﻿{"id":385367,"date":"2019-07-31T08:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=385367"},"modified":"2019-07-31T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T18:11:54","slug":"2019-phillips-66-us-national-championships-day-1-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-phillips-66-us-national-championships-day-1-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Phillips 66 US National Championships Day 1 Prelims: Held, Smith, Weitzeil, Urlando Take Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Phillips 66 US National Championships opened on Wednesday morning from Stanford with four events.<\/p>\n<p>The meet will open with the 200 butterfly, followed by the 100 freestyle. The women&#8217;s 800 freestyle and the men&#8217;s 1500 freestyle will start with slower heats in the afternoon before finals.<\/p>\n<p>Follow along with our live recap of the session.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2019-us-nationals-day-one-prelims-heat-sheets-day-1-usa-senior-national-2019-07-31.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DAY 1 PRELIMS HEAT SHEETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/omegatiming.com\/2019\/phillips-66-national-championships-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 200 Fly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 200 Fly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 100 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 100 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Women\u2019s 200 Fly<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> picked up right where she left off at worlds, putting together a solid performance to take the top seed in the 200 fly to open nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, swimming for Riptide, cruised to the top seed in 2:09.04.<\/p>\n<p>Smith set the world record in the 200 backstroke and 100 backstroke at worlds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lillie Nordmann<\/strong> finished with the second seed in 2:09.21, followed by <strong>Dakota Luther<\/strong> (2:09.49),<strong> Katie Drabot<\/strong> (2:09.53), <strong>Megan Kingsley<\/strong> (2:09.73), <strong>Olivia Carter<\/strong> (2:10.12), <strong>Emily Large<\/strong> (2:01.13) and <strong>Taylor Pike<\/strong> (2:10.34).<\/p>\n<p>Top-seeded <strong>Hali Flickinger<\/strong> did not swim the event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"385395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-phillips-66-us-national-championships-day-1-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2019-07-31-at-12-58-30-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"953,473\" 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 2019-07-31 at 12.58.30 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 12.58.30 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\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM-700x473.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM.png\" class=\"wp-image-385395 \" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 12.58.30 PM\" width=\"860\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM.png 953w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM-280x139.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM-450x223.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM-150x74.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM-500x248.png 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.30-PM-533x265.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Men\u2019s 200 Fly<\/h2>\n<p>Smith wasn\u2019t the only teen to start nationals with a strong race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong>, 17, took the top seed in the men\u2019s race in 1:55.55 and will look to add a national title to his already growing resume tonight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Shields<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0nine years older than Urlando \u2014 has the second seed in 1:56.12.<\/p>\n<p>Louisville\u2019s<strong> Nicholas Albiero<\/strong> has the third seed in 1:56.91, followed by Michigan\u2019s <strong>Miles Smachlo<\/strong> (1:56.95), <strong>Trenton<\/strong> <strong>Julian<\/strong> (1:57.18),<strong> Bowen Gough<\/strong> (1:57.23), <strong>Justin Wright<\/strong> (1:57.40) and <strong>Brooks Fail<\/strong> (1:57.42).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"385397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-phillips-66-us-national-championships-day-1-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2019-07-31-at-12-58-41-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"945,487\" 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 2019-07-31 at 12.58.41 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 12.58.41 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\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM-700x487.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM.png\" class=\"wp-image-385397 \" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 12.58.41 PM\" width=\"819\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM.png 945w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM-280x144.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM-450x232.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM-500x258.png 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-12.58.41-PM-533x275.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Women\u2019s 100 Free<\/h2>\n<p>Cal\u2019s <strong>Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> looked strong in her first swim of the national championships, swimming the 100 free in 53.47 to take the top seed by more than a second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catie DeLoof<\/strong> took the second seed in 54.67, followed by Tennessee\u2019s Erika Brown (54.75).<\/p>\n<p>A three-way tie for the fourth seed featured Nashville Aquatic\u2019s <strong>Gretchen Walsh<\/strong>, Athens Bulldogs\u2019 <strong>Natalie Hinds<\/strong> as well as <strong>Linnea Mack<\/strong> (54.78).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allison Schmitt<\/strong> took the seventh seed in 54.91, followed by Cal\u2019s <strong>Isabel Ivey<\/strong> (54.97).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"385399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-phillips-66-us-national-championships-day-1-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2019-07-31-at-1-12-12-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"945,533\" 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 2019-07-31 at 1.12.12 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 1.12.12 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\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM.png\" class=\"wp-image-385399 \" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 1.12.12 PM\" width=\"837\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM.png 945w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM-280x158.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM-450x254.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM-150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM-500x282.png 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.12.12-PM-533x301.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Men\u2019s 100 Free<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ryan Held<\/strong> wasted no time putting his mark on the 2019 Phillips 66 US National Championships, breaking the U.S. Open and meet record in 47.43.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record was held by <strong>Jason Lezak<\/strong> (47.58) set in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maxime Rooney<\/strong> was also extremely fast this morning, swimming a 47.75.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tate Jackson<\/strong> took the third seed in 48.12, followed by Harvard\u2019s <strong>Dean Farris<\/strong> (48.21),<strong> Robert Howard<\/strong> (48.37), <strong>Daniel<\/strong> <strong>Krueger<\/strong> (48.66) and <strong>Bowe Becker<\/strong> (49.21).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"385406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-phillips-66-us-national-championships-day-1-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2019-07-31-at-1-30-36-pm-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"965,518\" 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 2019-07-31 at 1.30.36 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 1.30.36 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\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-385406 \" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 1.30.36 PM\" width=\"909\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1.png 965w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1-280x150.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1-450x242.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1-150x81.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1-500x268.png 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-31-at-1.30.36-PM-1-533x286.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Phillips 66 US National Championships opened on Wednesday morning from Stanford with four events. The meet will open with the 200 butterfly, followed by the 100 freestyle. 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