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Events:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The top seed for the evening final in the women’s 200 meter freestyle was\u00a0Gabby Deloof<\/strong>, swimming unattached, who posted the only sub-2:00 swim of the morning. Her 1:59.91 sets her up over half of a second ahead of Nashville Aquatic Club’s\u00a0Meaghan Raab<\/strong>. Raab touched the wall in 2:00.69, virtually dominating her heat.<\/p>\n The third seed went to\u00a0Katie Portz<\/strong>, representing Texas A & M, who won her heat convincingly with a 2:00.82. Seeded fourth, Deloor’s sister, Catie Deloof<\/strong>, swam a 2:01.67 that placed her just ahead of Pleasanton Seahawks’\u00a0Miranda Heckman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Sixth and seventh went to\u00a0Claire Rasmus\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Abby Jagdfeld<\/strong>, who held pace with one another in the final heat of the morning. Rasmus edged out Jagdfeld with a 2:01.77. Jagdfeld’s 2:01.81 nudged ahead of\u00a0Jordan Stout\u00a0<\/strong>of Athens Bull Dog Swim Club and Geena Freriks\u00a0<\/strong>of Kentucky Aquatics, who tied for eighth place with the time of 2:01.83. The two swimmers competed in a swim-off for the final position in the A-final, a race won by 21-year-old Freriks.<\/p>\n The men’s 200 freestyle belonged to\u00a0Long Gutierrez\u00a0<\/strong>of California Aquatics, who posted a textbook time of 1:49.59 for the morning, in which he went out at 53.70 and came back in 55.89.<\/p>\n The earlier heats of the morning produced particularly impressive times for more top seeds for the evening. Quest Swimming’s Jeff Newkirk\u00a0<\/strong>swam an uncontested 1:49.63, while\u00a0Isaac Jones<\/strong> of Kentucky Aquatics swam before the circle-seeded heats began and stopped the clock in 1:49.67.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Gator Swim Club’s Mitch D’Arrigo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.82) and Wisconsin Aquatics’\u00a0Matt Hutchins<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.96) were the only other swimmers under 1:50 entering the final.<\/p>\n Liam Egan<\/strong>, swimming unattached, snagged the sixth seed in 1:50.07, while\u00a0Walker Higgins\u00a0<\/strong>of Tennessee Aquatics dropped 1.26 seconds to finish in 1:50.30 and enter the A-final in seventh. The final swimmer in the final will be France’s\u00a0Jonathan Atsu\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:50.36.<\/p>\n 16-year-old\u00a0Zoe Bartel <\/strong>of Fort Collins Area Swim Team\u00a0took care of the women’s 100 breaststroke with her 1:08.27 in the prelims; she dominated her prelims heat while the other heats attempted to catch her. The recipient of the second seed in the final was\u00a0Cardinal Aquatics’ Andrea Cottrell<\/strong>, who set herself up for the evening with a 1:08.47.