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The first prelims session of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series meet at Santa Clara kicked off with the usual suspects of Katie Ledecky, Ryan Murphy and Lilly King getting the top seeds in their events.
Ledecky announced earlier today that she was signing a sponsorship with TYR and she made her TYR debut with a solid 200 free in the heats this morning. Other top seeds include Kelsi Dahlia, Ella Eastin and Andrew Seliskar.
Swimming legend Ryan Lochte also made an appearance in Santa Clara in the 200 back along with fellow Gator Caeleb Dressel.
Women’s 400 IM
Stanford’s Ella Eastin is coming off a very strong NCAA season where she broke three American Records, most notably shaving two seconds off of the 400 IM in March at Ohio State. Eastin is settling into this summer nicely as she swam a 4:40.17 in the heats of the 400 IM on Friday morning in Santa Clara. Eastin just held off Arizona’s Leah Smith (4:40.53) in her heat as those two are well ahead of the rest of the field going in to tonight.
Cal’s Sarah Darcel is the third seed at 4:48.70 as the Canadian is also settling in to her new life at Cal.
Meaghan Raab (4:49.09), Emma Barksdale (4:51.14), Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo (4:51.62), Esther Gonzalez Medina (4:54.41), Leah Stevens (4:55.20) and Nora McCullagh (4:57.24) placed in the top nine in Santa Clara after the A-flight heats.
Event 3 Women 400 LC Meter IM
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World: W 4:26.36 8/6/2016 Katinka Hosszu, HUN
American: A 4:31.12 6/29/2008 Katie Hoff, North Baltimore
Pro Swim: M 4:31.07 2015 Katinka Hosszu
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Eastin, Ella 21 Stanford Swimmin 4:38.43 4:40.17
29.50 1:03.12 (33.62)
1:39.63 (36.51) 2:14.48 (34.85)
2:55.51 (41.03) 3:35.13 (39.62)
4:08.43 (33.30) 4:40.17 (31.74)
2 Smith, Leah 23 Tucson Ford Deal 4:33.86 4:40.53
29.51 1:02.66 (33.15)
1:39.78 (37.12) 2:16.12 (36.34)
2:57.09 (40.97) 3:38.83 (41.74)
4:10.14 (31.31) 4:40.53 (30.39)
3 Darcel, Sarah 20 Una CAL 4:39.43 4:48.70
29.75 1:03.60 (33.85)
1:40.70 (37.10) 2:17.46 (36.76)
2:58.23 (40.77) 3:40.07 (41.84)
4:14.45 (34.38) 4:48.70 (34.25)
4 Raab, Meaghan 22 Nashville Aquati 4:46.69 4:49.09
30.92 1:05.59 (34.67)
1:43.41 (37.82) 2:20.36 (36.95)
3:00.53 (40.17) 3:41.59 (41.06)
4:15.78 (34.19) 4:49.09 (33.31)
5 Barksdale, Emma 20 Gamecock Aquatic 4:42.04 4:51.14
30.30 1:04.94 (34.64)
1:42.47 (37.53) 2:19.83 (37.36)
3:00.99 (41.16) 3:43.20 (42.21)
4:51.14 (1:07.94)
6 Gonzalez-Hermosillo, 22 Mexico 4:48.00 4:51.62
31.26 1:05.97 (34.71)
1:44.46 (38.49) 2:22.74 (38.28)
3:03.84 (41.10) 3:45.62 (41.78)
4:19.55 (33.93) 4:51.62 (32.07)
7 Gonzalez Medina, Esth 22 Mexico 4:51.11 4:54.41
31.53 1:07.25 (35.72)
1:48.59 (41.34) 2:27.52 (38.93)
3:07.87 (40.35) 3:48.04 (40.17)
4:22.16 (34.12) 4:54.41 (32.25)
8 Stevens, Leah 21 Stanford Swimmin 4:48.87 4:55.20
31.70 1:07.68 (35.98)
1:46.76 (39.08) 2:24.31 (37.55)
3:07.12 (42.81) 3:50.00 (42.88)
4:23.02 (33.02) 4:55.20 (32.18)
9 McCullagh, Nora 21 Una TXLA 4:49.18 4:57.24
30.61 1:06.70 (36.09)
1:45.60 (38.90) 2:23.83 (38.23)
3:04.71 (40.88) 3:47.76 (43.05)
4:57.24 (1:09.48)
Men’s 400 IM
Reigning World Champion Chase Kalisz cruised to a very smooth 4:20.63 in the heats of the 400 IM in Santa Clara on Friday morning. Kalisz is undefeated thus far in the 400 IM at the TYR Pro Swim Series meets as he has the world leading time in 2018 with a 4:08.92 from Atlanta.
