{"id":131428,"date":"2015-04-17T07:38:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T14:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=131428"},"modified":"2015-04-17T12:30:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T19:30:57","slug":"2015-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa-day-3-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial content for the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa\u00a0is sponsored by Arena<\/a>.\u00a0For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Women’s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Katinka Hosszu, fresh off a 400-meter IM and silver in the 200-meter free last night, put up the top time in the morning in the 200-meter fly.<\/p>\n

Hosszu clocked a time of 2:10.67, a couple seconds off her 12th-ranked season best of 2:08.66 from the Golden Tour stop in Marseilles.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Cammile Adams, who already has a sixth-ranked season best of 2:07.61 from the BHP Super Series in January, threw down a 2:11.00 to earn the second seed.<\/p>\n

Mission Viejo’s Katie McLaughlin picked up the third seed in 2:12.30 with Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell making the A final with a fourth-seeded 2:13.75. Worrell is still working herself into shape in the 200-meter fly<\/a>, even though she’s a dynamo in the 200-yard event.<\/p>\n

That’s actually a big personal best for Worrell, down from her previous mark of 2:15.04 from the Charlotte stop of the 2013 Arena Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

California’s Caitlin Leverenz (2:14.38), Stanford’s Maya DiRado (2:15.00), Hannah Saiz (2:15.07) and Gator’s Elizabeth Beisel (2:15.43) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n

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Men’s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The morning after taking home the 400-meter IM title, a sick Tyler Clary<\/a> continued to grind swims out with a top seed in the men’s 200-meter fly.<\/p>\n

Clary turned in a time of 2:01.42 for the top seed this morning. \u00a0That’s well off the top times in the world, with Chad le Clos currently standing 10th with a 1:56.13. \u00a0But, it was enough to get Clary into the center lane.<\/p>\n

Mission Viejo’s Grant Shoults touched just behind with a second-seeded 2:01.43 with Louis Croenen clocking a third-seeded 2:01.88 to also clear 2:02.<\/p>\n

Phoenix’s Alex Coci (2:02.17), Scarlet’s Jonathan Gomez (2:02.20), Arizona Gold’s Mark Jurek (2:02.36), Andres Felipe Montoya (2:02.40) and NBAC’s Tom Luchsinger (2:02.53) also earned their way into the championship heat.<\/p>\n

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Women’s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The women’s 50-meter free finale is stacked tonight with some serious speed after a swift morning qualifying session.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace vaulted to seventh in the world rankings with a sizzling time of 24.72 – the only 24 of the morning. \u00a0That’s better than her previous 12th-ranked best of 24.85 from the Orlando stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n

Canyons’ Abbey Weitzel raced her way to the second seed in 25.32 with California’s Natalie Coughlin making her way to the meet with a third-seeded 25.34 after taking the first two days off.<\/p>\n

Stanford’s Simone Manuel checked in fourth with a 25.38, while Tucson Ford’s Margo Geer qualified fifth in 25.59.<\/p>\n

SwimAtlanta’s Amanda Weir (25.71), SMU’s Isabella Arcila (25.73) and SwimMAC’s Katie Meili (25.84) also cleared 26 seconds en route to making the championship finale.<\/p>\n

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Me’s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There’s the potential for a really fast finale tonight in the men’s 50-meter free.<\/p>\n

Jasper Aerents put up the top time with a 22.44, and is within striking distance of the top 10 in the world currently anchored by Josh Schneider with a 22.12 at the BHP Super Series as well as Luca Dotto with a 22.12 at the Italian Nationals.<\/p>\n

Schneider, meanwhile, qualified second today in 22.70 with Renzo Tjon A Joe earning the third seed in 22.81.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Cullen Jones, the veteran of the bunch at 31, earned the fourth seed in 22.94.<\/p>\n

Grand Canyon’s Marcus Schlesinger (23.06), Badger’s Derek Toomey (23.11), Grand Canyon’s Mazen El Kamash (23.15) and Phoenix’s Erik Risolvato (23.16) also made the A final.<\/p>\n

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Women’s 100 back<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Iron Lady was at it again as Katinka Hosszu claimed her second top seed of the day.<\/p>\n

Hosszu touched out two-time Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry in the final heat, 1:01.34 to 1:01.44, as those two will be the top seeds heading into the finale.<\/p>\n

They have some time to drop to get into the top 10 in the world, currently anchored by a pair of 1:00.20s from Dominique Bouchard and Natalie Coughlin.<\/p>\n

Carolina Colorado claimed the third seed nearly a second back with a 1:02.27, while Courtney Bartholomew earned the fourth seed in 1:02.39.<\/p>\n

