Michael Phelps Victorious in 200 Fly in Santa Clara

Jun 20, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Michael Phelps swims during his heat of the prelim Men 200M Butterly during the morning session at the George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara, Calif. Mandatory Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports

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NBAC’s Michael Phelps withstood a tough final 25 meters to secure the men’s 200-meter fly title at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.

Phelps uncorked a winning time of 1:57.62 after going out in 55.56. That’s Phelps’ best 200 fly time since his comeback, clearing the 1:58.90 he clocked this morning during prelims.

He sill has some time to drop to get into the world-class range as Laszlo Cseh is 10th in the world with a 1:55.95. Andrew Seliskar is still the top-ranked American with a ninth-ranked 1:55.92 from Austin.

Phelps’ teammate Chase Kalisz checked in with a second-place time of 1:58.06, while California’s Tom Shields settled for third with a time of 1:58.28.

FIAT’s Kaio Almeida (1:58.98), SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary (1:59.62), Club Wolverine’s Kyle Whitaker (1:59.66), California’s Justin Lynch (1:59.73), Dynamo’s Gunnar Bentz (2:00.20) and Stanford’s Bobby Bollier (2:01.16) placed fourth through ninth in the finale.

Mexico’s Long Gutierrez touched out Club Wolverine’s Dylan Bosch, 2:00.63 to 2:00.66, for the B final victory.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 200 fly
Men’s 200 fly
Women’s 50 free
Men’s 50 free
Women’s 100 back
Men’s 100 back
Women’s 200 breast
Men’s 200 breast
Women’s 50 fly
Men’s 50 fly
Women’s 400 free
Men’s 400 free

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