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The final morning of action from the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series at Austin featured a new lineup as the 50 stroke shootouts will make an appearance later on tonight at finals. Michael Andrew is the only swimmer that is the top seed in more than one event as he leads the 50 free and 50 fly heats.
The 400 freestyle events will also be on tonight’s schedule as Li Bingjie and Shogo Takeda are the top seeds in both events with rising post grad stars Ashley Neidigh and Zane Grothe also in action in those events.
Heat Sheets
Results
Today’s events:
- Men’s 400 Free
- Women’s 50 Free
- Men’s 50 Free
- Women’s 50 Back
- Men’s 50 Back
- Women’s 400 Free
- Women’s 50 Breast
- Men’s 50 Breast
- Women’s 50 Fly
- Men’s 50 Fly
Men’s 400 Free
Japan’s Shogo Takeda led a tightly packed men’s 400 free field on Saturday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Austin. Takeda swam a 3:53.22 to just hold off NC State’s Anton Ipsen (3:53.38) in his heat. Those two will go at it again tonight in the middle of the pool as World Championship team members Zane Grothe (3:53.53) and Clark Smith (3:54.50) will be on either side of them tonight as well.
Jeremy Bagshaw (3:54.76), Marcelo Acosta (3:56.11), Trey Freeman (3:57.25) and Kohei Yamamoto (3:57.37) will also swim in tonight’s championship final.
Event 24 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 3:40.07 7/26/2009 Paul Biedermann
American: A 3:42.78 8/10/2008 Larsen Jensen
Meet: M 3:43.55 2016 Sun Yang
Pool: P 3:45.21 Peter Vanderkaay
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Takeda, Shogo 22 JAPN-ZZ 3:45.46 3:53.22
27.47 57.05 (29.58)
1:26.87 (29.82) 1:56.83 (29.96)
2:26.94 (30.11) 2:55.64 (28.70)
3:24.79 (29.15) 3:53.22 (28.43)
2 Ipsen, Anton Oe 23 NC State Univers 3:47.95 3:53.38
26.89 56.19 (29.30)
1:25.71 (29.52) 1:55.26 (29.55)
2:25.30 (30.04) 2:55.02 (29.72)
3:24.84 (29.82) 3:53.38 (28.54)
3 Grothe, Zane 25 Una Mvn-CA 3:44.43 3:53.53
26.73 55.80 (29.07)
1:25.39 (29.59) 1:55.20 (29.81)
2:24.89 (29.69) 2:54.71 (29.82)
3:24.47 (29.76) 3:53.53 (29.06)
4 Smith, Clark 22 Longhorn Aquatic 3:45.74 3:54.50
26.89 56.05 (29.16)
1:25.68 (29.63) 1:55.58 (29.90)
2:25.72 (30.14) 2:55.52 (29.80)
3:25.70 (30.18) 3:54.50 (28.80)
5 Bagshaw, Jeremy 25 Island Swimming- 3:48.82 3:54.76
27.52 56.90 (29.38)
1:26.70 (29.80) 1:56.53 (29.83)
2:26.28 (29.75) 2:56.07 (29.79)
3:25.93 (29.86) 3:54.76 (28.83)
6 Acosta, Marcelo 21 Univ Louisville- 3:48.82 3:56.11
27.27 56.56 (29.29)
1:26.50 (29.94) 1:56.47 (29.97)
2:26.92 (30.45) 2:57.26 (30.34)
3:27.18 (29.92) 3:56.11 (28.93)
7 Freeman, Trey 17 Baylor Swim Club 3:50.14 3:57.25
27.16 56.62 (29.46)
1:26.55 (29.93) 1:56.71 (30.16)
2:27.07 (30.36) 2:57.28 (30.21)
3:27.63 (30.35) 3:57.25 (29.62)
8 Yamamoto, Kohei 26 JAPN-ZZ 3:53.24 3:57.37
27.15 56.96 (29.81)
1:26.71 (29.75) 1:56.84 (30.13)
2:26.90 (30.06) 2:57.28 (30.38)
3:27.59 (30.31) 3:57.37 (29.78)
Women’s 50 Free
Mission Viejo’s Margo Geer was the only swimmer under 25 seconds in Saturday’s prelims as she swam a 24.83 to lead the 50 free into tonight’s elimination semi-finals. Taylor Ruck has had a pretty good meet so far in Austin as she is the second seed with a 25.03. China has also had a solid meet with a small contingent in attendance. Zhang Yufei is the third seed at 25.38.
