2017 Arena Pro Swim Series: Mesa - (Tag)

Leah Smith and Molly Hannis each finished second in a race on the final night of the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa, Ariz. Hear what they had to say afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e6SXUKd1EI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tj9zALB_AY Smith discussed why she wanted to come to Mesa ...

Heat sheets for prelims of the third and final day of competition at the 2017 arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa are now available. DAY 3 PRELIMS HEAT SHEETS Events on the schedule include the 200 fly, 100 breast, 100 back, and 200 IM, while the women will swim timed finals of the 800 free and the men wi...

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...

By David Rieder. He’s accomplished just about everything one could want in the sport of swimming. And after three Olympics and eight medals, five of them gold, Nathan Adrian has returned to competition for another go-round. If it seems like Adrian has been around forever, there’s good reason for tha...

Chase Kalisz won the 400 IM on night two at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa and afterwards spoke with Swimming World. https://youtu.be/qjY5OfKDsyE Kalisz explained why he decided to return to racing so quickly after the NCAA championships, why he feels more comfortable racing long course than...

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...

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 ...

The heat sheets are now available for the final session of the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa. The session will include finals of the women's and men's 200 fly, 100 breast, 100 back and 200 IM, along with the women's 800 and men's 1500 free. Click here to view the full heat sheet. Ella Eastin, t...

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...

Taylor Ruck swam the 200 IM on the final day of the arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa, less than a week after competing at Canada's national meet. In Mesa, she spoke with Swimming World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZXCB5AHtQ Ruck did not qualify for the World Championships for Canada, and she expl...

Women's 100 Back Ali Deloof blasted to the top of the podium in finals of the women's 100 back. Deloof posted a sizzling 59.43 for gold, making her the only athlete beneath the one-minute mark. Her time ties her for fourth in the world rankings with China's Jie Chen. Mie Nielsen took second overall ...

Women's 200 Free Stanford teammates Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel pushed each other throughout the start of the women's 200 free. While fellow distance queen Leah Smith hung close throughout the race. Ledecky pulled ahead at the 100-meter mark, slowly pulling away from the field to post a final ti...

Katie Ledecky posted a strong second morning at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa, Ariz., qualifying first for finals in both the 200 free and 400 IM. But she figures to have some strong competition in the evening finals, and also competing in championship heats will be Nathan Adrian, Simone Ma...

Ali DeLoof dominated the women's 100 back, clocking in at 59.43, tied for the fourth fastest time in the world. Hear what she had to say afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gky3o4hfTcw DeLoof explained why she was so shocked at her final time, and she discussed how life has changed since bec...

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 200 Fly Kelsi Worrell cruised to an easy victory in finals of the women's 200 fly. Worrell pulled ahead early in the race and never looked back, stopping the clock at a final 2:09.04 for the gold. Worrell's time moves her into the top 20 world rankings for 2017. Lauren Case finished second o...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Hear what two-time Olympic medalist Katie Meili had to say after winning the 200 breast at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEsCmfP7hdM Meili explained in the video how training under David Marsh with Team Elite has changed this season and what "life-changing" ...