﻿{"id":177934,"date":"2016-01-16T07:04:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=177934"},"modified":"2016-01-16T16:36:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T23:36:35","slug":"2016-arena-pro-swim-series-austin-day-2-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-arena-pro-swim-series-austin-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Austin: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything you need to follow along with prelims\u00a0live during the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Austin. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 200 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NCAP&#8217;s <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-blasts-5th-fastest-400-free-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">a day after an amazing 400 free and personal best in the 100 free<\/a>, nearly posted her best January 200 free ever.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky clocked a 1:56.54 to lead prelims. That&#8217;s just off her top January time of 1:56.16 set here in Austin a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>She will be vying to post the top January 200 free of all time tonight, currently held by Allison Schmitt with a 1:55.83 from this meet back in 2012 before she went on to claim three golds in London.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sarah-sjostrom-shoots-second-u-s-open-mark-100-fly-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\">a day after posting a pair of U.S. Open records<\/a>, cruised into second with a time of 1:58.07. \u00a0Expect her to turn on the afterburners tonight to challenge Ledecky.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s <strong>Leah Smith<\/strong>, who had a strong 400 free overshadowed by Ledecky&#8217;s exploits last night, qualified third in the 200 with a 1:59.11.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Petersburg&#8217;s <strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong> (1:59.42) and Colorado Stars&#8217; <strong>Missy Franklin<\/strong> (1:59.65) also cleared 2:00 to make the finale.<\/p>\n<p>Aggie&#8217;s <strong>Sarah Henry<\/strong> (2:00.39), Athens Bulldogs&#8217; <strong>Shannon Vreeland<\/strong> (2:00.40) and Texas&#8217; <strong>Madisyn Cox<\/strong> (2:00.46) also made the top eight.<\/p>\n<pre>  1 Ledecky, Katie   18 Nation's Capital  1:55.16    1:56.54 qOLY   \r\n             27.67        57.24 (29.57)\r\n        1:26.89 (29.65)     1:56.54 (29.65)\r\n  2 Sjostrom, Sarah  22 Sweden            1:54.31    1:58.07 qOLY   \r\n             27.78        57.98 (30.20)\r\n        1:28.31 (30.33)     1:58.07 (29.76)\r\n  3 Smith, Leah      20 UN                1:57.52    1:59.11 qOLY   \r\n             28.19        58.44 (30.25)\r\n        1:28.81 (30.37)     1:59.11 (30.30)\r\n  4 Margalis, Melan  24 Saint Petersburg  1:57.91    1:59.42 qOLY   \r\n             29.15        59.49 (30.34)\r\n        1:29.69 (30.20)     1:59.42 (29.73)\r\n  5 Franklin, Missy  20 Colorado Stars    1:55.49    1:59.65 qOLY   \r\n             27.93        57.96 (30.03)\r\n        1:28.91 (30.95)     1:59.65 (30.74)\r\n  6 Henry, Sarah     24 Aggie Swim Club   1:58.72    2:00.39 qOLY   \r\n             28.84        59.34 (30.50)\r\n        1:30.04 (30.70)     2:00.39 (30.35)\r\n  7 Vreeland, Shann  24 Athens Bulldog S  1:57.38    2:00.40 qOLY   \r\n             28.71        59.37 (30.66)\r\n        1:30.25 (30.88)     2:00.40 (30.15)\r\n  8 Cox, Madisyn     20 Univ of Texas     1:59.22    2:00.46 qOLY   \r\n             28.43        58.60 (30.17)\r\n        1:29.37 (30.77)     2:00.46 (31.09)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 200 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France went 1-2 in the men\u2019s 200-meter free this morning with <strong>Jeremy Stravius<\/strong> clipping his compatriot<strong> Jordan Pothain<\/strong> for the top seed, 1:49.14 to 1:49.15.