Kalisz is just ahead of Cal’s Sean Grieshop (4:20.79) and Phoenix Swim Club’s Takeharu Fujimori (4:21.12). Fellow Georgia teammate Jay Litherland (4:21.93) is just outside the top three in fourth place going in to finals tonight.
The rest of the final is very strong as well as Florida’s Mark Szaranek (4:22.92), NCAA Finalist Charlie Swanson (4:23.29), NCAA champion Abrahm DeVine (4:24.89), Clayton Forde (4:26.02) and Ricardo Vargas (4:28.57) also placed in the top nine after the A-flight.
Florida’s Jan Switkowski was originally in the final but was disqualified for his back to breast turn. He was originally a 4:26.55.
Event 4 Men 400 LC Meter IM
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World: W 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
Pro Swim: M 4:08.92 2018 Chase Kalisz
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kalisz, Chase 24 Athens Bulldog S 4:05.90 4:20.63
r:+0.73 26.75 57.61 (30.86)
1:31.66 (34.05) 2:05.49 (33.83)
2:41.89 (36.40) 3:18.80 (36.91)
3:50.72 (31.92) 4:20.63 (29.91)
2 Grieshop, Sean 19 California Aquat 4:14.00 4:20.79
r:+0.68 28.14 1:00.12 (31.98)
1:33.66 (33.54) 2:06.34 (32.68)
2:43.59 (37.25) 3:21.38 (37.79)
3:51.66 (30.28) 4:20.79 (29.13)
3 Fujimori, Takeharu 24 Phoenix Swim Clu 4:10.90 4:21.12
r:+0.66 27.33 59.03 (31.70)
1:32.51 (33.48) 2:05.82 (33.31)
2:42.31 (36.49) 3:18.98 (36.67)
3:50.70 (31.72) 4:21.12 (30.42)
4 Litherland, Jay 22 Dynamo Swim Club 4:09.31 4:21.93
r:+0.77 27.51 58.49 (30.98)
1:31.66 (33.17) 2:04.72 (33.06)
2:41.86 (37.14) 3:19.87 (38.01)
3:52.19 (32.32) 4:21.93 (29.74)
5 Szaranek, Mark 22 Gator Swim Club 4:13.72 4:22.92
r:+0.64 27.56 59.06 (31.50)
1:33.65 (34.59) 2:07.80 (34.15)
2:45.41 (37.61) 3:23.47 (38.06)
3:53.50 (30.03) 4:22.92 (29.42)
6 Swanson, Charlie 20 Club Wolverine 4:15.99 4:23.29
r:+0.67 27.94 1:00.15 (32.21)
1:35.25 (35.10) 2:09.52 (34.27)
2:45.53 (36.01) 3:22.09 (36.56)
3:53.24 (31.15) 4:23.29 (30.05)
7 DeVine, Abrahm 21 Unattached Stanf 4:14.98 4:24.89
r:+0.69 27.03 58.22 (31.19)
1:32.70 (34.48) 2:07.59 (34.89)
2:43.83 (36.24) 3:22.91 (39.08)
3:54.63 (31.72) 4:24.89 (30.26)
8 Forde, Clayton 20 Una LAK 4:23.20 4:26.02
r:+0.74 28.23 59.78 (31.55)
1:35.43 (35.65) 2:09.72 (34.29)
2:47.43 (37.71) 3:25.72 (38.29)
3:56.63 (30.91) 4:26.02 (29.39)
9 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard 20 Mexico 4:23.39 4:28.57
r:+0.69 28.34 59.71 (31.37)
1:34.73 (35.02) 2:08.66 (33.93)
2:48.11 (39.45) 3:27.53 (39.42)
3:58.58 (31.05) 4:28.57 (29.99)
Women’s 100 Fly
The heats of the women’s 100 fly were rather tight as five girls swam a 58 on Friday morning in Santa Clara. Louisville’s Kelsi Dahlia led the way with a 58.30 as the Budapest bronze medalist has consistently been the number one 100 flyer in the United States.
