Chase Kalisz Dominates 400 IM in Orlando
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NBAC’s Chase Kalisz dominated the men’s 400-meter IM at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Kalisz checked in with a time of 4:15.36, winning the finale by more than four seconds. That swim was shy of his fifth-ranked season best of 4:14.64 from the Austin stop.
Gator’s Sebastien Rousseau claimed second overall in 4:20.06, while Saint Petersburg’s Robert Finke took third in 4:23.66.
Plymouth’s Andrew Abruzzo (4:26.42), Bolles’ Christian Carbone (4:27.47), Regina’s Brian Palaschuk (4:28.76), Wisconsin’s Michael Weiss (4:30.03) and Metro’s Carlos Omana (4:31.77) finished fourth through eighth.
Gator’s Dan Wallace claimed the B final in a time of 4:19.14, a huge drop from his 4:31.41 from prelims. Swim Fort Lauderdale’s Nikita Tretyakov finished second in 4:30.65.
=== A - Final === 1 Kalisz, Chase 21 North Baltimore- 4:19.37 4:15.36 OLY 27.07 58.24 (31.17) 1:32.16 (33.92) 2:04.67 (32.51) 2:39.91 (35.24) 3:15.46 (35.55) 3:46.00 (30.54) 4:15.36 (29.36) 2 Rousseau, Sebas 25 Gator Swim Club- 4:24.43 4:20.06 OLY 27.14 58.19 (31.05) 1:32.34 (34.15) 2:04.96 (32.62) 2:42.19 (37.23) 3:19.81 (37.62) 3:50.58 (30.77) 4:20.06 (29.48) 3 Finke, Robert 16 Saint Petersburg 4:28.37 4:23.66 OLY 27.64 59.79 (32.15) 1:33.33 (33.54) 2:05.58 (32.25) 2:44.84 (39.26) 3:23.72 (38.88) 3:54.44 (30.72) 4:23.66 (29.22) 4 Abruzzo, Andrew 16 Plymouth Whitema 4:24.77 4:26.42 OLY 28.14 59.78 (31.64) 1:34.15 (34.37) 2:07.71 (33.56) 2:47.52 (39.81) 3:27.37 (39.85) 3:57.64 (30.27) 4:26.42 (28.78) 5 Carbone, Christ 21 Bolles School Sh 4:26.33 4:27.47 OLY 27.28 59.07 (31.79) 1:34.31 (35.24) 2:09.77 (35.46) 2:46.73 (36.96) 3:25.01 (38.28) 3:56.19 (31.18) 4:27.47 (31.28) 6 Palaschuk, Bria 18 Regina Optimist- 4:29.42 4:28.76 JRS 28.42 1:00.73 (32.31) 1:36.47 (35.74) 2:10.91 (34.44) 2:48.92 (38.01) 3:27.79 (38.87) 3:58.95 (31.16) 4:28.76 (29.81) 7 Weiss, Michael 24 Wisconsin Aquati 4:24.66 4:30.03 JRS 27.18 59.00 (31.82) 1:33.19 (34.19) 2:06.78 (33.59) 2:45.39 (38.61) 3:25.06 (39.67) 3:57.98 (32.92) 4:30.03 (32.05) 8 Omana, Carlos 23 Metro Aquatic Cl 4:27.33 4:31.77 JRS 28.14 1:01.14 (33.00) 1:35.45 (34.31) 2:08.77 (33.32) 2:48.40 (39.63) 3:29.30 (40.90) 4:00.64 (31.34) 4:31.77 (31.13) === B - Final === 9 Wallace, Dan 22 Gator Swim Club- 4:31.41 4:19.14 OLY 27.23 58.41 (31.18) 1:32.21 (33.80) 2:05.82 (33.61) 2:41.90 (36.08) 3:19.02 (37.12) 3:50.25 (31.23) 4:19.14 (28.89) 10 Tretyakov, Niki 17 Swim Fort Lauder 4:32.72 4:30.65 JRS 27.85 1:00.02 (32.17) 1:34.05 (34.03) 2:07.46 (33.41) 2:47.10 (39.64) 3:28.74 (41.64) 4:00.31 (31.57) 4:30.65 (30.34) 11 Alkan, Samet 18 Una Nbac-MD 4:33.84 4:32.13 JRS 29.21 1:02.79 (33.58) 1:38.29 (35.50) 2:14.92 (36.63) 2:52.33 (37.41) 3:31.24 (38.91) 4:01.81 (30.57) 4:32.13 (30.32) 12 Scanlon, John 16 T2 Aquatics-FL 4:31.90 4:32.39 JRS 29.43 1:02.52 (33.09) 1:38.82 (36.30) 2:14.41 (35.59) 2:52.05 (37.64) 3:30.43 (38.38) 4:01.94 (31.51) 4:32.39 (30.45) 13 Brown, Nicholas 21 Episcopal AmberJ 4:29.62 4:33.57 JRS 28.02 1:00.71 (32.69) 1:37.00 (36.29) 2:11.56 (34.56) 2:49.79 (38.23) 3:29.21 (39.42) 4:02.09 (32.88) 4:33.57 (31.48) 14 Smith, Theodore 16 Sarasota Tsunami 4:33.64 4:34.14 28.74 1:01.07 (32.33) 1:35.44 (34.37) 2:09.10 (33.66) 2:51.18 (42.08) 3:33.02 (41.84) 4:04.17 (31.15) 4:34.14 (29.97) 15 Lyster, Ripley 18 T2 Aquatics-FL 4:35.06 4:34.22 28.42 1:00.73 (32.31) 1:36.59 (35.86) 2:12.02 (35.43) 2:51.75 (39.73) 3:30.99 (39.24) 4:03.22 (32.23) 4:34.22 (31.00) 16 Katz, Austin 16 Sarasota YMCA Sh 4:33.39 4:35.27 28.62 1:01.34 (32.72) 1:35.04 (33.70) 2:07.60 (32.56) 2:50.42 (42.82) 3:34.33 (43.91) 4:05.83 (31.50) 4:35.27 (29.44)