Day 8 Relay Lineups: Smoliga On Duty For Prelims Of Women’s 400 Medley

2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Americans have opted to use Olivia Smoliga on the backstroke leg of their prelim relay in the women’s 400 medley, indicating that Regan Smith will swim the final.

Smoliga won bronze individually in the 100, but Smith is coming off a breakout performance in the 200 back that saw her swim the two fastest times in history. Kathleen Baker, the other individual entrant, was slower in the final of the 100 back than Smith was opening her 200 final.

They are also going with Melanie Margalis on breast over Micah Sumrall, and Katie McLaughlin and Mallory Comerford will take fly and free. In addition to Smith, Lilly KingKelsi Dahlia and Simone Manuel will enter for the final.

The Aussies are using Kaylee McKeown, Jessica HansenBrianna Throssell and Madison Wilson. Expect Minna AthertonEmma McKeon and Cate Campbell to enter for the final, with Hansen staying on.

Canada is using Kylie Masse on backstroke this morning, their top option, but should add in Maggie MacNeil for Rebecca Smith on fly and Penny Oleksiak for Taylor Ruck on free. Kierra Smith will probably stay on breast, but 200 bronze medalist Sydney Pickrem is also an option.

HEAT 1

  • Lane 3 – Finland (Jallow, Hulkko, Laukkanen, Lahtinen)
  • Lane 4 – Turkey (Avramova, Gunes, Ozkan, Ozbilen)
  • Lane 5 – Republic of Korea (Im, Back,Park, Jeong)

HEAT 2

  • Lane 0 – South Africa (Venter, Schoenmaker, Lovemore, Chelius)
  • Lane 1 – Sweden (Coleman, S.Hansson, L.Hansson, Sjostrom)
  • Lane 2 – Germany (Riedemann, Elendt, Kohler, Steiger)
  • Lane 3 – Denmark (Nielsen, Schroder, Ottesen, Jensen)
  • Lane 4 – USA (Smoliga, Margalis, McLaughlin, Comerford)
  • Lane 5 – Japan (Sakai, Aoki, Makino, Omoto)
  • Lane 6 – Italy (Panziera, Castiglioni, Bianchi, Pellegrini)
  • Lane 7 – Hong Kong (Au, Yeung, Chan, Haughey)
  • Lane 8 – Poland (Tchorz, Hallmann, Nogaj, Wasick)

HEAT 3

  • Lane 0 – Singapore (J.Quah, Chue, T.Quah, Yeoh)
  • Lane 1 – Hungary (Burian, Sztankovics, Szilagyi, Verraszto)
  • Lane 2 – Netherlands (Toussaint, Schouten, Busch, Heemskerk)
  • Lane 3 – Canada (Masse, K.Smith, R.Smith, Ruck)
  • Lane 4 – Australia (McKeown, Hansen, Throssell, Wilson)
  • Lane 5 – Russia (Vaskina, Belousova, Chimrova, Ustinova)
  • Lane 6 – Great Britain (Davies, Renshaw, Thomas, Hopkin)
  • Lane 7 – China (Fu, Yu, Wang, Zhu)
  • Lane 8 – Switzerland (Kost, Mamie, Touretski, Ugolkova)

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Dcswim
5 years ago

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Wondering
5 years ago

Means we get some Smogs in primetime!

Wondering
5 years ago

The dawning of the Era of Regan….

Dcswim
Reply to  Wondering
5 years ago

Regan Era politics here we come

Philip Johnson
5 years ago

I told you the Swim Swam commentators should make ALL relay decisions.

Ol' Longhorn Biggest Fan
5 years ago

In before Team USA put Olivia in the final

Carlos
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn Biggest Fan
5 years ago

Im already picturing smoliga going a 57.5 and kicking Regan out of the final

anonymous
Reply to  Carlos
5 years ago

It seems like a good time to get Regan in and get some relay experience at WC

Baker-King-Worrell-Manuel
5 years ago

No Schmitt? No Sumrall? Geriatrics not wanted!

N P
Reply to  Baker-King-Worrell-Manuel
5 years ago

That seems kind of uncalled for.

Cmon now
Reply to  Baker-King-Worrell-Manuel
5 years ago

Schmitt was never in the conversation for the relay tbh

Bob1235
5 years ago

Kind of surprised Canada is using Masse in the morning. A relay of Ruck Kierra Smith Rebecca Smith Sanchez should be able to qualify easily and rest Masse and likely give Sanchez a medal.

Boknows34
Reply to  Bob1235
5 years ago

That surprised me too Bob

Ben
Reply to  Bob1235
5 years ago

They’re also using Ruck. Maybe Penny will be swimming freestyle in the final. Probably a good idea considering as the meet’s gone on, Penny’s gone faster while Ruck is slowing down.

PK Doesn’t like his long name
5 years ago

I like that Apple got the finals relay yesterday and Adrian gets it today. Feels very fair.

Boknows34
Reply to  PK Doesn’t like his long name
5 years ago

It could still be Pieroni. He was 4th in the individual.

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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