ISL Match Nine Live: Energy Standard Face Off Against Frog Kings, Iron, Titans in Final Regular Season Matchup
The penultimate match of the regular season of the 2020 International Swimming League featured defending champs Energy Standard in their final tune-up before the semi-finals, alongside the Tokyo Frog Kings, Team Iron and Toronto Titans. All four teams are on their way to the semi finals that will be November 14 and 15 as Energy is cruising along even without one of their male stars in Florent Manaudou.
Last season’s MVP Sarah Sjostrom won the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle and also swam on both of Energy Standard’s winning relays for the women as her team is in control of both Skins races – which are three rounds of a 50 stroke in tournament style, starting with eight swimmers, then four, then two and then an eventual winner. The women will swim freestyle for the Skins race while the men will swim butterfly.
Energy Standard picked up individual wins from Chad Le Clos, Evgeny Rylov, Benedetta Pilato and Danas Rapsys as they hold a comfortable lead over the Tokyo Frog Kings.
ISL Match Nine Team Scores:
- Energy Standard, 300.5
- Tokyo Frog Kings, 235
- Team Iron, 183.5
- Toronto Titans, 155
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Women’s 100 Fly
ISL record: 55.35, Kelsi Dahlia, Cali Condors
Energy Standard’s Sarah Sjostrom got the day started with a 55.35 to tie the ISL record by Kelsi Dahlia as she led a 1-2 finish with teammate Maddy Banic (55.84) to make their presence known early in this ISL match nine. Toronto’s Louise Hansson finished in third at 56.17 as Sjostrom picked up three extra points from seventh and eighth.
Men’s 100 Fly
ISL record: 48.94, Tom Shields, LA Current
Energy’s Chad Le Clos showcased his back end speed with a 49.33 to win the 100 fly in a new season best time that put him tied for second thus far in the league. Le Clos won ahead of Nicholas Santos (49.87) and Takeshi Kawamoto (49.96) as he picked up six extra points with the jackpot time rule as Energy Standard has already doubled up early.
Women’s 200 Back
ISL record: 1:59.25, Minna Atherton, London Roar
Toronto’s Lisa Bratton won a nail biter in the 200 back with a 2:01.77, separated by just about a nail from Energy’s Emily Seebohm (2:01.79) as Bratton remains top swimmer in the league in this event this season. Titan teammate Kylie Masse (2:02.02) finished in third to pick up some momentum for the Toronto team after being hit with penalty points early. Bratton picked up three extra points.
Men’s 200 Back
ISL record: 1:48.03, Ryan Murphy, LA Current
Energy’s Evgeny Rylov led from the outset to win at 1:48.62, to just off his season best of 1:48.3 as he remains third in the league rankings this season. Rylov led a 1-2 finish with Kliment Kolesnikov (1:49.26) who moved up to fifth in the league rankings in out-touching Tokyo’s Ryosuke Irie (1:49.40). Kolesnikov’s season was off to a rough start early but he has rebounded nicely to provide a huge boost for an Energy Standard team looking primed to win back to back titles in 2020. Rylov picked up an extra point via the jackpot rule as Energy Standard is rolling after just four events.
Women’s 200 Breast
ISL record: 2:15.80, Lilly King, Cali Condors
Toronto’s Kelsey Wog won the 200 breast from lane eight with a 2:18.47, slightly slower than her season best of 2:17.1 as she was in a battle with Tokyo’s Sakiko Shimizu (2:18.90) from lane one after early leader Breeja Larson faded after leading at the 100. Larson wound up sixth (2:22.44) after Tokyo’s Runa Imai (2:20.19) picked up valuable points for the Frog Kings in third place. Wog picked up three extra points, jackpotting seventh and eighth place.
Men’s 200 Breast
ISL record: 2:00.58, Marco Koch, New York Breakers
Toronto’s Anton McKee and Erik Persson picked up a huge 1-2 early in the 200 breast as McKee was a 2:03.41, slightly off his 2:01.6 best time but good enough for the win regardless. Persson finished in second as both Nordic swimmers kept their same amount of points with Persson at 2:03.70. Energy’s Ilya Shymanovich (2:03.96) was third ahead of Tokyo’s Shoma Sato (2:04.13), who led at the 100 mark. Toronto has now moved past Tokyo for second place albeit very early in the match.