<\/p>\n<p>The French duo will face a pretty strong field in the finale, but it is doubtful that they will challenge the top January swim of all time posted by <strong>Yannick Agnel<\/strong> with a 1:45.76 here in Austin in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019 <strong>Townley Haas<\/strong> clocked in third with a 1:49.57 with NBAC\u2019s <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong> still looking strong here in Austin with a fourth-seeded 1:50.06.<\/p>\n<p>Phelps, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-phelps-clocks-career-best-january-sub-52-100-fly-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\">who set his own January personal best in the 100 fly last night<\/a>, will likely post another best in the 200 free tonight. \u00a0Phelps\u2019 fastest January swim came back in 2011 here in Austin with a 1:49.90. \u00a0He almost cleared that this morning while cruising.<\/p>\n<p>Queens\u2019<strong> Dion Dreesens<\/strong> (1:50.14), Gator\u2019s <strong>Dan Wallace<\/strong> (1:50.25), <strong>Long Gutierrez<\/strong> (1:50.28) and Badger\u2019s <strong>Zane Grothe<\/strong> (1:50.60) picked up the rest of the A final spots.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Stravius, Jerem  27 France            1:47.10    1:49.14 qOLY   \r\n             25.15        52.96 (27.81)\r\n        1:21.60 (28.64)     1:49.14 (27.54)\r\n  2 Pothain, Jordan  21 France            1:48.34    1:49.15 qOLY   \r\n             25.98        53.58 (27.60)\r\n        1:21.75 (28.17)     1:49.15 (27.40)\r\n  3 Haas, Townley    19 Univ of Texas     1:47.55    1:49.57 qOLY   \r\n             25.56        53.70 (28.14)\r\n        1:22.08 (28.38)     1:49.57 (27.49)\r\n  4 Phelps, Michael  30 North Baltimore   1:48.20    1:50.06 qOLY   \r\n             26.17        54.41 (28.24)\r\n        1:22.39 (27.98)     1:50.06 (27.67)\r\n  5 Dreesens, Dion   22 Queens Universit  1:47.20    1:50.14 qOLY   \r\n             25.93        53.88 (27.95)\r\n        1:21.86 (27.98)     1:50.14 (28.28)\r\n  6 Wallace, Dan     22 Gator Swim Club   1:47.04    1:50.25 qOLY   \r\n             26.18        54.40 (28.22)\r\n        1:22.31 (27.91)     1:50.25 (27.94)\r\n  7 Gutierrez, Long  20 UN                1:48.87    1:50.28 qOLY   \r\n             25.70        53.71 (28.01)\r\n        1:22.05 (28.34)     1:50.28 (28.23)\r\n  8 Grothe, Zane     23 Badger Swim Club  1:47.11    1:50.60 qOLY   \r\n             26.43        54.56 (28.13)\r\n        1:23.07 (28.51)     1:50.60 (27.53)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 200 back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After taking a beating last night with what might be her first night at a pro meet without making any money, Hungary&#8217;s <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> found a bit of speed this morning in the 200 back.<\/p>\n<p>Hosszu clocked a 2:08.32 to lead prelims this morning.\u00a0Depending on how she feels tonight, she might have a shot at lowering the best January 200 back ever of 2:07.31 clocked by <strong>Missy Franklin<\/strong> here in Austin in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s <strong>Kathleen Baker<\/strong>, a star in the making, qualified second in 2:10.09 and should challenge Hosszu this evening.<\/p>\n<p>The third and fourth qualified swimmers certainly have the credentials to make a run at dethroning Hosszu tonight. \u00a0Franklin posted a 2:10.25 while SwimMAC&#8217;s <strong>Kirsty Coventry<\/strong> turned in a 2:10.31.<\/p>\n<p>Oakville&#8217;s <strong>Dominique Bouchard<\/strong> (2:10.48), Stanford&#8217;s <strong>Maya DiRado<\/strong> (2:10.61), Texas&#8217; <strong>Quinn Carrozza<\/strong> (2:12.79) and BlueFish&#8217;s <strong>Elizabeth Beisel<\/strong> (2:12.80) also made the championship heat.