{"id":306027,"date":"2018-04-14T08:57:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T15:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=306027"},"modified":"2018-04-14T11:52:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T18:52:47","slug":"2018-tyr-pro-series-mesa-day-3-prelims-andrew-smith-smoliga-finnerty-among-top-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-tyr-pro-series-mesa-day-3-prelims-andrew-smith-smoliga-finnerty-among-top-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 TYR Pro Series Mesa Day 3 Prelims: Andrew, Smith, Smoliga, Finnerty Among Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two strong days of swimming, Day 3 of the TYR Pro Series meet at Mesa features a huge chunk of sprinting events as well as the 400 free.<\/p>\n

This is a live recap of the Day 3 prelims:<\/p>\n

DAY THREE PRELIMS COMPLETE RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n

Order of events<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Men’s Freestyle 400m<\/div>\n
\u2022 Women’s Butterfly 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Men’s Butterfly 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Women’s Backstroke 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Men’s Backstroke 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Women’s Freestyle 400m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Women’s Breaststroke 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Men’s Breaststroke 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Women’s Freestyle 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Men’s Freestyle 50m<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Men’s 400 Free<\/h3>\n
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Marwan El Kamash<\/strong> opened Day 3 of the Mesa Pro Series meet by taking the top seed in the men’s 400 free, a race that features some strong competition.<\/div>\n
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El Kamash finished the prelims in 3:54.16, holding off Jordan Wilmovsky<\/strong> (3:55.21) and Zane Grothe<\/strong> (3:55.93).<\/div>\n
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Marcelo Acost<\/strong>a of Louisville took the fourth seed at 3:56.66, followed by Dimitrios Dimitriou<\/strong> (3:56.75) of North Carolina, Rafael Davila<\/strong> (3:57.37) of South Carolina, Rahiti De Vos<\/strong> (3:58.05) and Chris Wieser<\/strong> (3:58.89).<\/div>\n
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Women’s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Kelsi Dahlia<\/strong> put together a strong 50 butterfly to take the top seed in 25.97. On her heels was USC’s Louise<\/strong> Hansson<\/strong> in 26.77.<\/div>\n
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Cal’s Farida Osman<\/strong> took the third seed (26.84), followed by Aliena Schmidtke<\/strong> (26.95), Louisville’s Mallory<\/strong> Comerford<\/strong> (26.97), Hellen Moffitt<\/strong> (27.03), Alyssa Marsh<\/strong> (27.19) and Sarah Gibson<\/strong> (27.29).<\/div>\n
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Men’s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Michael Andrew<\/strong> continued his top-level speed in Mesa, taking the top seed in the 50 fly in 23.37.<\/div>\n
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Tim Phillips<\/strong> took the second seed in 24.05, followed by Marcus Schlesinger<\/strong> (24.07), Meiron Cheruti<\/strong> (24.23), Giles Smith<\/strong> (24.48), Pace Clark<\/strong> (24.56), Kyle Robrock<\/strong> (24.73) and Runar Borgen<\/strong> (24.76).<\/div>\n
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Women’s 50 Back<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Athens Bulldogs’ Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> coasted into the top seed in the 50 back, finishing in 28.01.<\/div>\n
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Club Wolverine’s Ali DeLoof<\/strong> took the second spot at 28.43, followed by Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> (28.83), Cal’s Keaton<\/strong> Blovad<\/strong> (28.92), Isabella Arcila Hurtado<\/strong> (29.15), Cal’s Amy Bilquist<\/strong> (29.26), Hellen Moffitt<\/strong> (29.46), and Karolina Hajkova<\/strong> (29.47).<\/div>\n
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Men’s 50 Back<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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The men’s 50 back is shaping up to be a strong race as Mark Nikolaev<\/strong> took the top seed in 25.15.<\/div>\n
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Tuscon Ford’s Matt Grevers<\/strong> was second (25.69), followed by Youssef Said<\/strong> (26.14), Kyle Robrock<\/strong> (26.51), Luke Penchmann<\/strong> (26.76), Jack Anderson<\/strong> (27.33), Yeziel Morales<\/strong> (27.36) and Joshua Ries<\/strong> (27.46).<\/div>\n
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Women’s 400 Free<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Tuscon Ford’s Leah Smith<\/strong> cruised to the top seed in the 400 free, finishing the prelims in 4:11.98.<\/div>\n
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Athens Bulldogs’ Hali Flickinger<\/strong> took second at 4:13.46, followed by Leonie Kullmann<\/strong> (4:16.13), Cierra Runge<\/strong> (4:16.73), Vien Nguyen<\/strong> (4:17.64), Sophie Cattermole<\/strong> (4:18.42), Ashley Neidigh<\/strong> (4:19.08), and Kirsten Jacobsen<\/strong> (4:19.62).<\/div>\n
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Women’s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Molly Hannis<\/strong> turned in a strong 50 breast performance, finishing in 30.26 to set up a showdown with Breeja<\/strong> Larson<\/strong> (31.14) in the final.<\/div>\n
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Peyton Kondis<\/strong> took the third seed (31.81), followed by Zoe Bartel<\/strong> (32.12), Melanie Margalis<\/strong> (32.14), Tjasa<\/strong> Pintar<\/strong> (32.52), Silja Kansakoski<\/strong> (32.57) and Morganne McKennan<\/strong> (33.06).<\/div>\n
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Men’s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
After dominating at the NCAA championships, Indiana’s Ian Finnerty<\/strong> put together a strong sprint to take the top seed in the 50 breast, finishing in 27.62.<\/div>\n
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South Carolina’s Itay Goldfaden<\/strong> was right on his heels at 27.64, followed by Athens Bulldogs’ Nic Fink<\/strong> (27.74), Youssef El Kamash<\/strong> (27.76), Chuck Katis<\/strong> (27.96), Kevin Cordes<\/strong> (28.01), Carlos Claverie<\/strong> (28.24) and Levi<\/strong> Jensen<\/strong> (28.42).<\/div>\n
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Women’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Margo Geer<\/strong> finished the women’s portion of Saturday’s preliminaries by taking the top seed in the 50 free, touching the wall in 25.05.<\/div>\n
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Louisville’s Mallory Comerford<\/strong> took the second seed in 25.36, followed by Swim-MAC’s Madison Kennedy<\/strong> (25.39), Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> (25.42) and Cardinals’ Kelsi Dahlia<\/strong> (25.42), who tied for the fourth seed.<\/div>\n
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USC’s Louise Hansson<\/strong> followed with the sixth seed in 25.58, ahead of Trojans’ Anika Apostalon<\/strong> (25.64) and Lia Neal<\/strong> (25.73).<\/div>\n
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Men’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Michael Andrew<\/strong> surged to the top seed in the 50 free to close out the preliminary session. He finished in 22.06.<\/div>\n
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Michael Chadwick<\/strong> took the second seed at 22.37 ahead of Nathan Adrian<\/strong> (22.68).<\/div>\n
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Bruno Blaskovic<\/strong> took the fourth seed (22.71), followed by Cullen Jones<\/strong> (22.78), Andrej Barna<\/strong> (22.96), Nikola<\/strong> Miljenic<\/strong> (22.97) and Kyle Robrock<\/strong> (23.00).<\/div>\n
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