The final session of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series at Knoxville featured ten events including the 1500 free, 200 IM, 200 back, 50 breast and 100 free.
Athens Bulldogs’ Nic Fink led the way with a new TYR Pro Swim Series Record in the 50 breaststroke. He was able to narrowly edge out his competition, while Katie Ledecky, Anton Ipsen, Melanie Margalis, Chase Kalisz, Regan Smith, Ryan Murphy and Simone Manuel posted dominant wins in their respective events.
Women’s 1500 Free
Katie Ledecky earned the first 1500 freestyle title of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series in a time of 15:45.59. The swim is the twelfth-best performance of her career. Last year, Ledecky did not swim this event until May, where she set the World, American, U.S. Open and Pro Swim Series Records. She was out far ahead of the field from the first fifty and never let up.
Similarly, veteran Ashley Twichell maintained the second spot from start to finish. She raced to a time of 16:13.03 ahead of Sandpipers of Nevada’s Erica Sullivan in 16:29.23. Both women were also off their personal bests, but have not swam this event this early in recent years.
15-year-old Mariah Denigan took fourth (16:31.48) and was followed by Becca Mann (16:32.55), Amanda Nunan (16:39.72), Marit Anderson (17:05.59) and Paige Kuwata (17:12.31). Averee Preble of the Clovis Swim Club will take the official eighth-place spot with her 17:08.66 from the morning heats.
Event 26 Women 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 15:20.48 5/17/2018 Katie Ledecky, USA
American: A 15:20.48 5/17/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 15:20.48 5/17/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Jr World: J 15:28.36 8/24/2014 Katie Ledecky, USA
Pro Swim: P 15:20.48 5/16/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford Swimmin
Trial Cut: T 16:49.19
Name Age Team Seed Finals FINA
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1 Katie Ledecky 21 Nation's Capital 15:20.48 15:45.59T 937
r:+0.68 29.36 1:00.59 (31.23)
1:32.15 (31.56) 2:03.91 (31.76)
2:35.34 (31.43) 3:06.72 (31.38)
3:38.40 (31.68) 4:09.90 (31.50)
4:41.61 (31.71) 5:13.13 (31.52)
5:44.62 (31.49) 6:15.88 (31.26)
6:47.42 (31.54) 7:18.85 (31.43)
7:50.56 (31.71) 8:22.24 (31.68)
8:53.85 (31.61) 9:25.48 (31.63)
9:57.22 (31.74) 10:28.81 (31.59)
11:00.60 (31.79) 11:32.52 (31.92)
12:04.41 (31.89) 12:36.21 (31.80)
13:08.11 (31.90) 13:39.96 (31.85)
14:11.77 (31.81) 14:43.50 (31.73)
15:15.15 (31.65) 15:45.59 (30.44)
2 Ashley Twichell 29 Tac Titans 15:55.68 16:13.03T 860
r:+0.74 30.54 1:02.44 (31.90)
1:34.65 (32.21) 2:06.77 (32.12)
2:39.13 (32.36) 3:11.17 (32.04)
3:43.62 (32.45) 4:15.82 (32.20)
4:48.24 (32.42) 5:20.51 (32.27)
5:52.85 (32.34) 6:24.91 (32.06)
6:57.40 (32.49) 7:29.70 (32.30)
8:02.42 (32.72) 8:35.00 (32.58)
9:07.81 (32.81) 9:40.53 (32.72)
10:13.51 (32.98) 10:46.05 (32.54)
11:19.04 (32.99) 11:51.58 (32.54)
12:24.39 (32.81) 12:57.06 (32.67)
13:29.96 (32.90) 14:02.78 (32.82)
14:35.63 (32.85) 15:08.51 (32.88)
15:41.19 (32.68) 16:13.03 (31.84)
3 Erica Sullivan 18 Sandpipers Of Ne 16:02.88 16:29.23T 818
r:+0.65 30.76 1:03.56 (32.80)
1:36.88 (33.32) 2:10.03 (33.15)
2:43.37 (33.34) 3:16.89 (33.52)
3:50.19 (33.30) 4:23.43 (33.24)
4:56.82 (33.39) 5:30.02 (33.20)
6:02.92 (32.90) 6:36.07 (33.15)
