Justin Ress. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
The first morning of the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville kicked off with a star-studded prelims session.
The events of the day started with the 200 freestyle, followed by the 100 breaststroke, 50 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 400 IM.
Here is a look at the men’s prelims results:
TYR Pro Swim Series: Men’s 200 Free
The morning session kicked off with the men’s 200 freestyle.
Seventeen-year-old Henry McFadden took the top seed in the event for tonight’s finals, getting to the wall in 1:48.81.
Ridgefield Aquatic’s Olympic medalist Kieran Smith took the second seed at 1:49.13.
Cal’s Gabriel Jett took the third spot in 1:49.59, followed by Robin Hanson (1:49.61) and Olympic medalist Jay Litherland (1:50.42).
Event 4 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:42.00 7/28/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER
American: A 1:42.96 8/12/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:44.10 7/1/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
Pro Swim: P 1:44.82 2016 Sun Yang
Jr World: j 1:42.97 8/15/2022 David Popovici, ROM
Oly Trials: T 1:49.99
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Henry McFadden 17 JW-MA 1:48.27 1:48.81T q
r:+0.67 26.06 53.66 (27.60)
1:21.42 (27.76) 1:48.81 (27.39)
2 Kieran Smith 22 Ridgefield Aq-CT 1:44.74 1:49.13T q
r:+0.70 25.93 53.85 (27.92)
1:21.92 (28.07) 1:49.13 (27.21)
3 Gabriel Jett 20 Unattached-PC 1:47.44 1:49.59T q
r:+0.66 25.88 54.06 (28.18)
1:22.24 (28.18) 1:49.59 (27.35)
4 Robin Hanson 21 Unattached-PC 1:46.50 1:49.61T q
r:+0.66 25.38 52.85 (27.47)
1:21.52 (28.67) 1:49.61 (28.09)
5 Jay Litherland 27 SUN-AZ 1:50.12 1:50.42 q
r:+0.74 25.75 53.94 (28.19)
1:21.71 (27.77) 1:50.42 (28.71)
6 Jack Dahlgren 23 Missouri-MV 1:46.92 1:50.49 q
r:+0.66 25.85 54.01 (28.16)
1:22.28 (28.27) 1:50.49 (28.21)
7 Zane Grothe 30 BCH-CA 1:48.15 1:51.22 q
r:+0.70 26.31 54.92 (28.61)
1:23.41 (28.49) 1:51.22 (27.81)
8 Javier Acevedo 24 Canada 1:51.16 1:51.38 q
r:+0.66 25.25 53.07 (27.82)
1:22.17 (29.10) 1:51.38 (29.21)
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9 Drew Kibler 22 CSC-IN 1:45.92 1:51.73 q
r:+0.63 25.86 54.30 (28.44)
1:23.18 (28.88) 1:51.73 (28.55)
10 Murilo Sartori 20 Louisville-KY 1:48.05 1:51.74 q
r:+0.72 26.65 55.31 (28.66)
1:23.59 (28.28) 1:51.74 (28.15)
11 Joaquin Vargas 20 Tennessee-SE 1:52.47 1:51.88 q
r:+0.70 26.31 54.80 (28.49)
1:23.64 (28.84) 1:51.88 (28.24)
11 Sean Grieshop Unattached-PC 1:50.42 1:51.88 q
r:+0.70 26.67 54.63 (27.96)
1:23.25 (28.62) 1:51.88 (28.63)
13 *Jorge Iga 25 UN-VA 1:51.98 1:51.96 q
r:+0.67 26.13 54.45 (28.32)
1:23.41 (28.96) 1:51.96 (28.55)
14 Cesar Castro 23 Spain 1:47.13 1:51.98 q
r:+0.61 26.18 54.96 (28.78)
1:23.40 (28.44) 1:51.98 (28.58)
15 Brett Pinfold 27 SHAC-GU 1:49.38 1:52.25 q
r:+0.78 26.51 55.59 (29.08)
1:24.65 (29.06) 1:52.25 (27.60)
16 Ignacio Campos 18 Spain 1:50.18 1:52.95 q
r:+0.65 26.47 55.04 (28.57)
1:24.04 (29.00) 1:52.95 (28.91)
TYR Pro Swim Series: Men’s 100 Breaststroke
Club Wolverine’s Thomas Cope claimed the top seed in the 100 breaststroke. He got to the wall in 1:01.66 to hold off Tennessee’s Lyubomir Epitropov (1:01.78).
Olympic gold medalist Chase Kalisz took the third seed in 1:02.04. , ahead of Brandon Fischer (1:02.57).
