Katie Ledecky’s Pan Pacs Record in 400 Free Highlights Day 3 Prelims
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 22. For the fifth session in a row, a Pan Pacific Championship record fell, this time at the hands of Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400-meter freestyle at the Gold Coast.
Scheduled Events
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 100 fly
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
Women’s 100 fly
Australia went 1-2 to kick off the third morning of qualifying as Alicia Coutts (57.84) and Emma McKeon (58.29) secured the top two spots heading into the finale. Coutts has been in the 57s already with an eighth-ranked 57.60 from the Australian Aquatic Super Series, while McKeon has a ninth-ranked 57.66 from the Commonwealth Games to her credit.
USA’s Claire Donahue (58.41) and Kendyl Stewart (58.47) were the top two Americans, locking down berths in the A final from third and fourth, while USA’s Felicia Lee was relegated to the B final after taking fifth overall in 58.59.
China’s Lu Ying (6th, 58.74), Canada’s Katerine Savard (9th, 59.15), Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (10th, 59.29) and Canada’s Audrey Lacroix (11th, 59.40) took advantage of the two-per-country rule that only allows two of any nation to make the championship heat, as those four swimmers will make up the backhalf of the A final tonight.
Results
=== Preliminaries === 1 COUTTS, ALICIA 26 AUSTRALIA 56.97 57.84 906 r:+0.71 27.25 57.84 (30.59) 2 MCKEON, EMMA 20 AUSTRALIA 57.66 58.29 885 r:+0.75 27.41 58.29 (30.88) 3 DONOHUE, CLAIRE 25 UNITED STATES 58.03 58.41 880 r:+0.65 26.92 58.41 (31.49) 4 STEWART, KENDYL 20 UNITED STATES 57.98 58.47 877 r:+0.77 27.23 58.47 (31.24) 5 LEE, FELICIA 22 UNITED STATES 58.14 58.59 872 r:+0.66 27.52 58.59 (31.07) 6 LU, YING 25 CHINA 56.76 58.74 865 r:+0.71 27.58 58.74 (31.16) 7 MCLAUGHLIN, KAT 17 UNITED STATES 59.03 58.77 864 r:+0.73 27.56 58.77 (31.21) 8 ELMSLIE, BRITTA 20 AUSTRALIA 58.02 58.87 859 r:+0.73 27.06 58.87 (31.81) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SAVARD, KATERIN 21 CANADA 57.27 59.15 847 r:+0.62 27.45 59.15 (31.70) 10 MEDEIROS, ETIEN 23 BRAZIL 59.79 59.29 841 r:+0.64 27.86 59.29 (31.43) 11 LACROIX, AUDREY 30 CANADA 58.65 59.40 837 r:+0.66 27.82 59.40 (31.58) 12 DE PAULA, DAYNA 21 BRAZIL 58.49 59.62 827 r:+0.65 27.40 59.62 (32.22) 13 HOSHI, NATSUMI 24 JAPAN 58.56 59.81 819 r:+0.65 28.27 59.81 (31.54) 14 GROVES, MADELIN 19 AUSTRALIA 57.43 59.84 818 r:+0.71 27.91 59.84 (31.93) 15 UCHIDA, MIKI 19 JAPAN 59.24 59.86 817 r:+0.73 27.62 59.86 (32.24) 16 MOHR, VANESSA 19 SOUTH AFRICA 59.92 1:00.22 803 r:+0.68 28.20 1:00.22 (32.02) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 LEVERENZ, CAITL 23 UNITED STATES 1:00.37 1:00.27 801 r:+0.70 28.38 1:00.27 (31.89) 18 BOOTSMA, RACHEL 20 UNITED STATES 59.94 1:00.32 799 r:+0.71 27.88 1:00.32 (32.44) 18 NAKANO, MIYU 16 JAPAN 59.48 1:00.32 799 r:+0.67 28.02 1:00.32 (32.30) Swim-Off Required ---------------------------------------------- 20 MARTIN, IVY 21 UNITED STATES 1:00.51 1:00.75 782 r:+0.68 27.52 1:00.75 (33.23) 21 LEE, SAMANTHA 22 NEW ZEALAND 59.52 1:00.81 780 r:+0.75 28.28 1:00.81 (32.53) 22 QUILTER, LAURA 22 NEW ZEALAND 1:00.30 1:01.00 772 r:+0.71 27.81 1:01.00 (33.19) 23 ADAMS, CAMMILE 22 UNITED STATES 1:00.41 1:01.06 770 r:+0.75 29.10 1:01.06 (31.96) 24 SZE, HANG YU 26 HONG KONG 59.79 1:01.48 754 r:+0.69 28.35 1:01.48 (33.13) 25 SHIMIZU, SAKIKO 22 JAPAN 1:02.00 1:01.52 753 r:+0.72 28.75 1:01.52 (32.77) 26 CHAN, KIN LOK 20 HONG KONG 1:01.08 1:03.74 677 r:+0.76 29.73 1:03.74 (34.01)
Men’s 100 fly
The U.S. demonstrated its domination of the event with a 1-2-3-4-5, and paid for it badly due to the two-per-country rule this evening in the 100 fly.
