2016 Short Course World Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

2016 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Swimmers are all set to go for day 3 prelims of the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Canada. The action this morning will get started with with the men’s 100 IM, which will see World Record holder Vlad Morozov swimming in the fastest of the circle seeded heats next to Japanese Olympic medalist Daiya Seto. Other notable names featured in that race include Team USA’s Michael Andrew and Australia’s Mitch Larkin. Morozov will return to the pool later in the session for the 50 freestyle, where hes slated to swim next to Team USA’s Michael Chadwick.

The women’s version of the 100 IM will also see the current World Record holder competing this morning, as Hungarian iron lady Katinka Hosszu is slated to defend her short course world title in the event. She’ll also be competing in the 200 back in this session. So far, Hosszu has already won 3 golds for Hungary with her victories in the 400 IM, 200 fly, and 100 back.

MEN’S 100 IM

  • 2014 World Champion: Markus Diebler (GER), 50.66
  • World Record: Vlad Morozov (RUS), 50.30, 2016
  • Championship Record: Markus Diebler (GER), 50.66, 2014

Top 8 (of 16):

  1. Vlad Morozov (RUS), 52.33
  2. Michael Andrew (USA), 52.58
  3. Daiya Setyo (JPN), 52.76
  4. Shinri Shioura (JPN), 52.86
  5. Jack Gerrard (AUS), 52.89
  6. (T-6) Wang Shun (CHN), 52.91
  7. (T-6) Philip Heintz (GER), 52.91
  8. Kyle Stolk (NED), 53.07

Russia’s Vlad Morozov, the 100 IM World Record holder, cruised to the top seed for semis with a 52.33 in prelims. He was followed by Team USA junior standout Michael Andrew, who clocked a 52.58 ahead of Japan’s IM duo of Daiya Seto (52.76) and Shinri Shioura (52.89).

The USA’s Matt Josa, who hit the wall in 52.59 this morning, was disqualified for going past 15 meter underwater on the backstroke leg.

WOMEN’S 50 FLY

  • 2014 World Champion: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 24.58
  • World Record: Therese Alshammar (SWE), 24.38, 2009
  • Championship Record: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 24.58, 2014

Top 8 (of 16):

  1. Kelsi Worrell (USA), 24.94
  2. Silvia Di Pietro (ITA), 25.37
  3. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), 25.38
  4. Rikako Ikee (JPN), 25.55
  5. Maaike De Waard (NED), 25.62
  6. Melanie Henique (FRA), 25.65
  7. (T-7) Emily Washer (AUS), 25.88
  8. (T-7) Emilie Backmann (DEN), 25.88

Kelsi Worrell smashed the 50 fly American Record this morning with a 24.94 for top seed, making her the first American woman to swim under the 25-second barrier. The previous record mark was a 25.65 done by Christine Magnusson in 2012. Worrell will still have the semis and finals of this race to make a run at the World Record and Championship Record. The USA got 2 swimmers into the semis, with Sarah Gibson touching 10th through prelims.

Olympic medalists Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) and Rikako Ikee (JPN) are big medal contenders in this race, as well as Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro, who picked up 2nd this morning.

MEN’S 50 BACK

  • 2014 World Champion: Florent Manaudou (FRA), 22.22
  • World Record: Florent Manaudou (FRA), 22.22, 2014
  • Championship Record: Florent Manaudou (FRA), 22.22, 2014

Top 8 (of 16):

  1. Junya Koga (JPN), 22.93
  2. Jeremy Stravius (FRA), 23.09
  3. Xu Jiayu (CHN), 23.42
  4. (T-4) Miguel Ortiz (ESP), 23.47
  5. (T-4) Pavel Sankovich (BLR), 23.47
  6. Tomasz Polewka (POL), 23.50
  7. Mitch Larkin (AUS), 23.57
  8. Albert Subirats (VEN), 23.59

China’s Xu Jiayu and Australia’s Mitch Larkin, who both medaled in last night’s 100 back, will be in the 50 back semis tonight. Larkin, the 100 back champ, landed 7th, while Jiayu placed himself as the 3rd seed for semis. Leading the way this morning, however, was Japan’s Junya Koga, who was the only swimmer sub-23 in prelims. France’s Jeremy Stravius wasn’t far behind in 23.09 for 2nd.

The U.S. will field 2 swimmers in tonight’s semis, as Michael Taylor (23.87) and Jacob Pebley (23.88) qualified 13th and 14th respectively.

WOMEN’S 100 IM

Top 8 (of 16):

  1. Alia Atkinson (JAM), 58.47
  2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 58.87
  3. Emily Seebohm (AUS), 59.16
  4. Jenna Laukkanen (FIN), 59.67
  5. Lena Kreundl (AUT), 59.81
  6. Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 59.82
  7. Ella Eastin (USA), 1:00.40
  8. Fanny Lecluyse (BEL), 1:00.58

World Record holder Katinka Hosszu (58.87) dove in for her first race of the morning in the 100 IM, but it was Jamaica’s Ali Atkinson (58.47), who frequently battled Hosszu during the FINA World Cup Series, who turned in the fastest time of the morning.

