The third morning of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series from Knoxville, Tennessee was a busy one with six events on the schedule. The 200 fly, 50 free, 100 back, 200 breast, 50 fly and 400 free were on the heat sheets for the fans in Knoxville as Katie Ledecky, Michael Andrew, Josh Prenot and Regan Smith were among the top seeds heading in to finals tonight.
The men’s 200 fly and women’s 100 back are looking to be some of the most intriguing matchups of the weekend with the top four finishers from Nationals this summer in the 100 back all returning tonight. In the men’s 200 fly, four of the eight finalists from Irvine will meet again tonight. Smith and Chase Kalisz are on top in both of those events after prelims.
Hali Flickinger, Margo Geer, Daniel Carr, Annie Lazor, Farida Osman and Anton Ipsen are the other top seeds heading in to finals tonight.
Women’s 200 Fly
Hali Flickinger, the reigning National Champion in the 200 fly, put up an impressive 2:08.45 in the 200 butterfly heats on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville. Flickinger is ahead of the rest of the field by four full seconds over fellow Athens Bulldog teammate Megan Kingsley (2:12.73).
24-year-old Kelsi Dahlia, fresh off a win last night in the 100 fly, is the third seed at 2:13.86 ahead of Regan Smith (2:14.24).
28-year-old Leah Gingrich has resurfaced on the USA Swimming National scene as she was a 2:15.48 in the 200 fly heats. Her best time is a 2:09.96 from the 2008 YMCA Nationals when she was 18.
Danielle Hanus (2:15.60), Allie Piccirillo (2:15.97) and Abby Harter (2:16.56) also qualified for the final.
Event 13 Women 200 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 2:01.81 10/21/2009Zige Liu, CHN
American: A 2:04.14 7/30/2009 Mary Descenza, USA
U.S. Open: O 2:05.87 7/25/2018 Hali Flickinger, Athens Bulldog-G
Jr World: J 2:06.29 4/15/2017 Suzuka Hasegawa, JPN
Pro Swim: P 2:06.76 2012 Cammile Adams
Trial Cut: T 2:14.59
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Hali Flickinger 24 Athens Bulldog S 2:05.87 2:08.45T q852
r:+0.73 30.15 1:01.60 (31.45)
1:35.76 (34.16) 2:08.45 (32.69)
2 Megan Kingsley 22 Athens Bulldog S 1:52.62Y 2:12.73T q772
r:+0.68 29.86 1:03.44 (33.58)
1:37.99 (34.55) 2:12.73 (34.74)
3 Kelsi Dahlia 24 Cardinal Aquatic 2:09.04 2:13.86T q753
r:+0.63 30.42 1:03.49 (33.07)
1:38.82 (35.33) 2:13.86 (35.04)
4 Regan Smith 16 Riptide 2:07.42 2:14.24T q747
r:+0.66 29.68 1:03.36 (33.68)
1:39.23 (35.87) 2:14.24 (35.01)
5 Leah Gingrich 28 Columbus Aquatic 2:14.47 2:15.48 q726
r:+0.72 30.37 1:04.47 (34.10)
1:39.76 (35.29) 2:15.48 (35.72)
6 Danielle Hanus 20 Hpcentervictoria 2:11.34 2:15.60 q724
r:+0.71 30.20 1:04.46 (34.26)
1:40.09 (35.63) 2:15.60 (35.51)
7 Allie Piccirillo 18 Northern KY Clip 2:11.30 2:15.97 q718
r:+0.66 31.05 1:05.31 (34.26)
1:40.42 (35.11) 2:15.97 (35.55)
8 Abby Harter 16 Nation's Capital 2:13.00 2:16.56 q709
r:+0.75 30.91 1:05.67 (34.76)
1:40.45 (34.78) 2:16.56 (36.11)
Men’s 200 Fly
The men’s 200 fly field was tight amongst the top finishers this morning on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville with the top eight swimmers separated by less than two seconds. Chase Kalisz (1:59.33), Gianluca Urlando (1:59.44) and Tom Shields (1:59.86) were the only three under two minutes in the heats as it will be a tight race in the final tonight.
