{"id":251378,"date":"2017-04-13T17:01:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=251378"},"modified":"2017-04-13T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T03:02:12","slug":"katie-ledecky-posts-world-leading-400-on-night-one-of-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-posts-world-leading-400-on-night-one-of-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Posts World Leading 400 on Night 1 of Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first night of the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series from Mesa, Arizona kicked off tonight from the Skyline Aquatic Center. Many Olympians were in action and some were making their first long course appearance since Rio. Other NCAA champions from a few short weeks ago made an appearance in their first long course competition of the season before the World Trials in June. <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> swam the world&#8217;s number one time in the 400 free with a 4:01. Olympic medalists <strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong>, <strong>Nathan Adrian<\/strong>, <strong>Katie Meili<\/strong> and<strong> Josh Prenot<\/strong> also won their respective events tonight on the first night in Mesa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonight&#8217;s Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Free<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Free<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 400 Free<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 400 Free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Olympic champion <strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong> got her 2017 long course campaign started with a 53.66 100 free at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa. Manuel is swimming in her first long course meet since Rio and posted the seventh fastest time in the world this year. Manuel is also coming off a very impressive outing at last month&#8217;s NCAA Championships where she broke the American Record in the 100 SCY free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong> was second behind Manuel as she continues her momentum into the long course season. Comerford was second at 54.22 and <strong>Lia Neal<\/strong> was third at 54.38. <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> (54.78), <strong>Kelsi Worrell<\/strong> (54.84), <strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> (54.92), <strong>Amanda Weir<\/strong> (55.13) and <strong>Amanda Kendall<\/strong> (56.00) also swam in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-posts-solid-100-free-at-arena-pro-swim-mesa\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-7-54-15-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.54.15-PM-e1492131836385.png\" data-orig-size=\"796,582\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"women-100-freestyle-mesa-results\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;women-100-freestyle-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.54.15-PM-e1492131836385-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.54.15-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251400\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.54.15-PM-e1492131836385-700x500.png\" alt=\"women-100-freestyle-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nathan Adrian<\/strong> continues to get it done in an in-season meet as he won the 100 free going away at the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa with the second fastest time in the world this year. Adrian went a 48.18 to swim the fastest time in the world other than Australia&#8217;s <strong>Cameron McEvoy<\/strong> and just ahead of the Olympic Champion <strong>Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian won way ahead of <strong>Joao de Lucca<\/strong> (49.67) and <strong>Cristian Quintero<\/strong> (49.89). <strong>Tom Shields<\/strong> (49.97), <strong>Jacob Pebley<\/strong> (50.04), <strong>Daniel Hunter<\/strong> (50.06), <strong>Matthew Stanley<\/strong> (50.39) and <strong>Marius Kusch<\/strong> (50.54) also swam in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nathan-adrian-posts-second-fastest-100-free-in-world-in-mesa\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-7-34-23-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.23-PM-e1492132614865.png\" data-orig-size=\"784,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"men-100-freestyle-mesa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;men-100-freestyle-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.23-PM-e1492132614865-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.23-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251397\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.23-PM-e1492132614865-700x500.png\" alt=\"men-100-freestyle-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n<p>Olympian <strong>Katie Meili<\/strong> took the 200 breast out fast in the talented A-final in Mesa at the Arena Pro Swim Series. Meili held off hard charging <strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong> and <strong>Madisyn Cox<\/strong> with a 2:25.67. Margalis was second at 2:25.71 and Cox was third at 2:25.89. Meili is now seventh in the world for 2017 after not making the semi-finals at last year&#8217;s Olympic Trials. Margalis is right behind Meili in eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Olympian <strong>Molly Hannis<\/strong> was out of the picture in fourth at 2:28.20. <strong>Breeja Larson<\/strong> (2:28.71), <strong>Riley Scott<\/strong> (2:30.51), <strong>Andrea Cottrell<\/strong> (2:31.84) and <strong>Zoe Bartel<\/strong> (2:32.89) also competed in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-manuel-posts-solid-100-free-at-arena-pro-swim-mesa\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-7-34-15-pm-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.15-PM-1-e1492132803534.png\" data-orig-size=\"790,579\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"women-200-breast-mesa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;women-200-breast-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.15-PM-1-e1492132803534-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.15-PM-1-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251399\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.34.15-PM-1-e1492132803534-700x500.png\" alt=\"women-200-breast-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n<p>Olympic silver medalist <strong>Josh Prenot<\/strong> won the 200 breast at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa with a solid 2:10.47. Prenot back halfed the race to beat out Olympic teammates <strong>Chase Kalisz<\/strong> and <strong>Kevin Cordes<\/strong>. Kalisz was second at 2:11.29 and Cordes was third at 2:11.50. Prenot has been faster already this year after he went 2:09.93 at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis in the beginning of March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlos Claverie<\/strong> (2:11.92), <strong>Daniel Roy<\/strong> (2:12.84), <strong>George Schroeder<\/strong> (2:14.28), <strong>Calvin Yang<\/strong> (2:17.48) and <strong>AJ Bornstein<\/strong> (2:17.68) also competed in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/251390-2\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-7-44-50-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.44.50-PM-e1492133554811.png\" data-orig-size=\"790,585\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"men-200-breast-mesa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;men-200-breast-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.44.50-PM-e1492133554811-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.44.50-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251422\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.44.50-PM-e1492133554811-700x500.png\" alt=\"men-200-breast-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>Olympian <strong>Kelsi Worrell<\/strong> held off Swedish Olympian <strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> in the 100 fly at the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa. Worrell took it out fast and held off a hard charging Hansson with a 58.60 to Hansson&#8217;s 58.80. Worrell still has the eighth fastest time in the world this year with a 58.10 from Indianapolis. <strong>Kendyl Stewart<\/strong> was third at 59.52.