2017 U.S. Winter Nationals: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

2017 U.S. WINTER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• November 29th-December 2nd
• Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, Columbus, OH
• Short Course Yards
• Meet Central
• Omega Results
• NCAA Qualifying
• Live stream (USA Swimming Homepage)
• Saturday Prelims Heat Sheet

The final prelims session of the meet will feature the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly. Men’s 200 back American record-holder, Ryan Murphy, is set to compete in that event, and Nathan Adrian is set for the 100 free, an event in which he holds the meet record.

WOMEN’S 200 BACK

• American Record: 1:47.84, Elizabeth Pelton, 2013
• U.S. Open Record: 1:47.84, Elizabeth Pelton, 2013
• Meet Record: 1:49.18, Missy Franklin, 2012
• Pool Record: 1:50.55, Courtney Bartholomew, 2013

1. Ali Galyer (UN-KY)- 1:53.01
2. Bridgette Alexander (UN-KY)- 1:53.71
3. Alina Kendzior (UofL)- 1:55.01
4. Kristen Romano (OSU)- 1:55.04
5. Melanie Margalis (SPA)- 1:55.05
6. Alexa Kutch (DREX)- 1:55.21
7. Ashlyn Schoof (UofL)- 1:55.37
8. Emma Muzzy (GATR)- 1:56.47

Ali Galyer looked smooth and controlled on her way to taking the top seed for finals tonight. GalBryceyer was about 2 and a half seconds off her best time, and will need to go close to her personal best to achieve the NCAA ‘A’ cut of 1:50.99. The middle of the finals pack is bunched up tight, with only .36 seconds between 3rd and 7th place. 17-year-old Emma Muzzy managed to make another A final this weekend, posting a 1:56.47, over 3 seconds off her best time.

MEN’S 200 BACK

• American Record: 1:35.73, Ryan Murphy, 2016
• U.S. Open Record: 1:35.73, Ryan Murphy, 2016
• Meet Record: 1:36.81, Ryan Lochte, 2007
• Pool Record: 1:39.29, Cory Chitwood, 2010

1. Jacob Pebley (CAL) – 1:42.02
2. Ryan Murphy (CAL) – 1:42.54
3. Grigory Tarasevich (CARD) – 1:43.13
4. Bryce Bohman (TXLA) – 1:43.35
5. Nikolaos Sofianidis (UofL) – 1:43.75
6. Nicolas Albiero (UofL) – 1:43.77
7. Corey Main (GSC) – 1:43.98
8. Chase Kalisz (ABSC) – 1:44.13

Teammates and Olympians Jacob Pebley and Ryan Murphy went 1-2 in prelims, both swimming very controlled and relaxed races. Murphy is the American record holder in the event, with a best time nearly 6 and a half seconds faster than his performance this morning. Other Olympians Grigory Tarasevich, Corey Main, and Chase Kalisz made the A final for tonight, with Kalisz going a best time by .37 seconds. Louisville’s Nikolaos Sofianidis had a huge swim to make this final, dropping over 3 seconds from his lifetime best.

WOMEN’S 100 FREE

• American Record: 45.56, Simone Manuel, 2017
• U.S. Open Record: 45.56, Simone Manuel, 2017
• Meet Record: 46.85, Natalie Coughlin, 2007
• Pool Record: 47.37, Simone Manuel, 2016

1. Mallory Comerford (UofL) – 47.23
2. Margo Geer (UN-AZ) – 47.54
3. Kelsi Worrell (CARD) – 47.70
4. Amanda Kendall (UN-IN) – 48.72
5. Olivia Smoliga (ABSC) – 48.73
6. Isabel Ivey (GSC) – 48.91
7. Casey Franz (UofL) – 48.96
8. Kackie Keire (CATS) – 49.31

In a pretty stacked 100 free field, Mallory Comerford came out on top this morning, breaking the pool record and going a season best time. 17-year-old Isabel Ivey continued her weekend of strong performances, qualifying for yet another A final. A tight race has been set up tonight between Mallory Comerford, Margo Geer, Kelsi Worrell, and Olivia Smoliga, all of whom have a best time of 47.3 or better.

MEN’S 100 FREE

• American Record: 40.00, Caeleb Dressel, 2017
• U.S. Open Record: 40.00, Caeleb Dressel, 2017
• Meet Record: 41.31, Nathan Adrian, 2014
• Pool Record: 41.35, Matt Grevers, 2010

1. Michael Chadwick (UMIZ) – 42.49
2. Joshua Fleagle (UN-OH) – 42.73
3. Matias Koski (UN-GA) – 43.04
4. Nathan Adrian (CAL) – 43.07
5. Jesse Novak (Troj) – 43.96
6. Andrej Barna (UofL) – 44.05
7. Michael Andrew (RPC) – 44.07
8. Andrew Loy (OSU) – 44.14

Michael Chadwick looked strong in his prelims performance of 42.49, and has set up what should be a good race tonight between himself, Nathan Adrian, Josh Fleagle, and Matias Koski. Adrian is the meet record holder at 41.31, which would be a considerable drop from their prelim times, but it’s possible at least one person could break it tonight. Louisville and Ohio State each got one swimmer into the A final: Andrej Barna from Louisville, and Andrew Loy from Ohio State. Michael Andrew also made the A final tonight with a decent morning swim of 44.0.

