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The second night of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series Santa Clara will feature men’s and women’s finals of the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Back, 200 Breast and 200 Free. After the Indiana post-graduate group dominated the 1500 on night one, future and current Stanford swimmers took three of the top seeds for tonight’s finals.
Katie Ledecky, in her first professional race associated with TYR, claimed the top seed in the 200 Free – as did future Cardinal Jack Levant in the men’s race. Ella Eastin will start the session off with her top seed in the 400 IM, looking for the win in this event after narrowly losing out on the victory to Melanie Margalis in Indianapolis.
Veteran Chase Kalisz will set out to keep his 400 IM win streak alive, as will Kelsi Dahlia in the 100 fly. Cal’s Andrew Seliskar leads a competitive 100 Fly men’s field after the morning heats including the likes of Caeleb Dressel and Jack Conger.
16-year-old Regan Smith and reigning Olympic-Champion Ryan Murphy hold top honors in the 200 Back while Lilly King and Miguel de Lara Ojeda did likewise in the 200 Breast.
Women’s 100 Fly
In similar fashion to Kalisz, Dahlia kept her reign over the 100 fly with a winning time of 57.55 in Santa Clara. Less than two tenths off her season best from Indianapolis, Dahlia posted another top-ten time in the world this year.
Cal’s Katie McLaughlin and Team Elite’s Hellen Moffitt had a tight battle for second, with Moffitt having the advantage at the 50 by just two one-hundredths of a second. But it was McLaughlin on the back stretch that got her hands on the wall first coming in at 58.33 to Moffitt’s 58.39.
Team Elite teammate Sarah Gibson tied with Smith for the fourth spot in 59.07, while Swim Ontario duo Penny Oleksiak and Maggie MacNeil also tied in the sixth spot in 59.29.
Cal’s Farida Osman (59.54) and Tiger Elite’s Haley Black (1:00.29) placed eighth and ninth.
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 Prelims Finals
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Dahlia, Kelsi 23 Cardinal Aquatic 58.30 57.55
r:+0.64 27.06 57.55 (30.49)
2 McLaughlin, Katie 20 California Aquat 58.54 58.33
r:+0.76 27.64 58.33 (30.69)
3 Moffitt, Hellen 23 Team Elite 58.84 58.39
r:+0.68 27.62 58.39 (30.77)
4 Gibson, Sarah 23 Team Elite 58.47 59.07
r:+0.68 28.26 59.07 (30.81)
4 Smith, Regan 16 Riptide Swim Tea 58.64 59.07
r:+0.69 27.90 59.07 (31.17)
6 Oleksiak, Penny 18 Swim Ontario 59.64 59.29
r:+0.76 28.15 59.29 (31.14)
6 MacNeil, Maggie 18 Swim Ontario 59.56 59.29
r:+0.66 28.00 59.29 (31.29)
8 Osman, Farida 23 California Aquat 59.11 59.54
r:+0.72 28.09 59.54 (31.45)
9 Black, Haley 21 Tiger Elite Raci 59.75 1:00.29
27.40 1:00.29 (32.89)