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Hosszu, Katinka  26 HUN               2:06.18    2:08.32 qOLY   \r\n             30.02      1:02.11 (32.09)\r\n        1:35.21 (33.10)     2:08.32 (33.11)\r\n  2 Baker, Kathleen  18 Univ California,  2:10.42    2:10.09 qOLY   \r\n             30.52      1:03.55 (33.03)\r\n        1:36.75 (33.20)     2:10.09 (33.34)\r\n  3 Franklin, Missy  20 Colorado Stars    2:06.34    2:10.25 qOLY   \r\n             30.82      1:03.63 (32.81)\r\n        1:37.14 (33.51)     2:10.25 (33.11)\r\n  4 Coventry, Kirst  32 SwimMAC Carolina  2:10.01    2:10.31 qOLY   \r\n             31.00      1:04.04 (33.04)\r\n        1:37.33 (33.29)     2:10.31 (32.98)\r\n  5 Bouchard, Domin  24 Oakville          2:08.16    2:10.48 qOLY   \r\n             32.04      1:04.45 (32.41)\r\n        1:37.17 (32.72)     2:10.48 (33.31)\r\n  6 DiRado, Maya     22 Stanford Swimmin  2:08.28    2:10.61 qOLY   \r\n             31.36      1:03.99 (32.63)\r\n        1:37.35 (33.36)     2:10.61 (33.26)\r\n  7 Carrozza, Quinn  19 Univ of Texas     2:13.60    2:12.79 qOLY   \r\n             31.52      1:04.73 (33.21)\r\n        1:38.62 (33.89)     2:12.79 (34.17)\r\n  8 Beisel, Elizabe  23 Bluefish Swim Cl  2:08.33    2:12.80 qOLY   \r\n             31.81      1:05.40 (33.59)\r\n        1:39.21 (33.81)     2:12.80 (33.59)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 200 back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Murphy<\/strong> turned in the top time of the preliminary heats with a 1:56.37. He will have some time to drop to challenge his fifth-ranked season best from last year of 1:55.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryosuke Irie&#8217;s<\/strong> record for the fastest time ever in January with a 1:54.02 from the 2012 Western States meet in Australia is likely safe this evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacob Pebley<\/strong> qualified second in a time of 1:57.83 with SwimMAC&#8217;s <strong>Tyler Clary<\/strong> putting up a 1:58.67 as the only other sub-2:00 swimmer this morning.<\/p>\n<p>NCS&#8217;s <strong>Hennessey Stuart<\/strong> qualified fourth in 2:00.18 with Tucson Ford&#8217;s <strong>Matt Grevers<\/strong> taking fifth in 2:00.19.<\/p>\n<p>NYAC&#8217;s <strong>Arkady Vyatchanin<\/strong> (2:00.84), NBAC&#8217;s <strong>Austin Surhoff<\/strong> (2:01.49) and Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Jay Lelliot<\/strong> (2:02.37) all made the finale as well.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Murphy, Ryan     20 UN                1:55.00    1:56.37 qOLY   \r\n             28.47        57.97 (29.50)\r\n        1:27.31 (29.34)     1:56.37 (29.06)\r\n  2 Pebley, Jacob    22 UN                1:56.29    1:57.83 qOLY   \r\n             28.19        57.43 (29.24)\r\n        1:27.71 (30.28)     1:57.83 (30.12)\r\n  3 Clary, Tyler     26 SwimMAC Carolina  1:54.73    1:58.67 qOLY   \r\n             28.04        57.86 (29.82)\r\n        1:28.13 (30.27)     1:58.67 (30.54)\r\n  4 Stuart, Henness  20 NCS               1:59.27    2:00.18 qOLY   \r\n             27.90        58.18 (30.28)\r\n        1:29.02 (30.84)     2:00.18 (31.16)\r\n  5 Grevers, Matt    30 Tucson Ford Deal  1:57.43    2:00.19 qOLY   \r\n             28.52        59.35 (30.83)\r\n        1:29.57 (30.22)     2:00.19 (30.62)\r\n  6 Vyatchanin, Ark  31 New York Athleti  1:55.30    2:00.84 qOLY   \r\n             28.68        58.90 (30.22)\r\n        1:29.79 (30.89)     2:00.84 (31.05)\r\n  7 Surhoff, Austin  25 North Baltimore   1:59.37    2:01.49 qOLY   \r\n             28.61        59.64 (31.03)\r\n        1:30.49 (30.85)     2:01.49 (31.00)\r\n  8 Lelliott, Jay    20 Great Britain     2:03.17    2:02.37 qOLY   \r\n             29.43      1:00.10 (30.67)\r\n        1:31.44 (31.34)     2:02.37 (30.93)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SwimMAC&#8217;s <strong>Madison Kennedy<\/strong> and Canyons&#8217; <strong>Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> crushed prelims in the women&#8217;s 50-meter free.