2018 National Champion Justin Wright is in the fourth spot at 2:00.07, just ahead of Canada’s Mack Darragh (2:00.13) and national junior team member Carson Foster (2:00.57).
The winner could come from any of those six guys as the winner will have to be around a 1:57 tonight in the final.
Georiga post-grads Jay Litherland (2:01.15) and Pace Clark (2:01.24) will be in the outside lanes tonight and also have a chance at a top three finish.
Event 14 Men 200 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 1:51.51 7/29/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 1:51.51 7/29/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:52.20 7/2/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
Jr World: J 1:53.79 6/30/2017 Kristof Milak, HUN
Pro Swim: P 1:55.29 2017 Li Zhuhao
Trial Cut: T 2:01.19
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Chase Kalisz 24 Athens Bulldog S 1:54.79 1:59.33T q816
r:+0.70 26.42 56.64 (30.22)
1:28.12 (31.48) 1:59.33 (31.21)
2 Gianluca Urland 16 Dart Swimming 1:55.21 1:59.44T q813
r:+0.74 27.53 57.42 (29.89)
1:27.97 (30.55) 1:59.44 (31.47)
3 Tom Shields 27 California Aquat 1:55.25 1:59.86T q805
r:+0.72 26.38 56.60 (30.22)
1:28.06 (31.46) 1:59.86 (31.80)
4 Justin Wright 22 Tucson Ford Deal 1:54.63 2:00.07T q801
r:+0.56 27.12 57.69 (30.57)
1:29.42 (31.73) 2:00.07 (30.65)
5 Mack Darragh 25 Hpc-Ontario 1:56.27 2:00.13 q799
r:+0.68 26.89 57.66 (30.77)
1:29.13 (31.47) 2:00.13 (31.00)
6 Carson Foster 17 Mason Manta Rays 1:58.47 2:00.57T q791
r:+0.69 26.69 57.10 (30.41)
1:28.48 (31.38) 2:00.57 (32.09)
7 Jay Litherland 23 Dynamo Swim Club 1:58.04 2:01.15T q779
r:+0.70 27.56 58.64 (31.08)
1:29.91 (31.27) 2:01.15 (31.24)
8 Pace Clark 24 Athens Bulldog S 1:54.58 2:01.24 q778
r:+0.61 27.79 58.33 (30.54)
1:30.44 (32.11) 2:01.24 (30.80)
Women’s 50 Free
Margo Geer, Simone Manuel and Olivia Smoliga will all represent Team USA at the World Championships this summer and they will be right next to each other in the middle of the pool in the 50 free final tonight. Geer put up the top time in the 50 free heats on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville with a 25.05. She is ahead of Manuel (25.12), Smoliga (25.37) and Natalie Hinds (25.49).
Hinds is swimming in her first long course meet since 2016 and she was just off her best time of 25.42 that she swam at Speedo Sectionals in 2014.
Kayla Sanchez (25.57), Farida Osman (25.60), Kelsi Dahlia (25.65) and Grace Cooper (25.65) also qualified for the A-Final.
Event 15 Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 23.67 7/29/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 23.97 7/30/2017 Simone Manuel, USA
U.S. Open: O 24.10 7/29/2018 Simone Manuel, Stanford Swimmin
Jr World: J 24.33 9/16/2017 Rikako Ikee, JPN
Pro Swim: P 24.17 2016 Sarah Sjostrom
Trial Cut: T 25.99
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Margo Geer 26 Mission Viejo Na 24.72 25.05T q843
r:+0.66
2 Simone Manuel 22 Alto Swim Club 23.97 25.12T q836
r:+0.71
3 Olivia Smoliga 24 Athens Bulldog S 24.84 25.37T q812
r:+0.69
4 Natalie Hinds 25 Athens Bulldog S 25.91 25.49T q800
r:+0.64
5 Kayla Sanchez 17 Hpc-Ontario 24.94 25.57 q793
r:+0.64
6 Farida Osman 23 Una Prvt/PRVT 24.62 25.60 q790
r:+0.68
7 Kelsi Dahlia 24 Cardinal Aquatic 24.79 25.65T q785
r:+0.63
7 Grace Cooper 16 Delta Aquatics 25.38 25.65T q785
r:+0.66
Men’s 50 Free
Michael Andrew swam the quickest time in the 50 free heats at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville with a 22.42. Andrew won the 50 back last night after setting a meet record in the heats. He will have a little more work to do to set another meet record tonight as Nathan Adrian holds that record at 21.56 from 2015.
