﻿{"id":258008,"date":"2017-05-28T14:08:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T21:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=258008"},"modified":"2017-05-28T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T21:08:58","slug":"abbey-weitzeil-vlad-morozov-lead-last-day-of-speedo-grand-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/abbey-weitzeil-vlad-morozov-lead-last-day-of-speedo-grand-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbey Weitzeil, Vlad Morozov Lead Last Day of Speedo Grand Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final day of prelims from the 2017 Speedo Grand Challenge from Irvine, California sets up what should be an exciting last finals session.<\/p>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s <strong>Marina Garcia<\/strong> got things started with a 2:27.37 in the women&#8217;s 200 breast. Garcia leads Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s <strong>Jorie Caneta<\/strong> (2:30.95) and USC&#8217;s <strong>Riley Scott<\/strong> (2:32.91) into the final. <strong>Ali Harrison<\/strong> is the last person into tonight&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 31  Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 2:19.11  8\/1\/2013  Rikke Moeller-Pedersen, DEN\r\n         Amer: A 2:19.59  8\/2\/2012  Rebecca Soni, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 2:20.38  7\/11\/2009 Rebecca Soni, Trojan\r\n  Meet Record: M 2:23.99  5\/30\/2010 Rebecca I Soni, TROJ\r\n         POOL: P 2:20.69  8\/2010    Rebecca Soni, USA\r\n                 2:34.99  NATL\r\n                 2:34.99  OT Trials\r\n                 2:38.69  JNR\r\n                 2:44.29  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Marina Garcia U  22 CAL-PC            2:28.83    2:27.37 qNATL  \r\n                 34.22      1:11.94 (37.72)\r\n        1:49.29 (37.35)     2:27.37 (38.08)\r\n  2 Jorie Caneta     20 UN-01-GU          2:34.46    2:30.95 qNATL  \r\n                 35.67      1:14.40 (38.73)\r\n        1:52.11 (37.71)     2:30.95 (38.84)\r\n  3 Riley Scott      19 UN-PC\/USC-CA      2:30.51    2:32.91 qNATL  \r\n                 35.04      1:13.92 (38.88)\r\n        1:52.94 (39.02)     2:32.91 (39.97)\r\n  4 Ali Harrison     17 BUEN-CA           2:42.73    2:35.22 qJNR   \r\n                 35.76      1:15.03 (39.27)\r\n        1:55.22 (40.19)     2:35.22 (40.00)<\/pre>\n<p>45-year-old Masters swimmer <strong>Steve West<\/strong> broke the 200 breast world record for the 45-49 age group at the Speedo Grand Challenge on Sunday morning. The Irvine Novaquatics swimmer swam a 2:22.46 in Irvine on Sunday to break the world record that was a 2:24 held by Russian <strong>Vladislav Bragin<\/strong>. West swam the fourth fastest time of the morning behind three Cal Berkeley swimmers.<strong> Connor Hoppe<\/strong> (2:20.73), <strong>Matt Whittle<\/strong> (2:21.14) and <strong>Carson Sand<\/strong> (2:21.42) will join West in the A-final tonight.