The two superstars in the event, Ryan Lochte (51.55) and Michael Phelps (51.57) powered their way to the A final for the Stars and Stripes. Phelps leads the world with a preliminary swim of 51.17 from U.S. Nationals, while Lochte jumped to fifth in the world with his swim.
Unfortunately for the U.S., the team lost a lot of firepower out of the top eight as USA’s Tim Phillips finished third overall in 51.73 to make the B final, while second-ranked Tom Shields (51.29 from Nationals) and ninth-ranked Matt Ellis (51.73 from Nationals) were pushed out of finals with a 52.00 and 52.01, respectively. With Shields DQing the 200 fly, and missing finals in the 100 fly, he’s definitely had a rough meet. Shields will have to hope his 51.29 from Nationals holds up against Lochte, Phelps and Phillips as Phelps’ 51.17 from prelims at Nationals does not count in terms of 2015 Worlds qualifying.
Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna (6th, 52.56), Japan’s Kenta Hirai (7th, 52.70), Japan’s Hirofumi Ikebata (8th, 52.71), Brazil’s Thiago Pereira (9th, 52.91), Australia’s Chris Wright (11th, 53.12) and Brazil’s Nicholas Santos (14th, 53.58) moved up to the A final due to the two-per-country rule.
Results
=== Preliminaries === 1 LOCHTE, RYAN 30 UNITED STATES 51.48 51.55 902 r:+0.66 24.19 51.55 (27.36) 2 PHELPS, MICHAEL 29 UNITED STATES 51.17 51.57 901 r:+0.73 24.99 51.57 (26.58) 3 PHILLIPS, TIM 23 UNITED STATES 51.49 51.73 893 r:+0.67 24.13 51.73 (27.60) 4 SHIELDS, TOM 23 UNITED STATES 51.29 52.00 879 r:+0.73 24.16 52.00 (27.84) 5 ELLIS, MATTHEW 20 UNITED STATES 51.73 52.01 878 r:+0.70 24.54 52.01 (27.47) 6 D'ORSOGNA, TOMM 23 AUSTRALIA 52.21 52.56 851 r:+0.62 24.39 52.56 (28.17) 7 HIRAI, KENTA 20 JAPAN 52.65 52.70 844 r:+0.62 24.82 52.70 (27.88) 8 IKEBATA, HIROFU 22 JAPAN 51.89 52.71 844 r:+0.65 24.39 52.71 (28.32) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 PEREIRA, THIAGO 28 BRAZIL 52.23 52.91 834 r:+0.63 24.59 52.91 (28.32) 10 FUJII, TAKURO 29 JAPAN 51.84 53.00 830 r:+0.66 24.73 53.00 (28.27) 11 WRIGHT, CHRIS 26 AUSTRALIA 51.77 53.12 824 r:+0.66 25.09 53.12 (28.03) 12 HADLER, JAYDEN 20 AUSTRALIA 52.33 53.15 823 r:+0.66 24.78 53.15 (28.37) 13 SAKAI, MASATO 19 JAPAN 53.16 53.34 814 r:+0.65 25.01 53.34 (28.33) 14 SANTOS, NICHOLA 34 BRAZIL 53.06 53.58 803 r:+0.79 24.91 53.58 (28.67) 15 ALLEN, COLEMAN 21 CANADA 52.76 53.70 798 r:+0.64 25.07 53.70 (28.63) 16 CHEAH, GEOFFREY 23 HONG KONG 53.70 53.93 788 r:+0.67 24.86 53.93 (29.07) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 KOBORI, YUKI 20 JAPAN 52.32 53.96 787 r:+0.66 25.56 53.96 (28.40) 18 NAKAMURA, KATSU 20 JAPAN 54.00 54.04 783 r:+0.66 25.15 54.04 (28.89) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 SUBIRATS, ALBER 27 VENEZUELA 52.26 54.07 782 r:+0.76 25.28 54.07 (28.79) 20 SHI, YANG 25 CHINA 54.80 54.09 781 r:+0.61 24.56 54.09 (29.53) 21 HARADA, RAMMARU 26 JAPAN 53.47 54.14 779 r:+0.71 24.76 54.14 (29.38) 22 PEDDIE, LUKE 21 CANADA 56.14 54.42 767 r:+0.66 24.72 54.42 (29.70) 23 MATSUDA, TAKESH 30 JAPAN 52.45 54.54 762 r:+0.73 25.20 54.54 (29.34) 24 SAKATA, REO 18 JAPAN 54.00 54.66 757 r:+0.67 25.35 54.66 (29.31) 25 ASSAAD, GAMAL 19 CANADA 53.42 54.83 750 r:+0.70 25.52 54.83 (29.31) 26 DARRAGH, MACK 20 CANADA 54.37 54.89 747 r:+0.72 26.03 54.89 (28.86) 27 MCKENDRY, NED 22 AUSTRALIA 55.48 55.07 740 r:+0.69 25.12 55.07 (29.95) 28 FUJIMORI, HIROM 23 JAPAN 53.70 55.14 737 r:+0.66 25.40 55.14 (29.74) 29 COETZEE, RYAN 19 SOUTH AFRICA 53.59 55.42 726 r:+0.66 25.44 55.42 (29.98) 30 WONG, DAVID 25 HONG KONG 55.69 57.00 667 r:+0.70 26.81 57.00 (30.19) 31 NG, CHUN NAM 20 HONG KONG 55.51 57.97 634 r:+0.72 26.98 57.97 (30.99) 32 NICHOLLS, KINVE 21 FIJI 1:08.41 1:06.07 428 r:+0.69 29.44 1:06.07 (36.63) 33 TEVITA, TAKAYAW 18 FIJI 1:12.12 1:11.06 344 r:+0.59 30.14 1:11.06 (40.92)
Women’s 400 free
World-record holder Katie Ledecky of the U.S. turned in, what is for her, an easy-speed 4:03.09 this morning to dust off another Janet Evans Pan Pacs record. Ledecky’s swim this morning smashed Evans’ 1989 mark of 4:04.53, and already is two full seconds faster than the 4:05.19 Chloe Sutton used to win this event four years ago.