Team Elite’s Sarah Gibson (58.47), Cal’s Katie McLaughlin (58.54), Riptide’s Regan Smith (58.64) and Team Elite’s Hellen Moffitt (58.84) were also under 59 seconds in the heats. Smith, who is now 16, has been tabbed as a future superstar for the Americans after she made the World Championship team last summer in the 200 back. She could be a multi-event star for the Americans as she gets older and stronger.
Farida Osman (59.11), Maggie MacNeil (59.56), Rio silver medalist Penny Oleksiak (59.64) and Katie Drabot (59.70) also placed in the top nine this morning after the A-flight.
Event 5 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 55.48 8/7/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 55.98 7/29/2012 Dana Vollmer, USA Olympic Team
Pro Swim: M 56.38 2016 Sarah Sjostrom
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Dahlia, Kelsi 23 Cardinal Aquatic 56.37 58.30
r:+0.62 27.21 58.30 (31.09)
2 Gibson, Sarah 23 Team Elite 57.96 58.47
r:+0.73 27.81 58.47 (30.66)
3 McLaughlin, Katie 20 California Aquat 58.49 58.54
r:+0.72 27.42 58.54 (31.12)
4 Smith, Regan 16 Riptide Swim Tea 59.03 58.64
r:+0.69 27.58 58.64 (31.06)
5 Moffitt, Hellen 23 Team Elite 58.24 58.84
r:+0.70 27.51 58.84 (31.33)
6 Osman, Farida 23 California Aquat 57.83 59.11
r:+0.70 27.29 59.11 (31.82)
7 MacNeil, Maggie 18 Swim Ontario 58.98 59.56
r:+0.67 27.53 59.56 (32.03)
8 Oleksiak, Penny 18 Swim Ontario 56.46 59.64
r:+0.71 27.52 59.64 (32.12)
9 Drabot, Katie 20 Stanford Swimmin 59.30 59.70
r:+0.76 27.88 59.70 (31.82)
Men’s 100 Fly
Cal’s Andrew Seliskar was the only swimmer to break 53 seconds in the 100 fly heats at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Santa Clara with a 52.99. Seliskar finished just ahead of Auburn’s Luis Martinez (53.00) in the heats as those two will have the center lanes in the finals tonight.
Seliskar was the 2015 Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year but has not quite lived up to the expectations brought on to him when he was in high school. This could be a big summer for Seliskar as he has a chance to make his first National A team this summer with a chance to travel to Japan and compete at the Pan Pacific Championships. The 100 fly might be a stretch for Seliskar as he is stronger in the 200 fly and 400 IM, but anything is possible.
Jack Conger is the third seed for tonight with a 53.06 just ahead of the reigning World Champion Caeleb Dressel (53.15). Dressel is swimming in his first Pro Swim Series meet of the 2018 calendar year as he is coming off one of the best NCAA meets anyone has ever put together.
Justin Lynch (53.37), Tripp Cooper (53.45), Pace Clark (53.84), Giles Smith (53.86) and Long Gutierrez (53.86) also placed in the top nine this morning after the A-flight.
Event 6 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
Pro Swim: M 51.00 2018 Jack Conger
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Seliskar, Andrew 21 California Aquat 52.83 52.99
r:+0.62 24.82 52.99 (28.17)
2 Martinez, Luis 22 Tiger Elite Raci 52.18 53.00
r:+0.65 24.70 53.00 (28.30)
3 Conger, Jack 23 Nation's Capital 51.00 53.06
r:+0.71 24.64 53.06 (28.42)
4 Dressel, Caeleb 21 Bolles School Sh 49.86 53.15
r:+0.64 25.40 53.15 (27.75)
5 Lynch, Justin 21 California Aquat 52.20 53.37
r:+0.62 24.82 53.37 (28.55)
6 Cooper, Tripp 25 Una TXLA 52.13 53.45
r:+0.65 25.27 53.45 (28.18)
7 Clark, Pace 23 Athens Bulldog S 53.44 53.84
r:+0.59 25.49 53.84 (28.35)
8 Smith, Giles 26 Phoenix Swim Clu 52.83 53.86
r:+0.60 25.10 53.86 (28.76)
8 Gutierrez, Long 23 Mexico 53.31 53.86
r:+0.64 25.07 53.86 (28.79)
Women’s 200 Back
16-year-old Regan Smith led the way in the 200 back heats at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Santa Clara as she swam a 2:10.37 on Friday morning. Smith is just ahead of Canada’s Kylie Masse (2:10.66) as those two were the only ones under 2:11 in the heats.
