2017 Arena Pro Swim Series: Mesa - (Tag)

The action and excitement continued in day two of the 2017 arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa, AZ. Katie Ledecky added to her medal count with a gold in the women's 200 free and a silver medal in the 400 IM, while teammate Simone Manuel completed a sweep of the sprint events with a 50 free victory. Canad...

Madisyn Cox edged out Melanie Margalis for the win in the women's 200 IM, and both discussed their races afterwards with Swimming World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GXyjsxHJC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K3ocpq7UTc Cox described her new life as a professional swimmer, including what has ch...

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...

Hear from Katie Ledecky after she won the 400 free at the first night of the arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sOC-bJPel4 In the above video interview, Ledecky discussed competing in the long course for the first time since the Olympic Games in Rio, how she turned aroun...

Olympic champion Simone Manuel got her 2017 long course campaign started with a 53.66 100 free at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa. Manuel is swimming in her first long course meet since Rio and posted the seventh fastest time in the world this year. Manuel is also coming off a very impressive outi...

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...

Men's 200 Back Jacob Pebley delivered a smooth victory in the men's 200 back final, claiming first by close to two seconds. Pebley, a 2016 Rio Olympian for Team USA, finished just off his 2017 world best of 1:55.56. Arkady Vyatchanin, representing New York Athletic Club, grabbed second overall with ...

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...

The 2017 arena Pro Swim Series splash back into action tomorrow morning with the first session. Heat sheets are now available and exciting races are expected with a total of eight events on the docket. DAY ONE PRELIMS HEAT SHEETS Events:  Women's 100 Free Men's 100 Free Women's 200 Breast Men's 200 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Michael Andrew finished fifth in the men's 50 free final at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa and discussed his effort afterwards with Swimming World. https://youtu.be/c2jnmWM1T0U Andrew explained why he decided to pass on swimming the 400 IM to focus on the 50 free and what he thinks he got ou...

Men's 400 Individual Medley Chase Kalisz, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist, cruised to an easy victory in the men's 400 individual medley (IM) final. Kalisz held off fellow Olympian Josh Prenot in the first half of the race, picking up a solid lead by the back-to-breast turn. Kalisz continued to bui...

Olympian Tom Shields got his summer started with a solid 100 butterfly win with a 52.42. Shields pulled away over the last 50 with a win over Tim Phillips (52.87) and Marius Kusch (53.43). Shields is the go-to butterflyer for the United States with the impending retirement of the greatest of all-tim...

Chase Kalisz put on a show on the final night of the arena Pro Swim Series Mesa, winning the 200 fly and 200 IM, both in personal-best times. Hear what he had to say afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g3EXdiKb5k Kalisz explained why he was "shocked" to see the lifetime bests in his two rac...

Swimming World was on deck this past weekend at the Arena Pro Swim Series stop in Mesa collecting video interviews with all of the meet's top performers. Below, you can watch any of the 30 interviews from the meet. Those interviewed included Katie Ledecky, Nathan Adrian, Simone Manuel, Matt Grevers ...

Men's 200 IM Fresh off a dominating victory in the 200 fly, Chase Kalisz was back in the pool and adding another gold medal with a solid win in the 200 IM. Kalisz posted a 1:57.71 to finish 1.47 seconds ahead of the competition and move up to fifth in the 2017 world rankings. Josh Prenot delivered t...

Olympian Katie Meili took the 200 breast out fast in the talented A-final in Mesa at the Arena Pro Swim Series. Meili held off hard charging Melanie Margalis and Madisyn Cox with a 2:25.67. Margalis was second at 2:25.71 and Cox was third at 2:25.89. Meili is now seventh in the world for 2017 after ...

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...