Ledecky, who already smoked the world record at U.S. Nationals with a 3:58.86, is an easy favorite to lower Laure Manaudou’s 2007 Australian All-Comers record of 4:02.61, and should be well on her way to a third individual title after doubling up on night one with the 200 and 800 crowns.
USA’s Cierra Runge, who was bumped out of a 2015 Worlds qualifying spot in the 800 free by NBAC teammate Becca Mann on night one, isn’t looking for that to happen in the 400 free as she charged to a 4:06.73 for the second seed in the middle distance event. She went 4:04.67 at Nationals to rank eighth in the world, and could be on the road to a faster time tonight.
Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto (3rd, 4:07.48), New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle (6th, 4:08.64), Australia’s Bronte Barratt (7th, 4:09.30), Australia’s Alann Bowles (8th, 4:09.53), Canada’s Brittany MacLean (9th, 4:09.75) and Canada’s Samantha Cheverton (11th, 4:14.44) will also compete in the championship heat as a load of swimmers were relegated out of the top eight due to the two-per-country rule.
Results
=== Preliminaries === 1 LEDECKY, KATIE 17 UNITED STATES 3:58.86 4:03.09A 952 r:+0.68 28.37 58.82 (30.45) 1:29.21 (30.39) 2:00.08 (30.87) 2:30.81 (30.73) 3:02.07 (31.26) 3:32.91 (30.84) 4:03.09 (30.18) 2 RUNGE, CIERRA 18 UNITED STATES 4:04.67 4:06.73 910 r:+0.75 29.13 1:00.35 (31.22) 1:31.46 (31.11) 2:02.97 (31.51) 2:34.50 (31.53) 3:05.53 (31.03) 3:36.47 (30.94) 4:06.73 (30.26) 3 PINTO, ANDREINA 22 VENEZUELA 4:06.02 4:07.48 902 r:+0.72 29.09 1:00.30 (31.21) 1:31.72 (31.42) 2:03.14 (31.42) 2:34.74 (31.60) 3:06.24 (31.50) 3:37.13 (30.89) 4:07.48 (30.35) 4 SMITH, LEAH 19 UNITED STATES 4:06.28 4:07.77 899 r:+0.80 29.13 1:00.41 (31.28) 1:31.75 (31.34) 2:03.56 (31.81) 2:34.93 (31.37) 3:06.42 (31.49) 3:37.52 (31.10) 4:07.77 (30.25) 5 MANN, BECCA 16 UNITED STATES 4:07.92 4:08.50 891 r:+0.78 29.25 1:00.31 (31.06) 1:31.82 (31.51) 2:03.45 (31.63) 2:34.92 (31.47) 3:06.38 (31.46) 3:37.68 (31.30) 4:08.50 (30.82) 6 BOYLE, LAUREN 26 NEW ZEALAND 4:03.89 4:08.64 889 r:+0.73 29.32 1:00.61 (31.29) 1:31.90 (31.29) 2:03.29 (31.39) 2:34.86 (31.57) 3:06.39 (31.53) 3:37.92 (31.53) 4:08.64 (30.72) 7 BARRATT, BRONTE 25 AUSTRALIA 4:03.52 4:09.30 882 r:+0.70 28.87 1:00.31 (31.44) 1:31.77 (31.46) 2:03.38 (31.61) 2:35.03 (31.65) 3:06.53 (31.50) 3:38.17 (31.64) 4:09.30 (31.13) 8 BOWLES, ALANNA 16 AUSTRALIA 4:10.32 4:09.53 880 r:+0.76 29.49 1:00.63 (31.14) 1:32.05 (31.42) 2:03.67 (31.62) 2:35.07 (31.40) 3:06.78 (31.71) 3:38.51 (31.73) 4:09.53 (31.02) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 MACLEAN, BRITTA 20 CANADA 4:06.20 4:09.75 878 r:+0.77 29.51 1:00.97 (31.46) 1:32.55 (31.58) 2:04.38 (31.83) 2:36.07 (31.69) 3:07.79 (31.72) 3:39.36 (31.57) 4:09.75 (30.39) 10 ASHWOOD, JESSIC 21 AUSTRALIA 