7:08.96 (32.89) 7:41.84 (32.88)
8:14.77 (32.93) 8:47.69 (32.92)
9:20.39 (32.70) 9:53.49 (33.10)
10:26.44 (32.95) 10:59.61 (33.17)
11:32.38 (32.77) 12:05.42 (33.04)
12:38.18 (32.76) 13:11.29 (33.11)
13:44.21 (32.92) 14:17.47 (33.26)
14:50.70 (33.23) 15:23.92 (33.22)
15:56.77 (32.85) 16:29.23 (32.46)
4 Mariah Denigan 15 Northern KY Clip 16:19.29 16:31.48T 813
r:+0.73 31.12 1:03.97 (32.85)
1:37.56 (33.59) 2:10.61 (33.05)
2:44.14 (33.53) 3:17.43 (33.29)
3:50.58 (33.15) 4:23.52 (32.94)
4:56.58 (33.06) 5:29.61 (33.03)
6:02.60 (32.99) 6:35.72 (33.12)
7:08.98 (33.26) 7:41.83 (32.85)
8:15.07 (33.24) 8:47.86 (32.79)
9:22.17 (34.31) 9:55.29 (33.12)
10:28.24 (32.95) 11:01.12 (32.88)
11:34.47 (33.35) 12:07.78 (33.31)
12:41.52 (33.74) 13:14.81 (33.29)
13:48.07 (33.26) 14:21.03 (32.96)
14:54.42 (33.39) 15:27.30 (32.88)
16:00.28 (32.98) 16:31.48 (31.20)
5 Becca Mann 21 Una Asu 16:24.49 16:32.55T 810
r:+0.79 31.01 1:03.69 (32.68)
1:36.99 (33.30) 2:10.22 (33.23)
2:43.40 (33.18) 3:16.72 (33.32)
3:49.99 (33.27) 4:23.35 (33.36)
4:56.69 (33.34) 5:29.80 (33.11)
6:03.11 (33.31) 6:36.25 (33.14)
7:09.38 (33.13) 7:42.50 (33.12)
8:15.59 (33.09) 8:48.56 (32.97)
9:21.87 (33.31) 9:55.08 (33.21)
10:28.09 (33.01) 11:01.07 (32.98)
11:34.45 (33.38) 12:07.59 (33.14)
12:40.97 (33.38) 13:14.13 (33.16)
13:47.47 (33.34) 14:20.76 (33.29)
14:53.97 (33.21) 15:27.22 (33.25)
16:00.23 (33.01) 16:32.55 (32.32)
6 Amanda Nunan 19 Univ Tennessee 16:29.50 16:39.72T 793
r:+0.85 30.86 1:03.64 (32.78)
1:36.99 (33.35) 2:10.50 (33.51)
2:44.04 (33.54) 3:17.53 (33.49)
3:50.97 (33.44) 4:24.50 (33.53)
4:58.00 (33.50) 5:31.61 (33.61)
6:05.00 (33.39) 6:38.34 (33.34)
7:11.41 (33.07) 7:45.10 (33.69)
8:18.75 (33.65) 8:52.03 (33.28)
9:25.39 (33.36) 9:58.79 (33.40)
10:32.24 (33.45) 11:05.85 (33.61)
11:38.91 (33.06) 12:12.79 (33.88)
12:46.00 (33.21) 13:19.60 (33.60)
13:52.86 (33.26) 14:26.52 (33.66)
15:00.10 (33.58) 15:33.47 (33.37)
16:06.87 (33.40) 16:39.72 (32.85)
7 Marit Anderson 18 Univ. of Calgary 16:38.83 17:05.59 734
r:+0.72 30.71 1:04.19 (33.48)
1:38.20 (34.01) 2:12.38 (34.18)
2:46.71 (34.33) 3:21.14 (34.43)
3:55.51 (34.37) 4:30.05 (34.54)
5:04.65 (34.60) 5:39.21 (34.56)
6:13.87 (34.66) 6:48.99 (35.12)
7:23.24 (34.25) 7:57.79 (34.55)
8:32.20 (34.41) 9:06.68 (34.48)
9:41.05 (34.37) 10:15.44 (34.39)
10:49.90 (34.46) 11:24.64 (34.74)
11:58.78 (34.14) 12:33.37 (34.59)
13:07.91 (34.54) 13:42.56 (34.65)
14:17.13 (34.57) 14:51.80 (34.67)
15:25.58 (33.78) 15:59.32 (33.74)
16:32.70 (33.38) 17:05.59 (32.89)
8 Averee Preble 17 Clovis Swim Club 16:31.42Y 17:08.66 728
r:+0.74 31.88 1:06.34 (34.46)
1:40.93 (34.59) 2:15.47 (34.54)
2:50.16 (34.69) 3:24.56 (34.40)
3:59.18 (34.62) 4:33.46 (34.28)
5:08.02 (34.56) 5:42.39 (34.37)
6:16.73 (34.34) 6:51.12 (34.39)
7:25.68 (34.56) 8:00.15 (34.47)
8:34.44 (34.29) 9:08.69 (34.25)
9:43.22 (34.53) 10:17.55 (34.33)
10:51.98 (34.43) 11:26.25 (34.27)
12:00.61 (34.36) 12:35.02 (34.41)
13:09.48 (34.46) 13:43.83 (34.35)
14:17.91 (34.08) 14:52.09 (34.18)
15:26.56 (34.47) 16:01.23 (34.67)
16:35.48 (34.25) 17:08.66 (33.18)
Men’s 1500 Free
In Ledecky fashion, Wolfpack Elite’s Anton Ipsen swept the distance events at the Knoxville Pro Swim Series with his dominant win in the 1500 freestyle (15:16.19). The time is right around what he swam in January of 2017 at this meet (15:13.45).
