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In a super close contest, the second-ranked swimmer in the world Maya DiRado<\/strong> of Stanford notched a victory against BlueFish’s Elizabeth Beisel<\/strong> in the women’s 400-meter IM.<\/p>\n

DiRado earned the national championship with a time of 4:36.85. \u00a0That’s well off her World Championship time of 4:31.71 that ranks her second in the world.<\/p>\n

Beisel raced her way to silver in 4:37.01, just off her 11th-ranked season best of 4:36.71 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series. \u00a0That’s a big swim considering Beisel was injured this summer and hasn’t been able to put together a top effort in awhile.<\/p>\n

Aggies’ Sarah Henry<\/strong> earned bronze in 4:40.01, while sixth-ranked Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong> wound up fourth in 4:40.79.<\/p>\n

Ella Eastin<\/strong> (4:43.65), Vien Nguyen<\/strong> (4:44.88), Trojan’s Haley Anderson<\/strong> (4:47.01) and UBCD’s Emily Overholt<\/strong> (4:55.69) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n

Ohio State’s Lindsey Clary<\/strong> turned up the heat in the freestyle leg of the B final with a 4:45.50 for the win. \u00a0Matea Samardzic<\/strong> raced her way to second in the heat with a time of 4:45.91. \u00a0California’s Celina Li<\/strong>, who led most of the race, fell to third in 4:46.81 in the freestyle leg.<\/p>\n

Carly Cummings<\/strong> topped the C final in a time of 4:49.63 with Ohio State’s Meg Bailey<\/strong> taking second in 4:50.20. \u00a0Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson<\/strong> posted a 4:52.87 for third in the heat.<\/p>\n

NBAC’s Chase Kalisz<\/strong>, now training in Tempe with Michael Phelps<\/strong> during an Olympic redshirt from Georgia, demolished the field in the men’s 400-meter IM championship heat.<\/p>\n

Kalisz uncorked a blazing time of 4:12.80 for an eight-second victory. \u00a0That swim fell just three seconds short of his scorching 4:10.05 at Worlds that ranked him fourth in the world.<\/p>\n

Max Williamson<\/strong> checked in with a second-place time of 4:20.86, while Gator’s Dan Wallace<\/strong> took third in 4:21.03.<\/p>\n

Bolles’ Christian Carbone<\/strong> (4:25.18), RAC’s Kieran Smith<\/strong> (4:26.54), BlueFish’s Max Miranda<\/strong> (4:26.60) and PACK’s Ben Walker<\/strong> (4:31.97) took fourth through seventh. \u00a0Michigan’s Stephen Holmquist<\/strong> drew a DQ.<\/p>\n

Michigan’s Ian Rainey<\/strong> had an eight-second drop from this morning with a dominant 4:20.94 to win the B final of the distance medley, and would have finished third in the A final. \u00a0Carlos Omana<\/strong> took second in the heat in 4:25.44 with Tal Davis<\/strong> earning third in 4:27.00.<\/p>\n

Pasadena’s Sean Lee<\/strong> won the C final in a time of 4:28.65. \u00a0Michigan’s Ryan Sebastian<\/strong> placed second in 4:29.33 with Tristan Cote<\/strong> earning third in 4:29.85.<\/p>\n

Olympic champion Dana Vollmer<\/strong> dipped under 58 seconds for the first time since the 2013 World Championships to win the 100 fly.<\/p>\n

Vollmer turned in a swift time of 57.95 for the win, vaulting to 16th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Vollmer is still on the comeback trail after giving birth following the 2012 London Olympics.<\/p>\n

SoFlo’s Claire Donahue<\/strong> chased down second in 58.37 with Kendyl Stewart<\/strong> taking third in 58.45.<\/p>\n

California’s Noemie Thomas<\/strong> (58.64), Kelly Naze<\/strong> (58.95) and Farida Osman<\/strong> (59.13) took fourth through sixth.<\/p>\n

Amber Carter<\/strong> (59.46) and Stanford’s Felicia Lee<\/strong> (1:00.00) also swam in the A final.<\/p>\n

Aquazot’s Eva Merrell<\/strong> hit the wall in 58.58 to win the B final. \u00a0Beata Nelson<\/strong> finished second in 59.68 with Gold’s Lauren Case<\/strong> earning third in 59.74.<\/p>\n

SMU’s Marne Erasmus<\/strong> touched out Duke’s Isabella Paez<\/strong> for the C final win, 59.91 and 59.99. \u00a0Duke’s Leah Goldman<\/strong> took third in 1:00.33.<\/p>\n

NBAC’s Michael Phelps<\/strong> collected another national title as he overhauled California’s Tom Shields<\/strong> in the men’s 100-meter fly.<\/p>\n

Phelps raced his way to a 51.38 to overtake Shields, who placed second in 51.41. \u00a0Phelps stunned the world with a top-ranked time of 50.45 this summer at Nationals in San Antonio, and he’s showing he’s in good form heading down the final stretch to the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

Phelps is swimming some of his fastest unshaved times ever, with a pair of sub-52s in one day here in the 100 fly.<\/p>\n

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Michael Phelps' 51.38 at Winter Nationals just now is his *fourth*-fastest non-summer 100m butterfly in USA Swimming's times database.<\/p>\n
— Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) December 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n