t Jay Litherland<\/strong> (1:50.42).<\/p>\nEvent 4 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n World: W 1:42.00 7\/28\/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER\r\n American: A 1:42.96 8\/12\/2008 Michael Phelps, USA\r\n U.S. Open: O 1:44.10 7\/1\/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine\r\n Pro Swim: P 1:44.82 2016 Sun Yang\r\n Jr World: j 1:42.97 8\/15\/2022 David Popovici, ROM\r\n Oly Trials: T 1:49.99\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Henry McFadden 17 JW-MA 1:48.27 1:48.81T q \r\n r:+0.67 26.06 53.66 (27.60)\r\n 1:21.42 (27.76) 1:48.81 (27.39)\r\n 2 Kieran Smith 22 Ridgefield Aq-CT 1:44.74 1:49.13T q \r\n r:+0.70 25.93 53.85 (27.92)\r\n 1:21.92 (28.07) 1:49.13 (27.21)\r\n 3 Gabriel Jett 20 Unattached-PC 1:47.44 1:49.59T q \r\n r:+0.66 25.88 54.06 (28.18)\r\n 1:22.24 (28.18) 1:49.59 (27.35)\r\n 4 Robin Hanson 21 Unattached-PC 1:46.50 1:49.61T q \r\n r:+0.66 25.38 52.85 (27.47)\r\n 1:21.52 (28.67) 1:49.61 (28.09)\r\n 5 Jay Litherland 27 SUN-AZ 1:50.12 1:50.42 q \r\n r:+0.74 25.75 53.94 (28.19)\r\n 1:21.71 (27.77) 1:50.42 (28.71)\r\n 6 Jack Dahlgren 23 Missouri-MV 1:46.92 1:50.49 q \r\n r:+0.66 25.85 54.01 (28.16)\r\n 1:22.28 (28.27) 1:50.49 (28.21)\r\n 7 Zane Grothe 30 BCH-CA 1:48.15 1:51.22 q \r\n r:+0.70 26.31 54.92 (28.61)\r\n 1:23.41 (28.49) 1:51.22 (27.81)\r\n 8 Javier Acevedo 24 Canada 1:51.16 1:51.38 q \r\n r:+0.66 25.25 53.07 (27.82)\r\n 1:22.17 (29.10) 1:51.38 (29.21)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 9 Drew Kibler 22 CSC-IN 1:45.92 1:51.73 q \r\n r:+0.63 25.86 54.30 (28.44)\r\n 1:23.18 (28.88) 1:51.73 (28.55)\r\n 10 Murilo Sartori 20 Louisville-KY 1:48.05 1:51.74 q \r\n r:+0.72 26.65 55.31 (28.66)\r\n 1:23.59 (28.28) 1:51.74 (28.15)\r\n 11 Joaquin Vargas 20 Tennessee-SE 1:52.47 1:51.88 q \r\n r:+0.70 26.31 54.80 (28.49)\r\n 1:23.64 (28.84) 1:51.88 (28.24)\r\n 11 Sean Grieshop Unattached-PC 1:50.42 1:51.88 q \r\n r:+0.70 26.67 54.63 (27.96)\r\n 1:23.25 (28.62) 1:51.88 (28.63)\r\n 13 *Jorge Iga 25 UN-VA 1:51.98 1:51.96 q \r\n r:+0.67 26.13 54.45 (28.32)\r\n 1:23.41 (28.96) 1:51.96 (28.55)\r\n 14 Cesar Castro 23 Spain 1:47.13 1:51.98 q \r\n r:+0.61 26.18 54.96 (28.78)\r\n 1:23.40 (28.44) 1:51.98 (28.58)\r\n 15 Brett Pinfold 27 SHAC-GU 1:49.38 1:52.25 q \r\n r:+0.78 26.51 55.59 (29.08)\r\n 1:24.65 (29.06) 1:52.25 (27.60)\r\n 16 Ignacio Campos 18 Spain 1:50.18 1:52.95 q \r\n r:+0.65 26.47 55.04 (28.57)\r\n 1:24.04 (29.00) 1:52.95 (28.91)<\/pre>\nTYR Pro Swim Series: Men\u2019s 100 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\nClub Wolverine\u2019s Thomas Cope<\/strong> claimed the top seed in the 100 breaststroke. He got to the wall in 1:01.66 to hold off Tennessee\u2019s Lyubomir Epitropov<\/strong> (1:01.78).<\/p>\nOlympic gold medalist Chase Kalisz t<\/strong>ook the third seed in 1:02.04. , ahead of Brandon Fischer (1:02.57).