Tennessee teammates Taylor Abbott and Sam Rice had a much closer battle as they swam stroke-for-stroke through the 1400. Abbott ended up pulling away in the final 100 to take second in 15:42.72. Sandpipers’ Brennan Gravley had a strong final 400 meters to make up ground and pass Rice for the final podium spot in 15:43.77. Rice picked up the fourth spot in 15:44.59.
Connor Daniels finished fifth in the heat and eighth overall in 16:15.18. In the heat, he was followed by Raben Dommann (16:18.75) and Ryley McRae (16:34.09). Christian Bayo (fifth – 16:05.85), Sam Oliver (sixth – 16:10.46) and Owen Lloyd (seventh – 16:10.70) all made the top eight from the preliminary heats.
Event 27 Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 14:31.02 8/4/2012 Yang Sun, CHN
American: A 14:39.48 8/13/2016 Connor Jaeger, USA
U.S. Open: O 14:45.54 7/6/2008 Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine
Jr World: J 14:51.55 4/6/2014 Mack Horton, USA
Pro Swim: P 14:53.12 2016 Jordan Wilimovsky
Trial Cut: T 15:44.89
Name Age Team Seed Finals FINA
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1 Anton Ipsen 24 Wolfpack Elite 15:05.86 15:16.19 859
r:+0.68 27.99 58.71 (30.72)
1:29.14 (30.43) 1:59.71 (30.57)
2:30.28 (30.57) 3:00.77 (30.49)
3:31.65 (30.88) 4:02.29 (30.64)
4:33.02 (30.73) 5:03.60 (30.58)
5:34.23 (30.63) 6:04.73 (30.50)
6:35.27 (30.54) 7:05.56 (30.29)
7:35.98 (30.42) 8:06.45 (30.47)
8:37.46 (31.01) 9:08.25 (30.79)
9:39.05 (30.80) 10:09.73 (30.68)
10:40.69 (30.96) 11:11.44 (30.75)
11:42.30 (30.86) 12:13.26 (30.96)
12:44.11 (30.85) 13:14.88 (30.77)
13:45.62 (30.74) 14:16.32 (30.70)
14:46.72 (30.40) 15:16.19 (29.47)
2 Taylor Abbott 20 Univ Tennessee 15:26.79 15:42.72T 788
r:+0.74 28.62 59.33 (30.71)
1:30.36 (31.03) 2:01.65 (31.29)
2:32.71 (31.06) 3:04.32 (31.61)
3:35.50 (31.18) 4:06.91 (31.41)
4:38.17 (31.26) 5:09.86 (31.69)
5:41.00 (31.14) 6:12.52 (31.52)
6:43.90 (31.38) 7:15.96 (32.06)
7:47.38 (31.42) 8:19.28 (31.90)
8:50.94 (31.66) 9:23.16 (32.22)
9:54.94 (31.78) 10:27.23 (32.29)
10:59.34 (32.11) 11:31.64 (32.30)
12:03.31 (31.67) 12:35.55 (32.24)
13:07.55 (32.00) 13:39.36 (31.81)
14:11.08 (31.72) 14:42.47 (31.39)
15:13.23 (30.76) 15:42.72 (29.49)
3 Brennan Gravley 18 Sandpipers Of Ne 15:29.86 15:43.77T 786
r:+0.66 29.03 1:00.41 (31.38)
1:32.15 (31.74) 2:04.17 (32.02)
2:36.16 (31.99) 3:08.31 (32.15)
3:40.20 (31.89) 4:12.60 (32.40)
4:44.82 (32.22) 5:17.16 (32.34)
5:49.12 (31.96) 6:21.02 (31.90)
6:52.92 (31.90) 7:24.75 (31.83)
7:56.49 (31.74) 8:28.08 (31.59)
8:59.66 (31.58) 9:31.06 (31.40)
10:02.61 (31.55) 10:34.03 (31.42)
11:05.55 (31.52) 11:36.74 (31.19)
12:08.09 (31.35) 12:39.38 (31.29)
13:10.83 (31.45) 13:42.15 (31.32)
14:13.45 (31.30) 14:44.49 (31.04)
15:15.23 (30.74) 15:43.77 (28.54)
4 Sam Rice 22 Univ Tennessee 15:33.36 15:44.59T 784
r:+0.68 28.85 1:00.12 (31.27)
1:31.21 (31.09) 2:02.36 (31.15)
2:33.81 (31.45) 3:05.10 (31.29)
3:36.61 (31.51) 4:07.98 (31.37)