Andrew’s best time is a 21.46 from this past summer and he will swim for the United States in the 50 free this summer at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
Andrew is ahead of Michael Chadwick (22.68) and Ali Khalafalla (22.69) moving forward to tonight. The final has an international meet feel to it with Khalafalla (Egypt), Luis Martinez (Guatemala) and Yuri Kisil (Canada) qualified for the A-Final.
Aaron Greenberg (22.84), Matthew Josa (22.86) and Justin Lynch (23.13) also qualified for the final.
Event 16 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 20.91 12/18/2009Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA
American: A 21.15 7/29/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
U.S. Open: O 21.14 7/9/2009 Cesar Cielo, Auburn/BRA
Jr World: J 21.75 8/25/2017 Michael Andrew, USA
Pro Swim: P 21.56 2015 Nathan Adrian
Trial Cut: T 23.19
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Michael Andrew 19 Race Pace Club 21.46 22.42T q811
r:+0.67
2 Michael Chadwic 23 Team Elite 21.99 22.68T q783
r:+0.66
3 Ali Khalafalla 22 Mission Viejo Na 21.97 22.69 q782
r:+0.62
4 Aaron Greenberg 23 Team Elite 22.61 22.84 q767
r:+0.58
5 Matthew Josa 23 California Aquat 22.87 22.86T q765
r:+0.65
6 Luis Martinez 23 Guatemala 22.61 22.96 q755
r:+0.62
7 Yuri Kisil 23 Hpc-Ontario 22.02 22.97 q754
r:+0.66
8 Justin Lynch 22 California Aquat 22.76 23.13T q738
r:+0.59
Women’s 100 Back
A pair of 16-year-olds in Regan Smith (59.84) and Phoebe Bacon (1:00.55) are the top two seeds in the 100 back on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, Tennessee. Smith was the only one to break a minute on day three as she is ahead of a very stacked A-Final.
Four swimmers in the field were ranked in the top eight in the world in 2018 with Smith, Bacon, Olivia Smoliga and Kathleen Baker sitting in the top eight in the world rankings.
Smoliga is the third seed for tonight at 1:00.98 while Baker snuck in for the eighth spot (1:01.37).
It is alo a very young field with three 16-year-olds in contention for the win with Smith, Bacon and Isabelle Stadden (1:00.98). 17-year-old Kayla Sanchez (1:01.02) is also in the mix in the fifth spot.
Lisa Bratton (1:01.13) and Ali DeLoof (1:01.29) also qualified for the A-Final. Bratton is coming off a gold medal at Short Course Worlds in the 200 back last December and DeLoof is a member of the national team.
This is going to be a very tight race in finals, as predicted by Swimming World before the meet.
