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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Christmas training is over\u2014quiet down, everyone, we know you’re excited\u2014and it’s time for some swim meets. In the U.S., the first big one of the year gets started Friday in Austin, Texas, with the first stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n

With plenty of familiar faces entered<\/a>, one figures to expect some good racing and fast times\u2014by January standards, anyway. No, it’s highly unlikely that anyone will break a world record like\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong> did last year<\/a>. But that hardly ever happens at this time of year.<\/p>\n

The psych sheet is\u00a0available\u00a0here<\/a>, and the our picks for the top five races of the weekend are below.<\/p>\n

1. Men’s 400 IM<\/h3>\n

This will be familiar territory for\u00a0Sean Grieshop<\/strong>, racing his signature event in a pool that he is intimately familiar with while sleeping in his own bed at night. The 18-year-old was an Olympic Trials finalist and the Short Course National Champion in the event.<\/p>\n

Coming from slightly further away is Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong>, who has won the last five World titles (long course plus short course) and was the Olympic bronze medalist this summer in Rio. Seto is entered at 4:13.52, but his best time is 4:08.50, set at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan. Grieshop’s best, in comparison, is 4:14.00.<\/p>\n

So, yes, probably a mismatch but still an excellent chance for Grieshop to get in some experience against one of the best in the world in the event in which both have thrived.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: R-Sport \/ MIA Rossiya Segodnya<\/p><\/div>\n

2. Women’s 200 Free<\/h3>\n

The top two seeds in this event were born nine years apart, and both focus on events other than the 200 free. 25-year-old\u00a0Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>is the top seed in the event, and although she’s better known as a 200 IMer, Margalis did finish sixth in the 200 free at Olympic Trials and then swam in the prelims of the 800 free relay in Rio, earning a gold medal.<\/p>\n

The next two seeds are both 16, and both hail from Canada. Seeded second is\u00a0Penny <\/strong>Oleksiak<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0Olympic gold medalist in the 100 free who split 1:54.94 in anchoring Canada to bronze in the 800 free relay at the Olympics in Rio. Just behind her is Taylor Ruck<\/strong>, who actually specializes in the 200 free, having won a bronze medal in the event\u00a0at the Short Course World Championships last month.<\/p>\n

Oleksiak definitely has the most speed of the trio, and both Margalis and Ruck can bring it home strong. Ruck, in particular, bears watching after illness derailed her Olympic Trials last spring. She could be a consistent force internationally in the 200 for a years down the road.<\/p>\n

Some of the potential party-crashers in this field include\u00a0Hali Flickinger<\/strong>, an Olympic finalist in the 200 fly who was a semifinalist in the 200 free at U.S. Olympic Trials, along with another 16-year-old Canadian in\u00a0Rebecca Smith<\/strong>. Further down the list is 17-year-old\u00a0Morgan Tankersley<\/strong>, one of the top performers from the U.S. Junior Nationals<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Swimming Canada\/Kevin Jarrold<\/p><\/div>\n

3. Men’s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n

Even with the two men who represented the U.S. in Rio\u00a0(Cody Miller\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Kevin Cordes<\/strong>) absent, this field still has four sub-1:00 100 breaststrokers, all from the U.S. The list includes 2015 National Champion\u00a0Andrew Wilson<\/strong>, 2013 World Championships finalist\u00a0Nic Fink<\/strong>,\u00a0200 breast Olympic silver medalist\u00a0Josh Prenot<\/strong> and versatile 17-year-old\u00a0Michael Andrew<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That said, it’s January, and expecting any of these men to get under the once-sacred minute mark might be a little unrealistic. But the quartet needs to get used to racing each other. Even though Miller and Cordes, the only two Americans to break 59 in a textile suit, are still training and competing, it’s not a big gap back to the pack. The top five at Olympic Trials in the event were separated by less than eight tenths of a second.<\/p>\n

After years of struggling to replace\u00a0Brendan Hansen’s\u00a0<\/strong>production in the 100 breast after 2008 and again after 2012, the United States now has a strong contingent of sprint breaststrokers from which to pull.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

4. Women’s 200 Back<\/h3>\n

Olympic bronze medalist\u00a0Hillary Caldwell\u00a0<\/strong>has the top credentials of anyone in this field, and seeded just behind her is Texas A&M junior\u00a0Li<\/strong>sa Bratton<\/strong>, who\u00a0finished a close third in the event at the Olympic Trials and won’t have to come very far from her training base in College Station for the meet.<\/p>\n

We know pretty well what Caldwell and Bratton can do in the 200 back, but it’s the teenagers further down the psych sheet that make this one intriguing. In addition to her freestyle talents, Ruck is a good backstroker, having previously swum under 2:10 in the race, and she is one of three 16-year-olds seeded in the 2:09-range, along with\u00a0Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Eva Merrell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Both Nordmann and Merrell had impressive performances while wearing USA caps this fall. Nordmann made the final in all three backstroke events at the World Cup stop in Tokyo\u2014the 100 might be her better of the two Olympic-distance backstroke races, but she is solid at both\u2014while Merrell, after finishing ninth in the event at Olympic Trials, won the 200-yard back at the USA College Challenge in 1:52.20.<\/p>\n

Talented 15-year-old\u00a0Alex Walsh<\/strong> is also in this race. Although her 200 IM and the breaststroke events have flashed the most potential recently, she did post a 1:52.07 in the 200-yard back at Junior Nationals in 2015 before finishing 11th in the long course version of the event at Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Swimming Canada\/Kevin Jarrold<\/p><\/div>\n

5. Men’s 100 Back<\/h3>\n

When\u00a0Matt Grevers<\/strong> pulled out of the semifinals of the 200 back at Olympic Trials and left town, his future in the sport appeared uncertain. The defending gold medalist in the 100 back had missed making the team in his best event, finishing third behind\u00a0Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0David Plummer<\/strong>\u2014the duo who went on to win gold and bronze, respectively, in Rio.<\/p>\n

But Grevers is back. Less than two months after becoming a father for the first time, Grevers will compete in Austin in the 50 free and 100 back\u2014an event where he remains the third-fastest performer of all-time. Grevers appeared on Off Deck<\/em><\/a> this week to discuss his return to racing and explain how it felt finishing third this summer at Trials.<\/p>\n

He’ll get a good race in his first meet since then. The 100 back field features\u00a0Jacob Pebley<\/strong>, who placed one spot behind Grevers at Olympic Trials, as well as\u00a0Arkady Vyatchanin<\/strong>, who tied for bronze in the event at the 2008 Olympics while Grevers earned silver.\u00a0Sean Lehane<\/strong>, another finalist from Omaha, will also compete.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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