4:39.49 (31.51) 5:10.88 (31.39)
5:42.27 (31.39) 6:13.91 (31.64)
6:45.54 (31.63) 7:17.12 (31.58)
7:48.88 (31.76) 8:20.62 (31.74)
8:52.55 (31.93) 9:24.34 (31.79)
9:56.28 (31.94) 10:28.23 (31.95)
10:59.84 (31.61) 11:31.77 (31.93)
12:03.81 (32.04) 12:36.06 (32.25)
13:08.12 (32.06) 13:40.14 (32.02)
14:11.48 (31.34) 14:43.21 (31.73)
15:14.65 (31.44) 15:44.59 (29.94)
5 Christian Bayo 27 Una Tac 15:49.75 16:05.85 733
r:+0.78 29.32 1:01.30 (31.98)
1:33.61 (32.31) 2:06.03 (32.42)
2:38.47 (32.44) 3:10.79 (32.32)
3:43.30 (32.51) 4:16.11 (32.81)
4:48.82 (32.71) 5:21.36 (32.54)
5:53.87 (32.51) 6:26.31 (32.44)
6:58.69 (32.38) 7:31.01 (32.32)
8:03.35 (32.34) 8:35.82 (32.47)
9:08.15 (32.33) 9:40.77 (32.62)
10:13.53 (32.76) 10:46.31 (32.78)
11:18.73 (32.42) 11:50.99 (32.26)
12:22.98 (31.99) 12:54.84 (31.86)
13:26.77 (31.93) 13:59.05 (32.28)
14:30.83 (31.78) 15:03.19 (32.36)
15:34.94 (31.75) 16:05.85 (30.91)
6 Sam Oliver 16 Snow Swimming 16:02.74 16:10.46 723
r:+0.82 29.12 1:00.47 (31.35)
1:32.73 (32.26) 2:04.64 (31.91)
2:36.61 (31.97) 3:08.88 (32.27)
3:41.32 (32.44) 4:14.02 (32.70)
4:46.80 (32.78) 5:19.51 (32.71)
5:52.43 (32.92) 6:24.94 (32.51)
6:57.65 (32.71) 7:29.99 (32.34)
8:02.46 (32.47) 8:35.17 (32.71)
9:07.77 (32.60) 9:40.47 (32.70)
10:13.17 (32.70) 10:45.95 (32.78)
11:18.68 (32.73) 11:51.26 (32.58)
12:23.55 (32.29) 12:55.93 (32.38)
13:28.46 (32.53) 14:01.32 (32.86)
14:34.14 (32.82) 15:06.19 (32.05)
15:38.72 (32.53) 16:10.46 (31.74)
7 Owen Lloyd 17 North Carolina A 15:53.31 16:10.70 722
r:+0.78 29.83 1:02.58 (32.75)
1:35.94 (33.36) 2:08.70 (32.76)
2:41.78 (33.08) 3:14.39 (32.61)
3:47.55 (33.16) 4:20.31 (32.76)
4:53.00 (32.69) 5:25.81 (32.81)
5:58.30 (32.49) 6:30.88 (32.58)
7:03.32 (32.44) 7:35.91 (32.59)
8:08.65 (32.74) 8:41.03 (32.38)
9:13.53 (32.50) 9:45.54 (32.01)
10:18.02 (32.48) 10:50.11 (32.09)
11:22.67 (32.56) 11:54.82 (32.15)
12:27.27 (32.45) 12:59.51 (32.24)
13:32.31 (32.80) 14:04.40 (32.09)
14:36.94 (32.54) 15:09.01 (32.07)
15:41.13 (32.12) 16:10.70 (29.57)
8 Connor Daniels 16 Dart Swimming 15:45.81 16:15.18 712
r:+0.68 28.57 59.82 (31.25)
1:31.72 (31.90) 2:04.12 (32.40)
2:36.72 (32.60) 3:09.47 (32.75)
3:42.09 (32.62) 4:15.12 (33.03)
4:47.92 (32.80) 5:20.74 (32.82)
5:53.62 (32.88) 6:26.20 (32.58)
6:58.85 (32.65) 7:31.35 (32.50)
8:04.05 (32.70) 8:36.68 (32.63)
9:09.57 (32.89) 9:42.16 (32.59)
10:15.08 (32.92) 10:48.14 (33.06)
11:21.17 (33.03) 11:54.65 (33.48)
12:27.81 (33.16) 13:01.06 (33.25)
13:34.21 (33.15) 14:07.15 (32.94)
14:39.72 (32.57) 15:12.35 (32.63)
15:44.47 (32.12) 16:15.18 (30.71)
Women’s 200 IM
Melanie Margalis picked up her first win of the series after multiple top-three finishes earlier in the week. Her time of 2:10.43 is two tenths faster than her swim at this meet last year, and was enough to get the win over Nashville’s Alex Walsh (2:12.36). Walsh led the way at the halfway point, but Margalis out-split the field on both breaststroke and freestyle for the win.
