Sarah Sjostrom Posts Swift 56 100 Fly At Atlanta

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In the first event of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series at Atlanta, Swedish World Record holder Sarah Sjostrom swam a 56.62 to win the 100 fly on Thursday night in Atlanta. Sjostrom finished ahead of American Kelsi Dahlia as both swimmers got their 2018 off to a good start with solid long course times on the first day of March.

Dahlia was second at 57.48 ahead of Canada’s Penny Oleksiak (58.36). Rebecca Smith (58.50), Amanda Kendall (58.82), Liliana Szilagyi (59.26), Olivia Carter (59.79) and Lillie Nordmann (59.85) also competed in the A-final.

Sjostrom will head down south to Ft. Lauderdale after this for “Sarah Sjostrom” day on March 3 as she will be honored with Swimming World’s swimmer of the year award.

 Event 1  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
    U.S. Open: O 56.38  1/15/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
     Jr World: J 56.46  8/7/2016  Penny Oleksiak, Canada
   GT Pool LC: P 56.62  3/1/2018  Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden-US
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals  FINA Points
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Sarah Sjostrom   24 Sweden              57.49      56.62P  940  
    r:+0.66  26.20        56.62 (30.42)
  2 Kelsi Dahlia Wo  23 Cardinal Aquatic    57.75      57.48   899  
    r:+0.65  26.98        57.48 (30.50)
  3 Penny Oleksiak   17 Toronto Swim Clu    59.12      58.36   859  
    r:+0.76  27.50        58.36 (30.86)
  4 Rebecca Smith    17 HPC-Ontario         58.62      58.50   852  
    r:+0.77  26.95        58.50 (31.55)
  5 Amanda Kendall   27 Mission Viejo Na    59.25      58.82   839  
    r:+0.69  27.25        58.82 (31.57)
  6 Liliana Szilagy  21 Arilson Silva       59.81      59.26   820  
    r:+0.76  28.84        59.26 (30.42)
  7 Olivia Carter    17 Enfinity Aquatic    59.73      59.79   798  
    r:+0.70  28.10        59.79 (31.69)
  8 Lillie Nordmann  15 Magnolia Aquatic    59.63      59.85   796  
    r:+0.81  28.02        59.85 (31.83)

 

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