Women’s 4×100 Free Relay
ISL record: 3:26.48, Energy Standard
Energy Standard loaded up its free relay to win handily at 3:29.43. The team of Pernille Blume (52.65), Siobhan Haughey (51.59), Femke Heemskerk (52.36) and Sarah Sjostrom (52.83) won with a 3:29.43 as they look as dangerous as anyone ahead of next week’s semi finals with that quartet. Tokyo finished in second at 3:31.19 ahead of Iron (3:34.60). Toronto’s A relay was disqualified, costing the team big points early.
ISL Match Nine Team Scores at break one:
- Energy Standard, 106.5
- Tokyo Frog Kings, 80
- Toronto Titans, 61
- Team Iron, 39.5
Men’s 50 Free
ISL record: 20.24, Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors
Tokyo picked up its first win of the day from Bruno Fratus (20.98), who also broke 21 seconds for the first time this season to put himself in a tie for fifth place in. the league rankings. Fratus won ahead of Iron’s Maxim Lobanovskij (21.07) and Tokyo teammate Shinri Shioura (21.30). All eight swimmers kept their points.
Women’s 50 Free
ISL record: 23.29, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Team Iron
Swimming her third race in under an hour, Sarah Sjostrom won her third race of the day with a 23.42 in the 50 free, picking up six extra points in the process as Iron’s Ranomi Kromowidjojo finished in second at 23.59. The time is 0.01 slower than Sjostrom’s season best as she remains second in the league rankings this year. Energy teammate Femke Heemskerk scored a season best at 23.74 to move to fourth in the league rankings.
Men’s 200 IM
ISL record: 1:50.76, Daiya Seto, Energy Standard
Tokyo’s Kosuke Hagino took a controlled win in the 200 IM as expected with a 1:52.84, just off his season best of 1:52.6 as he finished ahead of Iron’s Leonardo Santos (1:54.03) and Toronto’s Finlay Knox (1:55.49). All eight swimmers kept their points as the Frog Kings are trying to maintain second place and gain some momentum ahead of next week’s semi finals.
Women’s 200 IM
ISL record: 2:04.06, Melanie Margalis, Cali Condors
Tokyo’s Yui Ohashi picked up a second straight win for the Frog King franchise that has been dynamite in the IM races this season. Ohashi won going away with a 2:05.10 to go 1-2 with Miho Teramura (2:06.27) as the former picked up three extra points via the jackpot rule as the versatile teenager Anastasiya Shkurdai of Energy Standard finished in third place at 2:07.69. Iron’s Katinka Hosszu finished in another disappointing fourth place at 2:07.91.
Men’s 50 Breast
ISL record: 25.29, Emre Sakci, Team Iron
Iron’s Emre Sakci tore up the field in the 50 breast with an absolutely dominating win at 25.43 to pick up 15 extra points via the jackpot rule, bringing his total to 15 and solely bringing Team Iron into third place past the Toronto Titans. There is still a lot of swimming to be done but that is by far the biggest point total for one swimmer in one race thus far in ISL match nine as Energy went 2-3 with Ilya Shymanovich (25.59) and Felipe Lima (26.42).
Women’s 50 Breast
ISL record: 28.86, Lilly King, Cali Condors
Energy’s Benedetta Pilato won the 50 breast with a 29.13, not far off her 28.9 season best time as she picked up ten extra points via the jackpot rule with Iron’s Ida Hulkko in second (29.46). Iron was the only squad to have two swimmers score as the Finnish duo of Hulkko and Jenna Laukkanen (29.94) have been strong this season. Laukkanen finished in fourth behind Tokyo’s Reona Aoki (29.57), who set an Asian record in the process.
Men’s 4×100 Free Relay
ISL record: 3:04.93, Aqua Centurions
The Toronto Titans scored a dramatic come-from-behind win in the 4×100 free relay as Brent Hayden split a 46.19 on the anchor leg to run down Energy Standard’s Sergey Shevtsov (47.20) to take the men’s relay at 3:06.09 to Energy’s 3:06.20. The Titans’ team of Yuri Kisil (47.05), Michael Chadwick (46.59), Blake Pieroni (46.26) and Hayden improved the team’s season best time as Energy Standard did as well, moving to fifth in the league rankings. Their team of Evgeny Rylov (46.87), Chad Le Clos (46.72), Kliment Kolesnikov (45.41) and Shevtsov should improve ahead of the Finals when added Florent Manaudou.
