Ledecky, Cal Men Post Strong Showing at TYR Pro Swim Series Santa Clara

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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.

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Women’s 400 IM

After an exact three-way tie after the fly leg between Eastin, Leah Smith and Sarah Darcel and a late charge from Smith on the freestyle, Eastin was able to hang on for the win in this event in 4:38.99. The swim was about half a second off her swim from Indianapolis which puts her eleventh in the world rankings so far this year.

Smith’s time of 4:39.37 was a season-best and bumped her into the top twenty world rankings as well. The freestyle star blasted a 1:00.76 free split to earn runner-up honors and nearly catch Eastin. Darcel kept her place at the top of the heat with a third place finish in 4:44.79 – about five seconds off her best time from the Commonwealth Games.

Meaghan Raab (4:48.13), Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo (4:49.03), Emma Barksdale (4:49.16), Leah Stevens (4:53.05), Esther Gonzalez Medina (4:53.94) and Nora McCullagh (5:56.54) rounded out the top nine.

 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              Prelims     Finals        
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                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 Eastin, Ella           21 Stanford Swimmin  4:40.17    4:38.99  
    r:+0.71  29.70      1:03.47 (33.77)
        1:39.53 (36.06)     2:14.49 (34.96)
        2:55.25 (40.76)     3:35.44 (40.19)
        4:08.10 (32.66)     4:38.99 (30.89)
  2 Smith, Leah            23 Tucson Ford Deal  4:40.53    4:39.37  
    r:+0.72  30.22      1:03.47 (33.25)
        1:40.62 (37.15)     2:16.41 (35.79)
        2:57.28 (40.87)     3:38.61 (41.33)
        4:09.72 (31.11)     4:39.37 (29.65)
  3 Darcel, Sarah          20 Una CAL           4:48.70    4:44.79  
    r:+0.62  29.77      1:03.47 (33.70)
        1:40.23 (36.76)     2:16.34 (36.11)
        2:56.41 (40.07)     3:37.58 (41.17)
        4:11.45 (33.87)     4:44.79 (33.34)
  4 Raab, Meaghan          22 Nashville Aquati  4:49.09    4:48.13  
    r:+0.76  31.69      1:06.59 (34.90)
        1:45.50 (38.91)     2:22.81 (37.31)
        3:02.84 (40.03)     3:42.99 (40.15)
        4:16.71 (33.72)     4:48.13 (31.42)
  5 Gonzalez-Hermosillo,   22 Mexico            4:51.62    4:49.03  
    r:+0.74  31.48      1:06.31 (34.83)
        1:45.07 (38.76)     2:22.61 (37.54)
        3:03.15 (40.54)     3:44.15 (41.00)
        4:17.49 (33.34)     4:49.03 (31.54)
  6 Barksdale, Emma        20 Gamecock Aquatic  4:51.14    4:49.16  
    r:+0.68  30.37      1:04.82 (34.45)
        1:42.74 (37.92)     2:19.41 (36.67)
        3:00.28 (40.87)     3:41.52 (41.24)
        4:16.28 (34.76)     4:49.16 (32.88)
  7 Stevens, Leah          21 Stanford Swimmin  4:55.20    4:53.05  
    r:+0.65  31.78      1:07.56 (35.78)
        1:47.08 (39.52)     2:24.14 (37.06)
        3:07.10 (42.96)     3:48.19 (41.09)
        4:21.50 (33.31)     4:53.05 (31.55)
  8 Gonzalez Medina, Esth  22 Mexico            4:54.41    4:53.94  
    r:+0.69  31.69      1:08.24 (36.55)
        1:49.19 (40.95)     2:28.07 (38.88)
        3:08.27 (40.20)     3:47.77 (39.50)
        4:21.59 (33.82)     4:53.94 (32.35)
  9 McCullagh, Nora        21 Una TXLA          4:57.24    4:56.54  
             30.59      1:06.83 (36.24)
        1:45.95 (39.12)     2:23.92 (37.97)
        3:06.40 (42.48)     3:48.00 (41.60)
        4:22.73 (34.73)     4:56.54 (33.81)

Men’s 400 IM

Kalisz won yet another TYR Pro Swim Series 400 IM, this time by over seven seconds. He took a dominant lead after the fly leg and never let up en route to a first-place finish. Although off his world-leading 4:08.92 from the Atlanta stop, the swim was not far off his 4:10.55 from Indianapolis. Slightly slower splits in the fly and breast portions of the race made the difference this time around.

