USA Swimming Team Trials Day 1 Prelims: Hali Flickinger Throws Down Dominant 200 Fly to Take Top Seed

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The USA Swimming International Team Trials kicked off with the first morning of prelims on Tuesday from the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

The women’s 200 butterfly was the first event of the day. It started off the session strong as Olympic medalist Hali Flickinger turned in a dominant performance in the event, taking the top seed with a swim of 2:07.75.

Flickinger, swimming for Sun Devil Aquatics, was nearly two seconds ahead of the rest of the field and will have a middle lane for tonight’s final.

Charlotte Hook took the second seed at the USA Swimming International Team Trials in 2:09.51 to hold off Texas’ Emma Sticklen (2:09.71) by two tenths of a second.

Olympian Regan Smith took the fourth seed in 2:09.83, just one hundredth ahead of Michigan’s Olivia Carter (2:09.84), the 2021 NCAA champion. Smith and Carter tied for second in this event at the NCAA Championships and were only a hundredth apart this time.

Rachel Klinker took the sixth spot, toughing the wall in 2:10.66, followed by Lindsay Looney (2:10.80) and Amanda Ray (2:10.85).

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