<\/p>\nEvent 6 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n World: W 56.88 7\/21\/2019 Adam Peaty, GBR\r\n American: A 58.14 6\/13\/2021 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club-S\r\n U.S. Open: O 58.14 6\/13\/2021 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club-S\r\n Pro Swim: P 58.86 2017 Adam Peaty\r\n Jr World: j 59.01 8\/23\/2017 Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA\r\n Oly Trials: T 1:02.19\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Thomas Cope 25 CW-MI 1:00.25 1:01.66T q \r\n r:+0.61 29.05 1:01.66 (32.61)\r\n 2 *Lyubomir Epitr 23 Tennessee-SE 1:01.14 1:01.78 q \r\n r:+0.66 29.09 1:01.78 (32.69)\r\n 3 Chase Kalisz 28 SUN-AZ 1:01.64 1:02.04T q \r\n r:+0.70 29.69 1:02.04 (32.35)\r\n 4 Brandon Fischer 34 TRIV-PC 1:02.29 1:02.57 q \r\n r:+0.71 29.29 1:02.57 (33.28)\r\n 5 Finlay Knox 22 Canada 1:03.29 1:02.73 q \r\n r:+0.68 29.28 1:02.73 (33.45)\r\n 6 James Dergousof 26 Canada 1:00.86 1:02.77 q \r\n r:+0.67 29.18 1:02.77 (33.59)\r\n 7 *Michael Houlie 22 Tennessee-SE 1:01.90 1:02.91 q \r\n r:+0.63 28.49 1:02.91 (34.42)\r\n 8 Brayden Taivass 18 Canada 1:03.01 1:03.03 q \r\n r:+0.61 29.75 1:03.03 (33.28)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 9 Justice Migneau 20 Canada 1:01.73 1:03.48 q \r\n r:+0.67 29.41 1:03.48 (34.07)\r\n 10 Jarel Dillard 22 Tennessee-SE 1:02.38 1:03.54 q \r\n r:+0.63 29.46 1:03.54 (34.08)\r\n 11 Youssef Elkamas 27 EGYPT 1:01.05 1:03.57 q \r\n r:+0.71 29.95 1:03.57 (33.62)\r\n 12 Said Reveles 30 Reveles 1:04.96 1:03.59 q \r\n r:+0.68 29.61 1:03.59 (33.98)\r\n 13 Will Scholtz 18 LAK-KY 1:02.62 1:03.83 q \r\n r:+0.73 30.00 1:03.83 (33.83)\r\n 14 Liyang Sun 19 Unattached-CA 1:03.06 1:04.09 q \r\n r:+0.72 29.97 1:04.09 (34.12)\r\n 15 Jason Hamilton 22 UNAT-GA 53.49Y 1:04.40 q \r\n r:+0.70 30.30 1:04.40 (34.10)\r\n 16 Jake Meyer 20 Unattached-OH 1:04.39 1:04.66 q \r\n r:+0.72 29.99 1:04.66 (34.67)<\/pre>\nTYR Pro Swim Series: Men\u2019s 50 Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\nThe men\u2019s 50 backstroke final looks to be extremely fast and extremely competitive.<\/p>\n
Justin Ress<\/strong> claimed the top seed with a prelim swim of 24.88.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, Olympian Hunter Armstrong<\/strong> is just behind at 25.03, followed by another Olympian Ryan Held<\/strong> (24.59).<\/p>\nTeen upstart Daniel Diehl<\/strong> took the fourth seed at 25.51, followed by Cal sprinter Bjorn Seelige<\/strong>r (25.59), setting up a loaded final.<\/p>\nEvent 8 Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n World: W 23.71 4\/28\/2022 Hunter Armstrong, USA\r\n American: A 24.24 7\/27\/2018 Ryan Murphy, Cal\r\n U.S. Open: O 23.71 4\/28\/2022 Hunter Armstrong, Ohio State Unive\r\n Pro Swim: P 24.66 4\/11\/2019 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Justin Ress 25 MVN-CA 52.73 24.88 q \r\n r:+0.61 \r\n 2 Hunter Armstron 21 California Aq.