ISL Match Nine Team Scores at break two:
- Energy Standard, 203.5
- Tokyo Frog Kings, 147
- Team Iron, 129.5
- Toronto Titans, 100
Women’s 50 Back
ISL record: 25.74, Olivia Smoliga, Cali Condors
The Frog Kings picked up another 50 win on the day from Natsumi Sakai in the 50 back, making this the first women’s 50 win for the Tokyo team this season. Sakai’s time of 26.24 is slower than her best time of 26.1 this season, but good enough for the win as Iron’s Melanie Henique (26.42) was second ahead of Tokyo’s Simona Kubova (26.46).
Men’s 50 Back
ISL record: 22.55, Guilherme Guido, London Roar
Tokyo won its second straight event with Takeshi Kawamoto taking the 50 back at 23.10 in a tie with Toronto’s Shane Ryan. The time for Kawamoto is a season best as he moved from a tie to seventh to sit sixth all by himself in the league rankings this year as Ryan has been quicker with a 22.8 earlier on. Tokyo’s Ryosuke Irie finished in third at 23.30, which is also a season best for him as the Frog Kings are rolling and solidly in second place.
Women’s 400 Free
ISL record: 3:54.06, Katie Ledecky, DC Trident
Tokyo won its third straight as team captain Leah Smith kept chopping away at her season best time to score a 3:58.65 in a thrilling race with Energy’s Siobhan Haughey (3:59.18). Smith is still in third place in the league rankings this season in the 400 but is now the third swimmer to go a 3:58 as she was trailing Haughey for 300 meters before turning it on the last 100. Iron’s Veronika Andrusenko, who was also ahead of Smith through 300 meters, placed third at 4:00.65 to lower her season best by nearly a second and put her seventh in the league rankings.
Men’s 400 Free
ISL record: 3:35.49, Danas Rapsys, Energy Standard
Energy’s Danas Rapsys, who was the talk of the ISL last week after stopping at 350 meters, won handily with a 3:39.66 today, swimming the full 400 meters without incident. The time was slower than his season best of 3:35.4 as he looks unbeatable in this event ahead of next week’s semi-finals. Tokyo’s Katsuhiro Matsumoto finished in second at 3:43.01 which is slightly off his best time this year as well with his 3:39 but nonetheless he kept his team in second place heading into the relays. Toronto’s Alexander Krasnykh finished in third at 3:43.46. Rapsys scored an additional point via the jackpot rule. Energy’s Max Litchfield made his return to racing after sitting out the last two matches with a fourth place finish at 3:44.01.
Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay
ISL record: 3:46.82, Cali Condors
Energy Standard cruised to a 1-2 finish to have control of the women’s Skins tomorrow thanks to a dominating win from Emily Seebohm (56.68), Benedetta Pilato (1:03.03), Anastasiya Shkurdai (56.21) and Sarah Sjostrom (51.91) at 3:47.83, which is actually slower than their season best of 3:46.9. Pilato’s split opened up their lead and was instrumental to their victory as one might think Pilato may get the upperhand with breaststroke Skins tomorrow. Energy’s B team finished second at 3:50.18 while Iron was third at 3:51.08.
In fact, Energy’s back half B relay of Maddy Banic (55.84) and Femke Heemskerk (51.73) out split their A team on the back half.
Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay
ISL record: 3:20.68, Energy Standard
Energy Standard clinched control of the men’s Skins events tomorrow as well as they have complete control of ISL match nine at the halfway point. The men’s medley relay team of Kliment Kolesnikov (49.21), Ilya Shymanovich (56.00), Chad Le Clos (49.80) and Sergey Shevtsov (47.07) took the win at 3:22.08 in a tight race with Tokyo Frog Kings, who were second at 3:22.58. Their team of Ryosuke Irie (49.99), Yasuhiro Koseki (56.93), Takeshi Kawamoto (49.49) and Markus Thormeyer (46.17) improved their season best to remain fifth in the rankings this year. Toronto Titans finished in third at 3:25.56.
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