<\/p>\n Texas A & M’s\u00a0 Jorie Caneta<\/strong>\u00a0just touched out Swim Wales’\u00a0Chloe Tutton\u00a0<\/strong>for the third seed in the final, Caneta coming back fast in the second fifty for her 1:08.56. Behind Tutton, who settled for fourth seed in 1:08.64, Buenaventura’s\u00a0Alicia Harrison\u00a0<\/strong>dropped nearly half a second from her seed time for her 1:08.94.<\/p>\n The University of Missouri’s\u00a0Katharine Ross\u00a0<\/strong>was the first swimmer outside the 1:08-range with a 1:09.20, while\u00a0Margaret Aroesty\u00a0<\/strong>of Long Island Aquatic Club stayed nearby with a 1:09.70. The final swimmer to earn a spot in the final was Nashville Aquatic Club’s\u00a0Allie Raab<\/strong>, with a time of 1:09.84.<\/p>\n Jonathan Tybuur\u00a0<\/strong>owned the men’s 100 breaststroke with the time of 1:01.40. Tybur went head-to-head with the Race Pace Club’s\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>in the final heat of the morning, with Andrew leading after the first fifty. Tybur’s back half speed will be a force to be reckoned with in the evening; he came back in a solid 32.57.<\/p>\n The next top finisher was\u00a0Sho Shimazaki<\/strong>, swimming unattached, who touched the pad in 1:01.56. Australia’s\u00a0Tommy Sucipto <\/strong>will enter the final in third with a 1:01.57, while Indiana University’s\u00a0Ian Finnerty\u00a0<\/strong>was just one-hundredth behind him in 1:01.58.<\/p>\n Andrew settled for fifth seed in 1:01.63, while Sucipto’s teammate, George Harley<\/strong>, was just 0.21 seconds off of his best with a 1:01.69. The final swimmer under 1:02 was\u00a0Alex Evdokimov\u00a0<\/strong>of Coral Springs Swim Club in 1:01.78.<\/p>\n In the lead-up to the final, Chandler Bray\u00a0<\/strong>of Avon Community Swim Team and\u00a0Carson Sand\u00a0<\/strong>of California Aquatics faced each other in a swim-off for the final seed, after tying in 1:02.20 in the morning. The final spot went to Bray.<\/p>\n The top three in the women’s 100 backstroke in the morning stayed tight in the minute range.\u00a0Kylie Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>of Athens Bull Dog Swim Club claimed the top spot with 1:00.74, while\u00a0Claire Adams\u00a0<\/strong>of Carmel Swim Club took the second seed with a 1:00.78. Wolfpack Elite’s\u00a0Elise Haan\u00a0<\/strong>snagged the third seed with a 1:00.97.<\/p>\n The other competitors also finished within the 1:01-range, including\u00a0Kentucky Aquatics’\u00a0Bridgette Alexander<\/strong>, who stopped the clock in 1:01.05.\u00a0Texas A & M’s\u00a0Lisa Bratton\u00a0<\/strong>lined up in fifth with a 1:01.48, and\u00a0Rhyan White\u00a0<\/strong>of Wasatch Front Fish Market set herself up in sixth with a 1:01.57, dropping nearly a second from her seed time.<\/p>\n Seventh place went to\u00a0Matea Samardzic<\/strong> of Scarlet Aquatics in 1:01.78, while\u00a0Asia Seidt\u00a0<\/strong>of Lakeside Swim Team took eighth with the final 1:01 of the morning–1:01.84.