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy led the way with a 25.03, while Weitzeil clocked a second-seeded 25.06. \u00a0Both times are just a second of the world best from last year of 24.03 set by <strong>Cate Campbell<\/strong> at the BHP Super Series in Perth. \u00a0That time also is the fastest time ever swum in January.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>, who ranked third last year with a 24.20 at Swedish Nationals, turned in a third-seeded 25.14 this morning.<\/p>\n<p>SwimMAC&#8217;s <strong>Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace<\/strong> clocked a fourth-seeded 25.15, while California&#8217;s <strong>Farida Osman<\/strong> posted a 25.18 for the fifth seed.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s <strong>Anna Santamans<\/strong> (25.20), HPCO&#8217;s <strong>Chantal van Landeghem<\/strong> (25.26) and HPCO&#8217;s <strong>Sandrine Mainville<\/strong> (25.38) also made the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>The B final is loaded as well with Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Therese Alshammar<\/strong> (25.42), California&#8217;s <strong>Dana Vollmer<\/strong> (25.62) and California&#8217;s <strong>Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> (25.67) all among the swimmers who made the consolation heat.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Kennedy, Madiso  28 SwimMAC Carolina    24.71      25.03 qOLY   \r\n  2 Weitzeil, Abby   19 Canyons Aquatic     24.80      25.06 qOLY   \r\n  3 Sjostrom, Sarah  22 Sweden              23.98      25.14 qOLY   \r\n  4 Vanderpool-Wall  25 SwimMAC Carolina    24.31      25.15 qOLY   \r\n  5 Osman, Farida    20 Univ California,    24.92      25.18 qOLY   \r\n  6 Santamans, Anna  22 France              24.76      25.20 qOLY   \r\n  7 Van Landeghem,   21 Hpc-Ontario         24.39      25.26 qOLY   \r\n  8 Mainville, Sand  23 Hpc-Ontario         25.12      25.38 qOLY   \r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Alshammar, Ther  38 Sweden              24.99      25.42 qOLY   \r\n 10 Martin, Ivy      22 Wisconsin Aquati    24.62      25.46 qOLY   \r\n 11 Meili, Katie     24 SwimMAC Carolina    25.30      25.51 qOLY   \r\n 12 Vollmer, Dana    28 Una Cal             26.00      25.62 qOLY   \r\n 12 Gastaldello, Be  20 Texas A &amp; M Univ    25.41      25.62 qOLY   \r\n 14 Williams, Miche  25 Hpc-Ontario         24.84      25.66 qOLY   \r\n 15 Coughlin, Natal  33 California Aquat    24.66      25.67 qOLY   \r\n 16 Geer, Margo      23 Tucson Ford Deal    24.95      25.78 qOLY<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NC State&#8217;s <strong>Simonas Bilis<\/strong> earned the top seed of the day in the men&#8217;s splash-and-dash with a 22.36.<\/p>\n<p>If he can drop another half-a-second, he might challenge the January record of 21.70 posted by <strong>Nathan Adrian<\/strong> here in Austin back in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil&#8217;s <strong>Bruno Fratus<\/strong>, who ranked second in the world with a 21.37 last year, qualified second today in 22.44.<\/p>\n<p>NYAC&#8217;s <strong>Jimmy Feigen<\/strong> posted a third-seeded 22.51, while Adrian cruised into fourth with a 22.60.<\/p>\n<p>Indie&#8217;s <strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> qualified fifth in 22.73 and will be chasing his 15-16 U.S. National Age Group record of 22.34 set last year.<\/p>\n<p>SwimMAC&#8217;s <strong>Cullen Jones<\/strong> (22.74) and Club Wolverine&#8217;s <strong>Miguel Ortiz<\/strong> (22.81) qualified sixth and seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Club Wolverine&#8217;s<strong> Junya Koga<\/strong> and Trojan&#8217;s <strong>Anthony Ervin<\/strong> set up a swimoff for eighth with matching 22.82s.