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Women’s 200 free
The Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk asserted herself as the top-ranked 200 freestyler in the world with a victory in the event at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Heemskerk raced her way to a winning time of 1:55.68. That swim is a bit off her top-ranked 1:54.68 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup, and is the third-fastest time this year behind a 1:54.77 from Sarah Sjostrom.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, who set a U.S. Open mark in the 400 IM this morning, claimed silver with a time of 1:56.88. That’s a bit off her fourth-ranked season best of 1:55.89 from the Charlotte stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.
Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin, swimming in her first meet as a professional, took third in 1:57.02 to move to 12th in the world. NBAC’s Allison Schmitt snared fourth in 1:57.29.
California’s Elizabeth Pelton (1:58.30), Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng (1:59.60), Ozaukee’s Katie Drabot (1:59.66), Stanford’s Simone Manuel (1:59.82) and West Vancouver’s Emily Overholt (2:01.10) also battled in the A final.
NBAC’s Cierra Runge topped the B final with a time of 1:59.50, which is just a second back of her lifetime best of 1:58.35 from the 2014 edition of this meet. Stanford’s Maya DiRado also cleared 2:00 with a 1:59.61 for second.
Men’s 200 free
Club Wolverine’s Connor Jaeger turned on the jets down the stretch to win the men’s 200-meter free at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Jaeger clocked a time of 1:48.66 for the victory to claim the top prize money, but was well off the top 10 in the world currently anchored by Calum Jarvis’ 1:46.65 from British Nationals.
Trojan’s Nikita Lobintsev finished second in 1:48.86 with NBAC’s Michael Phelps looking stronger than in Charlotte off the walls with a third-place time of 1:49.03.
Club Wolverine’s Kyle Whitaker snared fourth in 1:49.24 with Longhorn’s Clark Smith earning fifth in 1:49.35.
Dynamo’s Matias Koski (1:49.42), Gator’s Mitch D’Arrigo (1:49.92), Club Wolverine’s Michael Klueh (1:50.36) and California’s Ryan Murphy (1:50.59) rounded out the championship nine.
Club Wolverine’s Anders Lie Nielsen turned in a 1:49.27 to win the B final. Pleasanton’s Maxime Rooney hit the wall second in 1:49.50 with 800 free winner Michael McBroom placing third in 1:50.07.
Women’s 100 breast
Trojan’s Yuliya Efimova, just months removed from a doping ban, does not seem worse for the time off after winning the women’s 100-meter breast at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Efimova hit the wall in a time of 1:06.13, just off her second-ranked season best of 1:05.89 from Mission Viejo in March. Her time tonight is the third best in the world this year. Only Ruta Meilutyte has been faster this year with a 1:05.46 from the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum.
Trojan’s Jessica Hardy captured silver tonight in 1:07.53, off her sixth-ranked best of 1:06.97 from the Charlotte stop.
SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson, ranked fifth in the world with a 1:06.79 from Orlando, snared bronze with a time of 1:08.21.
Gator’s Hilda Luthersdottir (1:08.40), BlueFish’s Laura Sogar (1:08.83), Calgary’s Fiona Doyle (1:08.94), Canton City’s Laura Lindsay (1:09.04), Stanford’s Sarah Haase (1:09.04) and Minnesota’s Haley Spencer (1:09.11) closed out the A final.
Auburn’s Annie Lazor topped the B final in a time of 1:09.92. Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos (1:10.36) and Julia Sebastian (1:10.40) placed second and third.
Men’s 100 breast
Badger’s Cody Miller raced his way to third in the world in the men’s 100-meter breast with a lifetime best at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Miller blazed his way to a top time of 59.51, moving himself to third in the world behind only Adam Peaty’s world record of 57.92 and Ross Murdoch (59.13).
That’s better than his previous lifetime best of 59.91 that he just missed with a ninth-ranked 59.92 from the Orlando stop earlier this year.
FIAT’s Felipe Lima, ranked fifth in the world with a 59.78, took second tonight in 1:00.66.
California’s Josh Prenot threw down a time of 1:01.21 to take third overall.
Michael Andrew, the 16-year-old professional swimmer, just missed lowering his 15-16 U.S. National Age Group record of 1:01.67 with a fourth-place 1:01.70. Andrew was looking towards the record after shaving for this meet.
SoFlo’s Jorge Murillo Valdes (1:02.13), Trojan’s Glenn Snyders (1:02.18), Grand Canyon’s Youssef El Kamash (1:02.59), NYAC’s Mike Alexandrov (1:02.74) and Louisville’s Carlos Claverie (1:02.97) placed fifth through ninth.
Scottsdale’s Carl Mickelson won the B final in 1:02.18 with Wisconsin’s Nick Schafer placing second in 1:02.84.
Women’s 50 back
California’s Natalie Coughlin is the next swimmer to prove that age is just a number as she took down the American record in the women’s 50-meter back at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Coughlin scorched the finale with a time of 27.51, downing Rachel Bootsma’s American and U.S. Open mark of 27.68 from 2013 in Indianapolis. That’s a huge personal best for Coughlin, clearing her previous mark of 28.09 from the Golden Tour this year.
Coughlin moved to third in the world with her swim tonight as Etiene Medeiros (27.38) and Emily Seebohm (27.47) have both been faster.
