Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte To Face Off In The 100 Freestyle At Bulldog Grand Slam

The prelims session of the final day of the Bulldog Grand Slam has wrapped up in Athens, Georgia. Day three features the 200 IM, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, and the remaining distance events; the women’s 800 and the men’s 1500.

Melanie Margalis had the fastest time of the morning in the women’s 200 IM. She touched the wall at 2:14.28. The men’s 200 IM should be fun to watch tonight. The top three qualifiers were Ryan Lochte, Tyler Clary, and Chase Kalisz. Lochte had the fastest time at 2:01.87, while Clary was second at 2:02.57 and Kalisz was third at 2:02.85.

ABSC’s own Hali Flickinger had the fastest morning swim in the women’s 200 backstroke with a 2:12.00. Kylie Stewart and Jordan Mattern were second and third at 2:13’s. Tyler Clary, the defending Olympic Champion in this event, earned the top seed with a 2:03.54. Ryan Lochte was entered in this event, but was a no show at the time of the race.

The women’s 100 free was won by Amanda Weir from SwimAtlanta. She posted a 55.02 to lead an impressive final heat. Other swimmers in the final include Megan Romano, Allison Schmitt, Shannon Vreeland, Jordan Mattern, and Maddison Kennedy; all of which have been or are on the US National team.

Michael Phelps had a strong morning swim to earn the top seed in the men’s 100 freestyle. He touched ahead of the field at 49.59, followed by Lochte (49.88), Conor Dwyer (50.08), and Yannick Agnel (50.28). Caeleb Dressel just missed the A-final, finishing 9th at 50.70.

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Rafael
10 years ago

Magnussen 47,59
Mcevoy 47,65
Adrian 48,08
Cielo 48,13
Morozov 48,25
Biedermann 48,31
Santana 48,35
Zetao 48,41
Park 48,42
Deiler 48,56

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ERVINFORTHEWIN
10 years ago

47.5 by Magnussen if i am not mistaken .

Rafael
10 years ago

On which event?

Nikki
10 years ago

Darn right about that!

Nikki
10 years ago

Great job by Phelps and Lochte for getting a time under 50! I’m so happy, they are doing excellent this weekend 😀

bobo gigi
Reply to  Nikki
10 years ago

They are champions. Champions never die.

bill
Reply to  Nikki
10 years ago

they also both neg split the 100 free.

don
Reply to  bill
10 years ago

Not negative but pretty even:
1 49.59Phelps, Michael F
24.28 49.59
MAC292 49.88Lochte, Ryan S
24.29 49.88

Sean C
10 years ago

Is there a live stream for this?

Admin
Reply to  Sean C
10 years ago

Sean – no, there’s no live stream unfortunately.

Hswimmer
10 years ago

Can’t wait to see the results and hopefully a race video!! I know this has nothing to do with this article but…. Does anyone know if Ariana Kukors has done any meets yet since she has come out of retirement?

Reply to  Hswimmer
10 years ago

not sure. She was hanging out with Rebecca Soni and Haley Anderson yesterday according to her posts.

bobo gigi
Reply to  Manyi Eta-Okang
10 years ago

No meet results reported by USA swimming for Ariana Kukors this year so far.

10 years ago

I am really interested in the outcome of this race

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The writer formerly known as "Troy Gennaro", better known as Tony Carroll, has been working with SwimSwam since April of 2013. Tony grew up in northern Indiana and started swimming in 2003 when his dad forced him to join the local swim team. Reluctantly, he joined on the condition that …

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