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Bilis, Simonas   22 NCS                 22.31      22.36 qOLY   \r\n  2 Fratus, Bruno    26 Brazil              21.41      22.44 qOLY   \r\n  3 Feigen, Jimmy    26 New York Athleti    22.29      22.51 qOLY   \r\n  4 Adrian, Nathan   27 California Aquat    21.37      22.60 qOLY   \r\n  5 Andrew, Michael  16 Indie Swimming      22.34      22.73 qOLY   \r\n  6 Jones, Cullen    31 SwimMAC Carolina    21.83      22.74 qOLY   \r\n  7 Ortiz, Miguel L  24 Club Wolverine      22.36      22.81 qOLY   \r\n  8 Koga, Junya      28 Club Wolverine      22.71      22.82 qOLY   \r\n  8 Ervin, Anthony   34 Trojan Swim Club    21.55      22.82 qOLY   \r\n Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------\r\n 10 Risolvato, Erik  22 Phoenix Swim Clu    22.22      22.89 qOLY   \r\n 11 Condorelli, San  20 Canyons Aquatic     22.04      22.92 qOLY   \r\n 11 Chadwick, Micha  20 U. of Missouri      22.03      22.92 qOLY   \r\n 11 Cheah, Geoff     25 Club Wolverine      22.39      22.92 qOLY   \r\n 14 Ramirez, Daniel  23 Una Obu             23.32      22.95 qOLY   \r\n 15 Stravius, Jerem  27 France              22.58      22.96 qOLY   \r\n 16 Stubblefield, S  22 California Aquat    22.15      23.02 qOLY<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> definitely has some challengers in the 200 back earlier in the evening, she&#8217;s likely to walk away with the 400 IM title as\u00a0she\u00a0clocked a 4:37.50 this morning.<\/p>\n<p>She won&#8217;t take a run at her surprising top-ranked time\u00a0of 4:30.39 from last year, but she might post the fastest January 400 IM ever. \u00a0That record is currently owned by<strong> Aimee Willmott<\/strong> with a 4:33.64 at the 2014 Speedo Cup.<\/p>\n<p>NBAC&#8217;s<strong> Becca Mann<\/strong> qualified second in 4:42.50 with BlueFish&#8217;s <strong>Elizabeth Beisel<\/strong> taking third in 4:43.82.<\/p>\n<p>Aggie&#8217;s <strong>Sarah Henry<\/strong> (4:43.89), SwimMAC&#8217;s <strong>Cammile Adams<\/strong> (4:45.98), Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s <strong>Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> (4:46.01), Texas&#8217; <strong>Madisyn Cox<\/strong> (4:46.06) and California&#8217;s<strong> Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong> (4:48.32) also made the A final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>                     === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Hosszu, Katinka  26 HUN               4:30.39    4:37.50 qOLY   \r\n             29.55      1:03.57 (34.02)\r\n        1:39.19 (35.62)     2:14.20 (35.01)\r\n        2:54.13 (39.93)     3:35.15 (41.02)\r\n        4:06.66 (31.51)     4:37.50 (30.84)\r\n  2 Mann, Becca      18 North Baltimore   4:37.04    4:42.50 qOLY   \r\n             30.63      1:04.39 (33.76)\r\n        1:41.41 (37.02)     2:16.66 (35.25)\r\n        2:58.11 (41.45)     3:39.36 (41.25)\r\n        4:11.44 (32.08)     4:42.50 (31.06)\r\n  3 Beisel, Elizabe  23 Bluefish Swim Cl  4:36.71    4:43.82 qOLY   \r\n             31.11      1:05.99 (34.88)\r\n        1:42.50 (36.51)     2:17.73 (35.23)\r\n        2:57.74 (40.01)     3:38.54 (40.80)\r\n        4:11.65 (33.11)     4:43.82 (32.17)\r\n  4 Henry, Sarah     24 Aggie Swim Club   4:38.88    4:43.89 qOLY   \r\n             31.32      1:05.30 (33.98)\r\n        1:43.34 (38.04)     2:20.46 (37.12)\r\n        3:00.14 (39.68)     3:40.30 (40.16)\r\n        4:12.62 (32.32)     4:43.89 (31.27)\r\n  5 Adams, Cammile   24 SwimMAC Carolina  4:40.41    4:45.98 qOLY   \r\n             30.18      1:03.92 (33.74)\r\n        1:41.35 (37.43)     2:17.39 (36.04)\r\n        2:59.24 (41.85)     3:41.50 (42.26)\r\n        4:14.75 (33.25)     4:45.98 (31.23)\r\n  6 Pickrem, Sydney  18 Texas A &amp; 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