{"id":116416,"date":"2014-12-05T23:06:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T06:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=116416"},"modified":"2014-12-06T02:41:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T09:41:33","slug":"team-usa-bookends-day-four-prelims-with-american-record-relays-at-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/team-usa-bookends-day-four-prelims-with-american-record-relays-at-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Bookends Day Four Prelims With American Record Relays at Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOHA –\u00a0Team USA bookended the fourth day of prelims with an American record relays in the men’s and mixed 200 free relays at the FINA World Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n

Men’s 200 free relay<\/h2>\n
\"Evgeny<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto\/Lapresse<\/p><\/div>\n

Russia raced its way to the top seed in the men’s 200 free relay, while Team USA collected an American record during prelims of the FINA World Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Evgeny Sedov (20.70), Nikita Konovalov (21.26), Evgeny Korotyshkin (21.65) and Aleksandr Popkov (21.24) hit the top time with a 1:24.85 out of prelims.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, USA’s Josh Schneider (21.87), Matt Grevers (21.02), Ryan Lochte (20.96) and Darian Townsend (21.70) chased down the American record with a second-seeded time of 1:25.55.<\/p>\n

That performance lowered the American record of 1:25.69 set by\u00a0Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Peter Marshall,\u00a0Andrew Schnell and Bobby O\u2019Bryan for Stanford during the 2004 NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n

Italy’s Luca Dotto (21.51), Filippo Magnini (21.44), Marco Orsi (20.78) and Nicolangelo Di Fabio (21.88) placed third in 1:25.61.<\/p>\n

Belgium (1:26.91), Japan (1:28.69), China (1:28.81), Paraguay (1:31.25) and Philippines (1:34.33) also advanced to the finale.<\/p>\n

Women’s 50 back<\/h2>\n
\"Emily<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n

Australia’s Emily Seebohm raced her way to second in the world with a sizzling 26.07 in the 50 back prelims. \u00a0That moved her behind only Etiene Medeiros (25.83) in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu is going for the backstroke sweep after setting world records in both the 100 and 200 back this week. She qualified second in 26.45, while Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk tied USA’s Felicia Lee for third with 26.54s.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (26.62), Czech Republic’s Simona Baumrtova (26.63), Great Britain’s Georgia Davies (26.67) and Japan’s Shiho Sakai (26.74) comprised the rest of the top eight.<\/p>\n

Medeiros (27.06), Denmark’s Mie Nielsen (27.09), Australia’s Madi Wilson (27.13), USA’s Amy Bilquist (27.17), Hong Kong’s Stephanie Au (27.22), Kazakhstan’s Yekaterina Rudenko (27.26), Italy’s Arianna Barbieri (27.28) and Sweden’s Michelle Coleman (27.30) also made the semifinal rounds.<\/p>\n

Men’s 100 free<\/h2>\n
\"Cesar<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: FINA Doha 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

Brazil’s Cesar Cielo led the way in the men’s 100 free prelims, while China’s Ning Zetao downed the Asian record in prelims at the FINA World Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n

Cielo led the way with a 46.50. He’s the second-fastest swimmer in the world this year with a 46.08 from the Jose Finkel Trophy.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Vlad Morozov has the meet record with a 45.51 as the relay leadoff for the 400 free relay, but won’t be swimming the event individually.<\/p>\n

Ning, meanwhile, scorched his way to a 46.76 for the second seed. \u00a0That swim not long crushed the Chinese record of 47.29 set by Lu Zhiwu at the 2012 World Championships, it also undercut the Asian mark of 46.85 set by Japan’s Takuro Fujii in 2009.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Joao de Lucca (46.84), Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna (46.88), Russia’s Danila Izotov (47.00), Belgium’s Pieter Timmers (47.05) and France’s Mehdy Metella (47.26) also made up the top eight.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura (47.32), France’s Florent Manaudou (47.38), USA’s Jimmy Feigen (47.40), Japan’s Shinri Shioura (47.45), Italy’s Luca Dotto (47.68), South Africa’s Leith Shankland (47.72), Cuba’s Hanser Garcia (47.73) and Cayman Island’s Brett Fraser (47.81) will also compete in the semifinals.<\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 50 free<\/h2>\n
\"Ranomi<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto\/Lapresse<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bronte<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n

The Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Australia’s Bronte Campbell posted matching 23.81s to lead the way in prelims this morning. \u00a0Kromowidjojo already stands second in the world with a 23.64, while Campbell bettered her fifth-ranked 23.88.<\/p>\n

Sarah Sjostrom, who owns the top time in the world with a 23.55 from Swedish Championships, elected not to compete individually in this event.<\/p>\n

USA’s Madison Kennedy touched third overall in 24.07, just a bit off Dara Torres’ American record of 23.82 from 2007.<\/p>\n

Germany’s Dorothea Brandt (24.08), Bahamas’ Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (24.11), Italy’s Erika Ferraioli (24.12), The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker (24.24) and USA’s Abbey Weitzeil (24.27) made up the top half of the semifinal bracket.<\/p>\n

France’s Anna Santamans (24.29), Japan’s Miki Uchida (24.35), Denmark’s Pernille Blume (24.40), Russia’s Rozaliya Nasretdinova (24.52), Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (24.56), Finland’s Hanna-Maria Seppala (24.57), Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro (24.61) and Brazil’s Larissa Oliveira (24.67) will also vie for finals spots as part of the semis.<\/p>\n

Men’s 100 IM<\/h2>\n
\"Vlad<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: FINA Doha 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

The Sizzling Siberian Vlad Morozov popped a world-leading time of 51.57 in the sprint medley this morning.<\/p>\n