High Performance Vancouver’s Emily Overholt dropped four seconds from her prelims swim to take third in 2:14.91 while High Performance Victoria’s Danielle Hanus was fourth in 2:15.20. Tennessee’s Tess Cieplucha took fifth in 2:16.18 after earning her Olympic Trials cut in the prelims.
Megan Kingsley (2:17.03), Meaghan Raab (2:17.25) and Ella Nelson (2:17.96) rounded out the heat.
Event 28 Women 200 LC Meter IM
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World: W 2:06.12 8/3/2015 Katinka Hosszu, HUN
American: A 2:06.15 7/27/2009 Ariana Kukors, USA
U.S. Open: O 2:08.32 7/29/2018 Kathleen Baker, Team Elite-NC
Jr World: J 2:09.98 1/29/2017 Rikako Ikee, JPN
Pro Swim: P 2:08.66 2015 Katinka Hosszu
Trial Cut: T 2:17.39
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Melanie Margali 27 Saint Petersburg 2:15.21 2:10.43T 904
r:+0.72 28.71 1:02.23 (33.52)
1:40.01 (37.78) 2:10.43 (30.42)
2 Alex Walsh 17 Nashville Aquati 2:16.27 2:12.36T 865
r:+0.77 28.83 1:01.56 (32.73)
1:40.21 (38.65) 2:12.36 (32.15)
3 Emily Overholt 21 Hpc Vancouver 2:18.09 2:14.91 816
r:+0.76 29.14 1:02.88 (33.74)
1:43.83 (40.95) 2:14.91 (31.08)
4 Danielle Hanus 20 Hpcentervictoria 2:17.97 2:15.20 811
r:+0.72 28.99 1:03.00 (34.01)
1:43.74 (40.74) 2:15.20 (31.46)
5 Tess Cieplucha 20 Univ Tennessee 2:17.17 2:16.18 794
r:+0.75 29.66 1:04.76 (35.10)
1:44.86 (40.10) 2:16.18 (31.32)
6 Megan Kingsley 22 Athens Bulldog S 2:17.88 2:17.03T 779
r:+0.69 28.86 1:03.84 (34.98)
1:44.73 (40.89) 2:17.03 (32.30)
7 Meaghan Raab 22 Nashville Aquati 2:19.44 2:17.25T 775
r:+0.75 30.08 1:06.22 (36.14)
1:44.86 (38.64) 2:17.25 (32.39)
8 Ella Nelson 17 Nashville Aquati 2:19.73 2:17.96 763
r:+0.69 29.74 1:05.31 (35.57)
1:45.21 (39.90) 2:17.96 (32.75)
Men’s 200 IM
Likewise, Chase Kalisz was just one tenth off his time in this event from last year’s Pro Swim Series. His time of 1:57.68 gave him the dominant victory over Mason Manta Rays’ Carson Foster. Foster posted a quick 2:00.13 for second and was followed by Josh Prenot (2:00.33) and Gianluca Urlando (2:01.14).
Foster’s freestyle split of 28.34 was the fastest in the field including Kalisz while Prenot did the same in the breaststroke (33.76). Jay Litherland (2:02.50), Jake Foster (2:02.59), Nic Fink (2:02.93) and Mack Darragh (2:05.71) took fifth through eighth.
