2022 US Nationals Day 1 Prelims: Natalie Hinds Leads Field in 100 Free with Walsh, Comerford, DeLoof (Heat Sheets)
The 2022 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships are ready to kick off from Irvine, California, with the Day 1 prelims session, and the heat sheets have been released.
Day 1 will feature the women’s 200 butterfly, the men’s 200 butterfly, the women’s 100 freestyle and the men’s 100 freestyle.
Following those events, timed distance heats in the women’s 800 and men’s 1500 freestyle will follow. The top heats for both of those events will occur during the Day 1 finals session.
With many of the top butterflyers like Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith not competing in this meet, the top seed on the heat sheets is Georgia All-American Dakota Luther, who will swim in lane four next to Texas All-American Kelly Pash.
The men’s 200 butterfly will feature Cal All-American Trenton Julian and teammate Gabriel Jett.
The women’s 100 freestyle will feature Mallory Comerford, Gretchen Walsh, Gabi Albiero, Catie DeLoof, Beata Nelson, Pash and top seed Natalie Hinds.
For the men’s 100 freestyle, Shaine Casas, Kieran Smith, Zach Apple, Danny Krueger, Justin Resss, Destin Lasco will all compete as well as international swimmer Andrei Minakov.
The top swimmers in the women’s 800 — Katie Ledecky, Erica Sullivan, Kaersten Meitz and Sierra Schmidt — will all be in the final heat in the finals. The top early-session qualifier is Kayla Han.
For the men, David Johnson and Will Gallant lead the final heat with Daniel Matheson leading the early heats on the heat sheets.
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