{"id":237355,"date":"2017-01-17T08:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T15:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=237355"},"modified":"2017-02-23T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T20:36:31","slug":"2017-arena-pro-swim-series-money-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-arena-pro-swim-series-money-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Arena Pro Swim Series Money List: Margalis, Seto Early Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series kicked off this past weekend in Austin, Texas with Olympians and amateurs alike showing up ready to race.<\/p>\n

Olympians\u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong> of Japan and\u00a0Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA jumped to the top of the leaderboard after collecting multiple wins each. Seto, the bronze medalist in the men’s 400 IM at the Rio Olympics, completed victory sweeps of both the IM’s and the fly races, while Margalis was victorious in the 200 free, 200 breast, and 200 IM.<\/p>\n

Seto holds a sizable lead over the men’s leaderboard with 20 points, followed by NC State’s\u00a0Anton Ipsen\u00a0<\/strong>at 13.\u00a0Josh Prenot<\/strong> sits at third overall with 11 points, followed by\u00a0Shinri Shioura<\/strong> (10) and\u00a0Marcos Lavado<\/strong> (9).<\/p>\n

Like Seto, Margalis holds a large lead over the women’s leaderborad with 19 points, while\u00a0Marie-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> sits second with 11 points. Dominance in the 400 and 800 free boasted\u00a0Ashley Twichell<\/strong> to third with 10 points, followed by a tie for fourth between\u00a0Hali Flickinger <\/strong>(8)\u00a0and\u00a0Breeja Larson<\/strong> (8).<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: USA Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n

This year, the Arena Pro Swim Series\u00a0will give out nearly $350,000.<\/p>\n