The International Swimming League (ISL) opened Match 6 of the 2020 season with first-day action from Budapest.
The Sunday-Monday meet will feature the Aqua Centurions, Energy Standard, NY Breakers and Toronto Titans.
Abbie Wood from the NY Breakers set a British Record in the 200 IM, while Marco Koch broke the ISL mark in the 200 breast.
Meanwhile, Energy Standard, swimming without Sarah Sjostrom in the match, built a strong lead behind scorching swims from Energy Standard’s Siobhan Haughey, Florent Manaudou, Benedetta Pilato and Ilya Shymanovich. Haughey broke her own Asian record in the 100 free, leading off the 4×100 free relay.
TEAM STANDINGS AFTER DAY 1 of MATCH 6:
1. Energy Standard 279
2. Toronto Titans 241
3. NY Breakers 202
4. Aqua Centurions 150
MVP STANDINGS AFTER DAY 1
1. Florent Manaudou 32
1. Lisa Bratton 32
3. Kelsey Wog 25.5
4. Egveny Rylov 24
5. Kylie Masse 23.5
5. Szebastian Szabo 23.5
5. Marco Koch 23.5
ISL TEAM STANDINGS HEADING INTO MATCH 6:
1 LA Current – 9 points
=2 Cali Condors – 8 points
=2 London Roar – 8 points
4 Iron – 6 points
5 Tokyo Frog Kings – 5 points
6 DC Trident – 4 points
=7 Energy Standard – 3 points
=7 NY Breakers – 3 points
=9 Aqua Centurions – 2 points
=9 Toronto Titans – 2 points
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Women’s 100 Butterfly
Without Energy Standard’s Sarah Sjostrom, who missed the match with back issues, Energy Standard still dominated the butterfly as Anastasiya Shkurdai won the event in 55.64 and led a 1-2 finish.
Energy Standard’s Madeline Banic finished second, ahead of Louise Hansson.
The Standard stole points from the bottom two as well, making it a huge start for Energy, scoring 19 points and taking a 10-point lead to start the match.
Men’s 100 Butterfly
Energy kept on rolling into the second event as Chad le Clos won the men’s 100 butterfly in 49.39, a half second faster than he swam in Match 1.
Le Clos held off Aqua Centurions’ Szebasztian Szabo, who finished second, and Matteo Rivolta, who finished third.
“I needed that. I needed to get that first win after a disappointing start for me,” le Clos said in the post-race interview. “I tried to take it out really controlled the first 50. I knew it was going to be a tight race. Luckily I got the touch today.”
Women’s 200 Backstroke
Toronto Titans’ Lisa Bratton built a big lead after the first 100 and was able to hold off the back-half charge from the rest of the field, winning the 200 backstroke in 2:00.99, her second win this season in the event.
Toronto teammate Kylie Masse took second, holding off Energy Standard’s Emily Seebohm.
The jackpot time stole the points of the bottom five in the event. Toronto earned 24 points from Bratton and 7 from Masse for 31 points by the Titans in that event as Toronto took the lead in the meet.
“That was right on my best time,” Bratton said. “I wanted to attack my second 50 because I know I can always finish. If I am right with them at the 100, I know I am going to close on them. This is a great time to mess around with those little things, and have fun doing it.”
Men’s 200 Backstroke
Energy Standard’s Evgeny Rylov won the men’s 200 back in 1:48.31.
Aqua Centurion’s Leonardo de Deus was second, followed by Toronto’s Cole Pratt.
Rylov’s performance jackpotted the times of the bottom five as well.
Women’s 200 Breaststroke
Toronto Titans’ Kelsey Wog used a strong back-half of the 200 breaststroke to hold off a pair of NY Breakers for the win.
Wog won the race in 2:17.13, her best time.
NY’s Emily Escobedo finished second, followed by teammate Molly Renshaw.
“It was such a fun race,” Wog said. “I am going to work on a couple things in training and hopefully I can improve upon that.”
Marco Koch. Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu / ISL
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
NY Breaker’s Marco Koch broke the ISL record in the 200 breaststroke, nearly setting a world record in the process.
Koch won in 2:00.58, lowering his previous ISL record of 2:00.81, still a few tenths from the world record.
Toronto’s Anton McKee finished second ahead of teammate Erik Persson.
“We are slowly improvement. I thought I might be a bit faster, but I was still really happy with my time,” Koch said. “The last 50 was really tough. I need a little bit more power in the last 50.”
Women’s 4×100 Free Relay
Siobhan Haughey went a 51.14 to start the relay to build a huge lead for Energy Standard in the 4×100 free relay.
It broke her own Asian record in the event. The world record is 50.25. Haughey’s lead off was the sixth-fastest time in history leading the Standard to the win in 3:29.08.
Pernille Blume was second on the relay, followed by Madeline Banic and Femke Heemskerk, in her return after fighting through COVID-19.
The Toronto Titans were second, followed by the NY Breakers.
Team scores:
1. Toronto Titans 107
2. Energy Standard 87
3. NY Breakers 67
4. Aqua Centurions 27
Men’s 50 Freestyle
Energy Standard’s Florent Manaudou sprinted to the 50 free title in 20.55.