4:05.01 4:12.08 853 r:+0.77 29.37 1:00.75 (31.38) 1:32.58 (31.83) 2:04.64 (32.06) 2:36.64 (32.00) 3:09.02 (32.38) 3:41.09 (32.07) 4:12.08 (30.99) 11 CHEVERTON, SAMA 26 CANADA 4:09.85 4:14.44 830 r:+0.71 30.11 1:02.59 (32.48) 1:34.93 (32.34) 2:07.62 (32.69) 2:39.36 (31.74) 3:11.34 (31.98) 3:43.09 (31.75) 4:14.44 (31.35) 12 TAKANO, AYA 20 JAPAN 4:13.63 4:14.63 828 r:+0.78 29.81 1:01.98 (32.17) 1:34.55 (32.57) 2:07.38 (32.83) 2:39.71 (32.33) 3:12.49 (32.78) 3:44.27 (31.78) 4:14.63 (30.36) 13 IGARASHI, CHIHI 19 JAPAN 4:10.68 4:16.28 812 r:+0.66 29.34 1:01.22 (31.88) 1:33.27 (32.05) 2:06.07 (32.80) 2:38.86 (32.79) 3:11.81 (32.95) 3:44.45 (32.64) 4:16.28 (31.83) 14 ROBINSON, EMMA 19 NEW ZEALAND 4:15.28 4:16.63 809 r:+0.71 29.85 1:01.89 (32.04) 1:34.28 (32.39) 2:06.87 (32.59) 2:39.53 (32.66) 3:12.30 (32.77) 3:44.98 (32.68) 4:16.63 (31.65) 14 MIYAMOTO, YASUK 19 JAPAN 4:13.10 4:16.63 809 r:+0.76 29.31 1:01.90 (32.59) 1:34.48 (32.58) 2:07.60 (33.12) 2:40.37 (32.77) 3:13.30 (32.93) 3:45.49 (32.19) 4:16.63 (31.14) 16 ACKMAN, ALYSON 21 CANADA 4:15.08 4:16.67 808 r:+0.67 29.40 1:02.12 (32.72) 1:35.27 (33.15) 2:08.27 (33.00) 2:40.95 (32.68) 3:13.43 (32.48) 3:45.95 (32.52) 4:16.67 (30.72) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 LUCIE-SMITH, SA 22 NEW ZEALAND 4:12.83 4:18.49 791 r:+0.73 29.69 1:02.11 (32.42) 1:34.41 (32.30) 2:07.40 (32.99) 2:40.21 (32.81) 3:13.31 (33.10) 3:46.11 (32.80) 4:18.49 (32.38) 18 BAUMANN, TABITH 19 CANADA 4:10.68 4:20.20 776 r:+0.72 29.69 1:01.89 (32.20) 1:34.72 (32.83) 2:08.04 (33.32) 2:41.26 (33.22) 3:14.75 (33.49) 3:47.80 (33.05) 4:20.20 (32.40) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 TAKAHASHI, MIHO 21 JAPAN 4:17.74 4:21.09 768 r:+0.71 29.98 1:02.41 (32.43) 1:34.56 (32.15) 2:07.59 (33.03) 2:40.78 (33.19) 3:14.55 (33.77) 3:47.81 (33.26) 4:21.09 (33.28) 20 LIU, YIRU 21 CHINA 4:13.00 4:22.99 751 r:+0.72 30.12 1:03.26 (33.14) 1:36.56 (33.30) 2:10.48 (33.92) 2:44.14 (33.66) 3:18.34 (34.20) 3:51.23 (32.89) 4:22.99 (31.76) 21 PAMERLEAU, LEON 24 CANADA 4:29.56 4:30.18 693 r:+0.82 31.35 1:05.05 (33.70) 1:38.94 (33.89) 2:13.31 (34.37) 2:47.63 (34.32) 3:22.18 (34.55) 3:56.37 (34.19) 4:30.18 (33.81) 22 CHENG, HEI TUNG 19 HONG KONG 4:28.81 4:35.49 654 r:+0.69 30.49 1:04.45 (33.96) 1:39.13 (34.68) 2:14.27 (35.14) 2:49.51 (35.24) 3:25.28 (35.77) 4:00.65 (35.37) 4:35.49 (34.84)
Men’s 400 free
The one swimmer here at Pan Pacs who could have just coasted through prelims and made a guaranteed A final due to the two-per-country rule is Korea’s Tae Hwan Park as the lone representative of his country in the heats. But, the defending champion would have none of it. Park showed some pride with a 3:46.10 to take the top seed headed into the finale. He has a lot more in the tank with a fourth-ranked 3:43.96 from the NSW State Championships earlier this year.
