Everything you need to follow along with prelims of day four of the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.<\/p>\n
Schedule of events:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hit refresh for all the latest coverage.<\/p>\n Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong> grabbed the top seed for tonight’s finals of the women’s 200 IM with a time of 2:14.44. Leverenz, who specializes in the IM, finished more than two seconds ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Leverenz was followed by a tie between Karlee Bispo<\/strong> and\u00a0Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> for second. The two posted matching times of 2:16.54.<\/p>\n Emma Reaney<\/strong> delivered a time of 2:17.00 for tonight’s fourth place seed, while\u00a0Monika Gonzalez Hermosillo<\/strong> finished fifth overall in prelims with a time of 2:17.27.<\/p>\n The sixth place seed was picked up by Kate Mills\u00a0<\/strong>and her time of 2:17.40.<\/p>\n Miranda Tucker\u00a0<\/strong>(2:17.53) and\u00a0Ary Medina\u00a0<\/strong>(2:17.70) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Norbert Szabo\u00a0<\/strong>bested the competition in prelims of the men’s 200 IM to claim the top seed. Szabo stopped the clock at a 2:02.51 for first.<\/p>\n Picking up the second place seed was\u00a0Tom Peribonio<\/strong> with a final 2:03.16. He was followed closely by\u00a0Conor Dwyer’s\u00a0<\/strong>third place finish of 2:03.57.<\/p>\n Jose Martinez<\/strong> grabbed the fourth place seed in tonight’s final with a time of 2:03.70, while\u00a0Uvis Kalnins<\/strong> was fifth with a 2:04.06.<\/p>\n Ryan Lochte<\/strong>, the 400 IM winner from last night, picked up the sixth place seed with a time of 2:04.26. Lochte’s best time from 2016 sits at a 1:58.43 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n Michael Weiss<\/strong> (2:04.74) and\u00a0Kyle Whitaker\u00a0<\/strong>(2:05.07) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n The women’s 200 back was highlighted by a close field.\u00a0Erin Voss<\/strong> pulled away from the competition to grab tonight’s first place seed wit ha time of 2:11.08.<\/p>\n Posting similar times to return as tonight’s second and third place seeds were\u00a0Dominique Bouchard\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Alex Sumner<\/strong>. Bouchard posted a 2:11.54 for second, ahead of Sumner’s 2:11.60.<\/p>\n Close on their heels was\u00a0Clara Smiddy<\/strong>, qualifying fourth for tonight’s final with a time of 2:11.66.<\/p>\n Fifth went to\u00a0Kylie Masse<\/strong>, last night’s 100 back winner, and her time of 2:12.09.<\/p>\n Jen Marrkand<\/strong> posted a 2:13.41 for sixth, while\u00a0Alice Treuth<\/strong> was seventh with a 2:13.83.<\/p>\n Eighth was picked up by\u00a0Kirsty Coventry<\/strong> and her time of 2:13.98.<\/p>\n Tyler Clary<\/strong> delivered the top time in the men’s 200 back for the morning. Clary stopped the clock at a 1:59.48 to qualify first for tonight’s finals and to be the only athlete under the 2-minute mark.<\/p>\n Grabbing the second place seed was\u00a0Arkady Vyatchanin<\/strong> with a time of 2:00.57. Vyatchanin currently sits at eighteenth in the world rankings for 2016 with a 1:57.51 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n Robert Owen<\/strong> was a close third in prelims with a time of 2:00.86, while\u00a0Carter Griffin<\/strong> picked up fourth with a 2:01.91.<\/p>\n Fifth place was claimed by\u00a0Aaron Greene<\/strong> and his time of 2:02.18.<\/p>\n Posting similar times for sixth and seventh in prelims were\u00a0Tristin Sanders<\/strong> and\u00a0Andy Song An<\/strong>. Sanders turned in a 2:03.70 over Song An’s 2:03.78.<\/p>\n David Cespedes Echeverry\u00a0<\/strong>wrapped up the top eight with a 2:03.83.<\/p>\n Katie Meili<\/strong> scared the meet and pool record in the women’s 50 breaststroke, posting a time of 30.62 to earn the top seed in tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Sprint breaststroke superstar\u00a0Lilly King<\/strong> turned in the second fastest time of the morning, stopping the clock at a 30.78.<\/p>\n Alia Atkinson<\/strong>, the meet record holder in this event, finished third in prelims with a time of 31.33, just ahead of\u00a0Rachel Nicol’s<\/strong> 31.39.<\/p>\n Picking up fifth was\u00a0Emily McClellan<\/strong> and her time of 31.65, while\u00a0Miranda Tucker\u00a0<\/strong>claimed the sixth place seed with a 31.89.<\/p>\n Andee Cottrell\u00a0<\/strong>(32.10) and\u00a0Danielle Herrmann<\/strong> (32.36) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Cody Miller<\/strong> continued to dominate the breaststroke events with a new pool record in the men’s 50 breaststroke during prelims. Miller stopped the clock at a 27.39 to lower the existing record of 27.71 set in 2013 by\u00a0Mike Alexandrov.<\/strong><\/p>\n Richard Funk<\/strong> picked up the second place seed with a time of 28.07.<\/p>\n Jason Block\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Kevin Steel<\/strong> turned in similar times of 28.17 and 28.18 to finish third and fourth, respectively, in prelims.<\/p>\n The close times continued with\u00a0Zach Hayden\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Nic eriksson<\/strong> posting times also only .01 seconds apart. Hayden picked up fifth with a 28.20 just ahead of Eriksson’s 28.21.<\/p>\n Youssef El Kamash\u00a0<\/strong>(28.37) and\u00a0Jorge Murillo Valdes\u00a0<\/strong>(28.38) were seventh and eighth respectively.<\/p>\n “Momma on a Mission”\u00a0Dana Vollmer\u00a0<\/strong>continued to sharpen her swims with the top finish in the women’s 100 free. Vollmer clocked a 53.59 to enter the top ten world rankings for 2016 at ninth.<\/p>\n Young sprintstar\u00a0Penny Oleksiak\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed second with a qualifying time of 54.15, sitting not far off her sixth ranked time of 53.31 from the Canadian Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n Chantal Van Landeghem,\u00a0<\/strong>last night’s winner of the 50 free, earned the third place seed with a time of 54.30, just ahead of\u00a0Madison Kennedy’s\u00a0<\/strong>54.62.<\/p>\n Fifth was picked up by\u00a0Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace\u00a0<\/strong>and her time of 54.74.<\/p>\n Sandrine Mainville\u00a0<\/strong>(55.08),\u00a0Taylor Ruck\u00a0<\/strong>(55.45), and\u00a0Siobhan Haughey\u00a0<\/strong>(55.55) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n The top two qualifiers in the men’s 100 free succeeded in clocking the only sub-50 second 100’s during prelims.\u00a0Joao De Lucca\u00a0<\/strong>turned up the heat to grab the first place seed with a time of 49.58, while\u00a0Yuri Kisil<\/strong> grabbed second with a 49.92.<\/p>\n Jimmy Feigen\u00a0<\/strong>finished third overall in prelims with a time of 50.02, just ahead of\u00a0Santo Condorelli’s\u00a0<\/strong>50.13.<\/p>\n Ryan Lochte<\/strong> qualified close behind with a 50.15 for fifth.<\/p>\n A trio of close swims completed the eight qualifiers.\u00a0Cullen Jones<\/strong> was sixth with a 50.31 and was followed closely by\u00a0Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>(50.34) and\u00a0Michael Chadwick\u00a0<\/strong>(50.35).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along with prelims of day four of the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte. 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