On day 5 of the World University Games, three swimmers earn top seeds for Team USA during the prelims session.
Jack Conger, the future Texas Longhorn, had the fastest time of the morning in the men’s 200m backstroke, taking the top seed. Conger’s time of 1:58.87 is still a second and a half off of is seed time so his is expected to drop. He was the top seeded swimmer coming into the meet. Jacob Pebley also was under 2 minutes at 1:59.72. Pebley is fourth going into the semifinals. Another familiar name in sixth place is Eric Ress of France. Ress swims for Indiana University.
In the women’s 200m freestyle, nobody was able to break 2 minutes during the prelims. In the finals of the 4×200 freestyle relay, 11 women were able to break 2 minutes so it should be very interesting as the meet continues. Caitlin McClatchey of Great Britain had the fastest time of the morning at 2:00.32. Chelsea Chenault touched at 2:01.56 for seventh and Megan Romano qualified 12th with her time of 2:02.34. In the final of the relay, Chenault and Romano had the 2 fastest splits in the field at 1:57.88 and 1:57.91 respectively.
Kyler Van Swol, from the University of Minnesota, had the fastest time of the morning and will be the top seed in the men’s 100m butterfly. His time of 52.37 was over a half second drop from his seed time. Jack Conger finished seventh with his time of 52.94.
Cindy Tran is another Cal Bear that continues to impress us with her backstroke abilites. Tran had a time of 28.59 to earn the top seed in the women’s 50m backstroke. Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus was just behind her in second with her time of 28.70. Kendyl Stewart finished 10th with her time of 29.26.
In the men’s 50m breaststroke, Gliulio Andrea Zorzo of Russia qualified with the fastest time of the morning at 27.72. The former USC Trojan, Vlad Morozov of Russia, finished third in 27.85. Mike Alexanderov, now representing the United States of America, tied for fifth with a time of 27.91. He swam for Bulgaria in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Cody Miller finished 23rd with his time of 28.58 but did not qualify for the semifinals.
Martina de Memme of Italy had the fastest time of the morning in the women’s 800m freestyle with a time of 8:38.12. Ashley Steenvoorden and Stephanie Peacock were able to finish second and third for Team USA going into finals with their times of 8:39.94 and 8:39.97 respectively.
Tonight we will see the finals of the men’s 800 freestyle, the women’s 200 breaststroke, the men’s 100 freestyle, and the women’s 100 butterfly. There will also be the semifinals for the women’s 200 freestyle, the men’s 100 butterfly, the women’s 50 backstroke, the men’s 200 backstroke, and the men’s 50 breaststroke.
A little off topic.. but Tyson Gay just got caught of doping.. I wish to know what Phillip would say after everyone said they did not trust US track and field..
Vlad Morozov must drop the 100 free at worlds. He ruins his chances in the 50 breast by swimming such an insane schedule! Russia is the new breaststroke industry.
Bobo, your nemesis/stalker is back… 😀
Must be swell to have a following/fan club of your very own lol
Oh my … that’s a brilliant impression of Bobo, in a perverted way
haha wonder if the 2 (british?) commentators on the epsn feed are swimswam readers?!
yesterday they mentioned something about lots of internet buzz on Romano and how she may be more of a “relay performer”.
just now, they again commented on all the internet chatter about how Morozov may be a force to be reckoned with in the im, seeing how good he is is the free, back & breast .. and that talk on the net is going on about the 200 im being considered as too long for him being more of a pure sprinter!
we should ask for compensation and create a sport channel advice company
Great idea Rafael!
Maybe we can rope Rowdy Gaines into being one of the first customers lol
No disrespect to Rowdy as he seems to be such a nice & well-intentioned guy, obviously knows a heck of a lot about swimming and can articulate his thoughts as solidly as any sports broadcasters out there. His love & enthusiasm for the sport always shines through, and then there are all those notable achievements of his in the field.
But having said all of that, I feel that NBC hampers his commentaries unnecessarily by having him dumb down his broadcast comments so much that they are too often a source of frustration for the true swim fan!
I agree. Every time he comes on TV it seems like he makes a comment about how great someone’s streamline is. Probably directed towards the people who only watch every four years. It still gets me excited every time I hear his voice, though.
I have watched on the fisu live and I have heared the same things too. Cool to see they read the best swimming fans who are here on swimswam! 🙂
I have heard the same things too.
Katerine Savard wins the 100 fly in 57.63.
47.62
47.98
48.17
48.18
Knowing the last 2 guys can go 47 mid-low on relay
but seeing Morozov rellay time compared to this individual.. maybe he should open the rellay..
Wow! I have watched 2 fast guys today! Vlad Morozov in swimming and Chris Froome in motorbike, sorry in cycling! 🙂
As expected, a very good time for Vlad Morozov who wins the 100 free. 47.62 for him.
22.66 at the half-race.
will he be able to replicate it (not only him.. all russians) on worlds?
And who is this Yahuen Tsurkin? 51.75 100 fly on the semis..
It’s the big question for the Russian team.
And about Tsurkin, perhaps he has the same coach as Herasimenia.
bad for grechin we won´t swim the 100 free at Worlds..
I am betting 5/6 guys will go lower than 48 I wanted to see a competition where all 8 could go sub 48..
Dunno.. but curious to see what he will deliver at finals..
the same coach and the same drug?
Win for Efimova in the 200 breast in 2.24.10. I thought she would be much faster after her big 100. Sogar second. Motegi third.
Yes, I was expecting fireworks from Efimova after the 50 and 100, but from her splits I wonder if she was just doing enough to win after expending her energy in the earlier events, her last 50 was only a 37.33 whereas usually she’s finishing like a train. Good second place for Laura Sogar.
Congrats, Laura Sogar!