USA’s Connor Jaeger secured the second seed with a time of 3:46.20, not too far off his eighth-ranked 3:45.34 from the Bulldog Grand Slam, while Australia’s David McKeon qualified third in 3:47.81. Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, the 400 IM winner, qualified fourth in 3:48.92. McKeon (3:43.72) and Hagino (3:43.90) are ranked second and third in the world as the championship heat is going to be loaded tonight.
Australia’s Mack Horton and USA’s Michael McBroom also made the A final with a pair of 3:49.07s to tie for fifth.
Canada’s Ryan Cochrane (8th, 3:50.08) and Japan’s Yuki Kobori (10th, 3:50.59) both earned spots in the championship heat with Australia’s Jordan Harrison getting dumped into the B final after a seventh-place 3:49.66 due to the two-per-country rule.
Cochrane, the world-leader in the event with a 3:43.46 from the Commonwealth Games, will need to put on the steam in finals after barely making the finale this morning.
Results
=== Preliminaries === 1 TAEHWAN, PARK 24 KOREA 3:43.96 3:46.10 922 r:+0.62 26.28 55.10 (28.82) 1:23.81 (28.71) 1:52.97 (29.16) 2:21.80 (28.83) 2:50.87 (29.07) 3:19.12 (28.25) 3:46.10 (26.98) 2 JAEGER, CONNOR 23 UNITED STATES 3:44.85 3:46.20 920 r:+0.69 26.75 55.64 (28.89) 1:24.27 (28.63) 1:53.25 (28.98) 2:21.60 (28.35) 2:50.18 (28.58) 3:18.58 (28.40) 3:46.20 (27.62) 3 MCKEON, DAVID 22 AUSTRALIA 3:43.71 3:47.81 901 r:+0.68 26.42 55.03 (28.61) 1:23.94 (28.91) 1:52.82 (28.88) 2:21.78 (28.96) 2:50.85 (29.07) 3:19.80 (28.95) 3:47.81 (28.01) 4 HAGINO, KOSUKE 20 JAPAN 3:43.90 3:48.92 888 r:+0.68 26.20 55.67 (29.47) 1:25.52 (29.85) 1:55.04 (29.52) 2:23.96 (28.92) 2:52.32 (28.36) 3:20.70 (28.38) 3:48.92 (28.22) 5 HORTON, MACK 18 AUSTRALIA 3:44.60 3:49.07 886 r:+0.77 26.80 55.71 (28.91) 1:25.05 (29.34) 1:54.03 (28.98) 2:22.98 (28.95) 2:52.14 (29.16) 3:21.19 (29.05) 3:49.07 (27.88) 5 MCBROOM, MICHAE 23 UNITED STATES 3:47.19 3:49.07 886 r:+0.75 27.12 56.06 (28.94) 1:24.91 (28.85) 1:53.82 (28.91) 2:22.76 (28.94) 2:52.06 (29.30) 3:21.16 (29.10) 3:49.07 (27.91) 7 HARRISON, JORDA 19 AUSTRALIA 3:45.85 3:49.66 879 r:+0.64 26.46 55.64 (29.18) 1:24.98 (29.34) 1:54.51 (29.53) 2:23.66 (29.15) 2:52.69 (29.03) 3:21.61 (28.92) 3:49.66 (28.05) 8 COCHRANE, RYAN 25 CANADA 3:43.46 3:50.08 875 r:+0.71 27.03 56.00 (28.97) 1:25.39 (29.39) 1:55.04 (29.65) 2:24.14 (29.10) 2:53.41 (29.27) 3:22.08 (28.67) 3:50.08 (28.00) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 MCLEAN, MATT 26 UNITED STATES 3:46.14 3:50.49 870 r:+0.74 27.20 56.71 (29.51) 1:26.19 (29.48) 1:55.61 (29.42) 2:24.45 (28.84) 2:53.55 (29.10) 3:22.75 (29.20) 3:50.49 (27.74) 10 KOBORI, YUKI 20 JAPAN 3:50.72 3:50.59 869 r:+0.74 26.66 55.78 (29.12) 1:25.22 (29.44) 1:54.74 (29.52) 2:24.16 (29.42) 2:53.62 (29.46) 3:22.99 (29.37) 3:50.59 (27.60) 11 YAMAMOTO, KOHEI 22 JAPAN 3:49.48 3:50.88 866 r:+0.67 26.86 55.73 (28.87) 1:25.08 (29.35) 1:54.53 (29.45) 2:23.89 (29.36) 2:53.48 (29.59) 3:22.35 (28.87) 3:50.88 (28.53) 12 DE DEUS, LEONAR 23 BRAZIL 3:50.90 3:51.60 857 r:+0.65 26.20 55.41 (29.21) 1:24.41 (29.00) 1:53.52 (29.11) 2:22.60 (29.08) 2:52.62 (30.02) 3:22.40 (29.78) 3:51.60 (29.20) 12 MALONE, REED 19 UNITED STATES 3:49.67 3:51.60 857 r:+0.68 27.23 57.01 (29.78) 1:25.93 (28.92) 1:55.66 (29.73) 2:24.67 (29.01) 2:53.90 (29.23) 3:23.12 (29.22) 3:51.60 (28.48) 14 DWYER, CONOR 25 UNITED STATES 3:50.23 3:52.04 853 r:+0.67 26.77 55.84 (29.07) 1:24.85 (29.01) 1:54.17 (29.32) 2:23.42 (29.25) 2:53.26 (29.84) 3:22.80 (29.54) 3:52.04 (29.24) 15 WEISS, MICHAEL 23 UNITED STATES 3:52.33 3:52.83 844 r:+0.70 26.39 55.07 (28.68) 1:23.93 (28.86) 1:53.60 (29.67) 2:23.17 (29.57) 2:53.10 (29.93) 3:23.16 (30.06) 3:52.83 (29.67) 16 STANLEY, MATTHE 22 NEW ZEALAND 3:47.90 3:53.33 839 r:+0.71 26.74 56.01 (29.27) 1:25.21 (29.20) 1:54.70 (29.49) 2:23.98 (29.28) 2:53.96 (29.98) 3:23.68 (29.72) 3:53.33 (29.65) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 DUNLOP-BARRETT, 23 NEW ZEALAND 3:50.61 3:54.05 831 r:+0.79 26.96 56.14 (29.18) 1:25.41 (29.27) 1:54.96 (29.55) 2:24.80 (29.84) 2:55.04 (30.24) 3:25.02 (29.98) 3:54.05 (29.03) 18 JACKSON, EWAN 21 NEW ZEALAND 3:55.45 3:55.34 817 r:+0.72 27.17 56.62 (29.45) 1:26.41 (29.79) 1:56.38 (29.97) 2:26.36 (29.98) 2:56.30 (29.94) 3:26.20 (29.90) 3:55.34 (29.14) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 HIRAI, AYATSUGU 21 JAPAN 3:52.69 3:56.32 807 r:+0.70 28.39 58.50 (30.11) 1:28.17 (29.67) 1:58.02 (29.85) 2:27.87 (29.85) 2:57.86 (29.99) 3:27.78 (29.92) 3:56.32 (28.54) 20 QIU, ZI'AO 15 CHINA 4:01.92 3:57.75 793 r:+0.75 26.72 55.77 (29.05) 1:25.46 (29.69) 1:55.70 (30.24) 2:25.88 (30.18) 2:56.98 (31.10) 3:28.21 (31.23) 3:57.75 (29.54) 21 BROTHERS, WILL 19 CANADA 3:53.22 3:58.72 783 r:+0.75 27.60 57.20 (29.60) 1:27.21 (30.01) 1:57.23 (30.02) 2:27.73 (30.50) 2:58.12 (30.39) 3:28.66 (30.54) 3:58.72 (30.06) 22 WEI, HAOBO 18 CHINA 3:55.33 4:02.80 744 r:+0.67 27.55 57.62 (30.07) 1:27.54 (29.92) 1:58.36 (30.82) 2:29.63 (31.27) 3:01.18 (31.55) 3:32.53 (31.35) 4:02.80 (30.27) 23 MA, TIANCHI 17 CHINA 4:02.27 4:07.22 705 r:+0.69 27.79 59.32 (31.53) 1:31.54 (32.22) 2:04.21 (32.67) 2:36.75 (32.54) 3:09.33 (32.58) 3:39.33 (30.00) 4:07.22 (27.89) 24 KONG, KEI KOI 22 HONG KONG 4:05.67 4:09.72 684 r:+0.69 28.58 59.72 (31.14) 1:31.15 (31.43) 2:02.96 (31.81) 2:34.51 (31.55) 3:06.57 (32.06) 3:38.85 (32.28) 4:09.72 (30.87) 25 CHEUNG, KENT 21 HONG KONG 4:06.24 4:13.50 654 r:+0.78 27.83 59.17 (31.34) 1:31.40 (32.23) 2:04.34 (32.94) 2:36.47 (32.13) 3:08.88 (32.41) 3:41.28 (32.40) 4:13.50 (32.22)
Women’s 200 back
This evening should see a special finale in the women’s 200-meter backstroke as the World, American, Commonwealth and Australian record holders went 1-2 in qualifying this morning.
Australia’s Belinda Hocking, the top swimmer in the Commonwealth with a 2:06.06 from 2011 to her credit, will take on world-record holder Missy Franklin of the U.S. in what will be one of the best head-to-head matchups this week. Hocking qualified first in 2:08.99 with Franklin continuing to round into form with a second-seeded 2:09.00 after back spasms threatened to bump her from the meet altogether.
Hocking is the top swimmer in the world this year with a 2:06.40 at the NSW State Championships, while Franklin has the fifth-ranked 2:08.38 from U.S. Nationals.
USA’s Elizabeth Beisel, who slipped on the start of the event at Nationals, will be looking to get a spot on the 2015 World roster after qualifying third overall in 2:09.24 to make her way into the A final.
