2019 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 31 – August 4, 2019
- Prelims 9:00 AM (Pacific)/Finals 5:00 PM (Pacific)
- Avery Aquatics Center
- Stanford, CA
- Meet Site
- Psych Sheet
- Omega Results
Day 5 features heats of 200 IM and 50 free in the morning, followed by men’s 800 free and women’s 1500 free in the afternoon.
Fans who were holding out hope to watch Caeleb Dressel of Gator Swim Club swim on the final day of 2019 U.S. Nationals will be sorely disappointed. After scratching prelims of all the events he had entered on Days 1 through 4 in Palo Alto, the Swimmer of the Meet at last month’s 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships has pulled out of his last two races: the 200 IM and the 50 free. Dressel was seeded 12th in the former and first in the latter. He wasn’t alone, though. Six of the top 24 seeds in the men’s 200 IM, including #1 Abrahm DeVine of the local Alto Swim Club, will not contest the event. In the 50 free, #9 seed Justin Ress scratched prelims as well.
The entire women’s 200 IM group from Alto Swim Club dropped out of heats on Sunday morning. That includes #1 seed Ella Eastin who swam the event at World Championships and finished tied for ninth place in the semi-finals. Top-seeded Abrahm DeVine, also of Alto Swim Club, joined Dressel in scratching prelims of the men’s 200 IM.
Absent from heats of the 50 free will be World Championships participants Mallory Comerford, Olivia Smoliga, Kelsi Dahlia, Dressel, and Justin Ress.
Four of the top ten seeds in the women’s 1500 free, including #1 Ashley Twichell and #3 Haley Anderson, will forgo swimming the event on Sunday. #7 Trey Freeman is the only scratch out of the fastest heat of the men’s 800 free.
Women’s 200 IM
- #1 Ella Eastin, Alto Swim Club 2:09.90
- #6 Allie Raab, Alto Swim Club 2:12.51
- #7 Brooke Forde, Alto Swim Club 2:12.80
- #16 Katie Drabot, Alto Swim Club 2:14.46
- #26 Zoe Bartel, Alto Swim Club 2:15.49
Men’s 200 IM
- #1 Abrahm DeVine, Alto Swim Club 1:57.41
- #6 Trenton Julian, Rose Bowl Aquatics 1:59.93
- #7 Luca Urlando, DART Swimming 2:00.34
- #12 Caeleb Dressel, Gator Swim Club 2:01.72
- #20 Sam Iida, Tucson Ford Deal 2:02.68
- #22 Sean Grieshop, California Aquatics 2:02.76
Women’s 50 free
- #1 Mallory Comerford, Cardinal Aquatic/UOFL 24.80
- #2 Olivia Smoliga, Athens Bulldog S/Georgia 24.83
- #4 Kelsi Dahlia, Cardinal Aquatic/Univ Loui 24.99
Men’s 50 free
- #1 Caeleb Dressel, Gator Swim Club 21.51
- #9 Justin Ress, Wolfpack Elite/NC State 22.38
Women’s 1500 free
- #1 Ashley Twichell, TAC Titans 15:55.68
- #3 Haley Anderson, Trojan Swim Club 16:04.26
- #5 Megan Byrnes, Alto Swim Club 16:18.55
- #9 Cierra Runge, Sun Devil Swimmi 16:24.00
- #12 Kaitlynn Sims, Magnolia Aquatic 16:30.94
Men’s 800 free
- #7 Trey Freeman, Baylor Swim Club/UF 7:56.53
Shucks. I expected him to fly to Palo Alto for a 3-hour swimming session.
Ryan Loche own change win oldest male swimmer in US nationals. Currently oldest US champion is Phelps 31 years and 3 days 100m fly 2016
I Hope Ryan Lochte win 200IM. He is no drops. Backstroke yesterday morning was very good.
55.0 is sectionals good, not nationals good.
It will be interesting to see if he can do a good swim in the pm after needing to qualify for the A final in the am. His 100 times suggest it will be a struggle…
I’m sad that Luca isn’t swimming the 200 IM. 🙁
Ol’ Longhorn hasn’t posted yet. Something like this?
I like my heros when they show up for US Nationals.
I can spell. It’s “heroes.” Otherwise, on the mark.
Braden did say that lots of athletes and coaches read and post on this site. Wouldn’t it be great if Ol’ Longhorn was Eddie Reese? I can imagine him on the deck reading and posting during sets. Keep it up Eddie; I really enjoy your comments and effort ;).
Cover blown.
Oh OH …..so funny
Or Schooling
C-H-A-R-M-I-N
Bro is tired let him be
Not surprising when you schedule your national championships a couple days after the World Championships
Not sure why this is news at this point?!
I think it’s pretty well explained that some fans went to the meet thinking he would
evantually be there 🤷🏼♂️
Because USA Swimming kept up the charade of “he’s here, he’ll be here tomorrow!” for 5 days when it was obviously not going to happen a week ago