<\/p>\n Arkady Vyatchanin\u00a0<\/strong>will lead the way into the final with a 45.54 that puts him just hundredths ahead of the other top competitors. Alabama’s\u00a0Christopher Reid\u00a0<\/strong>finished three hundredths behind with a faster first fifty meters but a slower back half.<\/p>\n The third seed went to Texas A & M’s\u00a0Brock Bonetti<\/strong>, who dropped 0.76 seconds for the 54.97 that catapulted him into the final. Not far behind Bonetti, Swim Wales’ Xavier Mohammed\u00a0<\/strong>took the fourth seed in 55.11.<\/p>\n Matthew Josa\u00a0<\/strong>of California Aquatics made the statement of the morning with his blazing swim during the first heat of finals, a race that set him up with a 55.21 headed into the final. The sixth seed went to Wolfpack Elite’s\u00a0Hennessey Stuart<\/strong>, who garnered the sixth seed with a 55.32.<\/p>\n Ryan Lochte<\/strong>, representing Trojan Swim Club, swam his much-anticipated first race back since his post-Rio suspension. His first swim back punched him a ticket to the final in the seventh-seed position with a 55.59. The final position in the A-final went to Quest Swim Team’s\u00a0Clark Beach<\/strong>, who dropped 0.24 seconds from his time to go 55.70.<\/p>\n Everything you need to follow along live with day four prelims\u00a0of the 2017 U.S. Open Swimming Championships in East Meadow, New York. Hit refresh for all the latest coverage. 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Women’s 200 Freestyle:<\/h2>\n
Event 21 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n American: A 1:53.61 7\/31\/2012 Allison Schmitt, USA Olympic Team\r\n U.S. Open: O 1:54.40 6\/28\/2012 Allison Schmitt, North Baltimore\r\n World: W 1:52.98 7\/29\/2009 Federica Pellegrini, ITA\r\n US Open Meet: M 1:57.54 8\/10\/2012 Megan Romano, Athens Bulldog S\r\n Jr World: J 1:56.12 8\/20\/2014 Shen Duo, China\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Deloof, Gabby 21 Unattached Mich 1:58.58 1:59.91 \r\n 27.96 57.75 (29.79)\r\n 1:28.50 (30.75) 1:59.91 (31.41)\r\n 2 Raab, Meaghan 21 Nashville Aquati 1:59.57 2:00.69 \r\n 28.19 58.49 (30.30)\r\n 1:29.47 (30.98) 2:00.69 (31.22)\r\n 3 Portz, Katie 19 Texas A&M 2:02.46 2:00.82 \r\n 28.55 59.15 (30.60)\r\n 1:30.11 (30.96) 2:00.82 (30.71)\r\n 4 Deloof, Catie 20 Unattached Mich 2:01.93 2:01.67 \r\n 28.17 58.37 (30.20)\r\n 1:29.19 (30.82) 2:01.67 (32.48)\r\n 5 Heckman, Miranda 16 Pleasanton Seaha 2:00.80 2:01.71 \r\n 28.29 59.42 (31.13)\r\n 1:30.67 (31.25) 2:01.71 (31.04)\r\n 6 Rasmus, Claire 20 Texas A&M 1:57.92 2:01.77 \r\n 28.88 1:00.08 (31.20)\r\n 1:31.08 (31.00) 2:01.77 (30.69)\r\n 7 Jagdfeld, Abby 21 Wisconsin Aquati 1:59.66 2:01.81 \r\n 29.39 1:00.77 (31.38)\r\n 1:31.28 (30.51) 2:01.81 (30.53)\r\n 8 Freriks, Geena 21 Kentucky Aquatic 2:00.05 2:01.83 \r\n 28.69 59.32 (30.63)\r\n 1:30.69 (31.37) 2:01.83 (31.14)\r\n 8 Stout, Jordan 19 Athens Bulldog S 2:02.66 2:01.83 \r\n 29.31 1:00.20 (30.89)\r\n 1:31.18 (30.98) 2:01.83 (30.65)\r\n Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------<\/pre>\n
Men’s 200 Freestyle:<\/h2>\n
