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The second night of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series Santa Clara will feature men’s and women’s finals of the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Back, 200 Breast and 200 Free. After the Indiana post-graduate group dominated the 1500 on night one, future and current Stanford swimmers took three of the top seeds for tonight’s finals.
Katie Ledecky, in her first professional race associated with TYR, claimed the top seed in the 200 Free – as did future Cardinal Jack Levant in the men’s race. Ella Eastin will start the session off with her top seed in the 400 IM, looking for the win in this event after narrowly losing out on the victory to Melanie Margalis in Indianapolis.
Veteran Chase Kalisz will set out to keep his 400 IM win streak alive, as will Kelsi Dahlia in the 100 fly. Cal’s Andrew Seliskar leads a competitive 100 Fly men’s field after the morning heats including the likes of Caeleb Dressel and Jack Conger.
16-year-old Regan Smith and reigning Olympic-Champion Ryan Murphy hold top honors in the 200 Back while Lilly King and Miguel de Lara Ojeda did likewise in the 200 Breast.
Men’s 100 Fly
Although just outside the top twenty world rankings in this event, Dressel did have enough in the tank for the win this event. Out third at the 50 in 24.94, Dressel out-split the field on the final lap in 27.26 to surge to the wall in the end.
Top-seed Seliskar raced to second in 52.81, finishing just ahead of Tripp Cooper (53.02). Tiger Elite’s Luis Martinez was right behind in 53.05, as were Jack Conger (53.12) and Justin Lynch (53.29). Despite having the lead at the fifty, Lynch could not hang on in the end while Conger was over two seconds off his 51.00 and second-ranked time from Atlanta.
Long Gutierrez (54.05), Pace Clark (54.12) and Giles Smith (54.21) rounded out the heat.
Event 6 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
Pro Swim: M 51.00 2018 Jack Conger
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Dressel, Caeleb 21 Bolles School Sh 53.15 52.20
r:+0.65 24.94 52.20 (27.26)
2 Seliskar, Andrew 21 California Aquat 52.99 52.81
r:+0.64 24.83 52.81 (27.98)
3 Cooper, Tripp 25 Una TXLA 53.45 53.02
r:+0.69 25.10 53.02 (27.92)
4 Martinez, Luis 22 Tiger Elite Raci 53.00 53.05
r:+0.69 25.04 53.05 (28.01)
5 Conger, Jack 23 Nation's Capital 53.06 53.12
r:+0.72 25.03 53.12 (28.09)
6 Lynch, Justin 21 California Aquat 53.37 53.29
r:+0.64 24.72 53.29 (28.57)
7 Gutierrez, Long 23 Mexico 53.86 54.05
r:+0.66 25.35 54.05 (28.70)
8 Clark, Pace 23 Athens Bulldog S 53.84 54.12
r:+0.60 25.65 54.12 (28.47)
9 Smith, Giles 26 Phoenix Swim Clu 53.86 54.21
25.04 54.21 (29.17)
Congratulations Caleb