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (25.50), Amanda Kendall (25.52), Rebecca Millard (25.65), Ky-Lee Perry (25.67) and Kayla Sanchez (25.71) will swim in tonight’s semis.
Event 25 Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 23.67 7/29/2017 Sarah Sjostrom
American: A 23.97 7/30/2017 Simone Manuel
Meet: M 24.17 2016 Sarah Sjostrom
Pool: P 24.17 Sarah Sjostrom
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Geer, Margo 25 Una Mvn-CA 25.58 24.83
2 Ruck, Taylor 17 HPCO-ZZ 25.83 25.03
3 Zhang, Yufei 19 CHINA-ZZ 25.50 25.38
4 Vanderpool-Wall 27 Wolfpack Elite-N 24.60 25.50
5 Kendall, Amanda 26 Una Mvn-CA 25.47 25.52
6 Millard, Rebecc 22 Univ of Texas-ST 25.39 25.65
7 Perry, Ky-lee 19 NC State Univers 25.38 25.67
8 Sanchez, Kayla 16 HPCO-ZZ 25.33 25.71
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9 Smoliga, Olivia 23 Athens Bulldog S 24.70 25.72
10 Fanz, Casey 19 Univ Louisville- 25.37 25.74
Men’s 50 Free
Michael Andrew had a very strong swim in Saturday’s heats with a 22.04 in the 50 free prelims. Andrew leads a strong field that includes Nathan Adrian (22.62) and Ryan Held (22.78). Those three will lead the field into tonight’s elimination semi-finals.
Justin Ress (22.87), Andrej Barna (22.89), Oleksandr Loginov (23.02), Matias Koski (23.04) and Kyle Robrock (23.08) will also swim in tonight’s event.
Event 26 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 20.91 12/18/2009Cesar Cielo
American: A 21.15 7/29/2017 Caeleb Dressel
Meet: M 21.56 2015 Nathan Adrian
Pool: P 21.44 Fred Bousquet
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Andrew, Michael 18 Race Pace Club-M 21.75 22.04
2 Adrian, Nathan 29 California Aquat 21.47 22.62
3 Held, Ryan 22 NC State Univers 22.16 22.78
4 Ress, Justin 20 NC State Univers 22.55 22.87
5 Barna, Andrej 19 Univ Louisville- 22.51 22.89
6 Loginov, Oleksa 25 Swim Ontario-ZZ 22.24 23.02
7 Koski, Matias 23 Athens Bulldog S 22.74 23.04
8 Robrock, Kyle 24 Unattached-CO 22.52 23.08
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9 Gaziev, Ruslan 18 Swim Ontario-ZZ 22.46 23.10
10 Izzo, Giovanni 20 NC State Univers 22.09 23.17
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Women’s 50 Back
15-year-old Regan Smith and 16-year-old Kayla Sanchez lead a youthful 50 back final that includes seven total teenagers. Olivia Smoliga is the only swimmer over 20 years old as the 23-year-old is the third seed. Smith (28.32) and Sanchez (28.39) will lead the swimmers in tonight’s elimination semi-finals as Smoliga sits in third at 28.49.
Hannah Jade (28.93), Taylor Ruck (28.99), Claire Adams (29.00) and Isabel Stadden (29.08) will swim in tonight’s finals as there was a tie for eighth between Rebecca Smith from Canada and Peng Xuwei from China at 29.10. Peng already beat Regan Smith earlier in the meet in the 200 back with a 2:08 as the 14-year-old could be a star for the future in China.
