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Women’s 400 IM
World record holder Katinka Hosszu of Hungary did what she had to do to deliver a lead to the European All Stars in her pet event.
Hosszu clocked a 4:21.21 for the win, a few seconds off her world record of 4:19.46, but still the ninth-fastest time all time in the event’s history. Hosszu’s time does stand as a US Open record, beating the 4:24.37 set by Hosszu.
USA’s Caitlin Leverenz and Sarah Henry did their best to balance the damage with a 2-3 effort. Leverenz took second in 4:26.74 tonight, while Henry placed third in 4:27.63.
Euro’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (4:30.67), USA’s Becca Mann (4:31.14) and Euro’s Hannah Miley (4:31.70) also competed.
Running Team Score: Euro 5, USA 4
Men’s 400 IM
USA’s Ryan Lochte made a serious run at the world record through 200 meters before he turned off the jets and settled in for the ever-important win. Lochte clocked a winning time of 4:02.78, well off his world record of 3:55.50.
Europe countered with a 2-3 effort as Dan Wallace (4:04.10) and David Verraszto (4:04.63) went 2-3 to balance out Lochte’s win.
USA’s Tyler Clary finished fourth in 4:07.31.
Running Team Score: Euro 9, USA 9
Women’s 100 free
USA’s Simone Manuel put up a stunning upset of the vaunted European sprint crew with an American record to win the 100-meter free.
Manuel turned in a scorching 24.83, 51.69 (26.69) to break Natalie Coughlin’s American record of 51.88 set as a relay leadoff at the 2010 World Short Course Championships. The time moved Manuel up to a ninth-place tie in the all-time performers rankings.
USA’s Lia Neal provided a big bump for Team USA with a second-place 52.08 as Team USA took the lead. Neal vaulted to 19th all time in the event’s history with that swim.
Euro’s Ranomi Kromowidjojo, the favorite coming into the meet, took third in 52.28.
Euro’s Aliaksandra Herasimenia (52.66), USA’s Margo Geer (52.93) and Euro’s Mie Nielsen (53.46) also competed.
Running Team Score: USA 17, Euro 10
Men’s 100 free
Team USA took a big lead with a 1-2 finish as Nathan Adrian threw down a winning effort of 46.57. That swim is the third-fastest in the world this year.
Adrian was joined at the wall by teammate Josh Schneider with a 46.66 as the Stars and Stripes made a huge move after the 100 freestyle.
Euro’s Vlad Morozov took third with a time of 46.68.
Euro’s Marco Orsi (46.81), USA’s Michael Chadwick (46.95) and Euro’s Dion Dreesens (48.40) also swam in the heat.
Running Team Score: USA 25, Euro 11
Women’s 200 back
Euro’s Katinka Hosszu took down her second victory and U.S. Open record of the night with a winning effort in the 200 back.
Hosszu clocked a 1:59.75 as she challenged her world record of 1:59.23. Her swim broke the U.S. Open record of 2:00.14 set by Missy Franklin back in 2011, and is just the fourth sub-2:00 time ever. The time actually stands third all time behind a 1:59.49 from Emily Seebohm in November.
USA’s Courtney Bartholomew edged Franklin for the second-place points, 2:01.33 to 2:01.53. Bartholomew vaulted up to ninth all time in the event’s history with her swift swim.
USA’s Claire Adams (2:02.47), Euro’s Elizabeth Simmonds (2:02.67) and Euro’s Eyglo Gustafsdottir (2:06.01) rounded out the rest of the heat.
Running Team Score: USA 29, Euro 16
Men’s 200 back
USA’s Matt Grevers used a tremendous back half as her overtook Euro’s Arkady Vyatchanin down the stretch to win the 200 back.
Grevers clocked a top time of 1:48.97, just off Ryan Lochte’s U.S. Open record of 1:48.90 from 2011. His time put him third in the world this year, and just missed his personal best time of 1:48.74 from 2010.
Euro’s Arkady Vyatchanin hit the wall second in 1:50.87 after he lead throughout most of the race. USA’s Ryan Lochte collected an important team point with a third-place 1:52.58.
Euro’s Luca Mencarini (1:54.42) and USA’s Tyler Clary (1:56.70) also put up swims in the heat.
Running Team Score: USA 35, Euro 19
Women’s 200 breast
USA’s Melanie Margalis pulled off an upset, beating a former world record holder in Yuliya Efimova in the women’s 200-meter breast.
Margalis clocked a top time of 2:18.35 to move up to 16th all time in the event’s history. Efimova, who had a previous world record of 2:14.39 stripped due to a positive doping test, took second tonight in 2:18.55.
Euro’s Fanny Lecluyse wound up third overall in 2:19.57 for some more team points.
USA’s Micah Lawrence (2:19.98), USA’s Laura Sogar (2:20.34) and Euro’s Hilda Luthersdottir (2:23.19) finished fourth through sixth.
Running Team Score: USA 40, Euro 23
Men’s 200 breast
USA’s Cody Miller upset world record holder Daniel Gyurta of Hungary in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke at the 2015 Duel in the Pool.
Less than a month after getting engaged and in front of what amounts to a home crowd as a former IU Hoosier, Miller blasted his way to a 2:02.33 for the win. That swim clipped Kevin Cordes’ American mark of 2:02.38 from 2013 and moved Miller up to fifth in the all time rankings.
Miller also broke Brendan Hansen’s U.S. Open mark of 2:03.62 from 2011.
Gyurta, who owns the world record with a 2:00.48 from 2014, took second in 2:02.36. Euro’s Andrew Willis placed third in 2:03.60.