Canada’s Hilary Caldwell (2:09.72) and Dominique Bouchard (2:09.73) took fourth and fifth, while USA’s Elizabeth Pelton was relegated to the B final with a sixth-place 2:09.95.
Australia’s Emily Seebohm (8th, 2:10.99), Japan’s Sayaka Akase (10th, 2:11.24) and Japan’s Marie Kamimura (14th, 2:13.96) also will compete in the A final as USA, Canada and Australia lost a bunch of talent out of the finals due to the two-per-country rule.
Results
=== Preliminaries === 1 HOCKING, BELIND 23 AUSTRALIA 2:06.40 2:08.99 889 r:+0.62 31.13 1:03.93 (32.80) 1:36.08 (32.15) 2:08.99 (32.91) 2 FRANKLIN, MISSY 19 UNITED STATES 2:04.76 2:09.00 889 r:+0.73 30.52 1:02.75 (32.23) 1:35.79 (33.04) 2:09.00 (33.21) 3 BEISEL, ELIZABE 22 UNITED STATES 2:07.64 2:09.24 884 r:+0.63 31.06 1:03.78 (32.72) 1:36.55 (32.77) 2:09.24 (32.69) 4 CALDWELL, HILAR 23 CANADA 2:06.80 2:09.72 874 r:+0.65 31.27 1:03.73 (32.46) 1:36.83 (33.10) 2:09.72 (32.89) 5 BOUCHARD, DOMIN 23 CANADA 2:09.97 2:09.73 874 r:+0.71 31.17 1:03.55 (32.38) 1:36.54 (32.99) 2:09.73 (33.19) 6 PELTON, ELIZABE 20 UNITED STATES 2:06.29 2:09.95 870 r:+0.63 30.89 1:04.08 (33.19) 1:37.28 (33.20) 2:09.95 (32.67) 7 SNODGRASS, BROO 20 CANADA 2:10.68 2:10.22 864 r:+0.72 30.82 1:03.66 (32.84) 1:36.98 (33.32) 2:10.22 (33.24) 8 SEEBOHM, EMILY 22 AUSTRALIA 2:08.28 2:10.99 849 r:+0.67 30.61 1:04.37 (33.76) 1:37.66 (33.29) 2:10.99 (33.33) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 CANTIN, GENEVIE 23 CANADA 2:09.40 2:11.12 847 r:+0.70 31.20 1:04.29 (33.09) 1:37.61 (33.32) 2:11.12 (33.51) 10 AKASE, SAYAKA 19 JAPAN 2:08.56 2:11.24 844 r:+0.60 30.67 1:03.23 (32.56) 1:36.79 (33.56) 2:11.24 (34.45) 11 FLICKINGER, HAL 20 UNITED STATES 2:11.55 2:12.14 827 r:+0.66 31.46 1:04.80 (33.34) 1:38.61 (33.81) 2:12.14 (33.53) 12 BAKER, KATHLEEN 17 UNITED STATES 2:10.23 2:13.38 804 r:+0.63 31.03 1:04.90 (33.87) 1:39.23 (34.33) 2:13.38 (34.15) 13 BRATTON, LISA 18 UNITED STATES 2:11.57 2:13.55 801 r:+0.67 31.41 1:05.06 (33.65) 1:39.42 (34.36) 2:13.55 (34.13) 14 KAMIMURA, MARIE 20 JAPAN 2:09.76 2:13.96 794 r:+0.58 31.54 1:04.92 (33.38) 1:38.70 (33.78) 2:13.96 (35.26) 15 SAKAI, SHIHO 23 JAPAN 2:12.71 2:14.16 790 r:+0.57 30.85 1:04.79 (33.94) 1:39.83 (35.04) 2:14.16 (34.33) 16 PICKREM, SYDNEY 16 CANADA 2:11.75 2:14.83 778 r:+0.71 31.82 1:05.72 (33.90) 1:40.40 (34.68) 2:14.83 (34.43) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 OTSUKA, MIYU 20 JAPAN 2:10.40 2:16.00 759 r:+0.65 32.17 1:06.41 (34.24) 1:41.32 (34.91) 2:16.00 (34.68) 18 ZHAO, YING 18 CHINA 2:15.33 2:18.82 713 r:+0.66 31.92 1:06.85 (34.93) 1:43.31 (36.46) 2:18.82 (35.51) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 LAU, CLAUDIA 21 HONG KONG 2:14.60 2:19.06 710 r:+0.68 32.30 1:08.18 (35.88) 1:44.04 (35.86) 2:19.06 (35.02) 20 MALAN, BEATRIX 18 SOUTH AFRICA 2:18.88 2:20.25 692 r:+0.72 32.54 1:07.97 (35.43) 1:44.32 (36.35) 2:20.25 (35.93) 21 LOUBSER, MARCE 18 SOUTH AFRICA 2:15.98 2:20.43 689 r:+0.70 32.60 1:08.00 (35.40) 1:43.94 (35.94) 2:20.43 (36.49)
Men’s 200 back
In a shocker, top-seeded and defending champion Ryan Lochte of the U.S. decided to be a late scratch in the final heat, leaving Ryan Murphy (1:55.73) and Tyler Clary (1:56.45) as the top Americans with the second and third seeds in prelims. Japan’s Ryosuke Irie topped the heats with a 1:55.10, just a second off Lochte’s Pan Pacs record of 1:54.12 from 2010.