Phoenix Swim Club’s Takeharu Fujimori finished in a distant second (4:10.09) while Mark Szaranek took third in 4:20.70. Szaranek was the only swimmer to split faster than Kalisz on any leg, going 59.01 to the Bulldog’s 59.15 on the freestyle.

Cal’s Sean Grieshop also posted an impressive free leg as he finished in the fourth position at 4:22.65. He was also in the mix at the halfway point but fell off the pace in the back 200.

Charlie Swanson (4:22.87), Clayton Forde (4:25.53), Abrahm DeVine (4:27.24) and Ricardo Vargas Jacobo (4:28.68) rounded out the final.

 Event 4  Men 400 LC Meter IM
==================================================================
        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              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 Kalisz, Chase          24 Athens Bulldog S  4:20.63    4:11.62  
    r:+0.73  26.59        56.91 (30.32)
        1:29.71 (32.80)     2:01.36 (31.65)
        2:36.79 (35.43)     3:12.47 (35.68)
        3:42.81 (30.34)     4:11.62 (28.81)
  2 Fujimori, Takeharu     24 Phoenix Swim Clu  4:21.12    4:19.09  
    r:+0.64  27.32        59.33 (32.01)
        1:33.47 (34.14)     2:06.58 (33.11)
        2:42.65 (36.07)     3:19.12 (36.47)
        3:50.07 (30.95)     4:19.09 (29.02)
  3 Szaranek, Mark         22 Gator Swim Club   4:22.92    4:20.70  
    r:+0.65  27.62        59.09 (31.47)
        1:33.78 (34.69)     2:07.40 (33.62)
        2:44.19 (36.79)     3:21.69 (37.50)
        3:51.64 (29.95)     4:20.70 (29.06)
  4 Grieshop, Sean         19 California Aquat  4:20.79    4:22.65  
    r:+0.65  28.09      1:00.13 (32.04)
        1:34.53 (34.40)     2:07.56 (33.03)
        2:45.67 (38.11)     3:23.19 (37.52)
        3:53.69 (30.50)     4:22.65 (28.96)
  5 Swanson, Charlie       20 Club Wolverine    4:23.29    4:22.87  
    r:+0.67  27.99      1:00.23 (32.24)
        1:35.77 (35.54)     2:10.72 (34.95)
        2:45.89 (35.17)     3:22.84 (36.95)
        3:53.99 (31.15)     4:22.87 (28.88)
  6 Forde, Clayton         20 Una LAK           4:26.02    4:25.53  
    r:+0.79  28.88      1:00.27 (31.39)
        1:36.52 (36.25)     2:09.94 (33.42)
        2:48.49 (38.55)     3:26.60 (38.11)
        3:57.47 (30.87)     4:25.53 (28.06)
  7 DeVine, Abrahm         21 Unattached Stanf  4:24.89    4:27.24  
    r:+0.66  27.58      1:00.42 (32.84)
        1:36.25 (35.83)     2:10.75 (34.50)
        2:48.38 (37.63)     3:27.22 (38.84)
        3:58.88 (31.66)     4:27.24 (28.36)
  8 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard  20 Mexico            4:28.57    4:28.68  
    r:+0.69  28.26      1:00.54 (32.28)
        1:36.66 (36.12)     2:11.21 (34.55)
        2:49.66 (38.45)     3:28.42 (38.76)
        3:59.10 (30.68)     4:28.68 (29.58)

Women’s 100 Fly

In similar fashion, 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        
==================================================================
                    === 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)

Men’s 100 Fly

Although just outside the top twenty world rankings in this event, Dressel did have enough in the tank for the win this event. Out third at the 50 in 24.94, Dressel out-split the field on the final lap in 27.26 to surge to the wall in the end.