Event 6 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 56.88 7/21/2019 Adam Peaty, GBR
American: A 58.14 6/13/2021 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club-S
U.S. Open: O 58.14 6/13/2021 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club-S
Pro Swim: P 58.86 2017 Adam Peaty
Jr World: j 59.01 8/23/2017 Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA
Oly Trials: T 1:02.19
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Thomas Cope 25 CW-MI 1:00.25 1:01.66T q
r:+0.61 29.05 1:01.66 (32.61)
2 *Lyubomir Epitr 23 Tennessee-SE 1:01.14 1:01.78 q
r:+0.66 29.09 1:01.78 (32.69)
3 Chase Kalisz 28 SUN-AZ 1:01.64 1:02.04T q
r:+0.70 29.69 1:02.04 (32.35)
4 Brandon Fischer 34 TRIV-PC 1:02.29 1:02.57 q
r:+0.71 29.29 1:02.57 (33.28)
5 Finlay Knox 22 Canada 1:03.29 1:02.73 q
r:+0.68 29.28 1:02.73 (33.45)
6 James Dergousof 26 Canada 1:00.86 1:02.77 q
r:+0.67 29.18 1:02.77 (33.59)
7 *Michael Houlie 22 Tennessee-SE 1:01.90 1:02.91 q
r:+0.63 28.49 1:02.91 (34.42)
8 Brayden Taivass 18 Canada 1:03.01 1:03.03 q
r:+0.61 29.75 1:03.03 (33.28)
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9 Justice Migneau 20 Canada 1:01.73 1:03.48 q
r:+0.67 29.41 1:03.48 (34.07)
10 Jarel Dillard 22 Tennessee-SE 1:02.38 1:03.54 q
r:+0.63 29.46 1:03.54 (34.08)
11 Youssef Elkamas 27 EGYPT 1:01.05 1:03.57 q
r:+0.71 29.95 1:03.57 (33.62)
12 Said Reveles 30 Reveles 1:04.96 1:03.59 q
r:+0.68 29.61 1:03.59 (33.98)
13 Will Scholtz 18 LAK-KY 1:02.62 1:03.83 q
r:+0.73 30.00 1:03.83 (33.83)
14 Liyang Sun 19 Unattached-CA 1:03.06 1:04.09 q
r:+0.72 29.97 1:04.09 (34.12)
15 Jason Hamilton 22 UNAT-GA 53.49Y 1:04.40 q
r:+0.70 30.30 1:04.40 (34.10)
16 Jake Meyer 20 Unattached-OH 1:04.39 1:04.66 q
r:+0.72 29.99 1:04.66 (34.67)
TYR Pro Swim Series: Men’s 50 Backstroke
The men’s 50 backstroke final looks to be extremely fast and extremely competitive.
Justin Ress claimed the top seed with a prelim swim of 24.88.
Meanwhile, Olympian Hunter Armstrong is just behind at 25.03, followed by another Olympian Ryan Held (24.59).
Teen upstart Daniel Diehl took the fourth seed at 25.51, followed by Cal sprinter Bjorn Seeliger (25.59), setting up a loaded final.
Event 8 Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 23.71 4/28/2022 Hunter Armstrong, USA
American: A 24.24 7/27/2018 Ryan Murphy, Cal
U.S. Open: O 23.71 4/28/2022 Hunter Armstrong, Ohio State Unive
Pro Swim: P 24.66 4/11/2019 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Justin Ress 25 MVN-CA 52.73 24.88 q
r:+0.61
2 Hunter Armstron 21 California Aq.-P 51.98 25.03 q
r:+0.71
3 Ryan Held 27 NYAC-MR 57.48 25.49 q
r:+0.53
4 Daniel Diehl 17 CUY-MD 53.07 25.51 q
r:+0.58
5 Bjorn Seeliger 23 Unattached-PC 59.20 25.59 q
6 Manuel Martos 22 Spain 54.69 25.75 q
r:+0.79
7 Hunter Tapp 21 NC State-NC 53.45 25.77 q
r:+0.74
8 Destin Lasco 21 Unattached-PC 54.08 25.82 q
r:+0.54
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9 Joseph Hayburn 18 ASC-MD 55.58 25.96 q
r:+0.59
10 *Bjoern Kammann 21 Tennessee-SE 57.77 26.00 q
r:+0.74
11 Javier Acevedo 24 Canada 54.37 26.02 q
r:+0.58
12 Jack Alexy 19 Unattached-PC 56.30 26.03 q
r:+0.59
12 Sebastian Somer 21 Unattached-PC 55.16 26.03 q
r:+0.78
14 Joshua Fisher 17 PSDN-VA 58.01 26.35 q
r:+0.69
14 Grant Bochenski 19 Missouri-MV 55.29 26.35 q
r:+0.57
16 Zach Harting 25 CARD-KY 47.23Y 26.48 q
r:+0.81
TYR Pro Swim Series: Men’s 100 Butterfly
Sandpiper’s Ilya Kharun claimed the top spot in the 100 butterfly, getting to the wall in 53.00.
