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Superstar Michael Phelps had another tough double tonight with swims in both the 100-meter back and 200-meter fly at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.
Phelps, who is feeling the best he has physically in quite some time while living a cleaner lifestyle, talks about some of the rough edges that he is polishing off.
Phelps also talks about how his lactate has been pretty high during doubles, and also quips that he needs to learn some lessons from Katie Ledecky on swimming in-season.
Original 200 fly report:
NBAC’s Chase Kalisz had more in the tank in the men’s 200-meter fly as he overtook superstar training partner Michael Phelps for the win at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.
With Phelps out in 56.04 to lead at the halfway mark, Kalisz powered home with a winning time of 1:58.07. That’s still not a super fast time at this part of the season, but still showed some racing ability against the greatest of all time.
Phelps settled for silver with a time of 1:58.38 as he finished just behind Kalisz.
Mission Viejo’s Grant Shoults took third overall in 2:00.41, while Nashville’s Dakota Hodgson placed fourth in 2:00.64.
Princeton’s Corey Okubo (2:00.66), SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary (2:00.81), Missouri’s Mack Darragh(2:01.19) and Club Wolverine’s Michael Flach (2:01.83) also swam in the finale.
Northern Kentucky’s Brendan Meyer took home the consolation heat win in 2:01.72 with Gator’sSebastien Rousseau snaring second in 2:02.10. Santa Clara’s Kyler Van Swol picked up third in 2:02.83.
=== A - Final ===
1 Kalisz, Chase 21 North Baltimore- 1:59.86 1:58.07 OT
27.02 56.99 (29.97)
1:27.38 (30.39) 1:58.07 (30.69)
2 Phelps, Michael 30 North Baltimore- 2:00.40 1:58.38 OT
26.28 56.04 (29.76)
1:27.18 (31.14) 1:58.38 (31.20)
3 Shoults, Grant 18 Mission Viejo Na 2:02.26 2:00.41 OT
27.20 57.89 (30.69)
1:29.53 (31.64) 2:00.41 (30.88)
4 Hodgson, Dakota 24 Nashville Aquati 2:01.79 2:00.64 OT
26.87 57.87 (31.00)
1:29.22 (31.35) 2:00.64 (31.42)
5 Okubo, Corey 20 Princeton Univer 2:01.46 2:00.66 OT
27.21 57.67 (30.46)
1:29.09 (31.42) 2:00.66 (31.57)
6 Clary, Tyler 26 SwimMAC Carolina 2:01.62 2:00.81 OT
27.24 58.03 (30.79)
1:29.33 (31.30) 2:00.81 (31.48)
7 Darragh, Mack 21 U. of Missouri-M 2:01.65 2:01.19 OT
27.40 58.07 (30.67)
1:29.81 (31.74) 2:01.19 (31.38)
8 Flach, Michael 24 Club Wolverine-M 2:02.51 2:01.83 OT
26.96 57.68 (30.72)
1:29.08 (31.40) 2:01.83 (32.75)
=== B - Final ===
9 Meyer, Brendan 17 Northern KY Clip 2:02.69 2:01.72 OT
27.87 58.84 (30.97)
1:30.75 (31.91) 2:01.72 (30.97)
10 Rousseau, Sebas 25 Gator Swim Club- 2:02.69 2:02.10 WN
27.57 58.88 (31.31)
1:30.62 (31.74) 2:02.10 (31.48)
11 VanSwol, Kyler 24 Santa Clara Swim 2:02.98 2:02.83 WN
27.07 58.12 (31.05)
1:30.69 (32.57) 2:02.83 (32.14)
12 Kremer, Tom 21 North Baltimore- 2:04.29 2:03.23 WN
27.38 59.10 (31.72)
1:31.21 (32.11) 2:03.23 (32.02)
13 Ozcan, Kaan 17 Una Nbac-MD 2:04.41 2:03.48 WN
27.83 59.31 (31.48)
1:31.55 (32.24) 2:03.48 (31.93)
14 Whitaker, Kyle 24 Club Wolverine-M 2:03.58 2:03.84 WN
27.17 59.30 (32.13)
1:31.53 (32.23) 2:03.84 (32.31)
15 Gemmell, Andrew 24 Nation's Capital 2:05.58 2:05.02 TS
28.67 1:00.69 (32.02)
1:32.55 (31.86) 2:05.02 (32.47)
16 Wilcher, Sam 27 Alligator Aquati 2:04.47 2:11.31
28.35 1:00.86 (32.51)
1:35.87 (35.01) 2:11.31 (35.44)
Original 100 back report:
Former Minnesota Golden Gopher David Plummer turned in a near pool record to win the men’s 100-meter back at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.
During prelims, Plummer broke Nick Thoman’s 2008 mark of 52.92 with a time of 52.83. Tonight, Plummer nearly matched it with a time of 52.85.
Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich placed second in 54.28 with NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin turning in a third-place time of 54.45.
SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte (55.24), Club Wolverine’s Guy Barnea (55.58), Indie’s Michael Andrew(55.80), Club Wolverine’s Bobby Hurley (56.09) and Louisville’s Aaron Greene (56.12) also put up times in the finale.
Missouri State’s Paul Le managed to beat NBAC’s Michael Phelps to the wall in the B final, 55.78 to 56.12.
=== A - Final ===
1 Plummer, David 30 New York Athleti 52.83 52.85POT
25.59 52.85 (27.26)
2 Tarasevich, Gri 20 Univ Louisville- 54.33 54.28 OT
26.15 54.28 (28.13)
3 Vyatchanin, Ark 31 New York Athleti 55.60 54.45 OT
26.68 54.45 (27.77)
4 Lochte, Ryan 31 SwimMAC Carolina 55.02 55.24 OT
26.48 55.24 (28.76)
5 Barnea, Guy 28 Club Wolverine-M 55.46 55.58 OT
26.89 55.58 (28.69)
6 Andrew, Michael 16 Indie Swimming-M 55.44 55.80 OT
26.96 55.80 (28.84)
7 Hurley, Bobby 27 Club Wolverine-M 55.48 56.09 OT
26.97 56.09 (29.12)
8 Greene, Aaron 21 Univ Louisville- 56.06 56.12 OT
27.11 56.12 (29.01)
=== B - Final ===
9 Le, Paul 22 Missouri State A 56.48 55.78 OT
27.31 55.78 (28.47)
10 Phelps, Michael 30 North Baltimore- 56.97 56.12 OT
27.65 56.12 (28.47)
11 Turner, Daryl 20 Univ Minnesota-M 56.34 56.13 OT
27.36 56.13 (28.77)
12 Nolan, David 22 Una Nbac-MD 56.09 56.19 OT
27.71 56.19 (28.48)
13 Bohman, Bryce 25 Tucson Ford Deal 56.63 56.48 OT
27.77 56.48 (28.71)
14 Wells, James 23 Badger Swim Club 56.85 56.64 OT
27.22 56.64 (29.42)
15 Kisil, Yuri 20 Ubc Dolphins-US 56.94 56.79 OT
27.83 56.79 (28.96)
16 Carter, Dylan 19 Una Troj-CA 56.82 56.97 OT
27.40 56.97 (29.57)
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Needs to sharpen his pullouts, turns, and starts to get back that Phelps Edge..