Top-seed Seliskar raced to second in 52.81, finishing just ahead of Tripp Cooper (53.02). Tiger Elite’s Luis Martinez was right behind in 53.05, as were Jack Conger (53.12) and Justin Lynch (53.29). Despite having the lead at the fifty, Lynch could not hang on in the end while Conger was over two seconds off his 51.00 and second-ranked time from Atlanta.

Long Gutierrez (54.05), Pace Clark (54.12) and Giles Smith (54.21) rounded out the heat.

 Event 6  Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
==================================================================
        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              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 Dressel, Caeleb        21 Bolles School Sh    53.15      52.20  
    r:+0.65  24.94        52.20 (27.26)
  2 Seliskar, Andrew       21 California Aquat    52.99      52.81  
    r:+0.64  24.83        52.81 (27.98)
  3 Cooper, Tripp          25 Una TXLA            53.45      53.02  
    r:+0.69  25.10        53.02 (27.92)
  4 Martinez, Luis         22 Tiger Elite Raci    53.00      53.05  
    r:+0.69  25.04        53.05 (28.01)
  5 Conger, Jack           23 Nation's Capital    53.06      53.12  
    r:+0.72  25.03        53.12 (28.09)
  6 Lynch, Justin          21 California Aquat    53.37      53.29  
    r:+0.64  24.72        53.29 (28.57)
  7 Gutierrez, Long        23 Mexico              53.86      54.05  
    r:+0.66  25.35        54.05 (28.70)
  8 Clark, Pace            23 Athens Bulldog S    53.84      54.12  
    r:+0.60  25.65        54.12 (28.47)
  9 Smith, Giles           26 Phoenix Swim Clu    53.86      54.21  
             25.04        54.21 (29.17)

Women’s 200 Back

Roughly seventeen minutes after her fourth-place tie in the 100 fly, Smith came back and fought for the win in the 200 back in 2:09.60. The time is inside the world top twenty rankings, although her 2:08.64 from Austin currently ranks ninth.

After winning the event in Indianapolis, Olivia Smoliga held the lead through the 100, but was passed by Smith and Kylie Masse (2:10.68) for the third spot in 2:10.70. Masse’s time from the Commonwealth Games (2:05.98) is currently the fastest in the world this year.

Aggie Swim Club’s Lisa Bratton posted a 2:10.91 to earn close fourth-place honors. Stanford pair Erin Voss (2:12.12) and Allie Szekely (2:13.28) placed fifth and eighth, respectively.

Aquajets’ Isabelle Stadden was off her recent 2:08.37 from Mel Zajac Jr., but did enough to earn sixth place in 2:12.32. Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson (2:12.81) and Cal’s Keaton Blovad were seventh and ninth.

 Event 7  Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke
==================================================================
        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              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 Smith, Regan           16 Riptide Swim Tea  2:10.37    2:09.60  
    r:+0.56  30.71      1:03.56 (32.85)
        1:36.98 (33.42)     2:09.60 (32.62)
  2 Masse, Kylie           22 Swim Ontario      2:10.66    2:10.68  
    r:+0.61  30.46      1:03.68 (33.22)
        1:37.42 (33.74)     2:10.68 (33.26)
  3 Smoliga, Olivia        23 Athens Bulldog S  2:11.75    2:10.70  
    r:+0.71  30.39      1:03.43 (33.04)
        1:37.54 (34.11)     2:10.70 (33.16)
  4 Bratton, Lisa          22 Aggie Swim Club   2:11.49    2:10.91  
    r:+0.68  31.58      1:04.52 (32.94)
        1:37.71 (33.19)     2:10.91 (33.20)
  5 Voss, Erin             19 Stanford Swimmin  2:11.91    2:12.12  
    r:+0.75  32.06      1:05.44 (33.38)
        1:39.20 (33.76)     2:12.12 (32.92)
  6 Stadden, Isabelle      15 Aquajets Swim Te  2:13.00    2:12.32  
    r:+0.64  31.25      1:04.79 (33.54)
        1:39.91 (35.12)     2:12.32 (32.41)
  7 Nelson, Beata          19 Wisconsin Aquati  2:13.88    2:12.81  
    r:+0.75  31.93      1:05.50 (33.57)
        1:39.30 (33.80)     2:12.81 (33.51)
  8 Szekely, Allie         20 Stanford Swimmin  2:14.44    2:13.28  
    r:+0.79  31.93      1:04.93 (33.00)
        1:39.50 (34.57)     2:13.28 (33.78)
  9 Blovad, Keaton         19 California Aquat  2:14.54    2:14.31  
    r:+0.70  31.45      1:05.56 (34.11)
        1:40.14 (34.58)     2:14.31 (34.17)

