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We’ll do a deeper recap after tonight’s finals session, but there were enough notable swims in the first morning of the 2013 Art Adamson Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M, to be worthy of some quick notes from prelims.
In the women’s 50 free, A&M’s Mexican redshirt junior Lili Ibanez swam a 22.29 for the top seed, beating out Stanford’s Maddy Schaefer (22.41) and her teammate Erica Dittmer (22.42). Not only is that the fastest time in the country this year, it’s the best mid-season yards time for the Aggies since Triin Aljand’s European Championship (suited, and short course meters converted) in 2009.
Stnaford’s National Teamer Maya DiRado jumped to the top of the National Rankings as well in the 200 yard IM, with a 1:56.83. After a summer where DiRado found herself as a butterflier on the World Championship team, her old yards favorite backstroke is back in full-force – she split 28.0 on that leg of her IM.
In the men’s 50 free, A&M’s Kyle Troskot was a 19.80, which is a good sign for his senior season. That’s already faster than he was all of last season (remember that the Aggie men have a new sprint coach this year).
LSU’s Frank Greeff took the top seed in the men’s 200 IM in 1:48.93. That won’t rattle the top of the national rankings too hard, but it is four seconds better than he’d been this season; that’s a good sign for his 200 fly on Saturday.
And finally, the Aggies also took the top seeds in both 500 freestyles. A&M’s Cammile Adams won top honors in the women’s 500 in 4:41.21, well ahead of Stanford’s Andie Taylor (4:44.97). On the men’s side, it will be Omar Enriquez in lane 4, after he posted a 4:27.66.
Maddy Schaefer 21.87 200 Free Relay leadoff in finals.
Boy, that old “sprint” coach must not have been very smart!
Don’t forget UNLV’s Virva with a 19.43 at the UNLV invite. Fastest male in country.
Don’t worry, I don’t think anybody has forgotten him. He just isn’t swimming at the meet that this article is about.