Aqua Centurion’s Szebasztian Szabo finished second, followed by Michael Andrew of the NY Breakers.
The Jackpot took the points from the bottom five spots for Manaudou and the Standard with 24 points to move into the lead.
Team standings:
- Energy Standard 111
- Toronto Titans 107
- NY Breakers 73
- Aqua Centurions 34
Women’s 50 Free
NY Breakers’ Kasia Wasick held off the field to win the women’s 50 free in 23.30.
Energy Standard’s Femke Heemskerk was second, followed by Toronto’s Michelle Coleman.
Wasick’s time was the sixth-fastest in history and the jackpot time stole the points from the bottom four competitors in the race.
Men’s 200 IM
Aqua Centurions’ Philip Heintz won the 200 IM in 1:52.83, his second win of the season.
NY’s Joe Litchfield finished second, ahead of Energy Standard’s Max Stupin.
Abbie Wood. Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu / ISL
Women’s 200 IM
NY Breakers’ Abbie Wood built a lead in the fly leg of the 200 IM and held off the field, touching the wall in 2:04.77, the second-fastest time in the ISL this year and a British record in the event.
Toronto went 2-3 with Tessa Cieplucha taking second and Kelsey Wog finishing third.
Energy Standard’s Szuszanna Jakabos took fourth and was the only other competitor to keep their points with Wood’s jackpot time.
“I feel like I have been changing (the British record) the last few rounds. I really wanted it now,” Wood said.
Team standings:
1. Toronto Titans 135
2. Energy Standard 134
3. NY Breakers 118
4. Aqua Centurions 47
Men’s 50 Breaststroke
Energy Standard scored big points, going 1-3 in the 50 breaststroke. Ilya Shymanovich won the race in 25.75.
Second place went to Aqua Centurions’ Nicolo Marinenghi, while Energy’s Felipe Lima was third.
Women’s 50 Breaststroke
Energy Standard’s Benedetta Pilato earned the win in the 50 breast, touching the wall in 29.45.
Aqua Centurions’ Martina Carraro and Arianna Castiglioni went 2-3.
Team standings
1. Energy Standard 165
2. Toronto Titans 141
3. NY Breakers 131
4. Aqua Centurions 71
Men’s 4×100 Free Relay
Aqua Centurions’ Pedro Spajari, Marcelo Chierighini, Szebasztian Szabo and Alessandro Miressi won in 3:04.94.
Spajari led off with a split of 46.8 to give the Centurions an early lead.
Chierighini followed with a split of 45.6 to open a bigger lead as Szabo dove in. Szabo split a 46.2.
Toronto was second and Energy Standard was third and fourth.
Team scores:
1. Energy Standard 187
2. Toronto Titans 153
3. NY Breakers 137
4. Aqua Centurions 101
Women’s 50 Backstroke
Toronto’s Kylie Masse won the 50 back in 26.44 to hold off the field in a close race.
NY Breakers’ Alicja Tchorz was second, followed by Energy Standard’s Georgia Davies.
Men’s 50 Backstroke
The Toronto Titans swept the 50 backstroke events as Shane Ryan touched the wall first in the men’s race.
Ryan finished in 22.98.
Energy Standard’s Evgeny Rylov was second, followed by NY Breakers’ Joe Litchfield.
Women’s 400 Freestyle
After a great relay lead off earlier in the day, Energy Standard’s Siobhan Haughey put together a strong win in the 400 free, the eighth win of the day for the Standard.
She led from the beginning of the race and hung on in 3:58.75.
NY’s Boglarka Kapas was second, followed by Toronto’s Anna Egorova.
Team standings:
1. Energy Standard 219
2. Toronto Titans 192
3. NY Breakers 164
4. Aqua Centurions 112
Men’s 400 Free
Energy Standard’s Danas Rapsys followed Haughey’s lead for the team, winning the men’s 400 free as Energy swept the event.
Rapsys won in 3:35.49.
NY Breakers’ Felix Aubock took second, followed by Aqua Centurions’ Mykhaylo Romanchuk.
Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay
The Toronto Titans took an early lead in the relay with Kylie Masse opening with a 56.22.
Benedetta Pilato surged ahead for Energy Standard in the breaststroke leg but Kelsey Wog fought back in the second 50 of the breaststroke to retake the lead for Toronto.
Louise Hansson split a 55.3 in the butterfly and Michelle Coleman held off Femke Heemskerk on the anchor ant the Toronto Titans won in 3:48.50 and will get to pick the skins stroke for tomorrow’s Day 2.
Energy Standard was second behind a strong anchor from Heemskerk. NY Breakers were third.
Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay
Energy Standard’s Evgeny Rylov, Ilya Shymanovich, Chad le Clos and Florent Manaudou won the 400 medley relay in 3:20.68.
Energy Standard will pick the stroke for the men’s skins tomorrow.
Toronto’s Shane Ryan started strong and gave the Titans an early lead, but it didn’t last and the Titans finished third behind Aqua Centurions, who used a strong back-half to move into second.
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