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST

• American Record: 2:03.18, Lilly King, 2017
• U.S. Open Record: 2:03.18, Lilly King, 2017
• Meet Record: 2:05.04, Laura Sogar, 2012
• Pool Record: 2:06.32, Rebecca Soni, 2008

1. Breeja Larson (NYAC) – 2:07.94
2. Andrea Cottrell (CARD) – 2:08.92
3. Lina Rathsack (PITT) – 2:10.31
4. Mariia Astashkina (UofL) – 2:10.56
5. Anne Lazor (TPIT) – 2:10.87
6. Bailey Bonnett (UN-KY) – 2:10.91
7. Lauren James (UofL) – 2:11.28
8. Morgan Friesen (UofL) – 2:11.45

Breeja Larson and Andrea Cottrell set themselves apart from the rest of the field this morning, posting the only sub-2:10 swims in the event. Larson and Cottrell will likely battle it out for the win tonight, while we’ll probably see a few more women in the field under 2:10. Louisville qualified 3 to the A final: Mariia Astashkina, Lauren James, and Morgan Friesen, all of whom are within 1 second of each other.

MEN’S 200 BREAST

• American Record: 1:47.91, Will Licon, 2017
• U.S. Open Record: 1:47.91, Will Licon, 2017
• Meet Record: 1:50.73, Kevin Cordes, 2012
• Pool Record: 1:51.73, Mike Alexandrov, 2010

1. Reece Whitley (PCAC)/Cody Miller (SAND) – 1:54.05
2. –
3. Nick Zito (WEST) – 1:54.23
4. Carlos Claverie (UofL) – 1:54.49
5. Nicolas Fink (ABSC) – 1:54.54
6. Josh Prenot (CAL) – 1:56.02
7. Michael Andrew (RPC) – 1:57.22
8. Casey Storch (MACH) – 1:58.34

In what has set itself up to be a very tight field tonight, Reece Whitley and Cody Miller tied for the top seed tonight at 1:54.05. Whitley comes in with the fastest best time in the field at 1:52.37. Nick Zito, Carlos Claverie, and Nicolas Fink make up the rest of the top 5 with times less than half a second slower than Whitley and Miller. Michael Andrew made the A final in an event he rarely swims, going a little off his best time of 1:56.57, which he set at the 2014 Winter Junior Nats meet.

WOMEN’S 200 FLY

• American Record: 1:49.92, Elaine Breeden, 2009
• U.S. Open Record: 1:49.92, Elaine Breeden, 2009
• Meet Record: 1:51.02, Katinka Hosszu, 2010
• Pool Record: 1:51.02, Katinka Hosszu, 2010

1. Kelsi Worrell (CARD) – 1:52.59
2. Grace Oglesby (UofL) – 1:56.02
3. Meg Bailey (OSU) – 1:56.72
4. Hannah Saiz (SSTY) – 1:57.48
5. Haley McInerny (UN-KY) – 1:57.76
6. Carley Lowe (UofL)/Madeline Laporte (NCAP) – 1:59.13
7. –
8. Isabella Gati (NCAP) – 1:59.43

Kelsi Worrell dominated the prelims 200 fly this morning, putting herself 3 and a half seconds ahead of 2nd place Grace Oglesby. Oglesby’s time this morning was just over 2 seconds off the NCAA ‘A’ cut of 1:53.80. Nation’s Capital qualified 2 swimmers to the A final: 17-year-old Madeline Laporte and 18-year-old Isabella Gati.

MEN’S 200 FLY

• American Record: 1:37.35, Jack Conger, 2017
• U.S. Open Record: 1:37.35, Jack Conger, 2017
• Meet Record:1:40.24, Tom Shields, 2012
• Pool Record: 1:41.07, Andreas Vazaios, 2017

1. Noah Lense (OSU) – 1:44.31
2. Brendan Burns (UMLY) – 1:45.13
3. Jarrett Jones (UofL) – 1:45.51
4. Max Irwin (BSC) – 1:45.82
5. Zach Harting (UofL) – 1:45.89
6. Michael Salazar (OSU) – 1:46.14
7. Henrique Painhas (OSU) – 1:46.14
8. Philip Manoff (NCAP) – 1:46.84

Noah Lense controlled his swim in the prelims session, hitting the wall in a decent prelims time of 1:44.31. Ohio State qualified 3 to the A final, while Louisville Qualified 2. There are 2 16-year-olds in the A final tonight: 2nd seed Brendan Burns and 8th seed Philip Manoff, both of whom went best times this morning. Indiana University post-grad Max Irwin is also in the field tonight, which has has been set up to be an exciting race.