Chase Kalisz, Michael Phelps 1-2 in 200 IM Qualifying

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NBAC’s Chase Kalisz and Michael Phelps were at it again as the two led the way in the men’s 200-meter IM qualifying at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.

Kalisz took the top seed in 2:02.42, while Phelps cruised in with a second-seeded time of 2:02.67.

The duo might take a run at Phelps’ pool record of 1:57.58 from 2011 during finals tonight.

Louisville’s Carlos Claverie qualified third overall in 2:03.27 with Trojan’s Conor Dwyer snaring fourth in 2:03.59.

Gator’s Dan Wallace (2:04.53), Louisville’s Nolan Tesone (2:04.70), NBAC’s Austin Surhoff (2:05.00) and Purdue’s Guillermo Blanco (2:05.60)

                     === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Kalisz, Chase    21 North Baltimore-  1:58.73    2:02.42 qOT    
             26.79        59.03 (32.24)
        1:33.72 (34.69)     2:02.42 (28.70)
  2 Phelps, Michael  30 North Baltimore-  1:54.75    2:02.67 qOT    
             26.91        57.77 (30.86)
        1:34.23 (36.46)     2:02.67 (28.44)
  3 Claverie, Carlo  19 Univ Louisville-  2:04.94    2:03.27 qOT    
             26.94        59.56 (32.62)
        1:33.07 (33.51)     2:03.27 (30.20)
  4 Dwyer, Conor     26 Trojan Swim Club  1:57.41    2:03.59 qOT    
                              57.96 ( )
        1:34.67 (36.71)     2:03.59 (28.92)
  5 Wallace, Dan     22 Gator Swim Club-  1:57.59    2:04.53 qOT    
             27.18        59.45 (32.27)
        1:35.27 (35.82)     2:04.53 (29.26)
  6 Tesone, Nolan    21 Univ Louisville-  2:04.08    2:04.70 qOT    
             27.46        57.71 (30.25)
        1:33.89 (36.18)     2:04.70 (30.81)
  7 Surhoff, Austin  24 North Baltimore-  1:58.80    2:05.00 qOT    
             26.76        58.10 (31.34)
        1:35.65 (37.55)     2:05.00 (29.35)
  8 Blanco, Guiller  22 Una Pur-IN        1:43.87Y   2:05.06 qOT    
             26.11        58.11 (32.00)
        1:34.19 (36.08)     2:05.06 (30.87)
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  9 Solaeche-Gomez,  21 Gator Swim Club-  1:58.99    2:05.10 qWN    
             28.05        59.42 (31.37)
        1:35.69 (36.27)     2:05.10 (29.41)
 10 Whitaker, Kyle   24 Club Wolverine-M  1:59.13    2:05.33 qWN    
             27.10        59.20 (32.10)
        1:35.33 (36.13)     2:05.33 (30.00)
 11 Okubo, Corey     20 Princeton Univer  2:03.03    2:05.42 qWN    
                              57.82 ( )
        1:35.26 (37.44)     2:05.42 (30.16)
 11 Fink, Nicolas    22 Athens Bulldog S  2:02.68    2:05.42 qWN    
                            1:01.65 ( )
        1:35.90 (34.25)     2:05.42 (29.52)
 13 Weiss, Michael   24 Wisconsin Aquati  2:01.20    2:05.49 qWN    
             27.26        59.04 (31.78)
        1:35.93 (36.89)     2:05.49 (29.56)
 14 Blazevski, Mark  23 SwimMAC Carolina  2:03.65    2:05.52 qWN    
             27.53      1:00.57 (33.04)
        1:35.42 (34.85)     2:05.52 (30.10)
 15 Maly, Jakub      23 Univ Minnesota-M  2:01.68    2:05.66 qWN    
             26.89                     
            1:35.46 ( )     2:05.66 (30.20)
 16 Miller, Cody     23 Badger Swim Club  2:02.72    2:06.08 qWN    
             26.69      1:01.30 (34.61)
        1:35.77 (34.47)     2:06.08 (30.31)

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 200 IM
Women’s 200 back
Men’s 200 back
Women’s 100 free
Men’s 100 free
Women’s 800 free
Men’s 1500 free

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Mahmoud Zidan

8 years ago

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