Missouri’s Clement Secchi took the second seed in 53.04, just ahead of Zach Harting (53.05), doing a double, and Cardinals’ Nicolas Albiero (53.06), and Luke Miller (53.08) setting up an intriguing final.
Trenton Julian (53.16) and Ryan Murphy (53.20) also made the final.
Event 10 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 49.45 7/30/2021 Caeleb Dressel, USA
American: A 49.45 7/30/2021 Caeleb Dressel, USA
U.S. Open: O 49.76 6/18/2021 Caeleb Dressel, Gator Swim Club-
Pro Swim: P 50.92 3/6/2020 Caeleb Dressel, Gator Swim Club-
Jr World: j 50.62 6/30/2017 Kristof Milak, HUN
Oly Trials: T 53.59
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ilya Kharun 17 SAND-CA 52.31 53.00T q
r:+0.70 25.04 53.00 (27.96)
2 *Clement Secchi 22 Missouri-MV 52.10 53.04 q
r:+0.62 24.89 53.04 (28.15)
3 Zach Harting 25 CARD-KY 51.86 53.05T q
r:+0.63 25.24 53.05 (27.81)
4 Nicolas Albiero 23 CARD-KY 51.96 53.06T q
r:+0.61 25.06 53.06 (28.00)
5 Luke Miller 20 NC State-NC 52.06 53.08T q
r:+0.62 25.12 53.08 (27.96)
6 Trenton Julian 24 MVN-CA 51.70 53.16T q
r:+0.63 25.58 53.16 (27.58)
7 Ryan Murphy 27 California Aq.-P 52.08 53.20T q
r:+0.60 25.04 53.20 (28.16)
8 Dare Rose 20 Unattached-PC 51.40 53.28T q
r:+0.62 25.09 53.28 (28.19)
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9 Gabriel Jett 20 Unattached-PC 52.17 53.66 q
r:+0.68 25.09 53.66 (28.57)
10 Coleman Stewart 24 Wolfpak Elite-NC 51.54 53.96 q
r:+0.62 25.23 53.96 (28.73)
11 Drew Kibler 22 CSC-IN 52.94 53.98 q
r:+0.64 25.07 53.98 (28.91)
11 Finlay Knox 22 Canada 51.86 53.98 q
r:+0.67 25.31 53.98 (28.67)
13 Jarod Hatch 24 MVN-CA 46.35Y 54.01 q
r:+0.65 25.23 54.01 (28.78)
14 Chase Kalisz 28 SUN-AZ 53.52 54.02 q
r:+0.69 25.94 54.02 (28.08)
15 *Jordan Crooks 20 Tennessee-SE 56.17 54.37 q
r:+0.64 25.46 54.37 (28.91)
16 Jack Dahlgren 23 Missouri-MV 53.06 54.51 q
r:+0.62 25.61 54.51 (28.90)
TYR Pro Swim Series: Men’s 400 IM
The final event of the prelims session was a loaded 400 IM.
Olympic silver medalist Jay Litherland, making his return to elite competition, claimed the top seed in 4:22.26.
Fellow Olympic medalist Bobby Finke was right behind, taking the second seed in 4:22.33, ahead of Tennessee’s Landon Driggers (4:22.56).
Olympic medalist Kieran Smith took the fourth seed in 4:25.35), followed by former Cal stars Trenton Julian (4:26.89) and Sean Grieshop (4:27.70).
Kharun, who just took the top seed in the butterfly, also made the finals in the 400 IM.
