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Men’s 400 IM
Chase Kalisz was in a race of his own throughout the final of the men’s 400 IM. Kalisz jumped out to an early lead in the first half of the race and continued to simply build upon that lead throughout the remainder of the race. The 2017 world champion solidified himself as the current fastest in the world with a sizzling 4:08.92, downing his own pool record of 4:09.43 (2017) in the process.
Fellow Olympian Josh Prenot, representing Cal Aquatics, also swam a race of his own for part of the race, stopping the clock at a final time of 4:18.58. Prenot’s time sits himself around fifth in the world rankings for 2018.
Plymouth’s Andrew Abruzzo grabbed third overall with a time of 4:22.19, followed by SwimAtlanta’s Andrew Winton and his time of 4:24.37.
Colin Eriks of UBC Thunderbirds took fifth in the event with a 4:25.30, while 16-year-old Ian Grum of Dynamo Swim Club was sixth with a 4:26.77.
Argentina’s Santiago Bergli and Dynamo Swim Club’s Raunak Khosla took seventh and eighth with times of 4:27.82 and 4:28.40.
=== A - Final ===
1 Chase Kalisz 23 ABSC/UGA 4:25.35 4:08.92P 940
r:+0.77 26.35 56.72 (30.37)
1:29.33 (32.61) 2:00.97 (31.64)
2:35.35 (34.38) 3:10.54 (35.19)
3:40.72 (30.18) 4:08.92 (28.20)
2 Josh Prenot 24 California Aquat 4:26.11 4:18.58 838
r:+0.69 26.68 57.75 (31.07)
1:32.32 (34.57) 2:06.26 (33.94)
2:41.33 (35.07) 3:16.30 (34.97)
3:48.55 (32.25) 4:18.58 (30.03)
3 Andrew Abruzzo 18 Plymouth Whitema 4:23.37 4:22.19 804
r:+0.85 26.93 58.15 (31.22)
1:32.44 (34.29) 2:06.29 (33.85)
2:44.37 (38.08) 3:23.56 (39.19)
3:53.50 (29.94) 4:22.19 (28.69)
4 Andrew Winton 18 SwimAtlanta 4:29.20 4:24.37 784
r:+0.75 27.73 58.68 (30.95)
1:33.53 (34.85) 2:08.20 (34.67)
2:44.43 (36.23) 3:22.53 (38.10)
3:54.10 (31.57) 4:24.37 (30.27)
5 Colin Eriks 22 UBC Thunderbirds 4:27.53 4:25.30 776
r:+0.77 27.75 59.42 (31.67)
1:33.78 (34.36) 2:07.62 (33.84)
2:45.47 (37.85) 3:23.80 (38.33)
3:54.89 (31.09) 4:25.30 (30.41)
6 Ian Grum 16 Dynamo Swim Club 4:30.44 4:26.77 763
r:+0.72 28.11 1:00.44 (32.33)
1:34.11 (33.67) 2:07.31 (33.20)
2:47.14 (39.83) 3:26.67 (39.53)
3:57.13 (30.46) 4:26.77 (29.64)
7 Santiago Bergli 18 Argentina 4:29.75 4:27.82 754
r:+0.77 28.73 1:01.71 (32.98)
1:35.49 (33.78) 2:09.35 (33.86)
2:47.50 (38.15) 3:26.12 (38.62)
3:57.40 (31.28) 4:27.82 (30.42)
8 Raunak Khosla 17 Dynamo Swim Club 4:30.55 4:28.40 749
r:+0.68 28.89 59.91 (31.02)
1:35.74 (35.83) 2:10.15 (34.41)
2:49.51 (39.36) 3:27.02 (37.51)
3:58.65 (31.63) 4:28.40 (29.75)
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