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Day two prelims were highlighted by fast swims from Japanese athletes\u00a0Daiya Seto, Fuyu Yoshida,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Syun Kawasaki<\/strong>. Seto, the winner of the 100 fly last night, set himself up for a second gold with a top showing in prelims of the 400 IM.<\/p>\n Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hit refresh for the latest results.<\/p>\n 2016 Olympians\u00a0Hali Flickinger<\/strong> and\u00a0Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>threw down quick times in prelims of the women’s 200 free to grab spots in tonight’s final. Flickinger, representing Athens Bulldogs, returns as the top seed with a time of 1:59.69, while Margalis posted a 2:00.28 to return as third.<\/p>\n Picking up the second place seed was HPCO’s\u00a0Kayla Sanchez\u00a0<\/strong>with a qualifying time of 2:00.20.<\/p>\n Claire Rasmus<\/strong> of Texas A&M picked up the fourth place seed with a 2:00.82, followed by SwimAtlanta’s\u00a0Amanda Weir<\/strong> and her time of 2:01.08.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Holly Hibbott<\/strong> (2:01.17), Great Britain’s\u00a0Kathryn Greenslade<\/strong> (2:01.21), and Scottsdale Aquatics’\u00a0Taylor Ruck<\/strong> (2:01.60) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Japan delivered a 1-2 punch in prelims of the men’s 200 free with\u00a0Fuyu Yoshida<\/strong> and\u00a0Tsubasa Amai\u00a0<\/b>returning as the top two seeds for tonight’s finals. Yoshida turned in a 1:50.46 to qualify first, followed by Amai’s 1:50.52.<\/p>\n Island Swimming’s\u00a0Jeremy Bagshaw<\/strong> posted a 1:50.68 for the third place seed, while NC State’s\u00a0Soeren Dahl\u00a0<\/strong>picked up fourth with a 1:50.97.<\/p>\n Markus\u00a0<\/strong>Torm\u00e4nner<\/b> of UBC Thunderbirds and\u00a0Marcos Lavado\u00a0<\/strong>of Azura posted matching times of 1:51.03 to share the fifth place seed.<\/p>\n North Texas’\u00a0Jack Levant<\/strong> and Japan’s\u00a0Naito Ehara\u00a0<\/strong>earned the seventh and eighth place seeds with times of 1:51.39 and 1:51.42 respectively.<\/p>\n Hilary Caldwell\u00a0<\/strong>of Island Swimming topped the leaderboard in prelims of the women’s 200 back, turning in a top showing of 2:10.77.<\/p>\n NC State’s Mackenzie\u00a0Glover<\/strong> qualified second\u00a0with a time of 2:11.39, followed by 16-year-old\u00a0Eva Merrell<\/strong> and her time of 2:11.91.<\/p>\n Hannah Moore<\/strong>, also of NC State, grabbed the fourth place seed with a 2:13.23, while Magnolia Aquatics’\u00a0Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth with a 2:13.52.<\/p>\n Young guns Taylor Ruck\u00a0<\/strong>of Scottsdale Aquatics and Alex Walsh<\/strong> of Nashville\u00a0picked up the sixth and seventh place seeds with times of 2:13.79 and 2:14.44.<\/p>\n Lisa Bratton<\/strong> of Texas A&M returns as the eighth place seed with a 2:14.56.<\/p>\n Jacob Pebley<\/strong> of California Aquatics topped the competition in prelims of the men’s 200 back with the only sub-2 minute swim. Pebley stopped the clock at a 1:58.19 to return as the top seed for tonight’s finals.<\/p>\n NC State’s\u00a0Hennesy Stuart<\/strong> picked up the second place seed with a 2:00.20 showing, followed closely by Academy Bullets’\u00a0Sean Lehane’s\u00a0<\/strong>2:00.27<\/p>\n Omar Pinzon\u00a0<\/strong>of FAST grabbed the fourth place seed with a 2:03.11, while UBC Thunderbirds’\u00a0Markus Thormeyer<\/strong> was fifth with a 2:03.75.