﻿{"id":310187,"date":"2018-05-18T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=310187"},"modified":"2018-05-18T12:29:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:29:04","slug":"justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Ress and Simone Manuel Sprint To Top Seeds on Friday of TYR Pro Swim Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Friday preliminary session of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series meet from Indianapolis featured a lot of the national team making some noise as the usual stars\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jacob Pebley\u00a0<\/strong>swam to top seeds in Indy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2018-tyr-pro-swim-series-indianapolis-day-3-prelims-heat-sheet-day-3-usa-senior-national-2018-05-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heat Sheet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Stream<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/omegatiming.com\/Competition?id=0001120101ffffffffffffffffffffff&amp;day=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 IM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>is having herself quite the meet as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-smashes-1500-free-world-record-first-night-tyr-indianapolis-pro-swim-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already set a world record<\/a> in the 1500 and swam the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-posts-second-fastest-400-free-in-history-new-u-s-open-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second fastest time ever<\/a> in the 400. On Friday morning at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, she swam a 4:41.54 to lead the qualifiers in the 400 IM heats at the TYR Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n<p>She swam by\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>(4:42.87) and\u00a0<strong>Ella Eastin\u00a0<\/strong>(4:43.36) in the freestyle leg as those three are the top seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Penn State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ally McHugh\u00a0<\/strong>(4:43.61) and\u00a0Vietnam&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Vien Nguyen\u00a0<\/strong>(4:43.63), as well as\u00a0<strong>Hali Flickinger\u00a0<\/strong>(4:43.72),\u00a0<strong>Brooke Forde\u00a0<\/strong>(4:44.36) and\u00a0<strong>Allie Szekely\u00a0<\/strong>(4:44.85) will also swim in the A-final tonight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310217\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310217\" data-attachment-id=\"310217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-1-37-46-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.37.46-PM-e1526665120281.png\" data-orig-size=\"748,428\" 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 2018-05-18 at 1.37.46 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 1.37.46 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.37.46-PM-e1526665120281-700x428.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.37.46-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310217\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.37.46-PM-e1526665120281-700x428.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 1.37.46 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"428\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 IM<\/h3>\n<p>Georgia had a good showing in the heats of the 400 IM on Friday morning as\u00a0<strong>Jay Litherland\u00a0<\/strong>swam to the top seed with a 4:22.03 just ahead of Louisville&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Daniel Sos\u00a0<\/strong>(4:22.71). Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sean Grieshop\u00a0<\/strong>is the third seed at 4:24.18.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning World Champion\u00a0<strong>Chase Kalisz\u00a0<\/strong>did not take a hard stroke his last 200 as he cruised in to a very comfortable 4:24.76. He has been as fast as a 4:08 this year already so he could dip down that low tonight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carson Foster\u00a0<\/strong>(4:25.25),\u00a0<strong>Gunnar Bentz\u00a0<\/strong>(4:25.43),\u00a0<strong>Charlie Swanson\u00a0<\/strong>(4:26.16) and\u00a0<strong>Clayton Forde\u00a0<\/strong>(4:26.79) placed in the top eight after the A-flight heats.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310219\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310219\" data-attachment-id=\"310219\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-1-45-12-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.45.12-PM-e1526665548874.png\" data-orig-size=\"745,438\" 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 2018-05-18 at 1.45.12 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 1.45.12 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.45.12-PM-e1526665548874-700x438.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.45.12-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310219\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.45.12-PM-e1526665548874-700x438.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 1.45.12 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>and future teammate\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck\u00a0<\/strong>were the only women to break 25 seconds on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Indianapolis. Manuel is the top seed for tonight at 24.89 and Ruck is the second seed at 24.99.<\/p>\n<p>Those two are just ahead of Mission Viejo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Margo Geer\u00a0<\/strong>who is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/margo-geer-journey-back-to-swimming-after-unhappy-olympic-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on a bit of a comeback trail<\/a>\u00a0herself. Geer is the third seed tonight with a 25.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelsi Dahlia\u00a0<\/strong>(25.37),\u00a0<strong>Kayla Sanchez\u00a0<\/strong>(25.38),\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(25.54),\u00a0<strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> (25.58) and\u00a0<strong>Veronica Burchill\u00a0<\/strong>(25.80) also placed in the top eight after the A-flight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310221\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310221\" data-attachment-id=\"310221\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-1-58-07-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.58.07-PM-e1526666327323.png\" data-orig-size=\"720,284\" 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 2018-05-18 at 1.58.07 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 1.58.07 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.58.07-PM-e1526666327323-700x284.