{"id":286431,"date":"2017-12-01T06:51:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=286431"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:20:47","slug":"2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 USA Swimming AT&#038;T Winter Nationals: Melanie Margalis Claims 2 Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong>\u00a0was dominant on the third morning of the 2017 USA Swimming AT&amp;T Winter Nationals, claiming the first place seed in both the women&#8217;s 400 IM and 100 breast, plus a second place seed in the 200 free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reece Whitley<\/strong> bested World Champion\u00a0<strong>Chase Kalisz<\/strong> in prelims of the men&#8217;s 400 IM, claiming the top seed by more than two seconds.\u00a0<strong>Kelsi Worrell, Josh Prenot<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong> also claimed top seed times in prelims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule of events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 400 IM<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 400 IM<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 200 Free<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 200 Free<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Back<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 IM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong>\u00a0delivered a smooth, consistent swim in\u00a0prelims\u00a0of the women&#8217;s 400 IM, easily picking up the top seed with a time of 4:08.17. Margalis finished first in her heat by close to three seconds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma Muzzy<\/strong> and Louisville&#8217;s \u00a0<strong>Rachaele Bradford-Feldman<\/strong>, both swimming out of heat two, grabbed the second and the third place seeds respectively. Muzzy stopped the clock at a time of 4:09.22, while Bradford-Feldman posted a 4:10.08.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State swimmers\u00a0<strong>Meg Bailey<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Kathrin Demler<\/strong> posted times of 4:11.00 and 4:13.63 to pick up the fourth and fifth place seeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bailey Bonnett<\/strong> (4:14.95), Ohio State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Molly Kowal<\/strong> (4:15.08), and Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Margaret Jahns<\/strong> (4:16.47) rounded out the top eight swimmers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-7-44-18-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.18-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"918,356\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.44.18 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.44.18 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.18-AM-700x356.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.18-AM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286451\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.18-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.44.18 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.18-AM.png 918w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.18-AM-533x207.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.18-AM-280x109.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 IM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Reece Whitley<\/strong>, high school breaststroke phenom, utilized his breaststroke abilities to catch and pass World and Olympic medalist\u00a0<strong>Chase Kalisz<\/strong> in the prelims of the men&#8217;s 400 IM. Whitley posted a time of 3:44.71 to qualify as the top seed for tonight&#8217;s final, with his time doubling as the sixteenth All-Time fastest in the men&#8217;s 17=18 age group.<\/p>\n<p>Kalisz, who holds the American Record at a time of 3:33.42, qualified second overall with a time of 3:46.86.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Casey Storch<\/strong> picked up the third place seed with a time of 3:47.45 from heat two, followed by close qualifying times from\u00a0<strong>Jason Louiser\u00a0<\/strong>(3:49.19) and\u00a0<strong>Sean Conway<\/strong> (3:49.60).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillip Meffert<\/strong> (3:49.68),\u00a0<strong>Jarrett Jones<\/strong> (3:49.96), and\u00a0<strong>Christopher Jhong<\/strong> (3:50.26) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286453\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-7-44-42-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.42-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"990,388\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.44.42 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.44.42 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.42-AM-700x388.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.42-AM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286453\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.42-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.44.42 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.42-AM.png 990w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.42-AM-533x209.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.44.42-AM-280x110.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Kelsi Worrell<\/strong> flew ahead of the competition in prelims of the women&#8217;s 100 fly, posting the fastest time of the morning by close to one second. Worrell has swum very few short course yards meets since she posted the American Record of 49.43 in March of 2016. Today, the World medalist posted a 50.32 for the top seed in tonight&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Louisville swimmer,\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong>, picked up the second place seed with a time of 51.18, while\u00a0<strong>Amanda Kendall\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 51.66 to return as the third place seed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grace Oglesby<\/strong>, also of Louisville, turned in a time of 52.35 for the fourth place seed, followed by\u00a0<strong>Aliena Schmidtke&#8217;s<\/strong> time of 52.53.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexa Cuomo<\/strong> (52.89),\u00a0<strong>Joyce Kwok<\/strong> (53.48), and\u00a0<strong>Nasty Govejsek<\/strong> (53.50) were sixth through eighth in prelims.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-7-43-45-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1170,332\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.43.45 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.43.45 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM-700x332.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM-1024x291.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286452\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.43.45 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM.png 1170w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM-533x151.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM-280x79.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.43.45-AM-1024x291.