Chase Kalisz Cruises to Comfortable Top Seed in 400 IM Prelims

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Chase Kalisz cruised in the 400 IM prelim heats to a comfortable 4:13.34 to have the top seed ahead of Georgia teammates Jay Litherland (4:16.76) and Gunnar Bentz (4:17.22). Kalisz is in a good spot to make his third straight World Championship team as he will look to improve on his silver in 2013 and bronze in 2015.

Sean Grieshop (4:18.40), Charlie Swanson (4:19.14), Kieran Smith (4:19.89), Curtis Ogren (4:20.44) and Jonathan Roberts (4:20.48) will all swim in the A-Final tonight.

No one in the field has punched a ticket to Budapest yet as Kalisz was third in the 200 fly and Litherland was seventh in the 200 free. No one in the top eight besides Kalisz has made a World Championships either so there will be some urgency in the final tonight.

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Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations

Jonas Stephan Johnson

6 years ago

I am a damn good swimmer butterfly stroke mortal don’t forget.