Both Smith and Masse were in the final in Budapest last summer at the World Championships with Masse placing fifth and Smith placing eighth. Masse has the fastest time in the world this year in the 200 back as she won the Commonwealth Games in a 2:05.97 earlier this year in April.
Texas A&M’s Lisa Bratton (2:11.49) is the third seed ahead of Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga (2:11.75) and Stanford’s Erin Voss (2:11.91).
Also in tonight’s final is Cal’s Amy Bilquist (2:12.38) and Aquajets’ Isabelle Stadden (2:13.00). Bilquist was fourth at the 2016 Olympic Trials in the 200 back and Stadden has been tabbed as a swimmer to watch for the future.
Beata Nelson (2:13.88) and Allie Szekely (2:14.44) also placed in the top nine after the A-flight this morning.
Event 7 Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA Olympic Team
American: A 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA Olympic Team
Pro Swim: M 2:06.36 2018 Taylor Ruck
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Smith, Regan 16 Riptide Swim Tea 2:07.19 2:10.37
r:+0.57 30.64 1:03.76 (33.12)
1:37.06 (33.30) 2:10.37 (33.31)
2 Masse, Kylie 22 Swim Ontario 2:05.97 2:10.66
r:+0.60 30.22 1:02.99 (32.77)
1:36.37 (33.38) 2:10.66 (34.29)
3 Bratton, Lisa 22 Aggie Swim Club 2:08.20 2:11.49
r:+0.64 31.04 1:04.31 (33.27)
1:38.15 (33.84) 2:11.49 (33.34)
4 Smoliga, Olivia 23 Athens Bulldog S 2:10.12 2:11.75
r:+0.72 30.06 1:03.68 (33.62)
1:37.88 (34.20) 2:11.75 (33.87)
5 Voss, Erin 19 Stanford Swimmin 2:09.81 2:11.91
r:+0.69 32.12 1:05.67 (33.55)
1:39.21 (33.54) 2:11.91 (32.70)
6 Bilquist, Amy 20 California Aquat 2:08.30 2:12.38
r:+0.67 30.65 1:03.68 (33.03)
1:37.81 (34.13) 2:12.38 (34.57)
7 Stadden, Isabelle 15 Aquajets Swim Te 2:11.17 2:13.00
r:+0.68 31.87 1:05.73 (33.86)
1:39.87 (34.14) 2:13.00 (33.13)
8 Nelson, Beata 19 Wisconsin Aquati 2:12.46 2:13.88
r:+0.71 31.57 1:05.47 (33.90)
1:39.62 (34.15) 2:13.88 (34.26)
9 Szekely, Allie 20 Stanford Swimmin 2:12.54 2:14.44
r:+0.74 32.46 1:06.34 (33.88)
1:40.58 (34.24) 2:14.44 (33.86)
Men’s 200 Back
Reigning Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy cruised to a 1:59.98 in the 200 back heats in Santa Clara as he was the only one to break two minutes in the event on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series. Murphy is just ahead of 2008 Olympic champion Ryan Lochte (2:00.34) who is making a bit of a comeback to swimming after his Rio suspension.
2017 World Championship bronze medalist Jacob Pebley is the third seed for tonight at 2:00.54 just ahead of 2012 Olympic silver medalist Ryosuke Irie (2:00.77) of Team Elite. Irie was seventh last summer in the World Championship final in Budapest.
Javier Acevedo (2:00.81), Johannes Calloni (2:02.09), Daniel Car (2:02.20), NCAA champion Austin Katz (2:02.70) and Markus Thormeyer (2:02.71) also placed in the top nine after the A-flight.