-P 51.98 25.03 q \r\n r:+0.71 \r\n 3 Ryan Held 27 NYAC-MR 57.48 25.49 q \r\n r:+0.53 \r\n 4 Daniel Diehl 17 CUY-MD 53.07 25.51 q \r\n r:+0.58 \r\n 5 Bjorn Seeliger 23 Unattached-PC 59.20 25.59 q \r\n 6 Manuel Martos 22 Spain 54.69 25.75 q \r\n r:+0.79 \r\n 7 Hunter Tapp 21 NC State-NC 53.45 25.77 q \r\n r:+0.74 \r\n 8 Destin Lasco 21 Unattached-PC 54.08 25.82 q \r\n r:+0.54 \r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 9 Joseph Hayburn 18 ASC-MD 55.58 25.96 q \r\n r:+0.59 \r\n 10 *Bjoern Kammann 21 Tennessee-SE 57.77 26.00 q \r\n r:+0.74 \r\n 11 Javier Acevedo 24 Canada 54.37 26.02 q \r\n r:+0.58 \r\n 12 Jack Alexy 19 Unattached-PC 56.30 26.03 q \r\n r:+0.59 \r\n 12 Sebastian Somer 21 Unattached-PC 55.16 26.03 q \r\n r:+0.78 \r\n 14 Joshua Fisher 17 PSDN-VA 58.01 26.35 q \r\n r:+0.69 \r\n 14 Grant Bochenski 19 Missouri-MV 55.29 26.35 q \r\n r:+0.57 \r\n 16 Zach Harting 25 CARD-KY 47.23Y 26.48 q \r\n r:+0.81 \r\n\r\n<\/pre>\nTYR Pro Swim Series: Men\u2019s 100 Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\nSandpiper\u2019s Ilya Kharun c<\/strong>laimed the top spot in the 100 butterfly, getting to the wall in 53.00.<\/p>\nMissouri\u2019s Clement Secchi<\/strong> took the second seed in 53.04, just ahead of Zach Harting<\/strong> (53.05), doing a double, and Cardinals\u2019 Nicolas Albiero<\/strong> (53.06), and Luke Miller<\/strong> (53.08) setting up an intriguing final.<\/p>\nTrenton Julian<\/strong> (53.16) and Ryan Murphy<\/strong> (53.20) also made the final.<\/p>\nEvent 10 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n World: W 49.45 7\/30\/2021 Caeleb Dressel, USA\r\n American: A 49.45 7\/30\/2021 Caeleb Dressel, USA\r\n U.S. Open: O 49.76 6\/18\/2021 Caeleb Dressel, Gator Swim Club-\r\n Pro Swim: P 50.92 3\/6\/2020 Caeleb Dressel, Gator Swim Club-\r\n Jr World: j 50.62 6\/30\/2017 Kristof Milak, HUN\r\n Oly Trials: T 53.59\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Ilya Kharun 17 SAND-CA 52.31 53.00T q \r\n r:+0.70 25.04 53.00 (27.96)\r\n 2 *Clement Secchi 22 Missouri-MV 52.10 53.04 q \r\n r:+0.62 24.89 53.04 (28.15)\r\n 3 Zach Harting 25 CARD-KY 51.86 53.05T q \r\n r:+0.63 25.24 53.05 (27.81)\r\n 4 Nicolas Albiero 23 CARD-KY 51.96 53.06T q \r\n r:+0.61 25.06 53.06 (28.00)\r\n 5 Luke Miller 20 NC State-NC 52.06 53.08T q \r\n r:+0.62 25.12 53.08 (27.96)\r\n 6 Trenton Julian 24 MVN-CA 51.70 53.16T q \r\n r:+0.63 25.58 53.16 (27.58)\r\n 7 Ryan Murphy 27 California Aq.