Event 12 Men 400 LC Meter IM
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World: W 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
U.S. Open: O 4:05.25 6/29/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
Pro Swim: P 4:08.92 2018 Chase Kalisz
Jr World: j 4:10.02 5/23/2021 Ilia Borodin, RUS
Oly Trials: T 4:25.19
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Jay Litherland 27 SUN-AZ 4:14.44 4:22.26T q
r:+0.75 27.80 59.49 (31.69)
1:33.92 (34.43) 2:06.32 (32.40)
2:43.78 (37.46) 3:21.69 (37.91)
3:52.85 (31.16) 4:22.26 (29.41)
2 Bobby Finke 23 SPA-FL 4:10.57 4:22.33T q
r:+0.74 28.18 59.88 (31.70)
1:33.58 (33.70) 2:06.24 (32.66)
2:44.04 (37.80) 3:22.20 (38.16)
3:53.04 (30.84) 4:22.33 (29.29)
3 Landon Driggers 21 Tennessee-SE 4:22.23 4:22.56T q
r:+0.75 27.99 59.93 (31.94)
1:32.51 (32.58) 2:04.20 (31.69)
2:42.31 (38.11) 3:20.64 (38.33)
3:52.52 (31.88) 4:22.56 (30.04)
4 Kieran Smith 22 Ridgefield Aq-CT 4:14.04 4:25.35 q
r:+0.70 27.92 1:00.22 (32.30)
1:35.07 (34.85) 2:08.62 (33.55)
2:45.80 (37.18) 3:23.44 (37.64)
3:55.34 (31.90) 4:25.35 (30.01)
5 Trenton Julian 24 MVN-CA 4:28.05 4:26.89 q
r:+0.66 26.41 56.38 (29.97)
1:33.00 (36.62) 2:08.84 (35.84)
2:46.77 (37.93) 3:24.81 (38.04)
3:56.53 (31.72) 4:26.89 (30.36)
6 Sean Grieshop Unattached-PC 4:16.14 4:27.70 q
r:+0.69 28.27 1:00.36 (32.09)
1:34.90 (34.54) 2:08.62 (33.72)
2:47.26 (38.64) 3:25.77 (38.51)
3:57.37 (31.60) 4:27.70 (30.33)
7 Ilya Kharun 17 SAND-CA 4:24.31 4:27.84 q
r:+0.71 26.82 58.27 (31.45)
1:33.96 (35.69) 2:08.67 (34.71)
2:48.02 (39.35) 3:27.43 (39.41)
3:59.43 (32.00) 4:27.84 (28.41)
8 Matthew Mortens 17 RIPT-MN 4:27.94 4:31.22 q
r:+0.79 28.93 1:00.97 (32.04)
1:36.35 (35.38) 2:10.61 (34.26)
2:48.48 (37.87) 3:26.76 (38.28)
3:59.68 (32.92) 4:31.22 (31.54)
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9 Crow Thorsen 20 UNAT-GA 3:53.72Y 4:32.60 q
r:+0.66 27.60 59.50 (31.90)
1:35.97 (36.47) 2:10.64 (34.67)
2:49.78 (39.14) 3:29.09 (39.31)
4:01.06 (31.97) 4:32.60 (31.54)
10 Dillon Wright 17 SAND-CA 4:26.77 4:32.87 q
r:+0.66 27.18 58.36 (31.18)
1:34.03 (35.67) 2:08.92 (34.89)
2:49.20 (40.28) 3:30.91 (41.71)
4:02.62 (31.71) 4:32.87 (30.25)
11 Will Scholtz 18 LAK-KY 4:27.70 4:33.73 q
r:+0.75 28.98 1:03.50 (34.52)
1:38.67 (35.17) 2:13.24 (34.57)
2:50.54 (37.30) 3:28.78 (38.24)
4:01.42 (32.64) 4:33.73 (32.31)
12 Gus Rothrock 20 Tennessee-SE 4:33.32 4:34.73 q
r:+0.72 28.33 1:00.96 (32.63)
1:37.27 (36.31) 2:12.90 (35.63)
2:52.28 (39.38) 3:33.19 (40.91)
4:04.76 (31.57) 4:34.73 (29.97)
13 Luke Ellis 16 SAND-CA 4:24.02 4:35.12 q
r:+0.72 28.85 1:01.66 (32.81)
1:36.72 (35.06) 2:10.27 (33.55)
2:50.93 (40.66) 3:31.69 (40.76)
4:04.04 (32.35) 4:35.12 (31.08)
14 Kenneth Barnicl 15 GSCY-NJ 4:35.21 4:35.30 q
r:+0.66 28.16 1:01.25 (33.09)
1:35.65 (34.40) 2:09.99 (34.34)
2:50.24 (40.25) 3:31.32 (41.08)
4:04.88 (33.56) 4:35.30 (30.42)
15 Nick Williams 20 MVN-CA 4:33.96 4:35.35 q
r:+0.74 28.39 1:00.67 (32.28)
1:36.99 (36.32) 2:13.65 (36.66)
2:53.09 (39.44) 3:33.17 (40.08)
4:05.74 (32.57) 4:35.35 (29.61)
16 Luke Whitlock 16 FAST-IN 4:34.41 4:36.23 q
r:+0.70 29.03 1:01.63 (32.60)
1:38.07 (36.44) 2:13.60 (35.53)
2:53.89 (40.29) 3:34.93 (41.04)
4:05.89 (30.96) 4:36.23 (30.34)
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