Men’s 200 Back

Murphy blasted a world top-ten time of 1:56.06 in the 200 back to take the win in Santa Clara. Team Elite’s. Ryosuke Irie and Cal’s Jacob Pebley did likewise in 1:56.36 and 1:57.34 although all three men were a few tenths off their season bests.

Murphy was out in a quick 56.92, while Pebley was second through the 150. But it was Irie who out-split the entire field in the last fifty, coming home in a 28.71 to pass Pebley, and nearly Murphy, in the end.

Swim Ontario’s Javier Acevedo was also under two minutes in 1:59.97 and was followed by Markus Thormeyer (2:00.13) and Ryan Lochte (2:00.82).

Daniel Carr (2:01.77), Austin Katz (2:02.68) and DeVine (2:07.62) placed seventh through ninth.

 Event 8  Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
==================================================================
        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              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 Murphy, Ryan           22 California Aquat  1:59.98    1:56.06  
    r:+0.57  27.52        56.92 (29.40)
        1:26.77 (29.85)     1:56.06 (29.29)
  2 Irie, Ryosuke          28 Team Elite        2:00.77    1:56.36  
    r:+0.49  27.86        57.60 (29.74)
        1:27.65 (30.05)     1:56.36 (28.71)
  3 Pebley, Jacob          24 California Aquat  2:00.54    1:57.34  
    r:+0.71  27.86        57.56 (29.70)
        1:27.58 (30.02)     1:57.34 (29.76)
  4 Acevedo, Javier        20 Swim Ontario      2:00.81    1:59.97  
    r:+0.66  28.52        58.70 (30.18)
        1:29.75 (31.05)     1:59.97 (30.22)
  5 Thormeyer, Markus      20 HPC Vancouver     2:02.71    2:00.13  
    r:+0.71  28.76        59.07 (30.31)
        1:29.91 (30.84)     2:00.13 (30.22)
  6 Lochte, Ryan           33 Unattached        2:00.34    2:00.82  
    r:+0.70  28.25        58.66 (30.41)
        1:29.37 (30.71)     2:00.82 (31.45)
  7 Carr, Daniel           19 California Aquat  2:02.20    2:01.77  
    r:+0.62  28.63        59.03 (30.40)
        1:30.68 (31.65)     2:01.77 (31.09)
  8 Katz, Austin           19 Una TXLA          2:02.70    2:02.68  
    r:+0.70  28.79        59.74 (30.95)
        1:31.93 (32.19)     2:02.68 (30.75)
  9 DeVine, Abrahm         21 Unattached Stanf  2:03.03    2:07.62  
    r:+0.80  29.80      1:02.94 (33.14)
        1:36.14 (33.20)     2:07.62 (31.48)

Women’s 200 Breast

Just two one-hundredths of a second off her season best, Indiana’s King won her first event of the meet in the 200 breast. Her winning time of 2:24.97 bested the field by over a second and a half as her quick opening speed led her to victory.

Despite great back halves from Emily Escobedo, Melissa Rodriguez and Annie Lazor, King’s 1:09.61 opening 100 gave her a lead that no one could catch. Escobedo won the battle for second in 2:26.56 and was followed by Rodriguez in 2:27.35 and Lazor with a 2:27.87.

Szekely (2:28.32), Rachel Bernhardt (2:31.19), Esther Gonzalez Medina (2:31.46), Grace Zhao (2:35.04) and Brooke Rodriguez (2:36.19) rounded out the top nine finishers.