Team USA’s Ella Eastin registered a 1:00.40 for 7th, while teammate Lilly King also grabbed a semifinals spot with her 1:00.84 for 13th.

MEN’S 50 FREE

  • 2014 World Champion: Florent Manaudou (FRA), 20.26
  • World Record: Florent Manaudou (FRA), 20.26, 2014
  • Championship Record: Florent Manaudou (FRA), 20.26, 2014

Top 8 (of 16):

  1. Vlad Morozov (RUS), 21.27
  2. Douglas Erasmus (RSA), 21.31
  3. Jesse Puts (NED), 21.42
  4. Simonas Bilis (LTU), 21.43
  5. Kenta Ito (JPN), 21.45
  6. Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE), 21.47
  7. Luca Dotta (ITA), 21.50
  8. Michael Chadwick (USA), 21.56

Vlad Morozov swam to another top seed for semis, this time with his 21.27 in the 50 free. Former NCAA sprint stars Simonas Bilis (LTU) and Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE) turned in a pair of 21.4s to earn top 8 slots through prelims. The USA’s Michael Chadwick (21.56), touched in 8th, and teammate Paul Powers (21.60) will enter semifinals as the 11th seed.

WOMEN’S  200 BACK

Top 8:

  1. Daryna Zevina (RUS), 2:02.87
  2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2:03.39
  3. Hilary Caldwell (CAN), 2:03.74
  4. Hellen Moffitt (USA), 2:03.83
  5. Emily Seebohm (AUS), 2:03.91
  6. Sayaka Akase (JPN), 2:04.63
  7. Miki Takahashi (JPN), 2:04.76
  8. Kathleen Dawson (GBR), 2:05.12

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu lined up another event for tonight, picking up 2nd seed for the 200 back final behind Russia’s Daryna Zevina. Hosszu will be defending her short course world championship title in this event. Olympic bronze medalist Hilary Caldwell (CAN), Australia’s Emily Seebohm, and Team USA’s Hellen Moffitt were all in the 2:03-range behind her this morning.

MEN’S  200 BREAST

  • 2014 World Champion: Daniel Gyurta (JPN), 2:01.49
  • World Record: Daniel Gyurta (JPN), 2:00.48, 2014
  • Championship Record: Daniel Gyurta (JPN), 2:01.35, 2012

Top 8:

  • Marco Koch (GER), 2:03.69
  • Andrew Willis (GBR), 2:03.88
  • Mikhail Dorinov (RUS), 2:04.19
  • Josh Prenot (USA), 2:04.52
  • Ilya Khomenko (RUS), 2:04.63
  • (T-6) Nic Fink (USA), 2:04.69
  • (T-6) Yukihiro Takahashi, 2:04.69
  • Erik Persson (SWE), 2:04.96

Germany’s Marco Koch, the 100 breast champ, will look for a 2nd gold tonight after taking top seed for the 200 breast final. He was one of 2 men in the 2:03-range this morning, as Great Britain’s Andrew Willis followed closely for 2nd seed. The USA’s Josh Prenot and Nic Fink posted a pair of 2:04-mids, with both earning spots in the final.

MIXED 200 MEDLEY RELAY

  • 2014 World Champion: BRA, 1:37.26
  • World Record: USA, 1:37.17, 2013
  • Championship Record: BRA, 1:37.26, 2014

Top 8:

  1. USA, 1:38.82
  2. Russia, 1:39.36
  3. Brazil, 1:39.52
  4. Canada, 1:39.63
  5. Italy, 1:40.17
  6. China, 1:40.26
  7. Japan, 1:40.47
  8. Sweden, 1:40.49

The USA led prelims of the mixed 200 medley relay, with Ali DeLoof (26.18), Cody Miller (25.82), Matt Josa (22.71), and Mallory Comerford (24.11) outpacing the field.

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Person
7 years ago

Michael Andrew can swim a 100 IM, but not a 200 IM. He’s definitely trending towards 50s/100s (obvious at this point). I’d like to see him train either with a new coach and an actual team for a bit or see him train for 200s so he doesn’t have to play Mozart every time he gets to the end of a race.
Good to see Prenot up there as well (I really like the Cal guys), and Eastin shows she has some speed too.

hswimmer
Reply to  Person
7 years ago

lol, not going to see that happen. We all wish for it to, but I just don’t think it will.

goalrilla
7 years ago

Minor typo: Gyurta isn’t Japanese.

pinodee
7 years ago

I’m sorry for being off topic to the SC Worlds but i’m not sure if I’m reading this correctly: Ryan Hoffer 18.88 in the 50 free prelims at West Juniors. unbelievable

Joel Lin
Reply to  pinodee
7 years ago

Holy Cow. They’re going to need to start posting speed warning signs in the training pool at Cal.

