 1:02.61 (33.29)
15 Attwood, Charli 18 Great Britain 1:02.73 1:02.62 OLY
29.73 1:02.62 (32.89)
16 Weiss, Michael 24 Wisconsin Aquati 1:02.81 1:03.33 OLY
29.61 1:03.33 (33.72)
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Good in season speed for Wilson in January. He was 1:02 at the same meet last year. This bodes well for his chances in the 100 at trials. Another 6 months of Eddie Reese training, and working out with Will Licon in practice everyday, should squeeze out whatever untapped talent he still has after his amazing drops last year. . I sure hope Cody Miller shows up at Orlando so we can see him race these guys head to head and see if his scm and scy drops translate in long course. Looks like Tierney may break into the Cordes/Fink/Miller/Wilson pack soon. Michael Andrew may break a minute at trials– but just barely. I think it will take high 58/American record to get an Olympic spot in the 100. Right now I would put my $ on Wilson & Miller for the 2 spots. Cordes is the wildcard–very hard to predict how he will perform on the big stage in the 100.