2015 ARENA PRO SWIM SERIES AT MESA
- Wednesday, April 15 โ Saturday, April 18
- Skyline Aquatic Center, Mesa, AZ
- Psych Sheets (as of 4/15/15)
- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Thursday AM Heat Sheets
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- Live results from Omega
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Scratches on this morningโs heat sheets were kept to a minimum, leaving each event with a tight, competitive field vying for lanes in the middle of the pool for tonightโs finals. ย Get ready to follow the 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m butterfly and 400m IM events today, with some of the biggest names in swimming on the docket. Michael Phelps, Katinka Hosszu, Allison Schmidt, Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers, Conor Dwyer, Caitlin Leverenz, Katie Ledecky – basically the top echelons of the sport – will all be racing today, Day 2 of the Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa.
SCRATCH REPORT
- Womenโs 200m freestyle – Megan Romano, representing New York Athletic Club, was positioned as the 10th seed with a time of 1:58.99, but is absent from todayโs heat sheets.
- Menโs 200m freestyle – Sebastian Rousseau of Gator Swim Club appears on the sheets this morning, but he is currently in South Africa competing at his countryโs nationals/world championship trials.
- Womenโs 100m breaststroke – Two Southern Methodist swimmers will be missing from this morningโs race, as Tara-Lynn Nicholas and Rachel Nicol do not appear on the heat sheets. ย They were ranked 6th and 11th, respectively. ย Hosszu has also scratched out of this event, as well as the 100m butterfly, in favor of the 200m freestyle and 400m IM events for her program today.
- Menโs 100m breaststroke – Tucson Ford Aquaticsโ Kevin Cordes, the #1 seed in the event, will not be swimming this morning. ย His top time of 59.70 was the only sub-minute time listed in the field. ย Clubmate Gage Crosby, the 11th seed, is also absent from the lane assignments in the race.
- Womenโs 100m butterfly – As mentioned, Hosszu scratched this and the 100m breaststroke in favor of the 200m freestyle and 400m IM events. ย Another SMU swimmer will not be competing today, as Marine Erasmus opted out of the event. ย Erasmus was the 7th seed in 59.35. And, a special note – top seed Courtney Bartholomew sits in the 1st of the B flight heats, so we will not see her in the first round of A flight right off the bat.
- Menโs 100m butterfly – No notable scratches. ย Weโre looking at about the most stacked a field as any race can get – Phelps, Grevers, Shields, Lochte, Phillips. ย Even Nick Thoman is in on the action, swimming a rather off-event for him. ย Scary to think about what time it will take to make the final among these men.
- Womenโs 400m IM – Emma Barksdale was positioned as the 12th seed with a time of 4:52.08, but she has scratched the event. ย This is going to be another tough battle to make the final, with the big guns of Ledecky, Hosszu, DiRado, Beisel, Leverenz all present and ready to throw down some fierce swims.
- Menโs 400m IM – Sebastian Rousseau again is absent, competing in South African Nationals this week. ย The other scratch was Tucson Fordโs Austin Vanoverdam, who was seeded 6th with a time of 4:20.90.
“Get ready to follow the 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m butterfly and 400m IM events today, with some of the biggest names in swimming on the docket. Michael Phelps, Katinka Hosszu, Allison Schmidt, Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers, Conor Dwyer, Michael Phelps, Caitlin Leverenz, Katie Ledecky, and Michael Phelps โ
I’m also very interested as to why Kevin Cordes scratched the 100
Looks like a few of the Arizona guys scratched today. Crosby and Van Overdam too. Though Wieser and Fowler swam the 800 yesterday.
I think he scratched last year too. Maybe the year before. Maybe he has classes to go to??? Maybe he took a break and not back to racing form? Not many USA collegiate swimmers at the meet.
Super curious as to what Allison Schmidt does this week
yes, i hope she does well at this meet ๐
Love how you guys put Michael Phelps’ name in bold twice! Because the GOAT always deserves extra attention ๐ ๐
I think they wanted to put Ryan Lochte instead.
probably, but its still hilarious ๐