The time eclipsed the 51.79 set by George Bovell at the Dubai stop of the FINA World Cup this year. \u00a0Bovell, however, elected to withdraw from the competition to focus on other goals this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sergei Fesikov checked in with a 52.08 for second out of prelims, while Germany’s Markus Deibler placed third in 52.16. \u00a0Deibler is the only other 51-second man this year with a 51.81 from the German Championships in Wuppertal.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino (52.62), USA’s Ryan Lochte (52.66), Poland’s Marcin Cieslak (52.68), Brazil’s Henrique Rodrigues (52.73) and Japan’s Takuro Fujii (52.77) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n

Italy’s Marco Orsi (53.04), Estonia’s Martti Aljand (53.17), Hungary’s David Foldhazi (53.23), Greece’s Andreas Vazaios (53.35), Israel’s Yakov Yan Toumarkin (53.36), Czech Republic’s Jan Sefl (53.52), Brazil’s Thiago Simon (53.55) and South Africa’s Sebastien Rousseau (53.55) grabbed the rest of the semifinal transfer spots.<\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 100 fly<\/h2>\n
\"Swimming<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Action Images \/ Norman Ng<\/p><\/div>\n

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen powered her way to the top of the 100 fly prelims this morning.<\/p>\n

Ottesen turned in a time of 56.54, just off her fifth-ranked season best of 56.34 from the Danish Championships.<\/p>\n

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, the second-ranked swimmer in the world with a 55.98 from the Swedish Championships, took second this morning in 56.56.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker, third in the world with a 56.03, placed third in prelims as well with a 56.83.<\/p>\n

Italy’s Ilaria Bianchi and Brazil’s Daiene Marcal Dias tied for fourth with matching 56.87s, while world-leader Lu Ying cruised into semis with a sixth-place 56.88. \u00a0She has the top swim in the world with a 55.95 from the Beijing stop of the FINA World Cup.<\/p>\n

Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi (56.94) and Belgium’s Kimberly Buys (57.18) finished seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Katerine Savard (57.22), USA’s Felicia Lee (57.22), China’s Chen Xinyi (57.26), Italy’s Elena Di Liddo (57.34), Russia’s Anastasiia Liazeva (57.51), Brazil’s Daynara De Paula (57.61), USA’s Claire Donahue (57.64) and Switzerland’s Danielle Villars (57.80) also made semis.<\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 200\u00a0IM<\/h2>\n
\"Evelyn<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n

Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto turned in the top time of prelims with a 2:06.93 this morning. \u00a0That’s a huge drop from her seventh-ranked season best of 2:08.03 as she now stands fourth in the world.<\/p>\n

USA’s Caitlin Leverenz placed second in 2:07.01 to move to fifth in the world, while world-record holder Katinka Hosszu cruised into third with a 2:07.04.<\/p>\n

Hosszu could be looking for her fourth\u00a0world record of the meet after taking down the 100 back, 200 back and 100 IM marks thus far.<\/p>\n

USA’s Melanie Margalis (2:07.05), Great Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (2:07.38), Great Britain’s Hannah Miley (2:08.22), Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu (2:08.52) and Australia’s Ellen Fullerton (2:08.72) also earned spots in the finale.<\/p>\n

The big surprise is that Mireia Belmonte Garcia, who won the event in 2010 and has been dominating the meet with four golds so far, missed finals with a 10th-place 2:08.75.<\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 50 breast<\/h2>\n
\"Adam<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: FINA Doha 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

The men’s sprint breaststroke semis certainly are loaded with top-tier talent.<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty put up the top time of the morning with a 26.07 to move to third in the world, while world-record holder Cameron van der Burgh charged to second in 26.27.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Felipe Silva, the world-leader with a 25.71 from the Jose Finkel Trophy meet, took third in 26.37, while Slovenia’s Damir Dugonjic finished fourth in 26.39.<\/p>\n

France’s Giacomo Perez-Dortona (26.46), Russia’s Sergey Geybel (26.55), Russia’s Kirill Prigoda (26.56) and Brazil’s Joao Gomes Jr. (26.59) claimed fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n

New Zealand’s Glenn Snyders (26.61), Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli (26.65), Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki (26.74), Sweden’s Johannes Skagius (26.80), South Africa’s Giulio Zorzi (26.84), USA’s Cody Miller (26.85), USA’s Brad Craig (26.87) and Italy’s Andrea Toniato (26.88) will also compete in semis.<\/p>\n

Mixed 200 free relay<\/h2>\n
\"Natalie<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile<\/p><\/div>\n

The U.S. opened and closed this session with a relay American record as the mixed 200 free relay squad led prelims at the FINA World Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n

The team of Josh Schneider (21.81), Darian Townsend (21.58), Amy Bilquist (23.91) and Natalie Coughlin (23.50) blitzed prelims with a time of 1:30.80. \u00a0That’s just more than a second off the world record of 1:29.53, and beats the American record of 1:33.29 set by Anthony Ervin, Paul Powers, Katie McLaughlin and Kylie Stewart at the 2013 Beijing stop of the FINA World Cup.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Alan Vitoria (21.70), Henrique Martins (21.31), Daiane Oliveira (24.30) and Alessandra Marchioro (24.37) placed second in 1:31.68, while Germany’s Marco Di Carli (22.00), Steffen Deibler (21.48), Dorothea Brandt (23.82) and Daniela Schreiber (24.44) placed third in 1:31.74.<\/p>\n

Russia (1:31.80), Italy (1:32.07), Ukraine (1:32.39), South Africa (1:33.28) and Norway (1:34.48) also will compete in the championship heat.<\/p>\n

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  • Men’s 100 IM<\/li>\n
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  • Women’s 200 IM<\/li>\n
  • Men’s 50 breast<\/li>\n
  • Mixed 200 free relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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