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 32  Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 2:07.01  9\/15\/2012 Akhiro Yamaguchi, JPN\r\n         Amer: A 2:07.42  7\/29\/2009 Eric Shanteau, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 2:07.86  8\/7\/2014  Kevin Cordes, Tucson Ford\r\n  Meet Record: M 2:10.97  5\/30\/2010 Kosuke Kitajima, UN-CA\r\n         POOL: P 2:07.86  8\/2014    Kevin Cordes, FORD\r\n                 2:18.39  OT Trials\r\n                 2:18.99  NATL\r\n                 2:23.69  JNR\r\n                 2:29.79  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Connor Hoppe     21 CAL-PC            2:18.77    2:20.73 qJNR   \r\n                 31.94      1:07.42 (35.48)\r\n        1:44.15 (36.73)     2:20.73 (36.58)\r\n  2 Matt Whittle     21 CAL-PC            2:18.71    2:21.14 qJNR   \r\n                 31.94      1:06.99 (35.05)\r\n        1:43.36 (36.37)     2:21.14 (37.78)\r\n  3 Carson Sand      19 CAL-PC            2:18.57    2:21.42 qJNR   \r\n                 32.20      1:07.92 (35.72)\r\n        1:44.73 (36.81)     2:21.42 (36.69)\r\n  4 Steve West       45 NOVA-CA           2:18.57    2:22.46 qJNR   \r\n                 32.51      1:08.26 (35.75)\r\n        1:44.77 (36.51)     2:22.46 (37.69)<\/pre>\n<p>In the prelims of the women&#8217;s 100 back, Cal&#8217;s <strong>Keaton Blovad<\/strong> leads the qualifiers into tonight&#8217;s finals with a 1:02.43 ahead of teammate <strong>Amy Bilquist<\/strong> (1:02.59). It will be an all-Pac-12 final as the Berkeley swimmers will be joined by UCLA swimmers <strong>Emma Schanz<\/strong> (1:02.73) and <strong>Linnea Mack<\/strong> (1:03.96). The swimmers will also be challenging the meet record held by <strong>Presley Bard<\/strong> set in 2010 at 1:01.69.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 35  Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W   58.12  7\/28\/2009 Gemma Spofforth, GBR\r\n         Amer: A   58.33  7\/30\/2012 Missy Franklin, USA\r\n       USOpen: O   58.57  6\/28\/2013 Missy Franklin, Colorado Stars\r\n  Meet Record: M 1:01.69  5\/30\/2010 Presley A Bard, UN-CA\r\n         POOL: P   59.34  8\/2010    Emily Seebohm, AUS\r\n                 1:03.39  NATL\r\n                 1:03.39  OT Trials\r\n                 1:04.59  JNR\r\n                 1:07.29  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Keaton Blovad    18 CAL-PC            1:02.19    1:02.43 qNATL  \r\n                 30.67      1:02.43 (31.76)\r\n  2 Amy Bilquist     19 CAL-PC              59.37    1:02.59 qNATL  \r\n                 30.51      1:02.59 (32.08)\r\n  3 Emma Schanz      19 UN-11-CA          1:02.90    1:02.73 qNATL  \r\n                 30.92      1:02.73 (31.81)\r\n  4 Linnea Mack      21 UN-11-CA          1:01.52    1:03.96 qJNR   \r\n                 30.92      1:03.96 (33.04)<\/pre>\n<p>In the prelims of the men&#8217;s version, <strong>Brock Bonetti<\/strong> posted the top time at 56.84. Bonetti won the 200 IM on Friday and the 200 back last night and will be going for a hat trick tonight in the 100 back. The Texas A&amp;M swimmer leads <strong>Ralf Tribuntsov<\/strong> (57.46), <strong>Thomas Smith<\/strong> (57.88) and <strong>Douglas Nogueira<\/strong> (57.69) into the final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 36  Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 51.94  7\/8\/2009  Aaron Peirsol, USA\r\n         Amer: A 51.94  7\/8\/2009  Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn\r\n       USOpen: O 51.94  7\/8\/2009  Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn\r\n  Meet Record: M 54.40  5\/2013    Vlad Morozov, UN\r\n         POOL: P 52.75  8\/2014    Matt Grevers, FORD\r\n                 57.19  NATL\r\n                 57.19  OT Trials\r\n                 58.99  JNR\r\n               1:02.29  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Brock Bonetti    21 UN-01-GU            55.84      56.84 qNATL  \r\n                 28.00        56.84 (28.84)\r\n  2 Ralf Tribuntsov  22 UN-04-CA\/USC-CA     55.03      57.46 qJNR   \r\n                 27.55        57.46 (29.91)\r\n  3 Thomas Smith     20 UN-09-CA            56.60      57.68 qJNR   \r\n                 28.07        57.68 (29.61)\r\n  4 Douglas Nogueir  20 UN-12-CA            57.59      57.69 qJNR   \r\n                 28.14        57.69 (29.55)<\/pre>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s 200 fly prelims, Trojan Swim Club&#8217;s <strong>Madison Wright<\/strong> had the fastest prelim time with a 2:12.56 to be slightly ahead of Cal&#8217;s <strong>Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> (2:12.80). Those two are head and shoulders ahead of the rest of the field as third place was a 2:16. <strong>Maddie Murphy<\/strong> is the last swimmer in the A-final with a 2:17.84.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 39  Women 200 LC Meter Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 2:01.81  10\/21\/2009Liu Zige, CHN\r\n         Amer: A 2:04.14  7\/30\/2009 Mary DeScenza, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 2:05.96  8\/13\/1981 Mary T. Meagher, Lakeside\r\n  Meet Record: M 2:08.73  5\/30\/2010 Elaine Breeden, STAN\r\n         POOL: P 2:06.90  8\/2010    Jessicah Schipper, AUS\r\n                 2:14.99  OT Trials\r\n                 2:15.29  NATL\r\n                 2:17.39  JNR\r\n                 2:23.29  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Maddie Wright    20 TROJ-CA           2:11.18    2:12.56 qOT    \r\n                 29.79      1:03.05 (33.26)\r\n        1:37.73 (34.68)     2:12.56 (34.83)\r\n  2 Katie McLaughli  19 CAL-PC            2:10.35    2:12.80 qOT    \r\n                 29.22      1:02.26 (33.04)\r\n        1:37.27 (35.01)     2:12.80 (35.53)\r\n  3 Laura Sofia Arr  19 ITESM             2:16.07    2:16.05 qJNR   \r\n                 30.87      1:04.28 (33.41)\r\n        1:40.00 (35.72)     2:16.05 (36.05)\r\n  4 Maddie Murphy    19 CAL-PC            2:19.65    2:17.84 qMIN   \r\n                 29.27      1:03.25 (33.98)\r\n        1:39.93 (36.68)     2:17.84 (37.91)<\/pre>\n<p>Fresh off a meet record in the 100 fly last night,<strong> Luis Martinez<\/strong> of Auburn leads the 200 fly qualifiers with a 2:02.52 this morning. Martinez also\u00a0got close to his Guatemalan record with the 52.85 he did last night. Martinez leads hometown swimmer <strong>Andrew Koustik<\/strong> of Irvine Nova with a 2:02.86 as well. <strong>Kevin Mendoza<\/strong> is the third seed with a 2:03.55.