Chase Kalisz Cruises to 400 IM Victory at Mesa Pro Series

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Men’s 400 Individual Medley

Chase Kalisz, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist, cruised to an easy victory in the men’s 400 individual medley (IM) final. Kalisz held off fellow Olympian Josh Prenot in the first half of the race, picking up a solid lead by the back-to-breast turn. Kalisz continued to build upon that lead, finishing the race with a solid 4:11.01, touching 6.5 seconds ahead of the competition.

Kalisz’s time moves him to fourth in the world rankings for 2017, behind David Verraszto (4:10.01), Daiya Seto (4:10.22), and Kosuke Hagino (4:10.45).

Prenot picked up a strong second place finish with a 4:17.72, sitting just a few seconds off his 2017 best of 4:14.74 from the Indy stop of the Pro Series.

Sean Grieshop turned in a third place finish of 4:22.07, followed by Etay Gurevich and his time of 4:23.18.

Jarod Arroyo (4:27.34), Hector Ruvalcaba Cruz (4:30.59), and Mark Jurek (4:37.06) rounded out the top heat.

Jonathan Gomez suffered a disqualification.

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