Event 27 Women 50 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 27.06 7/30/2009 Jing Zhao
American: A 27.48 7/26/2017 Kathleen Baker
Meet: M 27.51 2015 Natalie Coughlin
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Smith, Regan 15 Riptide Swim Tea 58.95 28.32
2 Sanchez, Kayla 16 HPCO-ZZ 1:00.92 28.39
3 Smoliga, Olivia 23 Athens Bulldog S 58.77 28.49
4 Hannah, Jade 15 Island Swimming- 59.62 28.93
5 Ruck, Taylor 17 HPCO-ZZ 59.23 28.99
6 Adams, Claire 19 Univ of Texas-ST 1:00.42 29.00
7 Stadden, Isabel 15 Aquajets Swim Te 1:01.23 29.08
8 Smith, Rebecca 17 HPCO-ZZ 1:03.11 29.10
8 Peng, Xuwei 14 CHINA-ZZ 1:01.50 29.10
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10 Hanus, Danielle 19 Island Swimming- 1:00.97 29.25
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Men’s 50 Back
NC State’s Justin Ress has been having a breakout year since he won US Nationals in the 50 back last summer in Indianapolis. Ress followed that up with a win at the World University Games in this event and is set for a SCY breakout at ACC’s and NCAA’s later this year. Ress is the top seed in the 50 back with a 25.42 ahead of legend Matt Grevers (25.61) and Britain’s Nicholas Pyle (25.79).
Taylor Dale (25.80), Bryce Bohman (25.86), Jacob Pebley (25.98), Hennessey Stuart (26.28) and Xavier Castelli (26.32) also placed in Saturday’s top eight in Austin.
Event 28 Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 24.04 8/2/2009 Liam Tancock
American: A 24.33 12/5/2008 Randall Bal
Meet: M 24.74 2015 Junya Koga
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ress, Justin 20 NC State Univers 53.27 25.42
2 Grevers, Matt 32 Tucson Ford Deal 52.26 25.61
3 Pyle, Nicholas 17 GBR-ZZ 54.95 25.79
4 Dale, Taylor 23 Athens Bulldog S 54.00 25.80
5 Bohman, Bryce 27 Longhorn Aquatic 55.55 25.86
6 Pebley, Jacob 24 California Aquat 52.95 25.98
7 Stuart, Henness 22 NC State Univers 54.66 26.28
8 Castelli, Xavie 27 Swim Wales-ZZ 54.47 26.32
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9 Casas, Shaine 18 Nitro Swimming-S 55.79 26.38
10 Cross, Daniel 20 GBR-ZZ 54.71 26.43
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Women’s 400 Free
World Championship bronze medalist Li Bingjie of China cruised to an easy 4:13.38 on Saturday morning in Austin at the TYR Pro Swim Series. Li is just 15-years-old and is one of the best swimmers in the world as she looks to be one of the few people to be able to challenge Katie Ledecky in the long run.
Li is ahead of US college swimmers Hannah Moore of NC State (4:14.16) and Sophie Cattermole of Louisville (4:15.43). Long-time distance veteran Kristel Kobrich of Chile is also in tonight’s final (4:16.33).
Joanna Evans (4:16.67), Ashley Neidigh (4:16.98), Tamila Holub (4:17.29) and Kaitlynn Sims (4:17.36) will also swim in tonight’s championship final.
