ATLANTA, Georgia, December 5. AFTER a strong first night of swimming, the second day of preliminary action took place at the USA Swimming Short Course National Championships held in Atlanta.<\/p>\n
Women's 200 medley relay<\/b>
\nKING's foursome of Leona Jennings, Ariana Kukors, Lindsey Marchand and Kim Jasmer led the way with a time of 1:40.24, while Auburn's Margo McCawley, Abby MacGregor, Alana Dillette and Caitlin Geary took second in 1:41.10.<\/p>\n
SwimAtlanta (1:42.19), Auburn B (1:42.31), SMU (1:42.97), Alabama (1:43.18), Louisville (1:43.26) and Florida (1:43.32) completed the rest of the championship eight.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 medley relay<\/b>
\nMichigan's squad of Alon Mandel, James Ridgeway, Chris Brady and Bobby Savulich claimed the top seed in 1:28.35, while Florida State's Andrew Hodgson, Scott Thacker, Jaryd Botha and Ed Denton finished second in 1:92.25.<\/p>\n
Auburn (1:29.42), Louisville (1:30.06), Auburn B (1:30.13), Alabama (1:30.45), Georgia Tech (1:30.55) and Seton Hall (1:30.67) picked up the rest of the transfer spots to the A final.<\/p>\n
Women's 400 IM<\/b>
\nDagny Knutson of Minot continued her strong swims with a time of 4:07.58 to qualify first. Ava Ohlgren of Auburn took second in 4:11.90, while Jana Mangimelli of SwimAtlanta placed third in 4:12.46.<\/p>\n
Kirstie Chen of Armada (4:13.15), Teresa Crippen of Florida (4:14.66), Leslie VanWinkle of Louisville (4:15.49), Shannon Vreeland of the Kansas City Blazers (4:17.05) and Melanie Margalis of Saint Petersburg (4:17.20) wound up taking the rest of the transfer spots.<\/p>\n
Men's 400 IM<\/b>
\nMichigan's Tyler Clary earned lane four in the distance medley A final with a time of 3:45.86. Trojan's Hidemasa Sano (3:46.47) and Magnus' Nick D'Innocenzo (3:48.30) finished second and third.<\/p>\n
Club Wolverine's Alex Vanderkaay (3:48.79), Suburban's Ian Clark (3:49.19), Michigan's Andre Schultz (3:50.88), Pine Crest's CJ Nuess (3:51.42) and Brophy's Alex Lendrum (3:52.31) made up the rest of the championship heat.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 fly<\/b>
\nLonghorn Tanica Jamison posted the top prelim time with a 52.30, while KING's Lindsey Marchand took second in 52.54. Rachel Komisarz (52.86) and Athens Bulldog Mary DeScenza (52.93) finished third and fourth.<\/p>\n
Western Kentuky's Claire Donahue (53.37), Palo Alto's Yumi So (53.52), Rockwood's Caroline Rodriguez (53.53) and Auburn's Alana Dillette (53.85) will bracket them in finals.<\/p>\n
Men's 100 fly<\/b>
\nTucson Ford's Masayuki Kishida clocked a swift time of 45.83 to lead the way, while Kyle Bubolz of New Trier (46.36) and Matt Grevers of Tucson Ford (46.52) touches second and third.<\/p>\n
Jakob Andkjaer (46.70), Auburn's Alexei Puninski (46.78), Tucson Ford's Jeff Dash (46.80), Space City's Andy Haidinyak (47.02) and SwimAtlanta's Andres Duda (47.23) will join them in the championship heat.<\/p>\n
Women's 200 freestyle<\/b>
\nDagny Knutson of Minot qualified first in this event as well with a 1:43.90. SwimAtlanta's Amanda Weir (1:45.27), Longhorn's Tanica Jamison (1:45.37) and Longhorn's Samantha Tucker (1:45.75) were among the top four.<\/p>\n
Athens Bulldog Mary DeScenza (1:45.99), SwimFlorida's Erika Erndl (1:46.06), Auburn's Caitlin Geary (1:46.90) and Olympian Allison Schmitt (1:46.91) grabbed the rest of the A final slots.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 freestyle<\/b>
\nMichigan's Charlie Houchin (1:35.18) and Tyler Clary (1:36.16) topped the event, with Kyle Cormier (1:36.21) and Daytona Beach's Ryan Lochte (1:36.21) tying for third.<\/p>\n
Georgia Tech's Noah Copeland (1:36.51), Michigan's Matt Patton (1:36.66), Australia's Leith Brodie (1:36.86) and Indiana's Titus Knight (1:36.89) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 breaststroke<\/b>
\nSuburban's Corrie Clark clocked the only sub-1:00 time of the morning to lead with a 59.84. Lakeside's Elizabeth Tinnon (1:00.30) and George Mason's Ashley Danner (1:00.55) touched second and third.<\/p>\n
KING's Ariana Kukors (1:00.82) and Lindsey Marchand (1:00.96) finished fourth and fifth, while Brophy's Christine Olson (1:01.66), Agua's Annie Zhu (1:01.72) and Aquajet Abby Duncan (1:01.81) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n
Men's 100 breaststroke<\/b>
\nSwimMAC's Mark Gangloff earned the top seed with a time of 53.38, while Tucson Ford's Bart Steninger finished second in 53.44.<\/p>\n
Mike Alexandrov, now swimming under the United States flag after competing for Bulgaria as a dual-citizen the past few years, qualified third in 53.61.<\/p>\n
Poseidon's Stuart Ferguson (53.80), Hunor Mate (53.97), Longhorn's Eric Shanteau (54.06), Louisville's Vali Preda (54.23) and Longhorn's Matt Lowe (54.40) also made the A final.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 backstroke<\/b>
\nBrophy's Noriko Inada posted the fastest time with a 53.30, while Athens Bulldog Mary DeScenza placed second in 53.41. Westerville's Kate McNeilis (53.85), Rays' Erin Reisinger (53.86) and Aquajet Rachel Bootsma (53.89) were third through fifth.<\/p>\n
Auburn's Margo McCawley (53.93), KING's Ariana Kukors (54.01) and West Michigan's Emily Bos (54.04) also took A final spots.<\/p>\n
Men's 100 backstroke<\/b>
\nIndiana's Ben Hesen continues to move closer to the top echelon of male backstroke in the U.S. as he qualified first in the 100 back with a 46.92. A pair of Olympians, Tucson Ford's Matt Grevers (47.13) and Daytona Beach's Ryan Lochte (47.14), finished second and third behind him.<\/p>\n
Dallas Mustang Matt Thompson (47.58), Yale's Alex Righi (47.72), SwimAtlanta's Andres Duda (47.75), Michigan's Alon Mandel (47.91) and Auburn's Kohlton Norys (47.95) finished fourth through eighth to make the A final.<\/p>\n