{"id":492540,"date":"2021-12-04T13:10:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T20:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=492540"},"modified":"2021-12-04T13:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T20:15:19","slug":"isl-final-energy-standard-holds-off-cali-condors-to-win-league-title-during-exciting-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/isl-final-energy-standard-holds-off-cali-condors-to-win-league-title-during-exciting-final-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ISL Final: Energy Standard Holds Off Cali Condors to Win League Title During Exciting Final Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISL Final: Energy Standard Holds Off Cali Condors to Win League Title in Exciting Final Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final match of the third International Swimming League (ISL) came down to the wire as the 2019 league champions and 2020 league champions faced off. The Cali Condors led for most of day one before Energy Standard claimed a 30-point jackpot win in the women’s 400 medley relay following a controversial Cali Condors DQ<\/a>. Then, on day two, the two teams went back and forth over the final day before, in the end, Energy Standard held on to win by just 12 points.<\/p>\n

Energy finished with 534 points, while Cali scored 522 in a valiant runner-up effort. London, missing star backstroker Kira Toussaint<\/strong> for the entire ISL final, finished fourth, while LA Current was fourth.<\/p>\n

The MVP of both the ISL final and the entire ISL season was\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>, who scored 61 points in the match and 511.5 for the entire season. On the final day, Sjostrom scored a huge win in the 100 IM over Cali Condors’\u00a0Beata Nelson <\/strong> and anchored Energy’s mixed 400 medley relay to a huge win. Sjostrom also finished second in the 100 free and 50 fly.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Energy Standard’s Siobhan Haughey <\/strong>dominated the women’s 100 free and 200 free, and she ended the season with 468 points to finish second in the season MVP totals. On the men’s side, Ben Proud<\/strong> pulled off a win in the 50 fly, and later, Proud and Adam Barrett<\/strong> secured the title when both advanced to the second round in men’s butterfly skins.<\/p>\n

Cali, meanwhile, had plenty of huge performances on day two.\u00a0Nic Fink<\/strong> completed a sweep of the breaststroke events by breaking his own American record in the 100-meter event<\/a> and upsetting\u00a0Ilya Shymanovich<\/strong> again. Fink ended up with 59.5 points for the match to finish second in the MVP standings. Also for Cali,\u00a0Hali Flickinger<\/strong> earned wins in the 200 fly and 400 IM, the latter in a come-from-behind effort, while\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> swam a limited program of events but still won the 100 IM and 50 butterfly skins.\u00a0Lilly King<\/strong> won the 100 breast for Cali, while\u00a0Kelsi Dahlia<\/strong>, who set the world record in the 100 fly on day one<\/a>, upset Sjostrom in the 50 fly.<\/p>\n

Final Team Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Energy Standard 534<\/li>\n
  2. Cali Condors 522<\/li>\n
  3. London Roar 393.5<\/li>\n
  4. LA Current 303.5<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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