Event 17 Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 58.00 7/28/2018 Kathleen Baker, Team Elite
American: A 58.00 7/28/2018 Kathleen Baker, Team Elite-NC
U.S. Open: O 58.00 7/28/2018 Kathleen Baker, Team Elite-NC
Jr World: J 58.83 7/28/2018 Regan Smith, USA
Pro Swim: P 58.96 2016 Emily Seebohm
Trial Cut: T 1:02.69
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Regan Smith 16 Riptide 58.83 59.84T q915
r:+0.65 29.16 59.84 (30.68)
2 Phoebe Bacon 16 Nation's Capital 59.12 1:00.55T q883
r:+0.72 29.62 1:00.55 (30.93)
3 Olivia Smoliga 24 Athens Bulldog S 58.75 1:00.98T q864
r:+0.65 29.89 1:00.98 (31.09)
4 Isabelle Stadde 16 Aquajets Swim Te 1:00.06 1:00.99T q864
r:+0.60 30.04 1:00.99 (30.95)
5 Kayla Sanchez 17 Hpc-Ontario 1:00.70 1:01.02 q863
r:+0.58 29.78 1:01.02 (31.24)
6 Lisa Bratton 22 Aggie Swim Club 59.76 1:01.13T q858
r:+0.61 30.13 1:01.13 (31.00)
7 Ali Deloof 24 Team Elite 59.43 1:01.29T q851
r:+0.60 29.70 1:01.29 (31.59)
8 Kathleen Baker 21 Team Elite 58.00 1:01.37T q848
r:+0.60 29.71 1:01.37 (31.66)
Men’s 100 Back
Daniel Carr, who is in his sophomore year at Cal, is the top seed in the 100 back after swimming a 54.87 in the heats on Friday morning at the Knoxville Pro Swim Series. Carr is ahead of Cal post-grad Ryan Murphy, who swam a 55.75 to cruise to the second seed. Murphy should be faster tonight as he is capable of swimming around a 53 in finals.
Cal had a couple of other swimmers in the final with sophomore Bryce Mefford (56.39) in the fourth spot and Zheng Quah (56.42) in the sixth spot. They are a part of the small number of college swimmers that made the trip to Knoxville this week. Most of the athletes in attendance are either post-grads or high schoolers.
19-year-old Michael Andrew is the third seed at 56.10 as he is fresh off a 50 back win last night.
18-year-old Noah Young of the Mason Manta Rays got under the Olympic Trial cut with his 56.42 for the fifth seed.
Tim Zeng (57.10) and Harrison Lierz (57.30) also qualified for the final.
Event 18 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 51.85 8/13/2016 Ryan Murphy, USA
American: A 51.85 8/13/2016 Ryan Murphy, USA
U.S. Open: O 51.94 7/8/2009 Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn
Jr World: J 52.53 8/6/2018 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
Pro Swim: P 52.40 2016 David Plummer
Trial Cut: T 56.59
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Daniel Carr 20 Unattached 54.01 54.87T q843
r:+0.56 26.85 54.87 (28.02)
2 Ryan Murphy 23 California Aquat 51.94 55.75T q804
r:+0.55 27.06 55.75 (28.69)
3 Michael Andrew 19 Race Pace Club 53.55 56.10T q789
r:+0.65 27.57 56.10 (28.53)
4 Bryce Mefford 20 Unattached 53.84 56.39T q777
r:+0.59 27.65 56.39 (28.74)
5 Noah Young 18 Mason Manta Rays 57.69 56.42T q776
r:+0.66 27.96 56.42 (28.46)
6 Zheng Quah 22 Unattached 54.68 56.69 q765
r:+0.65 27.86 56.69 (28.83)
7 Tim Zeng 21 Chena Swim Club 55.45 57.10 q748
r:+0.58 27.56 57.10 (29.54)
8 Harrison Lierz 16 Unattached 57.15 57.30 q740
r:+0.66 27.94 57.30 (29.36)
Women’s 200 Breast
Annie Lazor continued her strong meet with a 2:27.75 in the 200 breast heats on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville. She won the 100 breast last night, lowering her best time by a full second. She also won the World Short Course title in the 200 breast in December and is swimming well with no expectations.
Lazor explained last night that she is “kind of winging it” now after she took a year off after the 2016 Olympic Trials. Now 24, Lazor is swimming better than ever in her new home in Bloomington, Indiana with the IU pro group.
Lazor is ahead of Emily Escobedo (2:28.71) and Micah Sumrall (2:29.02), the latter being the 2018 National Champion in this event. Sumrall will swim this event at Worlds later this summer for the United States.
Canadian Olympic finalist Kierra Smith is the fourth seed at 2:29.69.
Byanca Rodriguez (2:31.73), Mariia Astashkina (2:31.75), Melanie Margalis (2:31.89) and Ella Nelson (2:32.12) also qualified for the final.