USA’s Nic Fink (2:03.62), Euro’s Craig Benson (2:04.10) and USA’s Josh Prenot (2:04.22) also competed.
Running Team Score: USA 45, Euro 27
Women’s 100 fly
Euro’s Jeanette Ottesen downed the U.S. Open record in the women’s 100-meter fly at the 2015 Duel in the Pool.
Ottesen raced her way to a sizzling 55.10 for the win. That swim broke the 56.23 U.S. Open record set by Natalie Coughlin back in 2011. It also stands as the fourth-fastest time ever.
All Time Top 5 100 Fly
[table “” not found /]USA’s Kelsi Worrell took down the American record with a second-place 55.42. That swim broke the 55.59 set by Dana Vollmer back in 2010. That swim pushed Worrell to sixth all time in the event’s history.
Euro’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor took third in 55.93.
USA’s Kendyl Stewart (56.67), Euro’s Franziska Hentke (57.28) and USA’s Cammile Adams (58.79) also competed.
Running Team Score: USA 48, Euro 33
Men’s 100 fly
USA’s Tom Shields crushed the American record in the men’s 100-meter fly at the 2015 Duel in the Pool.
Shields raced his way to a winning time of 48.63 to break his own American record of 48.80 set in 2013. He nearly took down Chad le Clos’ world record of 48.44 set back in 2014. Shields still stands third-fastest all time behind le Clos and Evgeny Korotyshkin (48.48).
Notably, Shields also downed the U.S. Open record of 49.07 set by Ian Crocker back in 2004.
Euro’s Laszlo Cseh (49.55) and Pavel Sankovich (51.21) took second and third.
Euro’s Viktor Bromer (51.38) and USA’s Eugene Godsoe (51.52) also swam in the heat.
Running Team Score: USA 53, Euro 37
Women’s 400 free
Euro’s Jazmin Carlin overtook USA’s Hali Flickinger with a U.S. Open-tying record in the women’s 400-meter free at the 2015 Duel in the Pool.
Carlin came from behind to win in 3:58.07. That swim matched the time put up by Chloe Sutton in Atlanta in 2011. Carlin also moved to 13th all time.
Flickinger settled for second in 3:58.26 to move to 15th all time in the event’s history.
Euro’s Lotte Friis wound up taking third in 3:59.15.
USA’s Leah Smith (3:59.24), USA’s Sarah Henry (4:02.17) and Euro’s Boglarka Kapas (4:04.87) also turned in times.
Running Team Score: USA 56, Euro 43
Men’s 400 free
The top four swimmers all cleared the U.S. Open record as Euro’s James Guy held off a trio of Americans to win the 400-meter free.
Guy clocked a top time of 3:37.78 for the win. That time is off his personal best of 3:36.34 from 2014, but was good enough to win.
USA’s Conor Dwyer (3:38.10) and Connor Jaeger (3:38.36) picked up second and third-place team points for USA, while hometown swimmer Zane Grothe took fourth in 3:39.70.
All four bested Michael Klueh’s U.S. Open record of 3:40.05 from 2011.
Euro’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (3:42.47) and Peter Bernek (3:43.16) took fifth and sixth. Bernek was a big surprise as he is the third-fastest swimmer all time in the event’s history.
Running Team Score: USA 60, Euro 48
Women’s 400 medley relay
Team USA’s Courtney Bartholomew, Katie Meili, Kelsi Worrell and Simone Manuel set the world record in the women’s 400-meter medley relay at the 2015 Duel in the Pool.
In a dogfight against the European All Stars, Team USA put up a 3:45.20 to win the event and clip the world record of 3:45.56 set by the U.S. back in 2011.
The European All Stars of Katinka Hosszu, Yuliya Efimova, Jeanette Ottesen and Ranomi Kromowidjojo took second in 3:45.46.
Hosszu broke the U.S. Open record in the 100 back with a 55.71 leadoff. That’s lower than the 55.97 set by Natalie Coughlin to leadoff the former world record.
[table “” not found /]Running Team Score: USA 67, Euro 48
Men’s 400 medley relay
Team USA’s Matt Grevers, Kevin Cordes, Tom Shields and Nathan Adrian put up an American record in the men’s 400-meter medley relay to finish a relay sweep for Team USA at the 2015 Duel in the Pool.
Grevers led the squad with an American record time of 49.25 in the 100 back. That swim broke the American record of 49.64 set by Peter Marshall back in 2008, and lowered Grevers’ U.S. Open record of 49.85 from 2011.
That’s not the fastest legal time by an American. Thoman put up an unratified 48.94 as a relay leadoff in 2009. USA Swimming decided that American records set in techsuits after Oct. 1, 2009 – when USA Swimming implemented the techsuit ban domestically – would not be ratified. This is the case even for times swum legally in international events where ban was not in effect yet.
Overall, the team posted a time of 3:20.91 to break the American record of 3:20.99 set by Nick Thoman, Mike Alexandrov, Ryan Lochte and Garrett Weber-Gale back in 2010. They also downed the U.S. Open mark of 3:23.55 set by Thoman, Brendan Hansen, Tyler McGill and Grevers back in 2011 in Atlanta.
The European All-Star team of Arkady Vyatchanin, Daniel Gyurta, Laszlo Cseh and Vlad Morozov wound up taking second in 3:21.87.
[table “” not found /]Running Team Score: USA 74, Euro 48
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 400 IM
- Men’s 400 IM
- Women’s 100 free
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 200 breast
- Men’s 200 breast
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 100 fly
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 400 medley relay
- Men’s 400 medley relay
Sage Rogers