Event 29 Men 200 LC Meter IM
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World: W 1:54.00 7/28/2011 Ryan Lochte, USA
American: A 1:54.00 7/28/2011 Ryan Lochte, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:54.56 7/10/2009 Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach
Jr World: J 1:57.06 7/27/2017 Qin Haiyang, CHN
Pro Swim: P 1:56.32 2012 Michael Phelps
Trial Cut: T 2:04.09
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Chase Kalisz 24 Athens Bulldog S 2:02.60 1:57.68T 909
r:+0.70 25.59 55.23 (29.64)
1:29.01 (33.78) 1:57.68 (28.67)
2 Carson Foster 17 Mason Manta Rays 2:03.57 2:00.13T 854
r:+0.65 25.97 56.41 (30.44)
1:31.79 (35.38) 2:00.13 (28.34)
3 Josh Prenot 25 California Aquat 2:02.89 2:00.33T 850
r:+0.66 25.59 57.35 (31.76)
1:31.11 (33.76) 2:00.33 (29.22)
4 Gianluca Urland 16 Dart Swimming 2:02.79 2:01.14T 833
r:+0.70 26.01 57.06 (31.05)
1:32.13 (35.07) 2:01.14 (29.01)
5 Jay Litherland 23 Dynamo Swim Club 2:04.78 2:02.50T 805
r:+0.71 26.33 57.48 (31.15)
1:34.01 (36.53) 2:02.50 (28.49)
6 Jake Foster 18 Mason Manta Rays 2:03.00 2:02.59T 804
r:+0.67 26.62 58.40 (31.78)
1:33.10 (34.70) 2:02.59 (29.49)
7 Nic Fink 25 Athens Bulldog S 2:04.60 2:02.93T 797
r:+0.72 26.76 1:00.63 (33.87)
1:35.09 (34.46) 2:02.93 (27.84)
8 Mack Darragh 25 Hpc-Ontario 2:04.75 2:05.71 745
r:+0.69 26.25 57.96 (31.71)
1:35.10 (37.14) 2:05.71 (30.61)
Women’s 200 Back
Riptide’s Regan Smith picked up another backstroke title after winning the 100 earlier at this stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series. She posted a quick 2:07.53, just one second off her best time for the win. Athens Bulldogs’ Hali Flickinger was also in the mix through the 100, finishing second in a lifetime best of 2:08.72.
16-year-olds Isabelle Stadden (2:10.69) and Phoebe Bacon (2:12.37) finished in the third and fourth spots, respectively. They were followed by Swim Ontario teammates Madison Broad (2:12.65) and Kennedy Goss (2:13.30). Bridgette Alexander (2:14.11) and Jade Hannah (2:14.88) were seventh and eighth.
Event 30 Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA
American: A 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA Olympic Team
U.S. Open: O 2:05.68 6/25/2013 Missy Franklin, Colorado STARS-C
Jr World: J 2:06.43 7/28/2018 Regan Smith, USA
Pro Swim: P 2:06.36 2018 Taylor Ruck
Trial Cut: T 2:14.69
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Regan Smith 16 Riptide 2:10.67 2:07.53T 920
r:+0.62 30.28 1:02.21 (31.93)
1:34.69 (32.48) 2:07.53 (32.84)
2 Hali Flickinger 24 Athens Bulldog S 2:11.39 2:08.72T 895
r:+0.73 30.91 1:03.52 (32.61)
1:36.60 (33.08) 2:08.72 (32.12)
3 Isabelle Stadde 16 Aquajets Swim Te 2:11.82 2:10.69T 855
r:+0.59 31.02 1:04.30 (33.28)
1:37.67 (33.37) 2:10.69 (33.02)
4 Phoebe Bacon 16 Nation's Capital 2:14.90 2:12.37T 823
r:+0.69 31.50 1:05.41 (33.91)
1:39.55 (34.14) 2:12.37 (32.82)
5 Madison Broad 18 Swim Ontario 2:14.19 2:12.65 818
r:+0.73 31.14 1:05.26 (34.12)
1:40.09 (34.83) 2:12.65 (32.56)
6 Kennedy Goss 22 Swim Ontario 2:13.22 2:13.30 806
r:+0.62 31.55 1:05.30 (33.75)
1:39.18 (33.88) 2:13.30 (34.12)
7 Bridgette Alexa 22 Kentucky Aquatic 2:13.20 2:14.11T 791
r:+0.64 31.70 1:04.77 (33.07)
1:39.40 (34.63) 2:14.11 (34.71)
8 Jade Hannah 16 Hpcentervictoria 2:14.56 2:14.88 778
r:+0.58 31.44 1:05.87 (34.43)
1:40.47 (34.60) 2:14.88 (34.41)
Men’s 200 Back
Just five one-hundredths off his time in this event from last year’s January Pro Swim Series, Cal’s Ryan Murphy won the 200 backstroke in 1:56.16. Daniel Carr (1:58.46) won a close battle for second throughout the race over Bryce Mefford (1:59.50) and Joey Reilman (2:01.35).