Event 29 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 3:56.46 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky
American: A 3:56.46 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky
Meet: M 3:59.54 2016 Katie Ledecky
Pool: P 3:59.54 Katie Ledecky
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Li, Bingjie 15 CHINA-ZZ 4:06.00 4:13.38
29.50 1:01.29 (31.79)
1:33.05 (31.76) 2:05.24 (32.19)
2:37.19 (31.95) 3:09.22 (32.03)
3:41.32 (32.10) 4:13.38 (32.06)
2 Moore, Hannah 21 NC State Univers 4:09.35 4:14.16
29.57 1:01.09 (31.52)
1:33.26 (32.17) 2:05.47 (32.21)
2:37.76 (32.29) 3:10.16 (32.40)
3:42.52 (32.36) 4:14.16 (31.64)
3 Cattermole, Sop 20 Univ Louisville- 4:20.92 4:15.43
30.19 1:02.51 (32.32)
1:35.10 (32.59) 2:07.62 (32.52)
2:40.36 (32.74) 3:12.68 (32.32)
3:44.33 (31.65) 4:15.43 (31.10)
4 Kobrich, Kriste 32 CHI-ZZ 4:14.52 4:16.33
30.55 1:02.32 (31.77)
1:34.60 (32.28) 2:06.79 (32.19)
2:39.49 (32.70) 3:11.84 (32.35)
3:44.48 (32.64) 4:16.33 (31.85)
5 Evans, Joanna 20 Univ of Texas-ST 4:07.60 4:16.67
29.59 1:01.37 (31.78)
1:33.49 (32.12) 2:05.94 (32.45)
2:38.06 (32.12) 3:11.12 (33.06)
3:44.86 (33.74) 4:16.67 (31.81)
6 Neidigh, Ashley 21 Una Mvn-CA 4:11.63 4:16.98
29.71 1:01.60 (31.89)
1:34.06 (32.46) 2:06.50 (32.44)
2:38.71 (32.21) 3:11.39 (32.68)
3:44.36 (32.97) 4:16.98 (32.62)
7 Holub, Tamila H 18 NC State Univers 4:14.67 4:17.29
30.52 1:02.36 (31.84)
1:35.03 (32.67) 2:07.33 (32.30)
2:40.26 (32.93) 3:12.83 (32.57)
3:45.72 (32.89) 4:17.29 (31.57)
8 Sims, Kaitlynn 17 Magnolia Aquatic 4:17.83 4:17.36
30.02 1:01.80 (31.78)
1:33.96 (32.16) 2:06.58 (32.62)
2:39.05 (32.47) 3:11.91 (32.86)
3:44.90 (32.99) 4:17.36 (32.46)
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Women’s 50 Breast
After missing the World Championship team in 2017, Molly Hannis started her 2018 campaign with a strong swim at the TYR Pro Swim Series at Austin with a 30.55 50 breast prelim heat swim. She is the top seed well ahead of Olympians Katie Meili (30.98) and Breeja Larson (31.48), both representing the New York Athletic Club.
Rachel Nicol (31.50), Kennedy Lohman (31.82), Faith Knelson (31.84), Peyton Kondis (31.86) and Melanie Margalis (31.95) placed in the top eight and will swim tonight in the elimination heats.
Event 30 Women 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 29.40 7/30/2017 Lilly King
American: A 29.40 7/30/2017 Lilly King
Meet: M 30.35 2016 Lilly King
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hannis, Molly 25 Una Tnaq-SE 1:06.47 30.55
2 Meili, Katie 26 New York Athleti 1:05.03 30.98
3 Larson, Breeja 25 New York Athleti 1:07.17 31.48
4 Nicol, Rachel 24 UCSC-ZZ 1:06.68 31.50
5 Lohman, Kennedy 19 Univ of Texas-ST 1:09.50 31.82
6 Knelson, Faith 16 Island Swimming- 1:07.47 31.84
7 Kondis, Peyton 19 Univ of Houston- 1:11.51 31.86
8 Margalis, Melan 26 Saint Petersburg 1:07.26 31.95
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Men’s 50 Breast
China’s Yan Zibei had a solid 50 breast heat swim with a 27.81 for the top seed. He is the only swimmer under 28 seconds in tonight’s final. He is ahead of US national team members Nic Fink (28.19) and Andrew Wilson (28.19) who are tied for second.
