The Campbell Sisters led the way in the women’s 100-meter free at the 2016 Japan Open day two prelims.<\/p>\n
Cate posted a top time of 53.06, off her top-ranked 52.38 from Australian Nationals, while sister Bronte qualified second in 54.27. \u00a0Bronte is ranked second in the world with a 52.58. Rikako Ikee<\/strong> placed third in prelims with a 54.60.<\/p>\n Cameron McEvoy<\/strong> threw down a 47.88 to lead the men’s 100-meter free. \u00a0That’s would be the top-ranked time in the world if he hadn’t already clocked a 47.04 at Australian Nationals..<\/p>\n James Magnussen<\/strong> qualified second in 48.52 with Katsumi Nakamura<\/strong> rounding out the top three in 49.34.<\/p>\n Kosuke Hagino<\/strong>, already the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 4:08.90 from Japanese Nationals, unleashed a 4:11.48 to top men’s 400-meter IM qualifying. That time would put him third in the wasn’t already at the top of the rankings.<\/p>\n Tomoya Takeuchi<\/strong> qualified second in 4:18.62, while Daiya Seto<\/strong> cruised his way to a third-seeded 4:20.29. \u00a0Seto has a seventh-ranked 4:12.98 to his credit this year already, and was clearly keeping his powder dry during prelims.<\/p>\n Sakiko Shimizu<\/strong> paced the women’s 400-meter IM with a time of 4:40.31. \u00a0She’s been much faster with a sixth-ranked 4:35.04 to her credit this year. Miho Takahashi<\/strong> (4:44.46) and Hanako Ueda<\/strong> (4:44.61) qualified second and third behind her.<\/p>\n Rikako Ikee<\/strong> checked in with a 26.66 to top the women’s 50-meter fly. \u00a0Tomoyo Fukuda<\/strong> took second in prelims with a 27.23, while Yukina Hirayama<\/strong> snared third in prelims with a time of 27.25.<\/p>\n Masayuki Kishida<\/strong> raced his way to a time of 23.79 in the men’s 50-meter fly. \u00a0Kohei Kawamoto<\/strong> qualified second in 24.10 with Syunichi Makao<\/strong> posting a third-seeded time of 24.12.<\/p>\n Kanako Watanabe<\/strong> put up a 31.58 in the women’s 50-meter breast to lead prelims. \u00a0Miho Teramura<\/strong> posted a second-seeded 31.72 with Satomi Suzuki<\/strong> earning third overall in 31.74.<\/p>\n Koichiro Okazaki<\/strong> topped the men’s 50-meter breast with a top time of 27.70. \u00a0Ryota Nomura<\/strong> qualified second in a time of 27.73 with Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> taking third in a time of 27.76.<\/p>\n Australia’s Daniel Smith<\/strong> earned the top seed of the men’s 400-meter free with a time of 3:49.36. \u00a0Takeshi Matsuda<\/strong> finished second in prelims with a time of 3:51.67 with Yuki Kobori<\/strong> earning third in 3:51.93.<\/p>\n Australia’s Belinda Hocking<\/strong> captured the top seed in the women’s 200-meter back at 2:10.46. \u00a0Hong Kong’s Stephanie Au<\/strong> (2:10.92) and Hong Kong’s Claudia Lau<\/strong> (2:11.19) closed out the rest of the top three in an internationally-filled field.<\/p>\n Australia’s Josh Beaver<\/strong> claimed the top seed in the men’s 200-meter back with a 1:59.31. \u00a0That’s well off his seventh-ranked best of 1:56.19 from Australian Nationals. \u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong> checked in with a second-seeded 1:59.71,\u00a0tying Ryosuke Irie<\/strong> in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Campbell Sisters led the way in the women’s 100-meter free at the 2016 Japan Open day two prelims. Cate posted a top time of 53.06, off her top-ranked 52.38<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":149655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[57713],"class_list":["post-204053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2016-japan-open"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n