Mason Manta Rays’ Noah Young picked up his Olympic Trials cut in this event (2:01.35) for the fifth-place finish. He was followed by Josh Zakala (2:03.38), Carson Foster (2:05.02) and Nathan Hayes (2:07.47).
Event 31 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
American: A 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:53.08 7/11/2009 Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn
Jr World: J 1:55.14 6/28/2017 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
Pro Swim: P 1:55.04 2017 Xu Jiayu
Trial Cut: T 2:02.99
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ryan Murphy 23 California Aquat 2:02.27 1:56.16T 894
r:+0.54 27.09 56.58 (29.49)
1:26.35 (29.77) 1:56.16 (29.81)
2 Daniel Carr 20 Unattached 2:02.08 1:58.46T 843
r:+0.54 27.59 57.29 (29.70)
1:28.04 (30.75) 1:58.46 (30.42)
3 Bryce Mefford 20 Unattached 2:01.94 1:59.50T 821
r:+0.56 28.25 58.75 (30.50)
1:29.41 (30.66) 1:59.50 (30.09)
4 Joey Reilman 21 Univ Tennessee 2:02.08 2:01.35T 784
r:+0.65 27.78 57.88 (30.10)
1:29.58 (31.70) 2:01.35 (31.77)
5 Noah Young 18 Mason Manta Rays 2:03.78 2:01.50T 781
r:+0.71 28.58 59.31 (30.73)
1:30.67 (31.36) 2:01.50 (30.83)
6 Josh Zakala 20 Hpcentervictoria 2:04.23 2:03.38 746
r:+0.60 28.45 59.74 (31.29)
1:31.59 (31.85) 2:03.38 (31.79)
7 Carson Foster 17 Mason Manta Rays 2:00.92 2:05.01 717
r:+0.53 28.20 59.27 (31.07)
1:32.54 (33.27) 2:05.01 (32.47)
8 Nathan Hayes 16 Seattle Metropol 2:03.37 2:07.47 676
r:+0.60 28.55 1:00.00 (31.45)
1:33.99 (33.99) 2:07.47 (33.48)
Women’s 50 Breast
Tennessee’s Molly Hannis claimed the 50 breaststroke crown in Knoxville with a 30.69. High Performance Center Victoria’s Faith Knelson was second in 31.02 and Annie Lazor was third in a personal best 31.12.
Rachel Bernhardt won a close battle for fourth (31.39) over Byanca Rodriguez (31.58) and Rachel Nicol (31.67). Danielle Herrmann (31.91) and Tjasa Pintar were seventh and eighth.
Event 32 Women 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 29.40 7/30/2017 Lilly King, USA
American: A 29.40 7/30/2017 Lilly King, USA
U.S. Open: O 29.62 6/10/2018 Lilly King, USA
Jr World: J 29.86 8/27/2013 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU
Pro Swim: P 29.62 2018 Lilly King
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Molly Hannis 26 Tennessee Aquati 30.72 30.69 879
r:+0.66
2 Faith Knelson 17 Hpcentervictoria 31.36 31.02 851
r:+0.65
3 Annie Lazor 24 Mission Viejo Na 31.74 31.12 843
r:+0.69
4 Rachel Bernhard 23 Gamecock Aquatic 31.85 31.39 821
r:+0.68
5 Byanca Rodrigue 24 Desert Dragons 31.95 31.58 806
r:+0.65
6 Rachel Nicol 25 Calgary SwimClub 32.19 31.67 800
r:+0.65
7 Danielle Herrma 31 Clovis Swim Club 31.86 31.91 782
r:+0.65
8 Tjasa Pintar 21 Univ Tennessee 32.27 32.27 756
r:+0.69
Men’s 50 Breast
Nic Fink blasted a quick 27.34 50 breaststroke to set a new TYR Pro Swim Series record. The previous record was held by Cody Miller from 2016. The swim was Fink’s third-fastest performance in this event (27.18 from July’s Summer Nationals). It was also his first individual win of the 2019 Series.
Kevin Cordes was close behind in 27.47 as was Michael Andrew in 27.71. Andrew was able to make the podium just slightly ahead of Andrew Wilson (27.74).
Rounding out the heat were Connor Hoppe (27.77), Pavel Romanov (27.84), Alexander Milan (28.14) and Evgenii Somov (28.69).