Event 19 Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 2:19.11 8/1/2013 Rikke Moeller Pedersen, DEN
American: A 2:19.59 8/2/2012 Rebecca Soni, USA Olympic Team
U.S. Open: O 2:20.38 7/11/2009 Rebecca Soni, Trojan
Jr World: J 2:19.64 8/30/2015 Viktoria Gunes, TUR
Pro Swim: P 2:21.41 2016 Yuliya Efimova
Trial Cut: T 2:33.29
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Annie Lazor 24 Mission Viejo Na 2:24.42 2:27.75T q834
r:+0.72 34.70 1:12.32 (37.62)
1:49.61 (37.29) 2:27.75 (38.14)
2 Emily Escobedo 23 Condors Swim Clu 2:23.88 2:28.71T q818
r:+0.67 34.48 1:12.35 (37.87)
1:50.56 (38.21) 2:28.71 (38.15)
3 Micah Sumrall 28 Chattahoochee Go 2:21.88 2:29.02T q813
r:+0.71 34.46 1:12.89 (38.43)
1:51.87 (38.98) 2:29.02 (37.15)
4 Kierra Smith 24 Hpc-Ontario 2:22.23 2:29.69 q802
r:+0.81 34.71 1:12.99 (38.28)
1:51.67 (38.68) 2:29.69 (38.02)
5 Byanca Rodrigue 24 Desert Dragons 2:25.60 2:31.73 q770
r:+0.67 34.51 1:13.15 (38.64)
1:52.21 (39.06) 2:31.73 (39.52)
6 Mariia Astashki 19 Univ Louisville 2:27.08 2:31.75 q770
r:+0.67 34.84 1:13.46 (38.62)
1:52.47 (39.01) 2:31.75 (39.28)
7 Melanie Margali 27 Saint Petersburg 2:24.62 2:31.89T q768
r:+0.69 34.49 1:13.18 (38.69)
1:52.32 (39.14) 2:31.89 (39.57)
8 Ella Nelson 17 Nashville Aquati 2:25.98 2:32.12T q764
r:+0.67 35.17 1:13.34 (38.17)
1:52.21 (38.87) 2:32.12 (39.91)
Men’s 200 Breast
The men’s 200 breast heats were missing some big names with Kevin Cordes and Chase Kalisz drawing scratches on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville. In their absence, Josh Prenot swam the fastest time at 2:11.11 while Nic Fink is in second at 2:11.44.
Prenot and Fink are five seconds ahead of the rest of the field with Caspar Corbeau of Tualatin Hills sitting in third at 2:16.49, while Jake Foster of the Mason Manta Rays is fourth at 2:16.96.
100 champ Andrew Wilson is fifth at 2:18.46 as he has since made the move from Austin to Athens to train with Jack Bauerle and the Georgia pro group.
Jonathan Rutter (2:18.63), Evgenii Somov (2:19.59) and Tyler Christian (2:19.63) also qualified for the A-Final.