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Josh Prenot<\/strong> topped the competition in prelims of the men&#8217;s 100 fly, leading four other swimmers to sub-47 second swims. Primarily a breaststroker, Prenot flexed his butterfly muscles and produced a top time of 46.15.<\/p>\n<p>Picking up second in tonight&#8217;s final was Ohio State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Salazar<\/strong>, who stopped the clock at a time of 46.41. Teammate\u00a0<strong>Noah Lense<\/strong> grabbed a close third place seed with a 46.52.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> grabbed fourth overall in prelims, stopping the clock at a 46.75. Qualifying close behind Andrew was a tie between\u00a0<strong>Bryce Bohman<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Khalil Fonder<\/strong>, as both swimmers posted final times of 46.75 from heat six.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Batman&#8217; of USA Swimming,\u00a0<strong>Zach Harting<\/strong>, and fellow Louisville teammate,\u00a0<strong>Nicholas Albiero<\/strong>, picked up the seventh and eighth place seeds with times of 47.31 and 47.38 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286458\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-7-51-39-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1162,335\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.51.39 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.51.39 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM-700x335.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM-1024x295.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286458\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 7.51.39 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM.png 1162w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM-533x154.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM-280x81.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-7.51.39-AM-1024x295.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Shortly after picking up the second place seed in the women&#8217;s 100 fly, Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong> was back in the water and dominating the 200 free. Comerford swam to a top qualifying time of 1:43.37 in heat four, earning her a second chance at a National Championships medal for night three, and putting her within two seconds of\u00a0<strong>Missy Franklin&#8217;s<\/strong> championship record of 1:41.40.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isabel Ivey<\/strong>, \u00a0also swimming out of heat four, grabbed the second place seed with a time of 1:44.75, while the third place seed went to\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong> and her time of 1:45.87.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth place seed was picked up by\u00a0<strong>Ashley Neidigh<\/strong> and her time of 1:46.56, followed by Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Arina Openysheva<\/strong> (1:46.84) and\u00a0<strong>Sophie Cattermole<\/strong> (1:46.87).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ali Galyer<\/strong> grabbed the seventh place seed with a 1:46.92 and\u00a0<strong>Miranda Heckman<\/strong> was eighth with a 1:46.95.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-8-05-05-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1150,330\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.05.05 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.05.05 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM-700x330.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM-1024x294.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286461\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.05.05 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM.png 1150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM-533x153.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM-280x80.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.05.05-AM-1024x294.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Zane Grothe<\/strong>, fresh off an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zane-grothe-smashes-american-record-in-500-free-to-break-408-for-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Record in the 500 free<\/a>, powered to the top seed in the men&#8217;s 200 free. Grothe posted a time of 1:34.07 to return to the middle of the pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitch D&#8217;Arrigo<\/strong> grabbed the second place seed with a time of 1:34.28, followed closely by\u00a0<strong>Joshua Fleagle&#8217;s<\/strong> third place seed time of 1:34.41.<\/p>\n<p>The sub-1:35 times continued with\u00a0<strong>Matias Koski<\/strong> as he delivered a 1:34.65 to earn the fourth place seed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corey Main<\/strong> took\u00a0the fifth place seed with a 1:35.25, just ahead of backstroke All-Star\u00a0<strong>Ryan Murphy<\/strong> and his time of 1:35.49.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrej Barna<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Samuel Steele<\/strong> concluded the top eight swimmers with times of 1:36.10 and 1:36.55.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-8-19-13-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1159,329\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.19.13 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.19.13 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM-700x329.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM-1024x291.png\" class=\"wp-image-286464\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.19.13 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM.png 1159w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM-533x151.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM-280x79.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.19.13-AM-1024x291.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Melanie\u00a0Margalis&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong>all-star morning continued with a top showing in the women&#8217;s 100 breast. Margalis led a quad of women beneath the one-minute mark, posting the fastest\u00a0time of the morning at a 58.77.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrea Cottrell<\/strong> grabbed the second place seed with a time of 59.17, followed closely by\u00a0<strong>Danielle Herrmann<\/strong> (59.41) and\u00a0<strong>Breeja Larson<\/strong> (59.48).<\/p>\n<p>The fifth place seed was picked up by\u00a0<strong>Maria Astashkina<\/strong> and her time of 1:00.25, while\u00a0<strong>Rachel Bernhardt<\/strong> qualified close behind with a 1:00.27.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanna Gresser<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Bailey Bonnett<\/strong> rounded out the top eight with times of 1:00.43. and 1:00.93 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-8-26-22-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1169,336\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.26.22 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.26.22 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM-700x336.