Katie Ledecky, Lilly King and Simone Manuel To Make 2018 Long Course Debuts At Indianapolis TYR Pro Swim Series

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Olympic gold medalists Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md./Stanford Swimming), Simone Manuel (Sugar Land, Texas/Stanford Swimming), Lilly King (Evansville, Ind./Indiana University), Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash./California Aquatics), Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill./Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics) and Allison Schmitt (Canton, Mich./Pitchfork Aquatics) are expected to lead a loaded field for next week’s TYR Pro Swim Series at Indianapolis, May 16-19 at the Indiana University Natatorium.

The four-day meet opens with timed finals for the 1500-meter freestyle on Wednesday, May 16 at 6 p.m. EDT. Thursday, May 17 through Saturday, May 19 will feature 10 a.m. EDT prelims followed by nightly finals at 7 p.m. EDT. Single- and all-session tickets are on sale now: https://www.usaswimming.org/utility/indianapolis-ticket-information

Reigning Olympic and world champions, Ledecky and Manuel will be competing for the first time since leading Stanford University to its second straight NCAA women’s title.

King will headline a large group of Indiana University-based competitors, including fellow Olympic medalists Cody Miller (Las Vegas, Nev./Sandpipers of Nevada) and Blake Pieroni (Valparaiso, Ind./Indiana University), as well as Zane Grothe (Boulder City, Nev./Mission Viejo Nadadores), who currently shares the men’s TYR Pro Swim Series lead with Olympic medalist and world champion Chase Kalisz (Bel Air, Md./Athens Bulldog Swim Club), who also will compete in Indianapolis.

Fellow individual Olympic medalists expected to join the field include Cullen Jones (Irvington, N.J./Wolfpack Elite) and Leah Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa./Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics).

Coverage of each finals sessions will be available on various NBC Sports platforms, including live coverage on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, May 19 at 7 p.m. EDT. Thursday, May 17 finals will be streamed live online and via the NBC Sports app, while Friday, May 18 finals will air live on the Olympic Channel at 7 p.m. EDT. Friday’s finals session also will re-air Sunday, May 20 on NBC Sports Network at 7 p.m. EDT. A live webcast of daily prelims and the Wednesday, May 16 distance session will be available at usaswimming.org.

This meet marks the fourth of six stops of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series. Following last month’s event in Mesa, Arizona, Kalisz and Grothe lead the men’s standings with 46 points, while Canada’s Taylor Ruck, tops the women’s leaderboard with 33 points.

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