{"id":47056,"date":"2014-01-18T11:45:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T18:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=47056"},"modified":"2015-08-22T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T18:11:58","slug":"video-tom-shields-blasts-100-fly-final-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-tom-shields-blasts-100-fly-final-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Tom Shields Blasts 100 Fly Final in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUSTIN, Texas, January 18. CALIFORNIA’s Tom Shields, fresh off altitude training in Colorado Springs, nearly posted an in-season best with a scintillating time of 52.72 in the men’s 100-meter fly at the Arena Grand Prix in Austin.<\/p>\n

That swim came up a bit short of his 52.53 from the Fran Crippen Memorial last summer in June. He clearly beat his best Grand Prix time as well, which previously had been a 52.99 from the Mesa stop of the Arena Grand Prix last year.<\/p>\n

Stanford’s Eugene Godsoe raced his way to second in 53.69, while Cardinal teammate Jason Dunford snagged third-place honors in 53.73.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Nick Thoman (51.40), NCAP’s Andrew Seliskar (54.17), Stanford’s Bobby Bollier (54.44), Canada’s Coleman Allen (54.47) and Germany’s Christian Diener (54.98) wrapped up the championship heat.<\/p>\n

NBAC’s Tom Luchsinger dominated the B final this evening with a 54.10, just missing his lifetime best of 53.78 in the process. Although he’s a stronger 200-meter butterflier, it was a bit surprising to see him miss out on the finale. It’s obvious he decided to demonstrate his speed in the consolation heat.<\/p>\n