Swimnerd
7 years ago

They should probably put worrell on fly tonight and chadwick/powers/vivra on free

CraigH
Reply to  Swimnerd
7 years ago

I believe the men always swim Back and Breast.

Paul
Reply to  CraigH
7 years ago

That’s typically seen as the best order because back and breast are the two slowest overall strokes, so having women there would make the % difference between men and women lead to the biggest difference in total time.

But it’s ultimately coaches discretion. They could very well put Worrell on fly because of just how fast she is, and it would be a more unique strategy and could be beneficial if they look at their total depth chart. This is why mixed relays are FUN AND EXCITING

iLikePsych
Reply to  Paul
7 years ago

That, and you don’t want to be behind your opponents such that you experience their back draft. If you look at the mixed free relays, they all lead with both men and then finish with both women, even though they’re swimming the same strokes.

Prickle
Reply to  CraigH
7 years ago

🙂 Men: Bed&Breakfast. Women: free Fly.
Sorry I couldn’t help it. It just sounds very similar. 🙂

taa
Reply to  Swimnerd
7 years ago

shields fly worrell free.

G Lee
7 years ago

Who thinks that Caeleb Dressel would win the SCM 50 and 100 free events if he were present? I can’t wait for him to swim a SCM meet. And notice that 4 of the top 8 in the 50 free are from the American NCAAs.

Taa
Reply to  G Lee
7 years ago

More excited to see what he does in March.

Bigly
Reply to  G Lee
7 years ago

By how much?

Swimmer
7 years ago

Watching the TV coverage last night I noticed the stands mostly empty and not many top US swimmers. I thought the FINA world championships would be bigger than this. It oesn’t look like much of a meet and dilutes the title of being a world champion.

G Lee
Reply to  Swimmer
7 years ago

The answer to this is easy. The Olympics were only 4 months ago any many swimmers took a one or two month break and are now just getting back to training . In the US, our top swimmers are at Universities preparing for their finals before Christmas break and their Winter Training Camps. The next big meet in the US is NCAAs. The stands will fill out over the weekend when the Canadian locals are off from work.

Swimmer
Reply to  G Lee
7 years ago

I guess collegiates would rather be a conference and national champion than a world champion. Again, It’s just not a big enough race to make it a priority race

G Lee
Reply to  Swimmer
7 years ago

No. People like Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky will be conference, national, and world champions. And they’re already world champions and have gold medals from the summer Olympics. They have nothing to prove at this SCM World Championships. They are studying for finals at one of the most prestigious universities in the country while training for the NCAAs in March. And FYI… the last time Simone Manuel swam the 100 free SCM was Duel In The Pool. She swam a 51.69 for a new American record.

Swimmer
Reply to  G Lee
7 years ago

Thank you for keep reinforcing my point. It’s simply not an A priority race and doesn’t make sense for top swimmers to compete and totally agree collegiates should be focused on being a student athlete.

Pvdh
Reply to  Swimmer
7 years ago

Winnng the 100 fly at NCAAs this year will be harder than winning it at SCM

Joe
Reply to  Pvdh
7 years ago

will it? I’m guessing LeClos’s winning time tonight might be a ~43.5 SCY. Don’t think Schooling will get there this year.

Bigly
Reply to  Joe
7 years ago

Schooling beat LeClos by a body length in Rio, so I don’t think he’d worry about him in SCY or SCM. Plus, Chad has to get by Shields tonight. Not happening.

Joe
Reply to  Bigly
7 years ago

48.08 translates to 43.31 in SCY. Good luck Mr. Schooling

Bigly
Reply to  Swimmer
7 years ago

The collegiates have that little nuisance thing of a contract called an athletic scholarship. Their athletic departments and coaches are hired and fired based on wins and losses and championships in NCAAs, not worlds And outside of the Olympics, the NCAA championships is the most exciting swimming event there is.

Prickle
Reply to  G Lee
7 years ago

🙂 The answer is even easier than you suggested. Have you ever been to the Windsor in December? Unless you are a snow lover and like to be exposed to the bitterly cold wind… Look how much faster results were shown in December 2014 in Doha, Qatar. I won’t be surprised if that championships was also more profitable than the current one.
I like Canada in autumn. But in winter… I would rather stay hlat home watching TV 🙂

bobo gigi
7 years ago

Not a big fan of the 50s of stroke but Stravius’ 50 back is the only chance of gold for France this week.

Crannman
7 years ago

Good swim for Andrew. Would love to see him make a final!

Taa
Reply to  Crannman
7 years ago

i know it’s off topic but I would like to see him go train a season with a different coach

Bigly
Reply to  Crannman
7 years ago

He has to develop his underwaters. His breast to free he had no underwater and was swimming at the flags.

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