 Event 9  Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
==================================================================
        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              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 King, Lilly            21 Indiana  Swim Te  2:26.46    2:24.97  
    r:+0.69  32.34      1:09.61 (37.27)
        1:47.03 (37.42)     2:24.97 (37.94)
  2 Escobedo, Emily        22 Condors Swim Clu  2:28.63    2:26.56  
    r:+0.69  33.42      1:11.06 (37.64)
        1:48.42 (37.36)     2:26.56 (38.14)
  3 Rodriguez, Melissa     23 Mexico            2:27.36    2:27.35  
    r:+0.65  33.53      1:11.28 (37.75)
        1:49.27 (37.99)     2:27.35 (38.08)
  4 Lazor, Annie           23 Unattached        2:29.56    2:27.87  
    r:+0.74  34.66      1:12.35 (37.69)
        1:50.11 (37.76)     2:27.87 (37.76)
  5 Szekely, Allie         20 Stanford Swimmin  2:30.66    2:28.32  
    r:+0.74  33.92      1:11.31 (37.39)
        1:49.54 (38.23)     2:28.32 (38.78)
  6 Bernhardt, Rachel      23 Gamecock Aquatic  2:36.60    2:31.19  
             35.09      1:13.87 (38.78)
        1:52.65 (38.78)     2:31.19 (38.54)
  7 Gonzalez Medina, Esth  22 Mexico            2:31.85    2:31.46  
    r:+0.67  36.14      1:14.69 (38.55)
        1:53.56 (38.87)     2:31.46 (37.90)
  8 Zhao, Grace            18 Stanford Swimmin  2:35.05    2:35.04  
    r:+0.73  35.25      1:14.43 (39.18)
        1:54.19 (39.76)     2:35.04 (40.85)
  9 Rodriguez, Brooke      24 De Anza Cupertin  2:35.47    2:36.19  
    r:+0.75  37.18      1:16.26 (39.08)
        1:56.35 (40.09)     2:36.19 (39.84)

Men’s 200 Breast

Cal’s Josh Prenot got to the wall first in a loaded men’s 200 breast final. Similarly to King, Prenot set out to an early lead of 1:02.92 halfway through the race, then held off a charging field in the end.

18-year-old and Indianapolis Champion in this event Daniel Roy out-split Prenot by over half a second on the last lap but ran out room to ultimately finish second in 2:11.08.

De Lara Ojeda, Nic Fink and Brandon Fischer all battled for the third position, turning nearly-even at the 150. De Lara Ojeda had the touch coming in at 2:13.14 to Fink’s 2:13.14 and Fischer’s 2:13.35.

Kalisz was not far behind in 2:13.59 with the third-best closing fifty in the heat. He was followed by Kevin Cordes (2:13.71), Andrew Wilson (2:14.22) and Eli Wall (2:15.00).

 Event 10  Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
==================================================================
        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              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 Prenot, Josh           24 California Aquat  2:13.09    2:10.15  
    r:+0.66  30.00      1:02.92 (32.92)
        1:36.31 (33.39)     2:10.15 (33.84)
  2 Roy, Daniel            18 Unattached        2:13.49    2:11.08  
    r:+0.64  31.37      1:04.48 (33.11)
        1:37.91 (33.43)     2:11.08 (33.17)
  3 De Lara Ojeda, Miguel  23 Tiger Elite Raci  2:12.84    2:13.14  
    r:+0.72  30.50      1:04.45 (33.95)
        1:38.51 (34.06)     2:13.14 (34.63)
  4 Fink, Nic              24 Athens Bulldog S  2:14.88    2:13.25  
    r:+0.70  29.89      1:04.08 (34.19)
        1:38.67 (34.59)     2:13.25 (34.58)
  5 Fischer, Brandon       29 Una LAC           2:13.79    2:13.29  
    r:+0.71  30.10      1:03.89 (33.79)
        1:38.41 (34.52)     2:13.29 (34.88)
  6 Kalisz, Chase          24 Athens Bulldog S  2:13.10    2:13.59  
    r:+0.76  30.70      1:04.91 (34.21)
        1:39.67 (34.76)     2:13.59 (33.92)
  7 Cordes, Kevin          24 Tiger Elite Raci  2:14.83    2:13.71  
    r:+0.70  30.20      1:04.37 (34.17)
        1:38.35 (33.98)     2:13.71 (35.36)
  8 Wilson, Andrew         24 Longhorn Aquatic  2:15.28    2:14.22  
             30.05      1:04.21 (34.16)
        1:39.05 (34.84)     2:14.22 (35.17)
  9 Wall, Eli              23 Swim Ontario      2:15.17    2:15.00  
    r:+0.77  31.13      1:05.39 (34.26)
        1:40.53 (35.14)     2:15.00 (34.47)

