{"id":34100,"date":"2013-04-12T17:33:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T22:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2013\/04\/arena-grand-prix-mesa-tyler-clary-snatches-double\/"},"modified":"2015-08-21T09:31:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T16:31:14","slug":"arena-grand-prix-mesa-tyler-clary-snatches-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/arena-grand-prix-mesa-tyler-clary-snatches-double\/","title":{"rendered":"Arena Grand Prix – Mesa: Tyler Clary Snatches Double"},"content":{"rendered":"

For full coverage of the Arena Grand Prix — Mesa, including video interviews, full recaps, etc., check out our event coverage page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

MESA, Arizona, April 12. THE second day of finals action is complete at the Arena Grand Prix — Mesa as Club Wolverine's Tyler Clary turned in an exciting double this evening. <\/p>\n

Women's 400 IM<\/b>
\nAfter a trio of runner-up finishes last night, Hungary's Katinka Hosszu threw down a dominant time in the distance medley for her initial first-place check of the Arena Grand Prix series. Hosszu is definitely used to first-place checks as she amassed six figures in winnings on the FINA World Cup tour last year. <\/p>\n

Tonight, Hosszu led wire-to-wire with a 4:40.01 for the win. That cleared her season best of 4:41.18 from earlier this year, but did not move her out of seventh-best in the world so far. Beatriz Gomez Cortes of Spain still holds sixth with a 4:39.86.<\/p>\n

Fellow USC-connected swimmer Stina Gardell snared second overall with a time of 4:42.26, while California's Caitlin Leverenz rounded out the top three with a 4:42.64.<\/p>\n

Pleasanton's Celina Li just missed the podium with a fourth-place time of 4:48.40, while Cammile Adams of Texas A&M claimed fifth in 4:48.58.<\/p>\n

Germantown's Rachel Zilinskas (4:54.39), Louisville's Tanja Kylliainen (4:54.43) and Redlands' Sonia Wang (4:58.25) also vied for the event title in the 400 IM. Two-time Olympian Andreina Pinto cruised to the B final victory in a time of 4:55.50. <\/p>\n

Men's 400 IM<\/b>
\nClub Wolverine's Tyler Clary pushed his winning to $3,700 on the Arena Grand Prix series with another first-place check as he clocked a 4:24.90 to win the distance medley. He has plenty in the tank as he continues to round into form for Barcelona as he's been in the 4:06 range with a lifetime best of 4:06.96. It will be fun to see what Clary can pull off when he's fully tapered.<\/p>\n

UCD's Scott Weltz raced to second in a lifetime best of 4:26.37. That swim cleared his previous top time of 4:27.25 and cashed him a runner-up check. AK Sharks' Sam Smiddy took third in 4:26.86 to wrap up the top three finishes.<\/p>\n

Palo Alto's Curtis Ogren (4:27.75), Argentina's Esteban Paz (4:29.22), Venezuela's Carlos Claverie (4:31.85), Santa Clara's Alex Wold (4:33.55) and Cardinal's Carlos Almeida (4:38.63) posted the rest of the championship finishes. Meanwhile, East Brisbane's Zac Dalby cut seven seconds from his personal best with a B final winning time of 4:30.26. <\/p>\n

Women's 200 free<\/b>
\nNation's Capital's Katie Ledecky and Colorado Stars' Missy Franklin put on a show in an epic battle in the 200-meter freestyle as both challenged the top time in the world this evening.<\/p>\n

Franklin went out hard, leading Ledecky 56.79 to 57.45, at the 100-meter mark. Ledecky, however, put the hammer down, especially in the final 10 meters, to overtake her fellow Olympic gold medalist, 1:56.93 to 1:56.96. <\/p>\n

Both joined just a foursome of swimmers to post 1:56s this year. Federica Pellegrini blasted a world-leading time of 1:56.51 today in Italy, while Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden had a 1:56.55 to her credit earlier this season as well.<\/p>\n