Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Daiya Seto Tops 200 Fly
Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 21.
Japan’s Daiya Seto topped the men’s 200-meter fly tonight in 1:54.92, just off his second-ranked season best of 1:54.70 from the Monte Carlo stop of the Mare Nostrum. Brazil’s Leonardo De Deus took second in 1:55.28 to move to sixth in the world, while Tyler Clary of the U.S. placed third in 1:55.42 for eighth in the rankings.
Japan’s Masato Sakai (1:56.64), South Africa’s Michael Meyer (1:58.33), Canada’s Mack Darragh (1:58.52), Canada’s Gamal Assaad (2:02.99) and China’s Wei Haobo (2:03.22) also performed in the championship heat.
Tom Shields, ranked third in the world with a 1:55.09 from U.S. Nationals, drew a disqualification this morning. However, with no other American than Clary competing in the 200 fly, he’s a lock for the 2015 World roster alongside Clary now.
A Final Results
1 SETO, DAIYA 20 JAPAN 1:55.29 1:54.92 913 r:+0.65 25.54 54.69 (29.15) 1:24.42 (29.73) 1:54.92 (30.50) 2 DE DEUS, LEONAR 23 BRAZIL 1:55.33 1:55.28 905 r:+0.61 25.96 55.19 (29.23) 1:24.97 (29.78) 1:55.28 (30.31) 3 CLARY, TYLER 25 UNITED STATES 1:55.92 1:55.42 901 r:+0.60 26.06 55.64 (29.58) 1:25.58 (29.94) 1:55.42 (29.84) 4 SAKAI, MASATO 19 JAPAN 1:55.52 1:56.64 873 r:+0.62 25.66 55.22 (29.56) 1:25.37 (30.15) 1:56.64 (31.27) 5 MEYER, MICHAEL 21 SOUTH AFRICA 1:59.74 1:58.33 836 r:+0.68 26.87 57.20 (30.33) 1:27.77 (30.57) 1:58.33 (30.56) 6 DARRAGH, MACK 20 CANADA 1:58.63 1:58.52 832 r:+0.70 26.19 56.16 (29.97) 1:26.79 (30.63) 1:58.52 (31.73) 7 ASSAAD, GAMAL 19 CANADA 2:03.12 2:02.99 745 r:+0.61 27.22 58.14 (30.92) 1:30.12 (31.98) 2:02.99 (32.87) 8 WEI, HAOBO 18 CHINA 2:05.10 2:03.22 741 r:+0.68 27.25 58.42 (31.17) 1:30.44 (32.02) 2:03.22 (32.78)
In a lonely B final, Japan’s Kenta Hirai dusted off Hong Kong’s David Wong, 1:58.94 to 2:06.91.
B Final Results
1 HIRAI, KENTA 20 JAPAN 1:56.42 1:58.94 r:+0.65 25.78 56.00 (30.22) 1:27.58 (31.58) 1:58.94 (31.36) 2 WONG, DAVID 25 HONG KONG 2:12.67 2:06.91 r:+0.68 27.48 59.00 (31.52) 1:32.59 (33.59) 2:06.91 (34.32)
Kalisz?
Kalisz scratched the 200 fly to be more ready for the 400 IM, according to Bob Bowman.
Hope that means there was no illness or injury; he’ll need to be at his best to race that field.