Event 22 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n American: A 1:42.96 8\/12\/2008 Michael Phelps, USA\r\n U.S. Open: O 1:44.10 7\/1\/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine\r\n World: W 1:42.00 7\/26\/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER\r\n US Open Meet: M 1:46.23 12\/2\/2005 Pieter van den Hoogenband, PSV\r\n Jr World: J 1:47.10 8\/7\/2015 Maxime Rooney, USA\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 *Gutierrez, Long 22 California Aquat 1:49.49 1:49.59 \r\n 25.97 53.70 (27.73)\r\n 1:21.97 (28.27) 1:49.59 (27.62)\r\n 2 Newkirk, Jeff 20 Quest Swimming\/U 1:49.33 1:49.63 \r\n 25.40 52.74 (27.34)\r\n 1:20.93 (28.19) 1:49.63 (28.70)\r\n 3 *Jones, Isaac 21 Kentucky Aquatic 1:35.72Y 1:49.67 \r\n 26.22 54.19 (27.97)\r\n 1:21.96 (27.77) 1:49.67 (27.71)\r\n 4 *D'Arrigo, Mitch 22 Gator Swim Club 1:47.46 1:49.82 \r\n 26.15 53.91 (27.76)\r\n 1:22.24 (28.33) 1:49.82 (27.58)\r\n 5 *Hutchins, Matt 22 Wisconsin Aquati 1:48.53 1:49.96 \r\n 25.93 53.82 (27.89)\r\n 1:22.03 (28.21) 1:49.96 (27.93)\r\n 6 Egan, Liam 21 Una STAN\/Crimson 1:49.36 1:50.07 \r\n 26.41 54.52 (28.11)\r\n 1:22.51 (27.99) 1:50.07 (27.56)\r\n 7 Higgins, Walker 20 Tennessee Aquati 1:51.56 1:50.30 \r\n 25.78 53.50 (27.72)\r\n 1:22.02 (28.52) 1:50.30 (28.28)\r\n 8 *Atsu, Jonathan 20 France 1:48.15 1:50.36 \r\n 26.72 54.92 (28.20)\r\n 1:23.02 (28.10) 1:50.36 (27.34)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
Women’s 100 Breaststroke:<\/h2>\n
Event 23 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n American: A 1:04.13 7\/25\/2017 Lilly King, USA\r\n U.S. Open: O 1:04.45 8\/7\/2009 Jessica Hardy, Trojan\r\n World: W 1:04.13 7\/25\/2017 Lilly King, USA\r\n US Open Meet: M 1:04.45 8\/7\/2009 Jessica Hardy, Trojan Swim Club\r\n Jr World: J 1:05.39 8\/20\/2014 Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Bartel, Zoe 16 Fort Collins Are 1:07.82 1:08.27 \r\n 32.12 1:08.27 (36.15)\r\n 2 Cottrell, Andrea 22 Cardinal Aquatic 1:07.21 1:08.47 \r\n 32.00 1:08.47 (36.47)\r\n 3 Caneta, Jorie 20 Texas A&M 1:08.27 1:08.56 \r\n 32.72 1:08.56 (35.84)\r\n 4 *Tutton, Chloe 21 Swim Wales 1:06.88 1:08.64 \r\n 32.74 1:08.64 (35.90)\r\n 5 Harrison, Alicia 18 Buenaventura Swi 1:09.36 1:08.94 \r\n 32.36 1:08.94 (36.58)\r\n 6 Ross, Katharine 22 U. of Missouri 1:07.94 1:09.20 \r\n 33.39 1:09.20 (35.81)\r\n 7 Aroesty, Margaret 18 Long Island Aqua 1:08.24 1:09.70 \r\n 33.14 1:09.70 (36.56)\r\n 8 Raab, Allie 17 Nashville Aquati 1:07.92 1:09.84 \r\n 33.34 1:09.84 (36.50)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
Men’s 100 Breaststroke:<\/h2>\n
Event 24 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n American: A 58.64 7\/23\/2017 Kevin Cordes, USA\r\n U.S. Open: O 58.74 6\/30\/2017 Kevin Cordes, Unattached-SE\r\n World: W 57.13 8\/7\/2016 Adam Peaty, GBR\r\n US Open Meet: M 59.40 8\/7\/2009 Kevin Swander, Indiana Universi\r\n Jr World: J 59.46 4\/5\/2017 Nicolo Martinenghi, Italy\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Tybur, Jonathan 21 Texas A&M 1:00.97 1:01.40 \r\n 