-P 52.08 53.20T q \r\n r:+0.60 25.04 53.20 (28.16)\r\n 8 Dare Rose 20 Unattached-PC 51.40 53.28T q \r\n r:+0.62 25.09 53.28 (28.19)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 9 Gabriel Jett 20 Unattached-PC 52.17 53.66 q \r\n r:+0.68 25.09 53.66 (28.57)\r\n 10 Coleman Stewart 24 Wolfpak Elite-NC 51.54 53.96 q \r\n r:+0.62 25.23 53.96 (28.73)\r\n 11 Drew Kibler 22 CSC-IN 52.94 53.98 q \r\n r:+0.64 25.07 53.98 (28.91)\r\n 11 Finlay Knox 22 Canada 51.86 53.98 q \r\n r:+0.67 25.31 53.98 (28.67)\r\n 13 Jarod Hatch 24 MVN-CA 46.35Y 54.01 q \r\n r:+0.65 25.23 54.01 (28.78)\r\n 14 Chase Kalisz 28 SUN-AZ 53.52 54.02 q \r\n r:+0.69 25.94 54.02 (28.08)\r\n 15 *Jordan Crooks 20 Tennessee-SE 56.17 54.37 q \r\n r:+0.64 25.46 54.37 (28.91)\r\n 16 Jack Dahlgren 23 Missouri-MV 53.06 54.51 q \r\n r:+0.62 25.61 54.51 (28.90)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\nTYR Pro Swim Series: Men\u2019s 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\nThe final event of the prelims session was a loaded 400 IM.<\/p>\n
Olympic silver medalist Jay Litherland<\/strong>, making his return to elite competition, claimed the top seed in 4:22.26.<\/p>\nFellow Olympic medalist Bobby Finke<\/strong> was right behind, taking the second seed in 4:22.33, ahead of Tennessee\u2019s Landon Driggers (4<\/strong>:22.56).<\/p>\nOlympic medalist Kieran Smith<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 4:25.35), followed by former Cal stars Trenton Julian (<\/strong>4:26.89) and Sean Grieshop<\/strong> (4:27.70).<\/p>\nKharun, who just took the top seed in the butterfly, also made the finals in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n
Event 12 Men 400 LC Meter IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n World: W 4:03.84 8\/10\/2008 Michael Phelps, USA\r\n American: A 4:03.84 8\/10\/2008 Michael Phelps, USA\r\n U.S. Open: O 4:05.25 6\/29\/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine\r\n Pro Swim: P 4:08.92 2018 Chase Kalisz\r\n Jr World: j 4:10.02 5\/23\/2021 Ilia Borodin, RUS\r\n Oly Trials: T 4:25.19\r\n Name Age Team Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Jay Litherland 27 SUN-AZ 4:14.44 4:22.26T q \r\n r:+0.75 27.80 59.49 (31.69)\r\n 1:33.92 (34.43) 2:06.32 (32.40)\r\n 2:43.78 (37.46) 3:21.69 (37.91)\r\n 3:52.85 (31.16) 4:22.26 (29.41)\r\n 2 Bobby Finke 23 SPA-FL 4:10.57 4:22.33T q \r\n r:+0.74 28.18 59.88 (31.70)\r\n 1:33.58 (33.70) 2:06.24 (32.66)\r\n 2:44.04 (37.80) 3:22.20 (38.16)\r\n 3:53.04 (30.84) 4:22.33 (29.29)\r\n 3 Landon Driggers 21 Tennessee-SE 4:22.23 4:22.56T q \r\n r:+0.75 27.99 59.93 (31.94)\r\n 1:32.51 (32.58) 2:04.20 (31.69)\r\n 2:42.31 (38.11) 3:20.64 (38.33)\r\n 3:52.52 (31.88) 4:22.56 (30.04)\r\n 4 Kieran Smith 22 Ridgefield Aq-CT 4:14.04 4:25.35 q \r\n r:+0.70 27.92 1:00.22 (32.30)\r\n 1:35.07 (34.85) 2:08.62 (33.55)\r\n 2:45.80 (37.18) 3:23.44 (37.64)\r\n 3:55.34 (31.90) 4:25.35 (30.01)\r\n 5 Trenton Julian 24 MVN-CA 4:28.05 4:26.89 q \r\n r:+0.66 26.41 56.38 (29.97)\r\n 1:33.00 (36.62) 2:08.84 (35.84)\r\n 2:46.77 (37.93) 3:24.81 (38.04)\r\n 3:56.53 (31.72) 4:26.89 (30.36)\r\n 6 Sean Grieshop Unattached-PC 4:16.14 4:27.70 q \r\n