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In the prelims of the men’s 200 fly, Georgia swimmers Chase Kalisz and Gunnar Bentz paced each other well to nab the top two spots into tonight’s championship final. Kalisz swam the 10th fastest time of the world for 2017 with a 1:55.60 ahead of Bentz’s 1:55.72.
Four total Georgia swimmers made the A-final with Kalisz, Bentz, Pace Clark (3rd, 1:56.06) and Mick Litherland (7th, 1:57.04) all making the A-final. Arizona’s Justin Wright (1:56.47), Louisville’s Zach Harting (1:56.77), Texas’ Jack Conger (1:56.79) and Michigan’s Miles Smachlo (1:57.64) will all swim in the A-final tonight with Budapest berths on the line. Kalisz will be looking for his third straight World Championships while everyone else will be swimming for their first championships.
Kalisz now stands 10th in the world and the field will be chasing Japan’s Masato Sakai’s world leading time of 1:53.71. One of the big names to miss the A-final was Cal Aquatics’ Tom Shields, who was ninth at 1:57.75. Shields swam at last summer’s Olympics but failed to reach the semi-finals. He also finished eighth in Kazan in 2015 in the event.
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