28.83 1:01.40 (32.57)\r\n 2 *Shimazaki, Sho 24 Una BGSC 1:01.68 1:01.56 \r\n 29.21 1:01.56 (32.35)\r\n 3 *Sucipto, Tommy 22 W Australia IS 1:00.95 1:01.57 \r\n 28.92 1:01.57 (32.65)\r\n 4 Finnerty, Ian 21 Indiana Universi 1:00.77 1:01.58 \r\n 29.25 1:01.58 (32.33)\r\n 5 Andrew, Michael 18 Race Pace Club 59.82 1:01.63 \r\n 28.64 1:01.63 (32.99)\r\n 6 *Harley, George 18 W Australia IS 1:01.48 1:01.69 \r\n 29.18 1:01.69 (32.51)\r\n 7 Evdokimov, Alex 21 Coral Springs Sw 1:01.14 1:01.78 \r\n 28.69 1:01.78 (33.09)\r\n 8 Bray, Chandler 18 Avon Community\/F 1:01.83 1:02.20 \r\n 29.09 1:02.20 (33.11)\r\n 8 Sand, Carson 20 California Aquat 1:02.66 1:02.20 \r\n 28.77 1:02.20 (33.43)\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
Women’s 100 Backstroke:<\/h2>\n
Event 25 Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n American: A 58.33 7\/30\/2012 Missy Franklin, USA Olympic Team\r\n U.S. Open: O 58.57 6\/30\/2017 Kathleen Baker, Team Elite-NC\r\n World: W 58.12 7\/28\/2009 Gemma Spofforth, GBR\r\n US Open Meet: M 59.11 8\/1\/2008 Hayley McGregory, Longhorn Aquatic\r\n Jr World: J 59.34 7\/2\/2016 Minna Atherton, Australia\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Stewart, Kylie 21 Athens Bulldog S 1:00.69 1:00.74 \r\n 30.00 1:00.74 (30.74)\r\n 2 Adams, Claire 19 Carmel Swim Club 1:00.42 1:00.78 \r\n 29.76 1:00.78 (31.02)\r\n 3 Haan, Elise 19 WOLFPACK ELITE\/N 1:00.02 1:00.97 \r\n 30.00 1:00.97 (30.97)\r\n 4 Alexander, Bridgette 21 Kentucky Aquatic 1:00.50 1:01.05 \r\n 29.73 1:01.05 (31.32)\r\n 5 Bratton, Lisa 21 Texas A&M 1:00.53 1:01.48 \r\n 30.32 1:01.48 (31.16)\r\n 6 White, Rhyan 17 Wasatch Front Fi 1:02.51 1:01.57 \r\n 29.69 1:01.57 (31.88)\r\n 7 *Samardzic, Matea 22 Scarlet Aquatics 1:00.46 1:01.78 \r\n 30.03 1:01.78 (31.75)\r\n 8 Seidt, Asia 19 Lakeside Swim Te 1:00.77 1:01.84 \r\n 30.29 1:01.84 (31.55)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
Men’s 100 Backstroke:<\/h2>\n
Event 26 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n American: A 51.85 8\/13\/2016 Ryan Murphy, USA\r\n U.S. Open: O 51.94 7\/8\/2009 Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn\r\n World: W 51.85 8\/13\/2016 Ryan Murphy, USA\r\n US Open Meet: M 52.51 8\/7\/2009 Nicholas Thoman, Unattached-MD\r\n Jr World: J 53.65 7\/7\/2016 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Vyatchanin, Arkady 33 New York Athleti 53.97 54.54 \r\n 26.53 54.54 (28.01)\r\n 2 *Reid, Christopher 21 Univ Alabama Swi 53.68 54.57 \r\n 26.25 54.57 (28.32)\r\n 3 Bonetti, Brock 21 Texas A&M 55.73 54.97 \r\n 26.72 54.97 (28.25)\r\n 4 *Mohammed, Xavier 27 Swim Wales 54.90 55.11 \r\n 26.98 55.11 (28.13)\r\n 5 Josa, Matthew 22 California Aquat 47.64Y 55.21 \r\n 26.75 55.21 (28.46)\r\n 6 Stuart, Hennessey 22 WOLFPACK ELITE\/N 54.66 55.32 \r\n 26.82 55.32 (28.50)\r\n 7 Lochte, Ryan 32 Trojan Swim Club 55.22 55.59 \r\n 27.37 55.59 (28.22)\r\n 8 Beach, Clark 18 Quest Swimming 55.94 55.70 \r\n 26.94 55.70 (28.76)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"