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 40  Men 200 LC Meter Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 1:51.51  7\/29\/2009 Michael Phelps, USA\r\n         Amer: A 1:51.51  7\/29\/2009 Michael Phelps, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 1:52.20  7\/2\/2008  Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine\r\n  Meet Record: M 1:57.16  5\/2012    Nick D'Arcy, AUS\r\n         POOL: P 1:54.11  8\/2010    Michael Phelps, USA\r\n                 2:01.99  OT Trials\r\n                 2:02.29  NATL\r\n                 2:05.49  JNR\r\n                 2:11.19  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Luis Martinez    21 AUB-SE            2:02.11    2:02.52 qJNR   \r\n                 27.39        58.41 (31.02)\r\n        1:30.21 (31.80)     2:02.52 (32.31)\r\n  2 Andrew Koustik   17 NOVA-CA           2:01.33    2:02.86 qJNR   \r\n                 27.12        58.18 (31.06)\r\n        1:30.79 (32.61)     2:02.86 (32.07)\r\n  3 Kevin Mendoza    21 UN-12-CA          2:03.21    2:03.55 qJNR   \r\n                 27.82        59.34 (31.52)\r\n        1:31.75 (32.41)     2:03.55 (31.80)\r\n  4 Ramiro Ramirez   26 ITESM             2:00.41    2:03.69 qJNR   \r\n                 27.20        58.31 (31.11)\r\n        1:31.10 (32.79)     2:03.69 (32.59)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> will be looking to double in the 100 free tonight after she won the 50 on Friday night. Weitzeil is the top seed in the 100 tonight ahead of <strong>Amanda Kendall<\/strong> (55.61), <strong>Kendyl Stewart<\/strong> (56.18) and Cal teammate <strong>Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> (56.42). The meet record set by <strong>Jessica Hardy<\/strong> (54.44) set in 2008 could be under threat tonight.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 43  Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 52.07  7\/31\/2009 Britta Steffen, GER\r\n         Amer: A 53.02  7\/30\/2009 Amanda Weir, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 53.12  1\/15\/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE\r\n  Meet Record: M 54.44  2008      Jessica Hardy, TROJ\r\n         POOL: P 53.43  8\/2014    Missy Franklin, CAL\r\n                 56.49  OT Trials\r\n                 56.59  NATL\r\n                 57.79  JNR\r\n                 58.99  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Abbey Weitzeil   20 CAL-PC              53.28      55.18 qOT    \r\n                 26.39        55.18 (28.79)\r\n  2 Amanda Kendall   26 CANY-CA             55.34      55.61 qOT    \r\n                 26.54        55.61 (29.07)\r\n  3 Kendyl Stewart   22 TROJ-CA             56.49      56.18 qOT    \r\n                 27.18        56.18 (29.00)\r\n  4 Katie McLaughli  19 CAL-PC              58.99      56.42 qOT    \r\n                 27.56        56.42 (28.86)<\/pre>\n<p>The final race of the night will be the men&#8217;s 100 free where it will be a tightly contested race amongst the top four. <strong>Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> had a 21.91 in the 50 last night and leads the 100 field going into finals with a 49.89. The Russian was the only swimmer under 50 seconds this morning as his Trojan Swim Club teammates <strong>Cristian Quintero<\/strong> (50.04) and <strong>Dylan Carter<\/strong> (50.17) followed him. <strong>Justin Lynch<\/strong> took the last spot into the final with a 50.28. The swimmers may also be going after <strong>Jason Lezak&#8217;s<\/strong> 48.64 meet record from 2009.