Jack Conger Tops 200 Free Prelim At USA Nationals

Jack Conger vaulted from the 20th seed to take prelims of the men’s 200-meter free in 1:47.62 at USA Nationals. Conger’s time bested the top seed time entering the meet, which was a 1:48.29 belonging to Townley Haas. Conger made a statement on the first 50-meters, being the only competitor under the 25-second mark. From there, he didn’t look back:

Conger: 24.86/27.37/28.28/27.11

Blake Pieroni (1:48.10) and Frank Dyer (1:48.64) claimed the next two slots heading into finals, while Maxime Rooney’s 1:48.68 allowed him to jump ten spots to take fourth. Haas fell to fifth in 1:48.74. Trevor Carroll (1:48.78) and Michael Wynalda (1:48.79) touched one after the other for sixth and seventh. Tom Kremer clinched the final spot in the top heat with his 1:48.88.

Last night’s 400-meter free national champion Zane Grothe was 0.01 from vying for a spot in the championship final. Instead, his 1:48.89 landed him the top seed in the B final. New Stanford commit Grant Shoults wound up tenth in 1:49.33. Long Gutierrez (1:49.35), Justin Glanda (1:49.38), Max Litchfield (1:49.58), Ieauan Lloyd (1:49.72), Austin Surhoff (1:49.87), and Jonathan Roberts (1:50.05) also made the consolation final.

2015 USA Swimming Long Course Summer Nationals: Live Results – Results
 

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