Bootsma wound up taking second in the event tonight with a time of 28.05 to jump to 10th in the world rankings.
Medeiros managed to place third in 29.20, while Mexico’s Fernanda Gonzalez Ramirez finished fourth in 28.86.
California’s Elizabeth Pelton (29.05), Grand Canyon’s Iryna Glavnyk (29.22), Stanford’s Maya DiRado (29.28), Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin (29.33) and Stanford’s Janet Hu (29.76) closed out the top nine.
Club Wolverine’s Ali Deloof took down the B final with a 28.97, while Gisela Morales finished second in 29.14.
Men’s 50 back
Club Wolverine’s Junya Koga picked up the men’s 50-meter back victory at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Koga, ranked third in the world with a 24.73 from the Japan Open, sprinted his way to a 25.02 for the win. That swim was enough for the triumph tonight.
Trojan’s Vlad Morozov touched second in 25.19, off his ninth-ranked 24.93 from Russian Nationals.
NYAC’s David Plummer managed to take home third-place honors in 25.33 with Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers taking fourth in 25.35.
California’s Ryan Murphy (25.61), Tucson Ford’s Nick Thoman (25.61), Schroeder’s Adam Mania (25.81), Club Wolverine’s Miguel Ortiz (25.91) and Guy Barnea (26.09) also made a run at the title in the A final.
Michael Andrew downed his personal best in the event with a 25.72 to win the B final. The time crushed his previous best of 26.04 from April. Gator’s Corey Main took second in the B final in 26.00.
Women’s 100 fly
Daynara De Paula took home the title in the women’s 100-meter fly at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
De Paula touched in a time of 58.98, off the top 10 in the world currently anchored by Lu Ying’s 57.96 from Chinese Nationals.
California’s Farida Osman finished second tonight in 59.05 with Stanford’s Felicia Lee finishing in the money with a third-place 59.51.
NCAC’s Hellen Moffitt (59.52), California’s Kelly Naze (59.69), Gold’s Lauren Case (59.84), Aliena Schmidtke (59.93), Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin (1:00.85) and Longhorn’s Lisa Boyce (1:00.93) all competed for the championship as well.
Hong Kong’s Hang Yu Sze edged FAST’s Bailey Nero, 1:00.79 to 1:00.99, for the B final win.
Men’s 100 fly
California’s Tom Shields clips Phoenix’s Giles Smith for the men’s 100-meter fly title at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Shields touched out Smith in a close call, 52.22 to 52.27. Both times are a bit of world class currently anchored by Tommaso D’Orsogna’s 51.90 from Australian Nationals.
FIAT’s Henrique Martins claimed third with a time of 52.56, while Argentina’s Santiago Grassi finished fourth in 52.71.
The Woodlands’ Tripp Cooper (53.18), California’s Seth Stubblefield (53.41), California’s Seth Stubblefield (53.41), California’s Justin Lynch (53.68), FIAT’s Kaio Almeida (53.79) and PASA’s Eugene Godsoe (53.85) placed fifth through ninth.
Hong Kong’s Geoff Cheah took home the B final win in 53.73 with Stanford’s David Nolan touching just behind in 53.74.
Women’s 400 IM
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu cruised to victory in the women’s 400-meter IM, but was unable to replicate her U.S. Open record speed from the morning at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Hosszu, who clocked a blazing 4:31.07 to break Katie Hoff’s U.S. Open mark this morning, took the 400 IM title tonight in 4:34.04.
Hosszu still managed to win tonight by more than five seconds as West Vancouver’s Emily Overholt placed second in 4:39.47.
California’s Caitlin Leverenz wound up third with a time of 4:39.55 to collect another paycheck.
NBAC’s Becca Mann (4:42.10), Madisyn Cox (4:45.11), Ohio State’s Lindsey Clary (4:46.46), California’s Celina Li (4:49.09), Argentina’s Virginia Bardach (4:49.86) and Club Wolverine’s Marni Oldershaw (4:51.19) placed fourth through ninth.
Club Wolverine’s Hannah Moore turned in a time of 4:50.19 to win the B final. Monika Gonzalez Hermosillo touched second in 4:52.17.
Men’s 400 IM
Dynamo’s Gunnar Bentz turned on the afterburners down the stretch to capture the men’s 400-meter IM at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Bentz hit the wall in 4:17.73 for the win, while Stanford’s Max Williamson placed second in 4:18.22.
SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary closed out the top three with a time of 4:20.54.
Wisconsin’s Michael Weiss (4:23.55), Yale’s Kei Hyogo (4:23.76), Stanford’s Curtis Ogren (4:23.96), Alex Lebed (4:24.74), Club Wolverine’s Ian Rainey (4:24.91) and California’s Adam Hinshaw (4:25.42) placed fourth through ninth.
Etobicoke’s Tristan Cote touched out Tucson Ford’s Michael Meyer, 4:24.14 to 4:24.19, for the B final win. BlueFish’s Connor Green was also in the mix with a third-place 4:24.35.
2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara, Day 2 Finals – Results
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 200 free
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 50 back
- Men’s 50 back
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 100 fly
- Women’s 400 IM
- Men’s 400 IM
Nikita Lobintsev finished second in 1:58.86????
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