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM-1024x294.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286472\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.26.22 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM.png 1169w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM-533x153.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM-280x80.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.26.22-AM-1024x294.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cody Miller<\/strong> dashed to a new Championship meet record in prelims of the men&#8217;s 100 breast, lowering the previous record of 51.10, set by <strong>Kevin Cordes<\/strong> in 2012,\u00a0to a 51.04. Miller&#8217;s time puts him exactly one second off Cordes&#8217; American Record of 50.04, set in Austin, Texas in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nic Fink<\/strong> posted the only other sub-52 second swim in the men&#8217;s 100 breast, stopping the clock at a time of 51.80.<\/p>\n<p>18-year-old\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> picked up the third place seed with a time of 52.24, followed by\u00a0<strong>Nick Zito&#8217;s<\/strong> fourth place qualifying time of 52.63.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Josh Prenot<\/strong> grabbed the fifth place seed with a 52.70, just ahead of\u00a0<strong>Reece Whitley&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>52.79.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;A&#8217; final was rounded out by\u00a0<strong>Carlos Claverie<\/strong> (53.33) and\u00a0<strong>Nicholas Leshok<\/strong> (54.30).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-8-40-04-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1170,331\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.40.04 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.40.04 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM-700x331.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM-1024x290.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286474\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.40.04 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM.png 1170w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM-533x151.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM-280x79.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.40.04-AM-1024x290.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Isabel Ivey<\/strong>, representing Gators Swim Club, posted the fastest time of the morning in the women&#8217;s 100 back. She stopped the clock at a time of 52.27, leading a quad of swimmers beneath the 53-second mark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> turned in the second fastest time of the morning at a 52.30 from heat six, followed closely by\u00a0<strong>Bridgette Alexander&#8217;s<\/strong> 52.77, also from heat six.<\/p>\n<p>Nation&#8217;s Capital&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Phoebe Bacon<\/strong> posted a sizzling 52.79 from heat four, qualifying the 15-year-old fourth overall. Bacon&#8217;s time shifts her from 40th to 30th on USA Swimming&#8217;s All-Time Top 100 list for the 15-16 age group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alina Kendzior<\/strong> picked up the fifth place seed with a 53.20, just ahead of\u00a0<strong>Rebekah Bradley&#8217;s<\/strong> 53.32.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashlyn Schoof<\/strong> (53.35) and\u00a0<strong>Emma Muzzy<\/strong> (53.41) also qualified for tonight&#8217;s &#8216;A&#8217; final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-8-55-09-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1152,331\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.55.09 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.55.09 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM-700x331.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM-1024x294.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286476\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 8.55.09 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM.png 1152w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM-533x153.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM-280x80.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-8.55.09-AM-1024x294.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Grigory Tarasevich<\/strong>, who represented Russia at the 2016 Olympics, ended the morning session by claiming the top seed in the men&#8217;s 100 back. Tarasevich posted a time of 46.61 for first, qualifying a shy .02 seconds ahead of\u00a0<strong>Bryce Bohman<\/strong> and his 46.63.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corey Main<\/strong> picked up the third place seed with a time of 46.90, while former Cal teammates\u00a0<strong>Ryan Murphy<\/strong> (47.00) and\u00a0<strong>Jacob Pebley<\/strong> (47.10) qualified fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nikolaos Sofianidis<\/strong> grabbed the sixth place seed with a time of 47.35, just ahead of\u00a0<strong>Brendan Burns&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong>47.53.<\/p>\n<p>The eighth place seed was earned by\u00a0<strong>Nicolas Albiero<\/strong> and his time of 47.74.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-usa-swimming-att-winter-nationals-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-12-01-at-9-15-15-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1154,330\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 9.15.15 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 9.15.15 AM&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\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM-700x330.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM-1024x293.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286478\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 9.15.15 AM\" width=\"600\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM.png 1154w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM-533x152.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM-280x80.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-01-at-9.15.15-AM-1024x293.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melanie Margalis\u00a0was dominant on the third morning of the 2017 USA Swimming AT&amp;T Winter Nationals, claiming the first place seed in both the women&#8217;s 400 IM and 100 breast, plus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":264396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[64787],"class_list":["post-286431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-usa","tag-2017-usa-swimming-atandt-winter-nationals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>2017 USA Swimming AT&amp;T Winter Nationals: Melanie Margalis Claims 2 Top Seeds - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everything you need to follow along live with day three prelims of the 2017 USA Swimming AT&amp;T Winter Nationals. 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