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 44  Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 46.91  7\/30\/2009 Cesar Cielo, BRA\r\n         Amer: A 47.33  7\/30\/2009 David Walters, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 47.58  7\/2\/2008  Jason Lezak, Rose Bowl\r\n  Meet Record: M 48.64  4\/26\/2009 Jason Lezak, ROSE\r\n         POOL: P 47.80  5\/2009    Jason Lezak, ROSE\r\n                 50.69  OT Trials\r\n                 50.79  NATL\r\n                 52.19  JNR\r\n                 54.09  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Vladimir Morozo  24 TROJ-CA             48.26      49.89 qOT    \r\n                 24.27        49.89 (25.62)\r\n  2 Cristian Quinte  24 TROJ-CA             49.89      50.04 qOT    \r\n                 24.30        50.04 (25.74)\r\n  3 Dylan Carter     21 UN-04-CA\/USC-CA     48.80      50.17 qOT    \r\n                 24.29        50.17 (25.88)\r\n  4 Justin Lynch     20 CAL-PC              49.84      50.28 qOT    \r\n                 23.84        50.28 (26.44)<\/pre>\n<p>Two distance events will swim finals on Sunday night after swimming prelims earlier in the weekend. The women&#8217;s 800 free will start off the finals session where <strong>Erica Sullivan<\/strong> (8:58.49) and <strong>Sandra Soe<\/strong> (8:58.66) swam the fastest prelims times on Saturday morning. The final will feature eight swimmers as opposed to the usual four from this weekend.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 30  Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 8:06.68  1\/16\/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA\r\n         Amer: A 8:06.68  1\/17\/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 8:06.68  1\/17\/2016 Katie Ledecky, Nationals Capita\r\n  Meet Record: M 8:33.65  5\/2012    Haley Anderson, TROJ\r\n         POOL: P 8:18.47  8\/2014    Katie Ledecky, NCAP\r\n                 8:49.99  NATL\r\n                 8:49.99  OT Trials\r\n                 9:00.29  JNR\r\n                 9:09.99  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sullivan, Erica  16 SAND-CA           8:37.92    8:58.49 qJNR   \r\n                 30.14      1:02.68 (32.54)\r\n        1:35.82 (33.14)     2:09.86 (34.04)\r\n        2:44.01 (34.15)     3:17.80 (33.79)\r\n        3:51.71 (33.91)     4:25.90 (34.19)\r\n        5:00.01 (34.11)     5:33.83 (33.82)\r\n        6:08.19 (34.36)     6:42.00 (33.81)\r\n        7:16.05 (34.05)     7:50.71 (34.66)\r\n        8:24.41 (33.70)     8:58.49 (34.08)\r\n  2 Soe, Sandra E    19 UN-PC\/UCLA-CA     9:10.22    8:58.66 qJNR   \r\n                 30.03      1:02.70 (32.67)\r\n        1:36.23 (33.53)     2:09.82 (33.59)\r\n        2:43.82 (34.00)     3:17.82 (34.00)\r\n        3:52.16 (34.34)     4:26.15 (33.99)\r\n        5:00.26 (34.11)     5:34.21 (33.95)\r\n        6:08.50 (34.29)     6:42.70 (34.20)\r\n        7:17.10 (34.40)     7:51.49 (34.39)\r\n        8:25.46 (33.97)     8:58.66 (33.20)\r\n  3 Sulkevich, Kath  17 RMDA-CA           8:56.79    9:00.50 qMIN   \r\n                 31.60      1:04.76 (33.16)\r\n        1:38.55 (33.79)     2:12.24 (33.69)\r\n        2:46.12 (33.88)     3:20.30 (34.18)\r\n        3:54.33 (34.03)     4:28.29 (33.96)\r\n        5:02.33 (34.04)     5:36.29 (33.96)\r\n        6:10.24 (33.95)     6:44.56 (34.32)\r\n        7:19.02 (34.46)     7:52.90 (33.88)\r\n        8:26.85 (33.95)     9:00.50 (33.65)\r\n  4 Williams, Liber  15 YST-CA            8:50.50    9:02.83 qMIN   \r\n                 30.86      1:04.54 (33.68)\r\n        1:39.22 (34.68)     2:13.50 (34.28)\r\n        2:47.90 (34.40)     3:22.31 (34.41)\r\n        3:56.40 (34.09)     4:30.66 (34.26)\r\n        5:05.29 (34.63)     5:39.72 (34.43)\r\n        6:14.11 (34.39)     6:48.23 (34.12)\r\n        7:22.00 (33.77)     7:55.97 (33.97)\r\n        8:30.03 (34.06)     9:02.83 (32.80)\r\n  5 Nowaski, Daniel  16 CAST-SI           9:06.47    9:03.73 qMIN   \r\n                 31.10      1:04.67 (33.57)\r\n        1:31.45 (26.78)     2:12.76 (41.31)\r\n        2:47.02 (34.26)     3:20.98 (33.96)\r\n        3:52.29 (31.31)     4:29.31 (37.02)\r\n        5:03.56 (34.25)     5:37.97 (34.41)\r\n        6:10.22 (32.25)     6:47.06 (36.84)\r\n        7:21.71 (34.65)     7:56.15 (34.44)\r\n        8:30.38 (34.23)     9:03.73 (33.35)\r\n  6 Neidigh, Ashley  22 AUB-SE            8:47.38    9:03.91 qMIN   \r\n                 31.29      1:05.14 (33.85)\r\n        1:39.40 (34.26)     2:13.46 (34.06)\r\n        2:46.93 (33.47)     3:21.46 (34.53)\r\n        3:56.86 (35.40)     4:31.93 (35.07)\r\n        5:05.95 (34.02)     5:39.68 (33.73)\r\n        6:13.85 (34.17)     6:48.34 (34.49)\r\n        7:21.80 (33.46)     7:56.15 (34.35)\r\n        8:29.89 (33.74)     9:03.91 (34.02)\r\n  7 Lamph, Reese E   18 SAND-CA           8:51.37    9:06.09 qMIN   \r\n                 31.00      1:04.42 (33.42)\r\n        1:38.45 (34.03)     2:12.64 (34.19)\r\n        2:47.02 (34.38)     3:21.40 (34.38)\r\n        3:56.18 (34.78)     4:30.54 (34.36)\r\n        5:05.13 (34.59)     5:39.65 (34.52)\r\n        6:14.21 (34.56)     6:48.59 (34.38)\r\n        7:23.05 (34.46)     7:57.53 (34.48)\r\n        8:32.27 (34.74)     9:06.09 (33.82)\r\n  8 Santa Ana, Rosa  20 RMDA-CA           9:06.98    9:09.47 qMIN   \r\n                 31.87      1:06.17 (34.30)\r\n        1:40.93 (34.76)     2:15.68 (34.75)\r\n        2:50.06 (34.38)     3:24.49 (34.43)\r\n        3:58.85 (34.36)     4:33.22 (34.37)\r\n        5:07.86 (34.64)     5:42.11 (34.25)\r\n        6:17.05 (34.94)     6:52.06 (35.01)\r\n        7:26.76 (34.70)     8:01.57 (34.81)\r\n        8:36.10 (34.53)     9:09.47 (33.37)<\/pre>\n<p>The Men&#8217;s 1500 free final will be after the Men&#8217;s 100 back final as <strong>Nick Norman<\/strong> (15:40.75) and <strong>Brennan Gravley<\/strong> (15:45.86) led the prelims swum on Friday morning. That final will also feature eight swimmers compared to the four that have been normally going on this week.