Event 33 Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 25.95 7/25/2017 Adam Peaty, GBR
American: A 26.76 8/4/2015 Kevin Cordes, USA
U.S. Open: O 26.84 7/27/2018 Michael Andrew, RPC
Jr World: J 26.97 4/4/2017 Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA
Pro Swim: P 27.39 2016 Cody Miller
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Nic Fink 25 Athens Bulldog S 27.93 27.34P 855
r:+0.71
2 Kevin Cordes 25 Phoenix Swim Clu 27.85 27.47 843
r:+0.66
3 Michael Andrew 19 Race Pace Club 27.93 27.71 821
r:+0.68
4 Andrew Wilson 25 Athens Bulldog S 28.51 27.74 818
r:+0.61
5 Connor Hoppe 23 California Aquat 28.18 27.77 815
r:+0.67
6 Pavel Romanov 25 Alpha Aquatics 27.69 27.84 809
r:+0.61
7 Alexander Milan 16 Etobicoke Swim C 28.17 28.14 784
r:+0.75
8 Evgenii Somov 19 Univ Louisville 28.71 28.69 739
Women’s 100 Free
Simone Manuel, the 100 free American and U.S. Open Record holder, narrowly edged out High Performance Ontario’s Penny Oleksiak for the win despite Oleksiak ultimately being disqualified. Manuel finished in 53.42 with a strong surge to the wall in the final ten meters.
Margo Geer ended up being the runner up in 54.09 with High Performance Ontario’s Kayla Sanchez third in 54.53. Athen’s Bulldogs’ Natalie Hinds was third at the fifty and finished fourth in 55.14. She was followed by Kelsi Dahlia (55.33), Gabby Deloof (55.44) and Gretchen Walsh (55.44).
Event 34 Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 51.71 7/23/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 52.27 7/28/2017 Simone Manuel, USA
U.S. Open: O 52.54 7/25/2018 Simone Manuel, Stanford Swimmin
Jr World: J 52.70 8/11/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN
Pro Swim: P 53.12 2016 Sarah Sjostrom
Trial Cut: T 56.29
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Simone Manuel 22 Alto Swim Club 54.15 53.42T 907
r:+0.69 25.90 53.42 (27.52)
2 Margo Geer 26 Mission Viejo Na 54.56 54.09T 873
r:+0.67 25.90 54.09 (28.19)
3 Kayla Sanchez 17 Hpc-Ontario 54.83 54.53 852
r:+0.66 26.78 54.53 (27.75)
4 Natalie Hinds 25 Athens Bulldog S 55.44 55.14T 824
r:+0.66 26.33 55.14 (28.81)
5 Kelsi Dahlia 24 Cardinal Aquatic 55.82 55.33T 816
r:+0.65 26.76 55.33 (28.57)
6 Gabby Deloof 22 Club Wolverine 55.47 55.44T 811
r:+0.71 27.03 55.44 (28.41)
7 Gretchen Walsh 15 Nashville Aquati 55.84 55.76T 797
r:+0.74 26.77 55.76 (28.99)
Men’s 100 Free
Michael Chadwick earned his first win of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville’s 100 free final. His time of 49.17 was enough to edge out High Performance Ontario’s Yuri Kisil (49.59) and Joao De Lucca (49.90).
Zheng Quah led a trio of 50-point swimmers in 50.12 for fourth. He was followed by Justin Lynch (50.36), Tom Shields (50.38), Matthew Josa (50.49) and Aaron Greenberg (50.69).
Event 35 Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 46.91 7/30/2009 Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA
American: A 47.17 7/27/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
U.S. Open: O 47.58 7/2/2008 Jason Lezak, Rose Bowl
Jr World: J 47.58 8/10/2016 Kyle Chalmers, AUS
Pro Swim: P 48.00 2016 Nathan Adrian
Trial Cut: T 50.49
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Michael Chadwic 23 Team Elite 50.00 49.17T 868
r:+0.65 23.57 49.17 (25.60)
2 Yuri Kisil 23 Hpc-Ontario 50.26 49.59 846
r:+0.67 23.86 49.59 (25.73)
3 Joao De Lucca 29 Cardinal Aquatic 50.14 49.90 830
r:+0.68 24.13 49.90 (25.77)
4 Zheng Quah 22 Unattached 50.47 50.12 819
r:+0.56 23.81 50.12 (26.31)
5 Justin Lynch 22 California Aquat 50.41 50.36T 808
r:+0.60 24.45 50.36 (25.91)
6 Tom Shields 27 California Aquat 50.59 50.38T 807
r:+0.75 24.54 50.38 (25.84)
7 Matthew Josa 23 California Aquat 50.83 50.49T 802
r:+0.61 24.21 50.49 (26.28)
8 Aaron Greenberg 23 Team Elite 50.69 50.69 792
r:+0.63 24.57 50.69 (26.12)
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