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Kendall<\/strong> (59.60), <strong>Lauren Case<\/strong> (59.80), <strong>Aliena Schmidtke<\/strong>, <strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong> (1:00.18) and <strong>Daynara de Paula<\/strong> (1:00.75) also competed in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251426\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kelsi-worrell-holds-off-louise-hansson-in-100-fly-in-mesa\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-7-49-36-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.49.36-PM-e1492133685278.png\" data-orig-size=\"790,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"women-100-fly-mesa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;women-100-fly-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.49.36-PM-e1492133685278-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.49.36-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251426\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-7.49.36-PM-e1492133685278-700x500.png\" alt=\"women-100-fly-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>Olympian <strong>Tom Shields<\/strong> got his\u00a0summer started with a solid 100 butterfly win with a 52.42. Shields pulled away over the last 50 with a win over <strong>Tim Phillips<\/strong> (52.87) and<strong> Marius Kusch<\/strong> (53.43). Shields is the go-to butterflyer for the United States with the impending retirement of the greatest of all-time <strong>Michael Phelps\u00a0<\/strong>and he is put in a worthy swim tonight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Santiago Grassi<\/strong> (53.45), <strong>Long Gutierrez<\/strong> (53.55), <strong>Dylan Carter<\/strong> (53.61), <strong>Zach Harting<\/strong> (53.87) and <strong>Seth Stubblefield<\/strong> (54.49) also competed in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tom-shields-wins-100-fly-in-mesa\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-8-02-39-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.02.39-PM-e1492133908162.png\" data-orig-size=\"793,585\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"men-100-fly-mesa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;men-100-fly-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.02.39-PM-e1492133908162-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.02.39-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251430\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.02.39-PM-e1492133908162-700x500.png\" alt=\"men-100-fly-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Coming off her freshman year at Stanford, <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> had her first LCM race with Stanford and <strong>Greg Meehan<\/strong> in Mesa and posted the world&#8217;s fastest time in the 400 free after it had exchanged hands a couple of times over the last few days. Ledecky swam a 4:01.01 to win the race and lead the world rankings ahead of Australia&#8217;s <strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> (4:04.82). Ledecky&#8217;s time would have won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics behind herself.<strong>\u00a0Leah Smith<\/strong> was second in the race at 4:07.70 and <strong>Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> finished in third at 4:11.48, after coming off her Canadian trials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sierra Schmidt<\/strong> (4:11.57), <strong>Vien Nguyen<\/strong> (4:13.34), <strong>Madisyn Cox<\/strong> (4:14.00), <strong>Haley Anderson<\/strong> (4:14.20) and <strong>Taylor Ault<\/strong> (4:14.46) also competed in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-posts-world-leading-400-free-in-mesa\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-8-16-30-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.16.30-PM-e1492134083539.png\" data-orig-size=\"787,601\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"women-400-free-mesa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;women-400-free-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.16.30-PM-e1492134083539-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.16.30-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251436\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.16.30-PM-e1492134083539-700x500.png\" alt=\"women-400-free-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Louisville freshman <strong>Marcelo Acosta<\/strong> used a stellar back half to distance from the field to win the 400 free A-final in Mesa. Acosta, an El Salvador native won the race in 3:53.38 to hold off a late charge from Cal incoming freshman <strong>Sean Grieshop<\/strong>. Grieshop was second at 3:54.29 and <strong>Taylor Abbott<\/strong> was third at 3:55.11. Grieshop looks to be one of the stars of the future after the retirement of Connor Jaeger. Most of the players for the 400 free spots for Budapest are not present at this meet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marc Hinawi<\/strong> (3:55.99), <strong>Chris Yeager<\/strong> (3:59.87), <strong>Isaac Stump<\/strong> (4:00.47), <strong>Liam Bresette<\/strong> (4:00.96) and <strong>Christian Bayo<\/strong> (4:01.45) also swam in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"251434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-posts-world-leading-400-free-in-mesa\/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-8-25-48-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.25.48-PM-e1492134299828.png\" data-orig-size=\"793,624\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"men-400-free-mesa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;men-400-free-mesa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.25.48-PM-e1492134299828-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.25.48-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\" wp-image-251434\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-13-at-8.25.48-PM-e1492134299828-700x500.png\" alt=\"men-400-free-mesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/results\/2017-arena-pro-swim-series-at-mesa-day-one-finals-day-1\/usa-senior-national\/2017\/April\/13\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa, Day One Finals &#8211; Results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first night of the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series from Mesa, Arizona kicked off tonight from the Skyline Aquatic Center. 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