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 14  Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 14:31.02  8\/4\/2012  Yang Sun, CHN\r\n         Amer: A 14:41.20  8\/9\/2015  Connor Jaeger, USA\r\n       USOpen: O 14:45.54  7\/6\/2008  Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine\r\n  Meet Record: M 14:59.97  5\/2009    Ous Mellouli, TROJ\r\n         POOL: P 14:49.47  8\/2010    Ryan Cochrane, CAN\r\n                 15:49.99  NATL\r\n                 15:49.99  OT Trials\r\n                 16:08.09  JNR\r\n                 17:12.83  MIN\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Nick Norman      20 CAL-PC           15:36.30   15:40.75 qNATL  \r\n                 28.78        59.64 (30.86)\r\n        1:30.95 (31.31)     2:01.83 (30.88)\r\n        2:33.10 (31.27)     3:04.48 (31.38)\r\n        3:36.07 (31.59)     4:07.48 (31.41)\r\n        4:39.06 (31.58)     5:10.91 (31.85)\r\n        5:42.55 (31.64)     6:14.03 (31.48)\r\n        6:45.61 (31.58)     7:17.17 (31.56)\r\n        7:48.58 (31.41)     8:19.89 (31.31)\r\n        8:51.43 (31.54)     9:23.06 (31.63)\r\n        9:54.75 (31.69)    10:26.57 (31.82)\r\n       10:58.51 (31.94)    11:30.15 (31.64)\r\n       12:02.03 (31.88)    12:33.84 (31.81)\r\n       13:05.66 (31.82)    13:37.31 (31.65)\r\n       14:08.93 (31.62)    14:40.66 (31.73)\r\n       15:04.02 (23.36)    15:40.75 (36.73)\r\n  2 Brennan Gravley  16 SAND-CA          15:52.14   15:45.86 qNATL  \r\n                 28.71        59.78 (31.07)\r\n        1:31.15 (31.37)     2:02.62 (31.47)\r\n        2:34.21 (31.59)     3:05.90 (31.69)\r\n        3:37.92 (32.02)     4:09.69 (31.77)\r\n        4:41.54 (31.85)     5:13.48 (31.94)\r\n        5:45.28 (31.80)     6:17.14 (31.86)\r\n        6:48.99 (31.85)     7:20.79 (31.80)\r\n        7:52.51 (31.72)     8:24.32 (31.81)\r\n        8:56.13 (31.81)     9:28.07 (31.94)\r\n        9:59.83 (31.76)    10:31.60 (31.77)\r\n       11:03.17 (31.57)    11:34.63 (31.46)\r\n       12:06.22 (31.59)    12:37.85 (31.63)\r\n       13:09.52 (31.67)    13:41.22 (31.70)\r\n       14:12.70 (31.48)    14:44.30 (31.60)\r\n       15:15.79 (31.49)    15:45.86 (30.07)\r\n  3 Ous Mellouli     33 TROJ-CA          15:07.78   16:03.02 qJNR   \r\n                 29.28      1:00.89 (31.61)\r\n        1:33.15 (32.26)     2:05.53 (32.38)\r\n        2:38.00 (32.47)     3:10.30 (32.30)\r\n        3:42.79 (32.49)     4:15.40 (32.61)\r\n        4:47.76 (32.36)     5:19.97 (32.21)\r\n        5:51.71 (31.74)     6:23.53 (31.82)\r\n        6:55.63 (32.10)     7:27.45 (31.82)\r\n        7:59.32 (31.87)     8:31.38 (32.06)\r\n        9:03.20 (31.82)     9:35.33 (32.13)\r\n       10:07.21 (31.88)    10:39.62 (32.41)\r\n       11:11.73 (32.11)    11:44.32 (32.59)\r\n       12:16.94 (32.62)    12:49.29 (32.35)\r\n       13:21.51 (32.22)    13:53.94 (32.43)\r\n       14:26.40 (32.46)    14:58.67 (32.27)\r\n       15:30.96 (32.29)    16:03.02 (32.06)\r\n  4 Joseph Gutierre  16 SAND-CA          15:56.70   16:03.73 qJNR   \r\n                 28.19        59.48 (31.29)\r\n        1:31.29 (31.81)     2:02.99 (31.70)\r\n        2:34.77 (31.78)     3:06.66 (31.89)\r\n        3:39.30 (32.64)     4:11.24 (31.94)\r\n        4:43.35 (32.11)     5:15.45 (32.10)\r\n        5:47.42 (31.97)     6:19.40 (31.98)\r\n        6:51.34 (31.94)     7:23.55 (32.21)\r\n        7:56.07 (32.52)     8:28.42 (32.35)\r\n        9:00.97 (32.55)     9:33.41 (32.44)\r\n       10:05.85 (32.44)    10:38.02 (32.17)\r\n       11:10.28 (32.26)    11:42.73 (32.45)\r\n       12:15.14 (32.41)    12:47.62 (32.48)\r\n       13:20.53 (32.91)    13:53.22 (32.69)\r\n       14:26.19 (32.97)    14:59.00 (32.81)\r\n       15:31.85 (32.85)    16:03.73 (31.88)\r\n  5 Russell Noletto  20 AUB-SE           15:36.28Y  16:10.50 qMIN   \r\n                 30.01      1:02.25 (32.24)\r\n        1:34.74 (32.49)     2:07.12 (32.38)\r\n        2:39.49 (32.37)     3:11.63 (32.14)\r\n        3:43.75 (32.12)     4:16.36 (32.61)\r\n        4:48.44 (32.08)     5:20.76 (32.32)\r\n        5:53.36 (32.60)     6:25.88 (32.52)\r\n        6:58.60 (32.72)     7:30.86 (32.26)\r\n        8:03.46 (32.60)     8:35.74 (32.28)\r\n        9:08.33 (32.59)     9:40.97 (32.64)\r\n       10:13.33 (32.36)    10:45.88 (32.55)\r\n       11:18.72 (32.84)    11:51.35 (32.63)\r\n       12:24.11 (32.76)    12:56.72 (32.61)\r\n       13:29.37 (32.65)    14:02.14 (32.77)\r\n       14:34.85 (32.71)    15:07.22 (32.37)\r\n       15:39.79 (32.57)    16:10.50 (30.71)\r\n  6 Carter Grimes    18 SAND-CA          16:07.58   16:11.68 qMIN   \r\n                 29.09      1:00.46 (31.37)\r\n        1:32.26 (31.80)     2:03.88 (31.62)\r\n        2:35.82 (31.94)     3:07.96 (32.14)\r\n        3:40.36 (32.40)     4:12.77 (32.41)\r\n        4:44.98 (32.21)     5:17.74 (32.76)\r\n        5:49.82 (32.08)     6:22.06 (32.24)\r\n        6:54.23 (32.17)     7:26.51 (32.28)\r\n        7:58.98 (32.47)     8:31.67 (32.69)\r\n        9:04.19 (32.52)     9:37.02 (32.83)\r\n       10:09.75 (32.73)    10:42.71 (32.96)\r\n       11:15.23 (32.52)    11:47.98 (32.75)\r\n       12:20.86 (32.88)    12:53.76 (32.90)\r\n       13:26.58 (32.82)    13:59.57 (32.99)\r\n       14:32.63 (33.06)    15:05.56 (32.93)\r\n       15:54.58 (49.02)    16:11.68 (17.10)\r\n  7 Michael Lee      17 RMDA-CA          15:59.53   16:12.69 qMIN   \r\n                 29.90      1:02.41 (32.51)\r\n      2:04.00 (1:01.59)      2:08.03 (4.03)\r\n        2:40.15 (32.12)     3:13.96 (33.81)\r\n        3:47.21 (33.25)     4:19.85 (32.64)\r\n        4:40.82 (20.97)     5:25.90 (45.08)\r\n        5:58.61 (32.71)     6:30.44 (31.83)\r\n        7:02.40 (31.96)     7:34.77 (32.37)\r\n        7:53.84 (19.07)     8:39.31 (45.47)\r\n        9:00.55 (21.24)     9:44.54 (43.99)\r\n       10:16.77 (32.23)    10:49.58 (32.81)\r\n       11:22.01 (32.43)    11:54.69 (32.68)\r\n       12:26.66 (31.97)    12:58.97 (32.31)\r\n       13:31.72 (32.75)    14:04.20 (32.48)\r\n       14:36.74 (32.54)    15:09.29 (32.55)\r\n       15:41.31 (32.02)    16:12.69 (31.38)\r\n  8 Ken Takahashi    20 CAL-PC           16:14.72   16:20.02 qMIN   \r\n                 29.87      1:01.65 (31.78)\r\n        1:33.79 (32.14)     2:05.99 (32.20)\r\n        2:38.38 (32.39)     3:10.88 (32.50)\r\n        3:43.48 (32.60)     4:16.02 (32.54)\r\n        4:48.63 (32.61)     5:21.01 (32.38)\r\n        5:53.63 (32.62)     6:26.23 (32.60)\r\n        6:58.83 (32.60)     7:31.18 (32.35)\r\n        8:03.70 (32.52)     8:36.29 (32.59)\r\n        9:08.96 (32.67)     9:41.39 (32.43)\r\n       10:13.94 (32.55)    10:46.78 (32.84)\r\n       11:19.94 (33.16)    11:53.01 (33.07)\r\n       12:26.80 (33.79)    13:00.03 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