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.58.07-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310221\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-1.58.07-PM-e1526666327323-700x284.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 1.58.07 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"284\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p>NC State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Justin Ress\u00a0<\/strong>sprinted to the top seed in the 50 as he swam a 22.36 just ahead of Indiana&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ali Khalafalla\u00a0<\/strong>(22.46). Ress has been a swimmer on the rise the last 12 months after he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-shocks-the-field-for-first-national-title-in-50-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made the World Championship team<\/a>\u00a0last summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nc-states-justin-ress-honored-as-world-university-games-most-decorated-male-athlete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won a couple gold medals<\/a> at the World University Games, and was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-anchors-nc-state-to-4x200-relay-victory-to-open-ncaas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">integral part in NC State&#8217;s relays<\/a> this past March. Ress could snag a couple relay spots later this summer as he is now a well-known name in the swimming circles.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of well known names,\u00a0three-time Olympian\u00a0<strong>Nathan Adrian\u00a0<\/strong>(22.54) is the third seed going into tonight. He had a good showing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nathan-adrian-wins-again-in-100-free-at-tyr-pro-series-indy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last night in the 100 free<\/a>\u00a0and could get down to a sub-22 again tonight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Greenberg\u00a0<\/strong>(22.88),\u00a0<strong>Ryan Held\u00a0<\/strong>(22.96),\u00a0<strong>Adam Chaney\u00a0<\/strong>(23.10) and\u00a0<strong>Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>(23.23)\u00a0also placed in the A-flight&#8217;s top eight.\u00a0<strong>Gus Borges\u00a0<\/strong>snuck into the A-final after a 23.21 in the B-flights. He did the same thing in the 100 free yesterday, sneaking into the A-final after swimming in the B-flight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310223\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310223\" data-attachment-id=\"310223\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-2-15-21-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.15.21-PM-e1526667356637.png\" data-orig-size=\"736,272\" 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 2018-05-18 at 2.15.21 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 2.15.21 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.15.21-PM-e1526667356637-700x272.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.15.21-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310223\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.15.21-PM-e1526667356637-700x272.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 2.15.21 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"272\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Back<\/h3>\n<p>Kentucky&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Asia Seidt\u00a0<\/strong>(2:11.69) cruised to the top seed and will have a bit of a battle tonight in the 200 back final at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet at Indianapolis. Seidt is just barely ahead of\u00a0<strong>Kennedy Goss\u00a0<\/strong>(2:11.71) and\u00a0<strong>Erin Voss\u00a0<\/strong>(2:11.74).<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lisa Bratton\u00a0<\/strong>(2:12.57) is just ahead of Canadian teenage sensation\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck\u00a0<\/strong>(2:12.89) and US National team member\u00a0<strong>Olivia Smoliga\u00a0<\/strong>(2:13.72).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ali Galyer\u00a0<\/strong>(2:13.94) and\u00a0<strong>Allie Szekely\u00a0<\/strong>(2:14.25) round out the top eight from this morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310225\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310225\" data-attachment-id=\"310225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-2-17-22-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.17.22-PM-e1526667483646.png\" data-orig-size=\"726,368\" 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 2018-05-18 at 2.17.22 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 2.17.22 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.17.22-PM-e1526667483646-700x368.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.17.22-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310225\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.17.22-PM-e1526667483646-700x368.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 2.17.22 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Back<\/h3>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jacob Pebley\u00a0<\/strong>has a chance to toot his own horn tonight without training partner and reigning Olympic champion\u00a0<strong>Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>in the field. Pebley cruised to the top time in the 200 back heats with a 1:59.67 as he was the only swimmer under two minutes in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Pebley is well ahead of the rest of the field as three swimmers behind him swam 2:02&#8217;s.