2017 Arena Pro Swim Series: Mesa - (Tag)

Women's 800 Free Katie Ledecky continued to reign over the distance events with a top showing in the 800 free. Ledecky, the Olympic gold medalist in this event, posted a sizzling 8:15.44 to blast up world rankings for 2017. The previous world leading time was an 8:23.08 set by Ariarne Titmus at the ...

Women's 400 Individual Medley It was a battle for first in the women's 400 individual medley (IM) with multiple swimmers exchanging the lead throughout. The race began with Ella Eastin of Stanford grabbing an early lead with the fly leg, before Stanford teammate Katie Ledecky edged ahead in the back...

Hear from Olympic gold medalist Matt Grevers after he won the men's 100 back at the arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui_DmAdBt-M Grevers discussed why he was so satisfied with his 100 back win over Jacob Pebley, what it's like training with college-aged athletes for so ...

Coming off her freshman year at Stanford, Katie Ledecky had her first LCM race with Stanford and Greg Meehan in Mesa and posted the world's fastest time in the 400 free after it had exchanged hands a couple of times over the last few days. Ledecky swam a 4:01.01 to win the race and lead the world ra...

USA Swimming has posted the psych sheet for the next stop of the arena Pro Swim Series, to be held next weekend at Skyline Aquatic Center in Mesa, Ariz. Click here to view the full psych sheet. The field will be packed with Olympians and NCAA champions, and unlike the previous arena Pro Swim meet in...

Plenty of NCAA swimmers returned to long course competition for the first time since the summer during the first morning of prelims at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa. Among those who made their returns were Olympic gold medalists Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky, both of whom posted impressiv...

By David Rieder. For three-plus days in mid-March, the Stanford women poured every ounce of emotional and physical energy into a swim meet, and they were rewarded with the trophy that they had spend six months working for—and much longer aiming for. On the final night of the NCAA championships in In...

Cal training partners Josh Prenot and Tom Shields each picked up event wins on the first night of competition at the arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa. Watch video interviews with each from afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-If46kP90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dneq5NGczCw Both men discu...

Men's 100 Back Matt Grevers dazzled the crowd with a top showing in the men's 100 back. Grevers, who represents Tucson Ford Aquatics, held off Jacob Pebley to finish with a final 54.15. Grevers currently sits third in the world rankings with a 53.31 showing from the Austin stop of the Pro Series. Pe...

Olympic champions Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash./California Aquatics), Anthony Ervin (Valencia, Calif./SwimMAC Carolina),Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md./Stanford Swimming) and Simone Manuel (Sugar Land, Texas/Stanford Swimming) highlight the expected field of the 2017 arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa, se...

Katie Ledecky spoke to the media after winning the 800 free at the arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa, Ariz., her third top finish of the meet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXxc0ieDmn4 Ledecky explained how she knew about what she could do in the 800 going into the race and how this meet feels differe...

During the final morning of prelims at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa, Ella Eastin and Chase Kalisz each captured the top seeds in two individual events. Although Eastin has scratched will not compete in either event in finals, Kalisz will attempt the grueling 200 fly-200 IM double. Read ful...

Watch a video interview with Simone Manuel after she finished first in the women's 100 free at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZAH6l0pnY In the video, Manuel discusses the logistics of Stanford's quick return to competition following the NCAA championships. ...

Kelsi Worrell and Kendyl Stewart finished first and third, respectively, in the women's 100 fly at the arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa. Hear what they had to say afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJsZTzKGkao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuF3luswOW0 In addition to breaking down their races...

Louisville freshman Marcelo Acosta used a stellar back half to distance from the field to win the 400 free A-final in Mesa. Acosta, an El Salvador native won the race in 3:53.38 to hold off a late charge from Cal incoming freshman Sean Grieshop. Grieshop was second at 3:54.29 and Taylor Abbott was t...

By David Rieder. Dana Vollmer climbed out of the pool, lifting herself into a sitting position instead of onto her knees or feet. Walking off the deck, she wasn’t sure what her time was. She had just swam the 50 free in prelims at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa, but unlike almost every other race...

Watch Kevin Cordes discuss his win in the men's 100 breast at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwiIyCJZTak Cordes explained how he returned to full-on training at Auburn right around the new year and how training has changed since he returned from Singapore, ev...

The first night of the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series from Mesa, Arizona kicked off tonight from the Skyline Aquatic Center. Many Olympians were in action and some were making their first long course appearance since Rio. Other NCAA champions from a few short weeks ago made an appearance in their first ...

Women's 200 Back Young-gun Eva Merrell continued to impress in the women's 200 back, posting the fastest time of the evening by close to half a second. Merrell, who trains with the Aquazots, delivered a final 2:11.63 for the gold, sitting just outside of the top twenty world rankings. Erin Voss, swi...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. There won’t be nearly as much at stake this weekend in Mesa, Ariz., as in other corners of the world—like in Victoria, Brisbane, Moscow, Quindao, Nagoya or Sheffield, all home to qualification meets for this summer's FINA World Championships. So it’s unlikely that any...