Event 8 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
American: A 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
Pro Swim: M 1:55.04 2017 Xu Jiayu
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Murphy, Ryan 22 California Aquat 1:53.62 1:59.98
r:+0.62 28.06 58.80 (30.74)
1:29.29 (30.49) 1:59.98 (30.69)
2 Lochte, Ryan 33 Unattached 2:08.00 2:00.34
r:+0.65 28.71 59.30 (30.59)
1:29.30 (30.00) 2:00.34 (31.04)
3 Pebley, Jacob 24 California Aquat 1:54.77 2:00.54
r:+0.71 28.07 58.32 (30.25)
1:30.09 (31.77) 2:00.54 (30.45)
4 Irie, Ryosuke 28 Team Elite 1:55.79 2:00.77
r:+0.57 28.27 58.86 (30.59)
1:30.01 (31.15) 2:00.77 (30.76)
5 Acevedo, Javier 20 Swim Ontario 2:01.02 2:00.81
r:+0.68 28.61 58.69 (30.08)
1:30.07 (31.38) 2:00.81 (30.74)
6 Calloni, Johannes 18 Unattached Stanf 2:01.79 2:02.09
r:+0.76 29.50 1:00.93 (31.43)
1:31.99 (31.06) 2:02.09 (30.10)
7 Carr, Daniel 19 California Aquat 2:00.07 2:02.20
r:+0.61 28.77 59.42 (30.65)
1:30.58 (31.16) 2:02.20 (31.62)
8 Katz, Austin 19 Una TXLA 1:56.70 2:02.70
r:+0.69 28.57 1:00.43 (31.86)
1:32.79 (32.36) 2:02.70 (29.91)
9 Thormeyer, Markus 20 HPC Vancouver 1:57.82 2:02.71
r:+0.75 29.34 1:00.81 (31.47)
1:31.98 (31.17) 2:02.71 (30.73)
Women’s 200 Breast
Three-time defending NCAA Champion Lilly King (2:26.46) swam to the top time in the heats of the 200 breast in Santa Clara as she is ahead of Mexico’s Melissa Rodriguez (2:27.36) and Condors’ Emily Escobedo (2:28.63).
King has shown she is one of the top breaststrokers in the world as she continues to grow her 200 base. She failed to make the final in Rio in the 200 and rebounded in Budapest last year to place fourth.
Annie Lazor (2:29.56), Allie Szekely (2:30.66), Esther Gonzalez Medina (2:31.85), Grace Zhao (2:35.05), Brooke Rodriguez (2:35.47) and Rachel Bernhardt (2:36.60) also placed in the top nine this morning.
Event 9 Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 2:19.11 8/1/2013 Rikke Moeller Pedersen, DEN
American: A 2:19.59 8/2/2012 Rebecca Soni, USA Olympic Team
Pro Swim: M 2:21.41 2016 Yuliya Efimova
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 King, Lilly 21 Indiana Swim Te 2:21.83 2:26.46
r:+0.67 33.16 1:10.80 (37.64)
1:48.66 (37.86) 2:26.46 (37.80)
2 Rodriguez, Melissa 23 Mexico 2:28.21 2:27.36
r:+0.66 33.55 1:11.48 (37.93)
1:49.24 (37.76) 2:27.36 (38.12)
3 Escobedo, Emily 22 Condors Swim Clu 2:23.88 2:28.63
r:+0.70 33.69 1:11.76 (38.07)
1:49.92 (38.16) 2:28.63 (38.71)
4 Lazor, Annie 23 Unattached 2:26.68 2:29.56
r:+0.71 34.84 1:13.02 (38.18)
1:51.00 (37.98) 2:29.56 (38.56)
5 Szekely, Allie 20 Stanford Swimmin 2:30.46 2:30.66
r:+0.75 34.57 1:12.64 (38.07)
1:51.12 (38.48) 2:30.66 (39.54)
6 Gonzalez Medina, Esth 22 Mexico 2:27.77 2:31.85
r:+0.69 35.49 1:14.63 (39.14)
1:53.55 (38.92) 2:31.85 (38.30)
7 Zhao, Grace 18 Stanford Swimmin 2:30.58 2:35.05
r:+0.77 35.49 1:14.92 (39.43)
1:54.73 (39.81) 2:35.05 (40.32)
8 Rodriguez, Brooke 24 De Anza Cupertin 2:30.93 2:35.47
r:+0.69 36.61 1:15.93 (39.32)
1:55.18 (39.25) 2:35.47 (40.29)
9 Bernhardt, Rachel 23 Gamecock Aquatic 2:33.99 2:36.60
r:+0.84 34.45 1:14.60 (40.15)
1:55.18 (40.58) 2:36.60 (41.42)
Men’s 200 Breast
Among all of the big names in the men’s 200 breast here in Santa Clara, it was Auburn’s Miguel de Lara Ojeda who swam the fastest time in the heats with a 2:12.84 on Friday morning. He is ahead of Olympic silver medalist Josh Prenot (2:13.09) and one of the best swimmers in the world, Chase Kalisz (2:13.10).
