Video Interview: Giles Smith Happy With Win Against Michael Phelps

Jul 16, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Giles Smith of the United States competes in the men's swimming 100m butterfly preliminary heats during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

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Phoenix Swim Club’s Giles Smith scored a huge victory tonight with a 100-meter fly triumph against Michael Phelps.

Original 100 Fly Report:

Phoenix’s Giles Smith downed a stacked men’s 100-meter fly final at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.

Smith raced his way to a winning time of 52.57, just a bit off Kohei Kawamoto’s pool record of 51.71 from 2008. There’s a bit of irony there in that Kawamoto swam for the previous iteration of the Phoenix Swim Club called BEST before the club disassociated itself with Brophy in Phoenix.

Canyons’ Santo Condorelli picked up silver with a time of 52.58, while superstar Michael Phelpssnared third overall in 52.99 just days after the release of a tell-all article in Sports Illustrated.

Club Seminole’s Pavel Sankovich (53.25), Tucson Ford’s Masa Kishida (53.48), SwimMAC’s Matt Josa (54.09) and Indie’s Michael Andrew (55.65) also swam in the finale.

SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte was disqualified.

Santa Clara’s Kyler Van Swol topped the consolation heat in a time of 53.51 with Clovis’ Carl Weigley claiming second in 53.85.

                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Smith, Giles     23 Phoenix Swim Clu    53.28      52.57 OT     
             24.67        52.57 (27.90)
  2 Condorelli, San  20 Canyons Aquatic-    53.25      52.58 OT     
             24.43        52.58 (28.15)
  3 Phelps, Michael  30 North Baltimore-    53.70      52.99 OT     
             25.04        52.99 (27.95)
  4 Sankovich, Pave  25 Club Seminole-FL    53.85      53.25 OT     
             25.11        53.25 (28.14)
  5 Kishida, Masa    29 Tucson Ford Deal    53.74      53.48 OT     
             24.86        53.48 (28.62)
  6 Josa, Matthew    20 SwimMAC Carolina    53.74      54.09 OT     
             25.38        54.09 (28.71)
  7 Andrew, Michael  16 Indie Swimming-M    53.70      55.65 WN     
             25.22        55.65 (30.43)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 VanSwol, Kyler   24 Santa Clara Swim    53.99      53.51 OT     
             25.54        53.51 (27.97)
 10 Weigley, Carl    26 Clovis Swim Club    53.99      53.85 OT     
             25.23        53.85 (28.62)
 11 Nolan, David     22 Una Nbac-MD         54.55      54.10 OT     
             25.50        54.10 (28.60)
 12 Coutinho, Pedro  21 Univ Louisville-    54.69      54.36 OT     
             25.38        54.36 (28.98)
 13 Bohman, Bryce    25 Tucson Ford Deal    54.58      54.46 OT     
             25.63        54.46 (28.83)
 14 Phillips, Tim    24 SwimMAC Carolina    54.58      54.63 OT     
             25.26        54.63 (29.37)
 15 Turner, Daryl    20 Univ Minnesota-M    54.59      54.85 WN     
             25.98        54.85 (28.87)
 16 Subirats, Alber  29 Venezuela-US        54.69      54.99 WN     
             25.64        54.99 (29.35)

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Santosh M. Patil

8 years ago

Keep it up