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In a bit of a surprise, it was Jack Saunderson on top of the rankings after the 100 butterfly heats at the Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine, California. Saunderson swam a 51.48 to move up to fifth in the world rankings for 2018.
Saunderson is in front of a pretty stacked A-Final that includes Jack Conger (51.79), Michael Andrew (51.98) and Caeleb Dressel (52.00) sitting right behind him in a row.
Matthew Josa (52.10), Zach Harting (52.23), Andrew Seliskar (52.24) and Tom Shields (52.26) are all within striking distance of stealing a spot on the Pan Pac team in the event.
Some notable A-Final misses came from Tripp Cooper (53.02) in 21st and Tim Phillips (53.14) in 24th.
2018 World Rankings:
- Chad Le Clos, RSA, 50.65
- Jack Conger, USA, 51.00
- James Guy, GBR, 51.31
- Vini Lanza, BRA, 51.42
- Jack Saunderson, USA, 51.48
- Grant Irvine, AUS, 51.50
- Kristof Milak, HUN, 51.50
- Egor Kuimov, RUS, 51.50
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Joli Mellett He is having an awesome Nationals!
Yes he is!!! So exciting! We’ll be watching tonight.
Not a surprise to anyone who has followed swimming in the CAA, Maryland, or the Mid Atlantic.