15-year-old Alexander Milanovich out of Canada is fourth at 28.67 as him and Gabe Mastromatteo (28.79) are the youngest swimmers in the final. Nick Zito (28.74), Jake Foster (28.90) and Carlos Claverie (28.91) will also swim in tonight’s finals.
Event 31 Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 25.95 7/25/2017 Adam Peaty
American: A 26.76 8/4/2015 Kevin Cordes
Meet: M 27.39 2016 Cody Miller
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Yan, Zibei 22 CHINA-ZZ 59.80 27.81
2 Fink, Nic 24 Athens Bulldog S 59.40 28.19
2 Wilson, Andrew 24 Longhorn Aquatic 59.51 28.19
4 Milanovich, Ale 15 Etobicoke Swim C 1:04.31 28.67
5 Zito, Nick 23 West Swim Club-I 1:02.50 28.74
6 Mastromatteo, G 15 Swim Ontario-ZZ 1:01.64 28.79
7 Foster, Jake 17 Mason Manta Rays 1:02.38 28.90
8 Claverie, Carlo 21 Univ Louisville- 1:00.82 28.91
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Women’s 50 Fly
Amanda Kendall is continuing her strong meet with a 26.49 good for the top seed in the 50 fly for Saturday’s finals at the TYR Pro Swim Series at Austin. Kendall is ahead of China’s Zhang Yufei (26.62) and US National Team member Hellen Moffitt (26.67).
Rebecca Smith (26.91), Yui Yamane (26.97), Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (27.07), Nastja Govejsek (27.11) and Emma Carlton (27.21) will also swim in tonight’s finals.
Of note, 30-year-old Dana Vollmer finished in 16th with a 27.53 in her first race after giving birth to a baby boy in July.
Event 32 Women 50 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 24.43 7/5/2014 Sarah Sjostrom
American: A 25.48 7/29/2017 Kelsi Worrell
Meet: M 25.80 2012 Dana Vollmer
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kendall, Amanda 26 Una Mvn-CA 57.87 26.49
2 Zhang, Yufei 19 CHINA-ZZ 58.00 26.62
3 Moffitt, Hellen 22 Una TE-NC 58.24 26.67
4 Smith, Rebecca 17 HPCO-ZZ 58.07 26.91
5 Yamane, Yui 23 JAPN-ZZ 26.96 26.97
6 Vanderpool-Wall 27 Wolfpack Elite-N 59.79 27.07
7 Govejsek, Nastj 20 Univ Louisville- 1:00.25 27.11
8 Carlton, Emma 17 Bellingham Bay S 1:00.84 27.21
Men’s 50 Fly
Michael Andrew continued his sprinting dominance in the 50 fly heats at the TYR Pro Swim Series at Austin with a 23.55 on Saturday morning. Andrew and Jack Conger (23.99) were the only guys to break 24 this morning in the event. Andrew is also the top seed in the 50 free and could be a double event winner tonight in the inaugural 50 stroke shootouts.
Tim Phillips (24.25), Lewis Fraser (24.30), Ryan Held (24.34), Paul Le (24.52), Jacob Peters (24.63) and Tripp Cooper (24.69) also will swim in tonight’s finals.
Event 33 Men 50 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 22.43 4/5/2009 Rafael Munoz
American: A 22.76 7/23/2017 Caeleb Dressel
Meet: M 23.11 2012 Matt Targett
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Andrew, Michael 18 Race Pace Club-M 53.18 23.55
2 Conger, Jack 23 Nation's Capital 51.26 23.99
3 Phillips, Tim 27 Una TE-NC 51.28 24.25
4 Fraser, Lewis 17 Swim Wales-ZZ 53.87 24.30
5 Held, Ryan 22 NC State Univers 53.49 24.34
6 Le, Paul 25 Missouri State U 54.85 24.52
7 Peters, Jacob 17 GBR-ZZ 53.32 24.63
8 Cooper, Tripp 24 Longhorn Aquatic 52.13 24.69
