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Two-time Olympic medalist\u00a0Leah Smith\u00a0<\/strong>kicked off the Charlotte UltraSwim with an impressive performance in the women’s 800 free. Aside from the two Olympic distance races, the first two rounds of the 50-meter events were contested on night one.<\/p>\n

Smith dominated the event and finished in 8:23.27, crushing her previous season-best time of 8:27.55 set earlier in Mesa in April. Smith’s best time in the event is 8:20.18, set last year at Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

Joanna Melo<\/strong> finished second in 8:35.58, and Wolfpack’s\u00a0Hannah Moore\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in 8:41.81.<\/p>\n

Wolfpack’s\u00a0John McIntyre\u00a0<\/strong>finished first in the men’s 1500 free in 15:33.98, while Virginia’s\u00a0Sam Magnan<\/strong> touched second in 15:43.82. Tennessee’s\u00a0Walker Higgins\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in 15:48.55.<\/p>\n

The top performance in the semifinals of the 50-meter events came from Tennessee’s\u00a0Molly Hannis<\/strong>, who qualified first in the women’s 50 breast in 30.67, moving her to sixth in the world this year. New York Athletic Club’s\u00a0Katie Meili<\/strong> (31.11) and Wolfpack’s\u00a0Kayla Brumbaum<\/strong> (32.58) qualified second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n

North Carolina’s\u00a0Craig Emslie\u00a0<\/strong>led the men’s 50 breast semis in 28.53, followed by the SwimMAC duo of\u00a0William Chan<\/strong> (28.92) and\u00a0Niclas Eriksson<\/strong> (29.16).<\/p>\n

Athens Bulldog’s\u00a0Veronica Burchill<\/strong> edged out teammate\u00a0Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> for the top spot in the women’s 50 free semis, 25.53 to 25.55, while SwimMAC’s\u00a0Madison Kennedy\u00a0<\/strong>was third in 25.81. Missouri’s\u00a0Michael Chadwick<\/strong> held down the top seed in the 50 free in 22.52, but he figures to get a challenge in the final from the NC State duo of\u00a0Ryan Held\u00a0<\/strong>(23.03) and\u00a0Justin Ress\u00a0<\/strong>(23.04).<\/p>\n

Wolfpack’s\u00a0Elise Haan<\/strong> finished atop the field in the women’s 50 back semifinals, touching in 28.61. Smoliga was second in 28.87, and Tennessee’s\u00a0Kira Toussaint\u00a0<\/strong>took third (29.08). The top three seeds in the men’s event included Japan’s\u00a0Ryosuke Irie\u00a0<\/strong>(25.51), Missouri State’s\u00a0Paul Le\u00a0<\/strong>(25.65) and Ress (25.77).<\/p>\n

Alyssa Marsh<\/strong> topped the 16 semifinalists in the women’s 50 fly, finishing in 26.67. Burchill took second in 27.39, and Athens Bulldog’s\u00a0Chelsea Britt<\/strong> came in third at 27.54. SwimMAC’s\u00a0Tim Phillips\u00a0<\/strong>topped semis of the men’s event in 24.50, followed by Israeli swimmers\u00a0Marcus Schlesinger\u00a0<\/strong>(24.54) and\u00a0Meiron Cheruti<\/strong> (24.83).<\/p>\n

Full results available on Meet Mobile — 2017 Charlotte UltraSwim Meet<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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