r:+0.69 28.27 1:00.36 (32.09)\r\n 1:34.90 (34.54) 2:08.62 (33.72)\r\n 2:47.26 (38.64) 3:25.77 (38.51)\r\n 3:57.37 (31.60) 4:27.70 (30.33)\r\n 7 Ilya Kharun 17 SAND-CA 4:24.31 4:27.84 q \r\n r:+0.71 26.82 58.27 (31.45)\r\n 1:33.96 (35.69) 2:08.67 (34.71)\r\n 2:48.02 (39.35) 3:27.43 (39.41)\r\n 3:59.43 (32.00) 4:27.84 (28.41)\r\n 8 Matthew Mortens 17 RIPT-MN 4:27.94 4:31.22 q \r\n r:+0.79 28.93 1:00.97 (32.04)\r\n 1:36.35 (35.38) 2:10.61 (34.26)\r\n 2:48.48 (37.87) 3:26.76 (38.28)\r\n 3:59.68 (32.92) 4:31.22 (31.54)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 9 Crow Thorsen 20 UNAT-GA 3:53.72Y 4:32.60 q \r\n r:+0.66 27.60 59.50 (31.90)\r\n 1:35.97 (36.47) 2:10.64 (34.67)\r\n 2:49.78 (39.14) 3:29.09 (39.31)\r\n 4:01.06 (31.97) 4:32.60 (31.54)\r\n 10 Dillon Wright 17 SAND-CA 4:26.77 4:32.87 q \r\n r:+0.66 27.18 58.36 (31.18)\r\n 1:34.03 (35.67) 2:08.92 (34.89)\r\n 2:49.20 (40.28) 3:30.91 (41.71)\r\n 4:02.62 (31.71) 4:32.87 (30.25)\r\n 11 Will Scholtz 18 LAK-KY 4:27.70 4:33.73 q \r\n r:+0.75 28.98 1:03.50 (34.52)\r\n 1:38.67 (35.17) 2:13.24 (34.57)\r\n 2:50.54 (37.30) 3:28.78 (38.24)\r\n 4:01.42 (32.64) 4:33.73 (32.31)\r\n 12 Gus Rothrock 20 Tennessee-SE 4:33.32 4:34.73 q \r\n r:+0.72 28.33 1:00.96 (32.63)\r\n 1:37.27 (36.31) 2:12.90 (35.63)\r\n 2:52.28 (39.38) 3:33.19 (40.91)\r\n 4:04.76 (31.57) 4:34.73 (29.97)\r\n 13 Luke Ellis 16 SAND-CA 4:24.02 4:35.12 q \r\n r:+0.72 28.85 1:01.66 (32.81)\r\n 1:36.72 (35.06) 2:10.27 (33.55)\r\n 2:50.93 (40.66) 3:31.69 (40.76)\r\n 4:04.04 (32.35) 4:35.12 (31.08)\r\n 14 Kenneth Barnicl 15 GSCY-NJ 4:35.21 4:35.30 q \r\n r:+0.66 28.16 1:01.25 (33.09)\r\n 1:35.65 (34.40) 2:09.99 (34.34)\r\n 2:50.24 (40.25) 3:31.32 (41.08)\r\n 4:04.88 (33.56) 4:35.30 (30.42)\r\n 15 Nick Williams 20 MVN-CA 4:33.96 4:35.35 q \r\n r:+0.74 28.39 1:00.67 (32.28)\r\n 1:36.99 (36.32) 2:13.65 (36.66)\r\n 2:53.09 (39.44) 3:33.17 (40.08)\r\n 4:05.74 (32.57) 4:35.35 (29.61)\r\n 16 Luke Whitlock 16 FAST-IN 4:34.41 4:36.23 q \r\n r:+0.70 29.03 1:01.63 (32.60)\r\n 1:38.07 (36.44) 2:13.60 (35.53)\r\n 2:53.89 (40.29) 3:34.93 (41.04)\r\n 4:05.89 (30.96) 4:36.23 (30.34)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first morning of the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville kicked off with a star-studded prelims session. The events of the day started with the 200 freestyle, followed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":510019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,7],"tags":[131933,131930,25490,131099,71204,28605],"class_list":["post-521072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-2022-tyr-pro-swim-series-knoxville","tag-2023-tyr-pro-swim-series-knoxville","tag-chase-kalisz","tag-henry-mcfadden","tag-hunter-armstrong","tag-justin-ress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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