USA Swimming Grand Prix, Charlotte: Tyler Clary Downs Oldest Meet Record in Books

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 17. CLUB Wolverine's Tyler Clary wiped out the oldest meet record on the books with a time of 1:59.14 in the men's 200 back during the final preliminary session of the Charlotte UltraSwim. The UltraSwim is part of the USA Swimming Grand Prix circuit.

Clary's performance swim eclipsed the 1:59.62 set by Martin Zubero way back in 1992. He finished three seconds ahead of Swim Wales' Marco Loughran (2:02.28).

Longhorn's Aaron Peirsol (2:02.48), Team Ontario's Matthew Swanston (2:03.04), Max Murphy (2:03.67), North Baltimore's Nick Thoman (2:04.58), Pat Schirk (2:04.80) and Rockville Montgomery's Brady Fox (2:04.94) also claimed lanes in the final. Daytona Beach's Ryan Lochte scratched from the event.

Minot's Dagny Knutson kept on trucking this morning, setting up what could be her fourth gold medal of the meet this evening. Knutson qualified two seconds ahead of the field with a 2:15.19 in the women's 200 IM. Fellow prodigy Felicia Lee, 16, of North Baltimore placed second in 2:17.34 with Suburban's Corrie Clark taking third in 2:17.36.

Julia Smit (2:17.60), North Baltimore's Elizabeth Pelton (2:17.88), Swim Florida's Erika Erndl (2:18.05), Bluefish's Elizabeth Beisel (2:18.65) and Club Natation's Stephanie Horner (2:19.06) earned the other championship heat spots.

Brazil's Thiago Pereira grabbed the top seed in the men's 200 IM with a 2:04.17, while Club Wolverine's Alex Vanderkaay will look to provide some competition at the second-seed with a 2:04.82. Club Wolverine dominated the rest of the championship field as Clary (2:05.24), Charlie Houchin (2:05.93) and Dan Madwed (2:06.66) qualified 3-6-7.

Eric Shanteau of Longhorn (2:05.58), Kyle Cormier (2:05.84) and Lochte (2:06.76) each made finals as well.

Gator's Stephanie Proud cruised into the top seed in the women's 200 back with a 2;11.40, while Athens Bulldog Mary DeScenza (2:13.46) and Beisel (2:13.50) will bracket her this evening in finals.

Team Ontario's Lindsay Seemann (2:14.55), Oakville's Annie Harrison (2:15.24), FLA Aquatics' Lauren Driscoll (2:16.55), Club Natation's Barbara Jardin (2:17.43) and Minnesota's Roxane Akradi (2:17.71) will also vie for the title in the finale.

The women's 100 free finale will be star-studded with some top names making the championship heat. Tennessee's Christine Magnuson paced the preliminary heats with a 55.53, while Club Natation's Victoria Poon qualified second in 55.84.

Swim Atlanta's Amanda Weir (55.95), Knutson (56.34), North Baltimore's Katie Hoff (56.43), Smit (56.61) and Athens Bulldogs Kara Lynn Joyce (56.73) and DeScenza (56.76) picked up the final spots.

While Michael Phelps might still be tinkering with the 50-meter version of the sprint freestyle, his 100 has never been in question. He's currently the 100 free American record holder with a 47.51. He proved his ability in the event by matching Longhorn's Ricky Berens for the top seed with 49.50s.

SwimMAC's Cullen Jones (49.75) and Fred Bousquet (49.81) also cleared 50 seconds to make finals. Bryan Lundquist (50.28), Tyler McGill (50.38), Tennessee's Davis Tarwater (50.43) and Club Wolverine's Bobby Savulich (50.60) made up the rest of the championship field.

The women's 1500 free and men's 800 free are still to come.

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