Florida Contingent, Bay Area Stars to Converge at PSS Santa Clara

2018 TYR PRO SWIM SERIES – SANTA CLARA

  • Santa Clara, CA
  • June 7-10, 2018
  • Meet page
  • Results TBD

The psych sheet for the Santa Clara stop of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series have been released from the USA Swimming website.

PSYCH SHEET

There are a ton of big names, between Olympians, collegiate standouts, and age group stars, expected to swim in Santa Clara next week. Notably, the Florida elite group along with several big names training in the Bay Area will clash for some great racing at the George F. Haines International Swim Center.

Representing Gator Swim Club will be recent grad Caeleb Dressel and not-so-recent grad Ryan Lochte, along with Canadian Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak— all three just finished up a weekend of racing at the 2018 Mel Zajac Jr. Meet. Besides the 50/100 free and 50/100 fly, which are the expected races for Dressel, he is again entered in the 200 free, 50 breast, and 200 IM.

Ella EastinSimone ManuelLia Neal, and Katie Ledecky head up the group racing from Stanford, while Cal will bring Nathan AdrianRyan MurphyJosh Prenot, Tom ShieldsAndrew SeliskarFarida OsmanAbbey Weitzeil, and Katie McLaughlin, among others.

If that wasn’t enough talent, Team Elite is showing up with names like Kendyl StewartCaroline BaldwinHellen MoffittMichael Chadwick, and Anthony Ervin.

Plenty of other big-time swimmers from pockets around the USA are entered to race, like world record holder Lilly King and Olympians Matt Grevers, Kelsi DahliaMelanie MargalisChase KaliszLeah SmithOlivia Smoliga, and Zach Apple. Meanwhile, international standouts like Japan’s Ryosuke Irie and Canada’s Kylie Masse are expected to race, too.

The biggest age grouper to watch will be Riptide’s Regan Smith, who will race the 100/200 back, 100/200 fly, and 400 free. Another fast-rising American backstroker, though, is Isabelle Stadden, from nearby Aquajets, also in Minnesota. Stadden threw down a lifetime best 2:08.37 in the 200 back at the Mel Zajac meet and added another 1:00-low showing in the 100– the 15-year-old is one of several teenagers in American backstroke on the verge of breaking out.

*Note: due to incompetence on the author’s end, there was a key flaw in this article, wherein it was not acknowledged that Dean Farris will in fact be attending this meet. His liege will contest the 50/100/200 free and 50/100/200 back in Santa Clara.

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Cate
6 years ago

Has Conor Dwyer retired?

E Gamble
Reply to  Cate
6 years ago

No. He’s just being Conner Dwyer. He does things his way and could care less what we think about it. I admire that about him. I’m pretty sure he knows he’s gonna have to perform a lot better than he did at Worlds. That 800 free relay needs him. Let’s hope he can show up.

MIKE
Reply to  E Gamble
6 years ago

Dressel will step up for him in the 4×200

Caleb
Reply to  E Gamble
6 years ago

yeah, I admire Dwyer’s confidence and willingness to carve his own path. I predict he tests the waters more seriously next season and if he can still swim fast he’ll give it another run in 2020. But no, I don’t think they need him at all. The 200 is about the deepest event there on the men’s side and IMO the U.S. will be pretty heavy favorites to bring it back.

Michael
Reply to  Caleb
6 years ago

I’d put the men’s 100 backstroke a little deeper than the 200 Free. America always seems to have a very deep field of backstrokers

bear drinks beer
Reply to  Caleb
6 years ago

so deep that they got beaten by GBR and Russia last year.

swimfan01
6 years ago

If they are still doing shootouts, it could be tough for Dressel with the 50 Fly, 50 Breast, and 50 Free

bobo gigi
6 years ago

Sorry. I had missed the great news about Missy Franklin who makes her comeback in France next weekend! 😎

Mac Miller
6 years ago

lmao why does everyone down vote BOBO GIGI

sven
Reply to  Mac Miller
6 years ago

It has always been that way. It will always be that way.

It is not for us mortals to ask why.

Socaladvracer
Reply to  sven
6 years ago

He’s a fan favorite on this site but with your fans you’re gonna have haters too. But I personally always read his comments and think he has one of the best grasps on US age-grouper, amazing considering he lives in France.

Sum Ting Wong
Reply to  Socaladvracer
6 years ago

I’m waiting for a lawyer to issue a ‘please desist’ letter to Bobo . Let these kids be !

Yozhik
Reply to  sven
6 years ago

@SVEN:
Let’s not be that melodramatic. I remember the time when usaswiming website had difficulties and the data about young USA swimmers was not accessible. Bobo Gigi was speechless about young American talents for long time. His prognosis of the possible progress of young talents in swimming have low rate of realisation. But he keeps you informed and entertained when he also becomes political commentator and that is what you probably love about him. One more thing: he provides useful links to the video of the races and saves us with that a great deal of time, sometimes. Thank him for that.

Nonameswimmer
6 years ago

“Not-so-recent grad” and “his liege Dean Farris” …… Thankyou for a wonderful start to my morning.

CaliSurf
6 years ago

And the debut of Yuri’s Wisconsin team! Excited to see how that goes.

Klorn8d
Reply to  CaliSurf
6 years ago

It’s just a small group from Wisconsin but still a good look at it

SwimBro12
6 years ago

I see that Tony Shen decided not to enter the meet. News from his camp was he’s been putting down some pretty serious training and that this meet could have had some big drops for him. What could have been a dogfight in the 200 free will now be a second tier race.

DrSwimPhil
Reply to  SwimBro12
6 years ago

He must’ve beaten Schooling heads up during a warmup

Jmanswimfan
6 years ago

Typo in the footnote it says Dean will contest as in he will need to try

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Karl Ortegon

Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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