{"id":491668,"date":"2021-11-20T11:54:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=491668"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T20:23:57","slug":"isl-playoff-match-4-day-1-cali-condors-open-up-early-lead-on-la-current","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/isl-playoff-match-4-day-1-cali-condors-open-up-early-lead-on-la-current\/","title":{"rendered":"ISL Playoff Match 4, Day 1: London Roar(s) Into First Place Thanks to Chalmers, Scott, Pickrem and Toussaint"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISL Playoff Match 4, Day 1: London Roar(s) Into First Place Thanks to Chalmers, Scott, Pickrem and Toussaint<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cali Condors, last season’s ISL champions, have close to a full squad present for the first time this season, with Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> returning for his first playoff match and Hali Flickinger <\/strong>making her season debut. The Condors opened up an early lead as Kelsi Dahlia<\/strong> set an ISL record in the 100 butterfly<\/a>, and Beata Nelson<\/strong> and\u00a0Lilly King<\/strong> also won their first races. But then, during the second portion of the meet, the London Roar came on strong and took over the lead.<\/p>\n

Kyle Chalmers<\/strong>\u00a0(men’s 50 freestyle), Duncan Scott\u00a0<\/strong>(men’s 200 IM and 400 freestyle), Sydney Pickrem\u00a0<\/strong>(women’s 200 IM) and Kira Toussaint <\/strong>(women’s 50 backstroke) all won individual victories for London, and the Roar also picked up two relay wins. Chalmers keyed a dominant performance in the men’s 400 freestyle relay, and the team of Toussaint,\u00a0Alia Atkinson<\/strong>,\u00a0Marie Wattel<\/strong> and\u00a0Emma McKeon<\/strong> upset the world-record-holders from the Cali Condors in the women’s 400 medley relay. Both of those triumphs were jackpots of at least 30 points. All that has given London a 49.5-point lead over Cali with one day of racing down and another still to come.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, LA Current also looked strong in this match after a surprise victory over London in last weekend’s second playoff match. LA was in second place behind London and ahead of Cali for a stretch of the match, and the Current sit just 10 points behind Cali heading into day two.<\/p>\n

Team Scores Through Day One:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. London Roar 287.5<\/li>\n
  2. Cali Condors 238<\/li>\n
  3. LA Current 228<\/li>\n
  4. Team Iron 156.5<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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