One of the rising stars in American breaststroke, Daniel Roy (2:13.49) is the fourth seed as he is coming off a very impressive Indianapolis Pro Swim Series where he became the youngest American swimmer to break 2:10 in the 200 breast.
Both of the United States’ finalists from last summer in the World Championships, Kevin Cordes (2:14.83) and Nic Fink (2:14.88) will also swim in tonight’s A-final. Fink was fifth last summer while Cordes was sixth.
Brandon Fischer (2:13.79), Eli Wall (2:15.17) and Andrew Wilson (2:15.28) also placed in the top nine after the A-flight.
Event 10 Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 2:06.67 1/29/2017 Ippei Watanabe, JPN
American: A 2:07.17 6/30/2016 Josh Prenot, Cal Aquatics
Pro Swim: M 2:08.95 2018 Andrew Wilson
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 De Lara Ojeda, Miguel 23 Tiger Elite Raci 2:12.25 2:12.84
r:+0.70 29.96 1:04.36 (34.40)
1:38.31 (33.95) 2:12.84 (34.53)
2 Prenot, Josh 24 California Aquat 2:07.17 2:13.09
r:+0.66 30.14 1:04.16 (34.02)
1:38.22 (34.06) 2:13.09 (34.87)
3 Kalisz, Chase 24 Athens Bulldog S 2:10.74 2:13.10
r:+0.72 30.43 1:04.65 (34.22)
1:39.10 (34.45) 2:13.10 (34.00)
4 Roy, Daniel 18 Unattached 2:09.73 2:13.49
r:+0.68 31.30 1:05.33 (34.03)
1:39.62 (34.29) 2:13.49 (33.87)
5 Fischer, Brandon 29 Una LAC 2:13.72 2:13.79
r:+0.70 30.06 1:04.71 (34.65)
1:39.12 (34.41) 2:13.79 (34.67)
6 Cordes, Kevin 24 Tiger Elite Raci 2:07.41 2:14.83
r:+0.64 30.17 1:04.74 (34.57)
1:39.87 (35.13) 2:14.83 (34.96)
7 Fink, Nic 24 Athens Bulldog S 2:08.56 2:14.88
r:+0.66 30.73 1:05.19 (34.46)
1:39.98 (34.79) 2:14.88 (34.90)
8 Wall, Eli 23 Swim Ontario 2:11.47 2:15.17
r:+0.71 30.89 1:05.30 (34.41)
1:39.99 (34.69) 2:15.17 (35.18)
9 Wilson, Andrew 24 Longhorn Aquatic 2:08.37 2:15.28
r:+0.65 29.70 1:03.50 (33.80)
1:38.54 (35.04) 2:15.28 (36.74)
Women’s 200 Free
In her first race as an official TYR sponsor, Katie Ledecky swam to a 1:55.82 in the heats of the 200 free as she is well ahead of fellow TYR teammate Leah Smith (1:58.31) and Club Wolverine’s Gabby DeLoof (1:59.05).
Ledecky has been having herself a pretty good summer so far in 2018 after she did not have the best year in 2017. She was defeated last summer in the 200 free at the World Championships to Italy’s Federica Pellegrini but has showed that that defeat has not affected her as she is swimming stronger than ever this year.
Simone Manuel (1:59.59), Melanie Margalis (1:59.63), Kaite McLaughlin (1:59.65), Isabel Ivey (2:00.41), Kennedy Goss (2:00.46) and Penny Oleksiak (2:00.54) also placed in the top nine after the A-flight.