Event 20 Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 2:06.67 1/27/2017 Ippei Watanabe, JPN
American: A 2:07.17 6/30/2016 Josh Prenot, Cal Aquatics
U.S. Open: O 2:07.17 6/30/2016 Josh Prenot, Cal Aquatics
Jr World: J 2:09.39 7/27/2017 Qin Haiyang, CHN
Pro Swim: P 2:08.95 2018 Andrew Wilson
Trial Cut: T 2:17.89
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Josh Prenot 25 California Aquat 2:07.28 2:11.11T q901
r:+0.67 30.11 1:03.12 (33.01)
1:37.19 (34.07) 2:11.11 (33.92)
2 Nic Fink 25 Athens Bulldog S 2:08.56 2:11.44T q895
r:+0.71 30.61 1:04.39 (33.78)
1:37.98 (33.59) 2:11.44 (33.46)
3 Caspar Corbeau 17 Tualatin Hills S 2:14.07 2:16.49 q799
r:+0.70 30.72 1:05.14 (34.42)
1:40.63 (35.49) 2:16.49 (35.86)
4 Jake Foster 18 Mason Manta Rays 2:13.21 2:16.96T q791
r:+0.66 31.29 1:06.44 (35.15)
1:41.73 (35.29) 2:16.96 (35.23)
5 Andrew Wilson 25 Athens Bulldog S 2:08.37 2:18.46 q765
r:+0.63 31.39 1:07.14 (35.75)
1:43.95 (36.81) 2:18.46 (34.51)
6 Jonathan Rutter 22 Una Prvt/PRVT 2:15.29 2:18.63 q762
r:+0.69 31.68 1:07.00 (35.32)
1:43.10 (36.10) 2:18.63 (35.53)
7 Evgenii Somov 19 Univ Louisville 2:10.79 2:19.59 q747
r:+0.74 31.53 1:07.67 (36.14)
1:43.72 (36.05) 2:19.59 (35.87)
8 Tyler Christian 17 Naval Academy Aq 2:18.73 2:19.63 q746
r:+0.62 31.49 1:06.63 (35.14)
1:42.98 (36.35) 2:19.63 (36.65)
Women’s 50 Fly
International stars Farida Osman and Penny Oleksiak posted the top two times in the 50 fly heats on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series with Osman on top at 26.22. Oleksiak is the second seed with a 26.40 as the 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist is swimming in her first meet of the year after electing not to go to Pan Pacs over the summer.
Those two are ahead of American champion Kelsi Dahlia (26.54), who is the third seed coming back for finals tonight.
Comeback kids Dana Vollmer (26.74) and Natalie Hinds (26.88) are seeded fourth and fifth as they are two swimmers on comeback trails after stepping away briefly after the 2016 Olympic Trials.
Kendyl Stewart (27.13), Haley Black (27.37) and Jade Hannah (27.39) also qualified for the final.
Event 21 Women 50 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 24.43 7/5/2014 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 25.48 7/29/2017 Kelsi Dahlia (Worrell), USA
U.S. Open: O 25.48 8/26/2017 Rikako Ikee, JPN
Jr World: J 25.46 8/26/2017 Rikako Ikee, JPN
Pro Swim: P 25.74 4/14/2018 Kelsi Dahlia, Cardinal Aquatic
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Farida Osman 23 Una Prvt/PRVT 58.51 26.22 q808
r:+0.66
2 Penny Oleksiak 18 Hpc-Ontario 56.94 26.40 q792
r:+0.68
3 Kelsi Dahlia 24 Cardinal Aquatic 56.37 26.54 q779
r:+0.64
4 Dana Vollmer 31 California Aquat 59.38 26.74 q762
r:+0.74
5 Natalie Hinds 25 Athens Bulldog S 1:00.32 26.88 q750
r:+0.65
6 Kendyl Stewart 24 Team Elite 57.70 27.13 q730
r:+0.77
7 Haley Black 22 Hpc Vancouver 59.75 27.37 q711
r:+0.63
8 Jade Hannah 16 Hpcentervictoria 1:00.36 27.39 q709
r:+0.62
Men’s 50 Fly
Michael Andrew raced to the top seed in the 50 fly heats on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville with a 23.71, just ahead of Luis Martinez of Guatemala at 23.73.
Andrew is searching for his second win of the weekend after taking the 50 back win last night. This was his second race of the day as he already qualified first in the 50 free heats earlier.
27-year-old Giles Smith is sitting in the third spot at 23.85 as the top three were the only ones under 24 seconds.
Cal swimmers Matthew Josa (24.20), Justin Lynch (24.48) and Tom Shields (24.63) also qualified for the final as Josa and Lynch are now in the post-grad group after finishing their eligibility in March.
Pace Clark (24.52) and Runar Borgen (24.56) also qualified for the final.