<\/p>\n Rob Hill<\/strong> (2:03.83), NC State’s\u00a0Coleman Stewart<\/strong> (2:04.76), and Front Range’s\u00a0Harrison Lierz<\/strong> (2:04.88) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Ky-lee Perry\u00a0<\/strong>of the NC State Wolfpack and\u00a0Michelle Williams<\/strong>, swimming unattached, delivered matching times from separate heats of the women’s 50 free prelims heats. The two stopped the clock at matching times of 25.39 to return as the top seeds for tonight’s finals.<\/p>\n Texas A&M’s\u00a0Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> grabbed the third place seed with a 25.62, followed closely by the SwimAtlanta duo of\u00a0Amanda Weir<\/strong> (25.76) and\u00a0Maddie Locus<\/strong> (25.88).<\/p>\n A second tie emerged within the top eight qualifiers, as NC State’s\u00a0Natalie Labonge<\/strong> and Texas A&M’s\u00a0Kristin Malone\u00a0<\/strong>posted matching times of 25.91 for the sixth place seed.<\/p>\n Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> of HPCO returns as eighth with a qualifying time of 25.92.<\/p>\n The Japanese men delivered another 1-2 finish in prelims of the men’s 50 free.\u00a0Syun Kawasaki\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Shinri Shioura\u00a0<\/strong>picked up the first and second place seeds with times of 22.70 and 22.73.<\/p>\n Race Pace Club’s\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed the third place seed with a 22.76, followed closely by NC State’s\u00a0Ryan Held’s<\/strong> 22.84.<\/p>\n Yuri Kisil\u00a0<\/strong>of UBC Thunderbirds picked up the fifth place seed with a 22.89, while Tucson Ford’s\u00a0Matt Grevers<\/strong> took sixth with a 22.97.<\/p>\n Pitchfork Aquatics’\u00a0Luis Flores<\/strong> and Eagle Swim Club’s\u00a0Ollie Smith<\/strong> return as the seventh and eighth place seeds with times of 23.14 and 23.23 respectively.<\/p>\n Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> of Neptune Natation picked up the top seed in prelims of the women’s 400 IM after the ‘A’ flighted heats. Harvey posted a qualifying time of 4:41.33 to return as the top seed.<\/p>\n UBC Thunderbirds’\u00a0Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed the second place seed with a 4:44.59, followed by the Texas A&M duo of\u00a0Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> (4:46.14) and\u00a0Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo<\/strong> (4:50.57).<\/p>\n Candace Hall\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain posted a 4:50.70 for the fifth place seed, just ahead of NC State’s\u00a0Hannah Moore<\/strong> and her qualifying time of 4:50.73.<\/p>\n Southern Methodist’s\u00a0Matea Samardzic\u00a0<\/strong>and Texas A&M’s\u00a0Bethany Galat<\/strong> return as the seventh and eighth place seeds with times of 4:50.96 and 4:52.43 respectively.<\/p>\n Japanese Olympian\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>delivered a decisive performance in prelims of the men’s 400 IM, qualifying first for tonight’s finals by more than six seconds with a 4:20.09.<\/p>\n Josh Zakala<\/strong> of Island Swimming picked up the second place seed with a time of 4:26.72, followed closely by NC State’s\u00a0Anton Ipsen’s\u00a0<\/strong>4:27.29.<\/p>\n Race Pace Club’s\u00a0Michael Andrew<\/strong> turned in a lifetime best of 4:28.89, bettering his previous best of 4:38.61 by close to ten seconds.<\/p>\n Luke Reilly<\/strong> of UBC Thunderbirds grabbed the fifth place seed with a 4:33.16, while Nation’s Capital’s\u00a0Sean Conway\u00a0<\/strong>took sixth with a 4:35.70.<\/p>\n Regina Optimist’s Brian Palaschuk<\/strong> and Neptune Natation’s\u00a0Vincent Laperie<\/strong> completed the top eight qualifiers with times of 4:37.65 and 4:39.19 respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day two prelims were highlighted by fast swims from Japanese athletes\u00a0Daiya Seto, Fuyu Yoshida,\u00a0and\u00a0Syun Kawasaki. 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