\u00a0<strong>Grigory Tarasevich\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.29),\u00a0<strong>Nicolas Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.71) and\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.96) are all right there together going into tonight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Boratto\u00a0<\/strong>(2:03.27),\u00a0<strong>Matt Grevers\u00a0<\/strong>(2:03.51),\u00a0<strong>Jacob Steele\u00a0<\/strong>(2:03.76) and\u00a0<strong>David Fridlander\u00a0<\/strong>(2:04.49) also placed in the top eight after the A-flight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310228\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310228\" data-attachment-id=\"310228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-2-29-46-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.29.46-PM-e1526668221737.png\" data-orig-size=\"732,364\" 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 2018-05-18 at 2.29.46 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 2.29.46 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.29.46-PM-e1526668221737-700x364.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.29.46-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310228\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-2.29.46-PM-e1526668221737-700x364.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 2.29.46 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"364\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>cruised in the heats of the 200 free which was her second event of the morning so far on this lovely Friday. Ledecky swam a 1:57.00 to have the top seed ahead of\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.94). Those two are head and shoulders ahead of the rest of the field as third was\u00a0<strong>Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>at 1:59.47.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the field is very strong as it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a very tough path to get on the 4&#215;200 free relay at the end of the summer at the Pan Pacs in Japan.\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.55),\u00a0<strong>Leah Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.03),\u00a0<strong>Allison Schmitt\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.05) and\u00a0<strong>Katie Drabot\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.41) all have a chance to get on the team in that event at the end of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.79) is also in tonight&#8217;s A-final as the fifth seed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310277\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310277\" data-attachment-id=\"310277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-3-03-01-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.03.01-PM-e1526670215852.png\" data-orig-size=\"732,364\" 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 2018-05-18 at 3.03.01 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 3.03.01 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.03.01-PM-e1526670215852-700x364.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.03.01-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310277\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.03.01-PM-e1526670215852-700x364.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 3.03.01 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"364\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Felix Aubock\u00a0<\/strong>was the only swimmer to break 1:50 on Friday morning in the heats of the 200 free at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis. Aubock swam a 1:49.15 to lead the qualifiers into tonight&#8217;s final. He is ahead of a pair of IU swimmers\u00a0<strong>Zane Grothe\u00a0<\/strong>(1:50.03) and\u00a0<strong>Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>(1:50.06).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gunnar Bentz\u00a0<\/strong>(1:50.35) and\u00a0<strong>Norbert Szabo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:50.35) tied for fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>The US is desperately looking for some relay spots on the men&#8217;s side for the 4&#215;200 free relay as they lost the last two World Championship titles to Great Britain and don&#8217;t have the luxury of\u00a0<strong>Michael Phelps\u00a0<\/strong>anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Guys like\u00a0<strong>Jay Litherland\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ryan Held\u00a0<\/strong>as well as Grothe, Pieroni and Bentz could help fill that void. Litherland (1:50.54) and Held (1:50.87) made it to tonight&#8217;s A-final.\u00a0<strong>Marwan El-Kamash\u00a0<\/strong>is the eighth seed after the A-flights at 1:51.17.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_310285\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310285\" data-attachment-id=\"310285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/justin-ress-and-simone-manuel-sprint-to-top-seeds-on-friday-of-tyr-pro-swim-series\/screen-shot-2018-05-18-at-3-28-11-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.28.11-PM-e1526671730268.png\" data-orig-size=\"748,371\" 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 2018-05-18 at 3.28.11 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 3.28.11 PM&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\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.28.11-PM-e1526671730268-700x371.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.28.11-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310285\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-18-at-3.28.11-PM-e1526671730268-700x371.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-05-18 at 3.28.11 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"371\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-310285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Friday preliminary session of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series meet from Indianapolis featured a lot of the national team making some noise as the usual stars\u00a0Katie Ledecky,\u00a0Simone Manuel\u00a0and\u00a0Jacob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":310115,"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":[67722,25490,25843,25513,25038,25400,32614,63887],"class_list":["post-310187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-usa","tag-2018-usa-tyr-pro-swim-series-indianapolis","tag-chase-kalisz","tag-jacob-pebley","tag-leah-smith","tag-nathan-adrian","tag-simone-manuel","tag-taylor-ruck","tag-tyr-pro-swim-series"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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