Event 22 Men 50 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 22.27 7/1/2017 Andrii Govorov, UKR
American: A 22.76 7/23/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
U.S. Open: O 22.91 7/18/2009 Bryan Lundquist, RAYS
Jr World: J 23.22 8/27/2017 Michael Andrew, USA
Pro Swim: P 23.11 2012 Matt Targett
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Michael Andrew 19 Race Pace Club 51.53 23.71 q846
r:+0.68
2 Luis Martinez 23 Guatemala 52.18 23.73 q844
r:+0.63
3 Giles Smith 27 Phoenix Swim Clu 52.54 23.85 q831
r:+0.57
4 Matthew Josa 23 California Aquat 52.10 24.20 q796
r:+0.62
5 Justin Lynch 22 California Aquat 52.20 24.48 q769
r:+0.60
6 Pace Clark 24 Athens Bulldog S 53.44 24.52 q765
r:+0.59
7 Runar Borgen 25 Performance Aqua 55.97 24.56 q761
r:+0.63
8 Tom Shields 27 California Aquat 51.55 24.63 q755
r:+0.70
Women’s 400 Free
Katie Ledecky cruised to the top spot in the 400 free heats as she put up a 4:05.53 after not really taking a hard stroke the entire 400. She is well ahead of Ashley Twichell (4:13.44) of the TAC Titans who will swim the 1500 with her at World Championships this summer.
Gabby DeLoof, normally known as a 200 freestyler, stepped up to the 400 free this morning with a 4:14.52 ahead of Becca Mann (4:14.97) and Hali Flickinger (4:15.19).
It will be a tight race for second and third with the likes of rising distance stars Erica Sullivan (4:15.77) and Mariah Denigan (4:16.87) in the mix as well. Melanie Margalis is also in the field with a seventh place seed of 4:16.17.
Event 23 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 3:56.46 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA
American: A 3:56.46 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA
U.S. Open: O 3:57.94 5/17/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Jr World: J 3:58.37 8/23/2014 Katie Ledecky, USA
Pro Swim: P 3:57.94 5/17/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford Swimmin
Trial Cut: T 4:16.89
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Katie Ledecky 21 Nation's Capital 3:57.94 4:05.53T q893
r:+0.70 28.64 59.44 (30.80)
1:30.98 (31.54) 2:02.39 (31.41)
2:33.61 (31.22) 3:05.00 (31.39)
3:35.83 (30.83) 4:05.53 (29.70)
2 Ashley Twichell 29 Tac Titans 4:08.99 4:13.44T q812
r:+0.74 29.85 1:01.49 (31.64)
1:33.20 (31.71) 2:05.45 (32.25)
2:37.28 (31.83) 3:09.57 (32.29)
3:41.76 (32.19) 4:13.44 (31.68)
3 Gabby Deloof 22 Club Wolverine 4:15.35 4:14.52T q801
r:+0.77 29.51 1:01.74 (32.23)
1:33.89 (32.15) 2:06.09 (32.20)
2:37.92 (31.83) 3:10.28 (32.36)
3:42.87 (32.59) 4:14.52 (31.65)
4 Becca Mann 21 Una Asu 4:12.26 4:14.97T q797
r:+0.76 29.92 1:01.58 (31.66)
1:33.66 (32.08) 2:05.80 (32.14)
2:38.10 (32.30) 3:10.65 (32.55)
3:43.09 (32.44) 4:14.97 (31.88)
5 Hali Flickinger 24 Athens Bulldog S 4:06.72 4:15.19T q795
r:+0.76 30.12 1:02.44 (32.32)
1:34.95 (32.51) 2:07.76 (32.81)
2:39.83 (32.07) 3:12.27 (32.44)
3:44.29 (32.02) 4:15.19 (30.90)
6 Erica Sullivan 18 Sandpipers Of Ne 4:09.43 4:15.77T q790
r:+0.65 29.63 1:01.55 (31.92)
1:33.96 (32.41) 2:06.75 (32.79)
2:39.36 (32.61) 3:11.92 (32.56)
3:44.29 (32.37) 4:15.77 (31.48)
7 Melanie Margali 27 Saint Petersburg 4:08.84 4:16.17T q786
r:+0.71 30.36 1:02.92 (32.56)
1:35.35 (32.43) 2:08.13 (32.78)
2:40.23 (32.10) 3:12.35 (32.12)
3:44.76 (32.41) 4:16.17 (31.41)
8 Mariah Denigan 15 Northern KY Clip 4:12.59 4:16.87T q780
r:+0.73 30.22 1:02.52 (32.30)
1:35.16 (32.64) 2:07.53 (32.37)
2:39.98 (32.45) 3:12.61 (32.63)
3:45.24 (32.63) 4:16.87 (31.63)
Men’s 400 Free
Anton Ipsen and Jeremy Bagshaw were the lone swimmers under four minutes in the 400 free heats on Friday morning at the Knoxville Pro Swim Series with Ipsen on top at 3:59.06 and Bagshaw following closely in 3:59.67.