Grand Canyon’s Iryna Glavnyk (1:02.45), SwimFlorida’s Kira Toussaint (1:02.86), Stanford’s Maya DiRado (1:02.96) and Tucson Ford’s Bonnie Brandon (1:03.21) comprised the rest of the championship field.<\/p>\n

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Men’s 100 back<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NYAC’s David Plummer produced the only 54-second swim of the morning to top qualifying in the 100-meter back.<\/p>\n

Plummer clocked a time of 54.73, which is well back of the 53.77 currently held by 10th-ranked swimmer Ben Treffers of Australia. \u00a0Plummer will have to drop a second to get into contention for that level of time.<\/p>\n

NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin, now swimming for Serbia, qualified second in 55.01 with Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers posted a third-seeded 55.63. \u00a0Grevers has been a lot faster this year with a fourth-ranked 53.27 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte hit the wall fourth this morning with a 55.67, while California’s Jacob Pebley posted a fifth-seeded 55.93.<\/p>\n

Palo Alto’s Eugene Godsoe (56.34), Luis Rojas (56.59) and California’s Marcin Tarczynski (56.79) made up the rest of the top eight.<\/p>\n

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Women’s 200 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n

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SwimMAC proved to have a strong event as its Team Elite went 1-2 in preliminary qualifying in the 200 breast.<\/p>\n

Micah Lawrence, still bouncing back from a leg injury sustained in Australia<\/a>, put up the top time of the morning in 2:28.37. \u00a0That’s still four seconds back of the top 10 in the world anchored by Jessica Vall’s 2:24.12 from the Marseilles stop of the Golden Tour, but was enough to lead prelims today.<\/p>\n

Her teammate, Katie Meili, who blasted a lifetime best in the 100 breast for the win last night, qualified second in 2:29.85. Hometown girl Breeja Larson qualified third in 2:30.74.<\/p>\n

Hurricane’s Katie Hoff, who had recently been focusing on the 200 free, turned in a fourth-seeded breaststroke time with a 2:31.10 to make the A final.<\/p>\n

Tucson Ford’s Emma Schoettmer (2:31.67), Minnesota’s Haley Spencer (2:32.75), Louisville’s Andee Cottrell (2:34.62) and Badger’s Emily McClellan (2:35.75) claimed the rest of the transfer spots into the championship finale.<\/p>\n

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Men’s 200 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The men’s breaststroke is going to be filled with an international field yet again here in Mesa.<\/p>\n

Louisville’s Carlos Claverie led the way with a 2:16.67, while Carl Mickelson took second in 2:17.81.<\/p>\n

Palo Alto’s BJ Johnson qualified third in 2:18.06 with SoFlo’s Jorge Murillo Valdes earning fourth in 2:18.13.<\/p>\n

Carlos Mahecha (2:18.27), Grand Canyon’s Youssef El Kamash (2:18.93), Uldis Tazans (2:18.98) and Sean Mahoney (2:19.02) will also compete in the championship finale.<\/p>\n

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Women’s 400 free<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Katie Ledecky unleashed in the women’s 400-meter free with a blistering time of 4:02.67.<\/p>\n

That’s Ledecky’s sixth fastest time all time, and put her within striking distance of her world-best time of 4:00.47 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series. \u00a0That swim also stands as her in-season best in the event as the rest of her top championship times are all under 4:00 with a total of four such outings.<\/p>\n

NBAC’s Lotte Friis qualified second today in 4:11.87 and will be fighting for second-place honors tonight unless Ledecky gets sick. \u00a0That’s how dominant Ledecky is at this point in her career.<\/p>\n

Katinka Hosszu, swimming her third event of the day, still managed to pick up the third seed in 4:14.36 after earning the top seeds in the 200 fly and 100 back earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Vien Nguyen (4:15.25), NBAC’s Allison Schmitt (4:15.72), Chile’s Kristel Kobrich (4:15.98), Gator’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:18.52) and Fish’s Madelyn Donohoe (4:19.74) put up the rest of the top eight times to make the finale.<\/p>\n

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Men’s 400 free<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Woodlands’ Michael McBroom put up the top time in prelims with a time of 3:53.85, well ahead of the rest of the field.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary, still managing a difficult slate, qualified second in 3:55.58. \u00a0Trojan’s Conor Dwyer picked up third in 3:55.78 as Clary and Dwyer are still battling in the overall series points.<\/p>\n

Club Wolverine’s Michael Klueh qualified fourth in 3:55.92 with Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta turned in a fifth-seeded 3:56.46.<\/p>\n

Dion Dreesens (3:57.71), NBAC’s Frank Dyer (3:57.94) and Lander Hendrickx (3:58.88) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte picked up 11th with a 3:59.91, while Michael Phelps qualified 17th in 4:02.67\u00a0but decided to scratch the C final spot immediately after the session.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Phelps’ time tied Ledecky’s 400-meter free top seed.<\/p>\n

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