Women’s 200 Free

Only one-tenth off her Pro Swim Series record from 2016, Ledecky posted the world’s fastest time in the 200 free this year at 1:54.56. The swim was enough to pass Taylor Ruck’s Commonwealth Games performance of 1:54.81 as well as Melanie Margalis and Leah Smith in Santa Clara.

Margalis earned second place with a solid 1:57.99 season best time while Smith raced to a 1:58.20. Smith had a half second advantage at the 100 but could not withstand the consistency of Margalis’ splits along the way.

McLaughlin raced to a fourth place finish in 1:59.53 followed by Gabby Deloof (1:59.75), Oleksiak (2:00.62), Goss (2:02.52), Isabel Ivey (2:03.33) and Meaghan Raab (2:06.00).

Men’s 200 Free

The Cal men grabbed yet another event on the second night in Santa Clara with Andrew Seliskar‘s victory in the 200 free. Fourth at the 100, Seliskar had the fastest second half of anyone in the race to come home with the win in 1:48.35.

Levant beat out Townley Haas in the end 1:49.49 to 1:49.55 despite the men swimming almost identical splits throughout the race. Gators’ Mitch D’Arrigo was not far off in 1:49.86, out-splitting Levant and Haas on the last lap.

Szaranek was back in the pool to take fifth in this event with a 1:51.16 and was followed by Jay Litherland (1:51.23), Zane Grothe (1:51.58), Conger (1:51.60) and Quah Zheng (1:51.69).

 Event 12  Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
==================================================================
        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              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 Seliskar, Andrew       21 California Aquat  1:49.23    1:48.35  
    r:+0.64  26.10        53.74 (27.64)
        1:21.12 (27.38)     1:48.35 (27.23)
  2 Levant, Jack           18 North Texas Nada  1:48.43    1:49.49  
    r:+0.69  25.52        53.17 (27.65)
        1:21.28 (28.11)     1:49.49 (28.21)
  3 Haas, Townley          21 NOVA of Virginia  1:49.80    1:49.55  
    r:+0.72  25.38        53.10 (27.72)
        1:21.29 (28.19)     1:49.55 (28.26)
  4 D'Arrigo, Mitch        23 Gator Swim Club   1:50.00    1:49.86  
    r:+0.68  26.04        53.70 (27.66)
        1:21.84 (28.14)     1:49.86 (28.02)
  5 Szaranek, Mark         22 Gator Swim Club   1:50.65    1:51.16  
    r:+0.63  26.05        54.03 (27.98)
        1:23.21 (29.18)     1:51.16 (27.95)
  6 Litherland, Jay        22 Dynamo Swim Club  1:50.16    1:51.23  
    r:+0.73  26.27        54.54 (28.27)
        1:23.10 (28.56)     1:51.23 (28.13)
  7 Grothe, Zane           26 Mission Viejo Na  1:50.50    1:51.58  
    r:+0.72  26.59        55.09 (28.50)
        1:24.27 (29.18)     1:51.58 (27.31)
  8 Conger, Jack           23 Nation's Capital  1:50.72    1:51.60  
    r:+0.75  26.27        54.86 (28.59)
        1:24.36 (29.50)     1:51.60 (27.24)
  9 Quah, Zheng            21 California Aquat  1:50.81    1:51.69  
             26.10        54.57 (28.47)
        1:23.20 (28.63)     1:51.69 (28.49)

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