Lochte was not looking forward to a potential triple tonight in the 100 fly, 200 back and 400 free relay; and definitely did not want to potentially set up a 2015 Worlds triple of the 100 fly, 200 back and 800 free relay next summer.
Irie leads the world this year with a 1:53.91 from Japanese Nationals, while Murphy is seventh with a 1:55.99 and Clary is third with a 1:54.73. Lochte, however, decided to scratch to focus on the 100 fly tonight as he hasn’t lived up to his top-seeded 1:53.97 this year with just a 1:56.47 at Nationals.
Australia’s Mitch Larkin (1:56.86), Japan’s Kosuke Hagino (1:56.94), Australia’s Josh Beaver (1:57.52), Brazil’s Leonardo de Deus (9th, 1:59.60) and New Zealand’s Corey Main (10th, 1:59.85) also picked up spots in the finale with Australia’s Josh Beaver (1:57.52) and Japan’s Haya Matsubara (1:58.27) both being punted due to the two-per-country rule.
Results
=== Preliminaries === 1 IRIE, RYOSUKE 24 JAPAN 1:53.91 1:55.10C 919 r:+0.56 26.99 56.08 (29.09) 1:25.57 (29.49) 1:55.10 (29.53) 2 MURPHY, RYAN 19 UNITED STATES 1:55.87 1:55.73 904 r:+0.59 27.86 57.37 (29.51) 1:26.37 (29.00) 1:55.73 (29.36) 3 CLARY, TYLER 25 UNITED STATES 1:54.64 1:56.45 887 r:+0.61 27.70 56.93 (29.23) 1:26.60 (29.67) 1:56.45 (29.85) 4 LARKIN, MITCHEL 21 AUSTRALIA 1:55.26 1:56.86 878 r:+0.53 27.28 57.23 (29.95) 1:27.01 (29.78) 1:56.86 (29.85) 5 HAGINO, KOSUKE 20 JAPAN 1:54.23 1:56.94 876 r:+0.60 27.58 57.81 (30.23) 1:27.73 (29.92) 1:56.94 (29.21) 6 BEAVER, JOSH 21 AUSTRALIA 1:56.19 1:57.52 863 r:+0.54 27.33 57.26 (29.93) 1:27.68 (30.42) 1:57.52 (29.84) 7 MATSUBARA, HAYA 22 JAPAN 1:57.13 1:58.27 847 r:+0.52 27.55 57.26 (29.71) 1:27.55 (30.29) 1:58.27 (30.72) 8 PEBLEY, JACOB 20 UNITED STATES 1:56.68 1:58.46 843 r:+0.66 27.63 57.46 (29.83) 1:27.88 (30.42) 1:58.46 (30.58) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 DE DEUS, LEONAR 23 BRAZIL 1:58.51 1:59.60 819 r:+0.64 28.42 58.40 (29.98) 1:29.30 (30.90) 1:59.60 (30.30) 10 MAIN, COREY 19 NEW ZEALAND 1:57.79 1:59.85 814 r:+0.55 27.53 57.23 (29.70) 1:28.31 (31.08) 1:59.85 (31.54) 11 SANTI, FABIO 25 BRAZIL 2:00.76 2:00.58 799 r:+0.58 28.14 58.45 (30.31) 1:29.36 (30.91) 2:00.58 (31.22) 12 LAWSON, MATSON 22 AUSTRALIA 1:56.35 2:00.60 799 r:+0.61 28.03 58.31 (30.28) 1:29.74 (31.43) 2:00.60 (30.86) 13 WOOD, RUSSELL 20 CANADA 1:59.32 2:01.43 782 r:+0.61 28.28 58.67 (30.39) 1:29.77 (31.10) 2:01.43 (31.66) 14 MAHONEY, TRAVIS 24 AUSTRALIA 1:58.46 2:01.99 772 r:+0.65 28.99 59.79 (30.80) 1:30.34 (30.55) 2:01.99 (31.65) 15 ELLIS, RICHARD 26 SOUTH AFRICA 2:01.96 2:02.40 764 r:+0.65 28.09 58.82 (30.73) 1:30.50 (31.68) 2:02.40 (31.90) 16 MEYER, MICHAEL 21 SOUTH AFRICA 2:03.12 2:02.89 755 r:+0.67 28.81 59.50 (30.69) 1:31.29 (31.79) 2:02.89 (31.60) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 BYRAM, JOE 20 CANADA 2:01.50 2:05.48 709 r:+0.86 28.94 59.85 (30.91) 1:31.98 (32.13) 2:05.48 (33.50)
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