The top eight was flooded with international swimmers with Ipsen representing Denmark and four Canadians in the mix. Bagshaw, Tristan Cote (4:01.06), Josh Zakala (4:02.46) and Ian Friesen (4:03.39) all represent different clubs in Canada.
Sam Oliver (4:02.89), Andrew Matejka (4:03.19) and Brennan Gravley (4:03.87) also qualified for the final.
Event 24 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 3:40.07 7/26/2009 Paul Biederman, GER
American: A 3:42.78 8/10/2008 Larsen Jensen, USA
U.S. Open: O 3:43.53 6/29/2008 Larsen Jensen, Trojan
Jr World: J 3:44.60 4/1/2014 Mack Horton, AUS
Pro Swim: P 3:43.55 2016 Sun Yang
Trial Cut: T 3:57.29
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Round 1 ===
1 Anton Ipsen 24 Wolfpack Elite 3:47.95 3:59.06 q780
r:+0.68 27.70 57.54 (29.84)
1:27.67 (30.13) 1:57.93 (30.26)
2:28.39 (30.46) 2:58.78 (30.39)
3:29.15 (30.37) 3:59.06 (29.91)
2 Jeremy Bagshaw 26 Hpcentervictoria 3:48.82 3:59.67 q774
r:+0.70 27.68 57.45 (29.77)
1:27.59 (30.14) 1:57.95 (30.36)
2:28.39 (30.44) 2:59.14 (30.75)
3:29.63 (30.49) 3:59.67 (30.04)
3 Tristan Cote 23 Calgary SwimClub 3:53.57 4:01.06 q760
r:+0.72 27.71 57.62 (29.91)
1:28.25 (30.63) 1:58.67 (30.42)
2:29.41 (30.74) 3:00.10 (30.69)
3:30.67 (30.57) 4:01.06 (30.39)
4 Josh Zakala 20 Hpcentervictoria 3:56.42 4:02.46 q747
r:+0.71 27.84 58.09 (30.25)
1:29.13 (31.04) 1:59.99 (30.86)
2:30.71 (30.72) 3:01.71 (31.00)
3:32.88 (31.17) 4:02.46 (29.58)
5 Sam Oliver 16 Snow Swimming 3:58.36 4:02.89 q743
r:+0.81 28.19 58.62 (30.43)
1:29.56 (30.94) 2:00.26 (30.70)
2:30.80 (30.54) 3:01.75 (30.95)
3:32.51 (30.76) 4:02.89 (30.38)
6 Andrew Matejka 18 Gator Swim Club 3:58.43 4:03.19 q741
r:+0.73 26.79 56.61 (29.82)
1:27.07 (30.46) 1:57.72 (30.65)
2:28.99 (31.27) 3:00.66 (31.67)
3:32.89 (32.23) 4:03.19 (30.30)
7 Ian Friesen 15 Swim Ontario 4:02.79 4:03.39 q739
r:+0.59 28.28 59.00 (30.72)
1:29.82 (30.82) 2:00.77 (30.95)
2:31.18 (30.41) 3:02.27 (31.09)
3:33.06 (30.79) 4:03.39 (30.33)
8 Brennan Gravley 18 Sandpipers Of Ne 3:58.52 4:03.87 q734
r:+0.67 28.63 59.44 (30.81)
1:30.59 (31.15) 2:01.76 (31.17)
2:32.97 (31.21) 3:04.19 (31.22)
3:35.25 (31.06) 4:03.87 (28.62)
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