Event 11 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:52.98 7/29/2009 Federica Pellegrini, ITA
American: A 1:53.61 7/31/2012 Allison Schmitt, USA Olympic Team
Pro Swim: M 1:54.43 2016 Katie Ledecky
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ledecky, Katie 21 Stanford Swimmin 1:53.73 1:55.82
r:+0.68 27.77 56.96 (29.19)
1:26.51 (29.55) 1:55.82 (29.31)
2 Smith, Leah 23 Tucson Ford Deal 1:55.97 1:58.31
r:+0.71 28.22 58.22 (30.00)
1:28.41 (30.19) 1:58.31 (29.90)
3 Deloof, Gabby 22 Club Wolverine 1:58.58 1:59.05
r:+0.70 28.47 58.69 (30.22)
1:28.87 (30.18) 1:59.05 (30.18)
4 Manuel, Simone 21 Stanford Swimmin 1:57.11 1:59.59
r:+0.67 28.30 58.39 (30.09)
1:28.87 (30.48) 1:59.59 (30.72)
5 Margalis, Melanie 26 Saint Petersburg 1:56.58 1:59.63
r:+0.69 28.30 58.64 (30.34)
1:28.97 (30.33) 1:59.63 (30.66)
6 McLaughlin, Katie 20 California Aquat 1:58.43 1:59.65
r:+0.77 28.48 59.11 (30.63)
1:29.92 (30.81) 1:59.65 (29.73)
7 Ivey, Isabel 17 Una LAKR 1:58.94 2:00.41
r:+0.73 28.03 57.84 (29.81)
1:28.96 (31.12) 2:00.41 (31.45)
8 Goss, Kennedy 21 Swim Ontario 1:58.65 2:00.46
r:+0.64 28.80 59.33 (30.53)
1:30.08 (30.75) 2:00.46 (30.38)
9 Oleksiak, Penny 18 Swim Ontario 1:57.79 2:00.54
r:+0.72 27.89 58.58 (30.69)
1:29.65 (31.07) 2:00.54 (30.89)
Men’s 200 Free
18-year-old Jack Levant, who will be making his way to the Bay Area this fall to start school at Stanford, swam the fastest 200 free of the morning in Santa Clara with a 1:48.43. He was one of four swimmers to break 1:50 in the heats but the only one to break 1:49.
Levant was on the United States’ World Junior Team in Indianapolis last summer as he won a silver medal in perhaps the most exciting race of the competition, the 4×200 free relay.
Levant is ahead of a solid field that includes 2017 World Championship silver medalist and three-time defending NCAA champion, Townley Haas. He is the fourth seed at 1:49.80.
Andrew Seliskar (1:49.23) and Markus Thormeyer (1:49.26) were the other two swimmers to break 1:50 this morning.
Mitch D’Arrigo (1:50.00), Jay Litherland (1:50.16), Grant Shoults (1:50.25), Zane Grothe (1:50.50) and Mark Szaranek (1:50.65) also placed in the top nine after the A-flight.
Event 12 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:42.00 7/26/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER
American: A 1:42.96 8/12/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
Pro Swim: M 1:44.82 2016 Sun Yang
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Levant, Jack 18 North Texas Nada 1:48.70 1:48.43
r:+0.71 25.96 53.48 (27.52)
1:21.04 (27.56) 1:48.43 (27.39)
2 Seliskar, Andrew 21 California Aquat 1:49.24 1:49.23
r:+0.65 25.78 53.51 (27.73)
1:21.50 (27.99) 1:49.23 (27.73)
3 Thormeyer, Markus 20 HPC Vancouver 1:48.33 1:49.26
r:+0.73 26.29 54.81 (28.52)
1:21.91 (27.10) 1:49.26 (27.35)
4 Haas, Townley 21 NOVA of Virginia 1:45.03 1:49.80
r:+0.72 26.00 53.81 (27.81)
1:22.00 (28.19) 1:49.80 (27.80)
5 D'Arrigo, Mitch 23 Gator Swim Club 1:47.46 1:50.00
r:+0.67 26.15 53.94 (27.79)
1:22.25 (28.31) 1:50.00 (27.75)
6 Litherland, Jay 22 Dynamo Swim Club 1:47.74 1:50.16
r:+0.76 26.29 54.31 (28.02)
1:22.23 (27.92) 1:50.16 (27.93)
7 Shoults, Grant 21 Unattached Stanf 1:48.37 1:50.25
r:+0.63 26.08 54.29 (28.21)
1:22.49 (28.20) 1:50.25 (27.76)
8 Grothe, Zane 26 Mission Viejo Na 1:46.39 1:50.50
r:+0.69 26.11 53.93 (27.82)
1:22.44 (28.51) 1:50.50 (28.06)
9 Szaranek, Mark 22 Gator Swim Club 1:48.95 1:50.65
r:+0.65 25.91 54.13 (28.22)
1:22.63 (28.50) 1:50.65 (28.02)
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