The final stop of the FINA World Cup circuit opened up Saturday morning in Hong Kong, and the American swimmers, including Olympians and National Junior Teamers, all arrived ready to swim fast. Four different U.S. swimmers picked up the top seed in five different events during the session.<\/p>\n
The USA’s\u00a0Breeja Larson<\/strong> finished a tenth ahead of Jamaican co-world record-holder\u00a0Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>in the women’s 100 breast, 1:05.18 to 1:05.28. Russia’s\u00a0Yulia Efimova<\/strong> was a close third in 1:05.43. Another American finished as top qualifier in the women’s 100 fly as\u00a0Kelsi Worrell\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 57.09. U.S. Junior team member\u00a0Eva Merrill<\/strong> qualified second in 58.04, ahead of Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen<\/strong> (58.28) and Hosszu (58.31).<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Michael Andrew<\/strong> topped all qualifiers in the men’s 50 breast, finishing in 27.03, just ahead of Brazil’s\u00a0Felipe Lima\u00a0<\/strong>(27.05). Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> came in third at 27.23, and South Africa’s\u00a0Roland Schoeman<\/strong> was fourth in 27.41.<\/p>\n Andrew picked up his second top seed of the morning when he clocked 53.93 in the men’s 100 IM, but he will have some tight competition in the final. Morozov (54.24), fellow American Josh<\/strong>\u00a0Prenot<\/strong> (54.57), Belarus’ Pavel<\/strong> Sankovich<\/strong> (55.07), Australia’s Mitch Larkin<\/strong> (55.15) and Japan’s Daiya Seto<\/strong> (55.25) all figure to have something to say about the final result.<\/p>\n Regan Smith<\/strong>, a member of the U.S. National Junior team competing in Hong Kong,\u00a0led the way in the women’s 200 back in 2:04.77, but she will face a tight field in the final. Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina\u00a0<\/strong>qualified second in 2:04.95, just ahead of Hungary’s Katinka<\/strong>\u00a0Hosszu<\/strong> (2:05.34), American Lucie Nordmann<\/strong> (2:05.45) and Australia’s Emily Seebohm<\/strong> (2:05.95).<\/p>\n New Zealand’s\u00a0Daniel Hunter\u00a0<\/strong>edged\u00a0Kenneth To<\/strong> for the top seed in the men’s 100 free, 48.47 to 48.49. Olympic bronze medalist\u00a0Pieter Timmers<\/strong> of Belgium qualified third in 49.10, just ahead of Germany’s\u00a0Phillip Heintz<\/strong> (49.12) and 50 free Olympic gold medalist\u00a0Anthony Ervin<\/strong> (49.20).<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Wu Yue\u00a0<\/strong>edged out Hosszu\u00a0by three tenths in the women’s 200 fly. Wu earned the top seed in 1:57.04, Hosszu was second in 1:57.34, and another Hungarian,\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakobos<\/strong> qualified third in 1:58.37.<\/p>\n Larkin\u00a0finished well ahead of the field in the men’s 100 back with a 51.54. China’s\u00a0Peng Wang<\/strong> touched out Sankovich\u00a0in their heat, 52.83 to 52.85, and those two will go into the final ranked second and third, respectively. Seebohm then\u00a0led the way in the women’s 50 back with a 27.08. Nordmann qualified second in 27.25, ahead of Zevina\u00a0(27.38), Worrell (27.44) and Hosszu (27.58).<\/p>\n Taiwan’s\u00a0Tsai Yi-Lin<\/strong> finished first in the men’s 200 fly prelims with a 2:00.03. Second place went to Japan’s\u00a0Masato Sakai<\/strong>, the Olympic silver medalist, who came in at 2:01.00. Canada’s\u00a0Nicholas Dane Dekker\u00a0<\/strong>qualified just behind in third in 2:01.02, ahead of Seto (2:01.42) and South Africa’s\u00a0Chad le Clos<\/strong> (2:01.67).<\/p>\n Efimova qualified first in the women’s 200 IM in 2:09.94. American\u00a0Brooke Forde<\/strong> picked up lane five for the final in 2:11.03, and Hosszu was third in 2:11.29. Canada’s\u00a0Michelle Williams\u00a0<\/strong>cruised to the top spot in the women’s 50 free in 24.35, and she was followed by Worrell (24.59), Ottesen (24.61) and Seebohm (24.75).<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Mychailo Romanchuk<\/strong> finished just ahead of Hungary’s\u00a0Peter Bernek\u00a0<\/strong>after the two went head-to-head in heat three. Romanchuk touched in 3:45.24, just ahead of Bernek’s 3:45.56. Great Britain’s\u00a0James Guy<\/strong> picked up the third seed in 3:49.30.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Marco Koch\u00a0<\/strong>dominated prelims of the men’s 200 breast, finishing in 2:08.97. Americans\u00a0Prenot\u00a0(2:11.27) and\u00a0BJ Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>(2:11.28) went 2-3, and Japanese Olympic finalists\u00a0Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> (fourth, 2:11.99) and\u00a0Ippei Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>(sixth, 2:15.60) also made the top eight. To finished the morning session with a top-seeded 22.90 in the men’s 50 fly. 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