2021 ISL Match 3, Day 2 Start Lists: Roar’s Toussaint Will Take on 50 FR Skins

2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – SEASON 3, MATCH 3

• Thursday, September 2 – Friday, September 3
• 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST (8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Local Time)
• Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples, Italy
• Short Course Meters (25m – SCM) Format
• ISL Season 3 Schedules, Start Times, and More
• Teams Competing: Energy Standard, London Roar, Iron, New York Breakers
• Omega Live Results
• Day 1 Recap

Day 2 Start Lists

TEAM SCORES AFTER DAY 1

1. Energy Standard – 341
2. London Roar – 214
3. Iron – 181.5
4. NY Breakers – 160.5

Day 2 Lane Assignments

• Lanes 1&2: Iron
• Lanes 3&4: Energy Standard
• Lanes 5&6: London Roar
• Lanes 7&8: NY Breakers

Entering day two of match three of the 2021 ISL season, Energy Standard holds a 127-point lead over the rest of the team to nab their second match win thus far. In the race for second, worth three club points, the London Roar sits 32.5 points ahead of Iron, who are 21 points ahead of the NY Breakers. The always-entertaining skins will be the strongest events for Energy as the hungry Roar, Iron, and Breaker squad will go all hands against the team leaders.

As expected, taking the 50 free skins for Energy will be skins queen Sarah Sjostrom and all-around freestyle ace Siobhan Haughey. Iron’s Ranomi Kromwidjojo placed third in the individual event behind Sjostrom and Haughey yesterday, putting slight pressure on her to break up the duo. For the Breakers, 4th-place finisher Arina Surkova will take on the skins along with Alicja Tchorz, who placed second in the 50 back yesterday.

With a slightly-weakened roster, including the absence of powerhouse sprinter Emma McKeon, London had to strategize how to best fill in her spot for day two. Backstroker Kira Toussaint will swim in the 50 free skins next to Kim Busch. Toussaint, who won the 50 back yesterday, had the fastest 100 free split of 53.09 for London’s 4×100 free relays. She will still swim the 100 back next to Minna Atherton. Marie Wattel swam 0.02s faster than Busch in the individual 50 free yesterday, placing 5th and 6th respectively. However, Wattel picked up 2nd-place points in the 100 fly, earning her a butterfly spot on the mixed 4×100 medley relay while taking on the 100/200 free double. Busch will accompany Wattel in the 100 free and take on the 50 fly next to Toussaint.

Breast/IM specialist Sydney Pickrem will also swim free on the mixed medley relay, another substitution result of McKeon’s absence. After her 200 IM no-show yesterday, Pickrem’s only other entry is the 100 IM. Earlier in yesterday’s session, Pickrem had split 53.45 during yesterday’s 4×100 free relay, matching Busch, Wattel, and Toussaint’s 53-second splits. In the 400 IM, Katie Shanahan and Laura Lahtinen are entered. Shanahan placed 4th in the 200 IM yesterday as well as 5th in the 400 free behind Lahtinen.

In the men’s 50 fly skins, stroke ace Chad le Clos of Energy will look to earn another skins win alongside day one 50 free champ Ben Proud. The 50 fly World record-holder, 41-year-old Nicholas Santos of Iron, will team up with sprinter Marco Orsi. Orsi will also be entered in the 100 IM for Iron. Yesterday, Orsi placed second in the 50 free as well as hitting the only sub-47 split on Iron’s free relays.

Matt Temple of the Breakers, who split 49.69 during yesterday’s medley relay, will be entered in the 50 fly skins as well as the 50/200 fly double, the same entries as Energy’s le Clos. The Breakers will also utilize yesterday’s 400 free champ Brendon Smith for maximum point potential in the men’s 400 IM.

However, yesterday’s 200 IM champ, Duncan Scott of the Roar, will take on the 400 IM alongside 200 back champ Luke Greenbank. The versatile Scott is also expected to swim the 100/200 free double for the Roar, posing a big point threat on the rest of the teams. Greenbank will also swim the 100 back alongside 50 back champ Guilherme Guido. Both of London’s mixed medley relays will have male lead-offs, with 200 back runner-up Christian Diener is entered alongside Guido.