Zach Apple Establishes Presence with Blazing 48.76 100 Free in TYR Pro Swim Series Bloomington, Nathan Adrian Swims 49.3 in First Race Back From Cancer (RACE VIDEO)
Despite his fourth place seed heading into Night Two of the TYR Pro Swim Series, Zach Apple proved his top-notch sprinter quality with a blazing 48.76 100 free to start the men’s schedule. Out-touching Blake Pieroni (48.86) by a tenth of a second, Apple went 0.65 under his time from this morning to seize the win. Robert Howard managed to break into the top three, posting a 49.09 to also beat his preliminary swim. Nathan Adrian moved up to fourth in his first finals swim since his testicular cancer diagnosis, dropping a 49.31 to gain a healthy advantage over Ali Khalafalla (49.68). Andrej Barna out-touched Coleman Stewart (50.26) at the finish, crashing the pads with a 50.23, while Mohamed Samy finished off the heat with a 50.81.
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Event 4 Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle ================================================================== 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: 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 ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 Zach Apple 22 Indiana S.C. 49.41 48.76T 890 r:+0.62 23.44 48.76 (25.32) 2 Blake Pieroni 23 Indiana S.C. 49.37 48.86T 884 r:+0.61 23.38 48.86 (25.48) 3 Robert Howard 22 Univ Alabama Swi 49.30 49.09T 872 r:+0.64 23.88 49.09 (25.21) 4 Nathan Adrian 30 California Aquat 49.83 49.31T 860 r:+0.62 23.54 49.31 (25.77) 5 Ali Khalafalla 23 Mission Viejo Na 49.40 49.68 841 r:+0.61 23.48 49.68 (26.20) 6 Andrej Barna 21 Unattached 50.09 50.23 814 r:+0.61 24.20 50.23 (26.03) 7 Coleman Stewart 21 Una Wolf/NC Stat 50.20 50.26T 813 r:+0.63 24.07 50.26 (26.19) 8 Mohamed Samy 22 Egypt 50.31 50.81 786 r:+0.70 24.47 50.81 (26.34)