Reported by James Sutherland.
Jack Conger: “It was just a really good feeling … With Michael [Phelps] gone that butterfly is completely wide open, and I wanted to stamp my ticket and make a statement.”
MEN’S 200 FLY FINALS
- American Record: 1:51.51, Michael Phelps, 2009
- U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20, Michael Phelps, 2008
- LC National Meet Record: 1:52.20, Michael Phelps, 2008
- FINA ‘A’ Standard: 1:57.28
- Jack Conger, NCAP, 1:54.47
- Pace Clark, ABSC, 1:54.58
- Chase Kalisz, NBAC, 1:54.79
In a closely contested final, Jack Conger got out ahead at the start and was able to maintain it throughout, holding off hard charges from Pace Clark and Chase Kalisz for the win in 1:54.47. After being the only swimmer in the A-final to not register a PB in this morning’s prelims, Conger lowers his 1:54.54 that he did back at 2015 Nationals. His swim moves him into 4th in the world for the year.
Clark blazed home in 29.47, the fastest in the field, to run down Kalisz and take the second spot in 1:54.58, knocking another second and a half off his best time. Kalisz also got a best in 1:54.79, but it is a bit of surprise to see him off the team as many pegged hima as a shoo-in after the season he’s had.
Gunnar Bentz had another personal best for 4th in 1:55.51, as did Justin Wright (1:56.11) and Zach Harting (1:56.65) who took 5th and 6th.
Brendan Meyer and Sam Pomajevich had a great battle in the B-final, with Meyer getting the touch in 1:57.54 to Pomajevich’s 1:57.62. In the 18 & under C-final Jack LeVant took the win in 1:59.11 over Alex Liang (1:59.48).
I believe Kenderesi just swam 1:54 at a nothing meet last week…
A nothing meet is something if you rest for it.
Yea I wonder what he will say when you swim 1:55 in Budapest. There is a semifinal of the 200. He cannot load off either prelims or semis. One extra 200 fly cost him the 200 fly at OT
I really don’t think it did
Well anyway, the point is that he will probably go 1:55.
I counted 27 times he said ‘you know’.
many people use ” you know ‘ in their phrasing
In his case, it’s too much.
stop giggling than
1:53.31 for the W at worlds.
1:52.3*
I think 1:55.2 he has to swim a semifinal and can’t loaf it
I’m willing to bet his goal is to break 1:54 and was expecting to get closer here. I personally think he should have attacked the front half more, as he looked almost too relaxed during the first 50. I think he has great shots in making the team in the 200 free and 100 fly
Slow? Dont be cocky. 1.54 is quite gd in season. Schooling will beat u at budapest.
I think his point was that he’s dropped almost two and a half seconds in the short course 200 fly over the past two years, he was hoping to have dropped more than a tenth of a second in long course.
haha whens the last time you saw Joseph swim a fast 200 fly
People thinking of Schooling on 200 fly and forgetting the favorites Cseh Kenderesi Le Clos and Sakai…
Last time he was not so serious in 200 fly. Aft olympics, he said his goal is to get back to it. Any event he is serious in, the rest have to be cautious.
Alright dont argue. Anyone progressing to final has a chance to medal. The highest chance is sakai, kenderesi, le clos and cseh. Schooling can fight with them too.
Schooling and Conger swimming alongside with each other. Awesome! But Schooling is capable to take down Conger and medal in 200 fly.
I don’t see schooling going below 1:54 this summer, but I could see Conger swimming a 1:53.
why not? His personal best is 1:55.73 in 2015. It is up to him whether he wants to go faster. In the arena pro series this year, Schooling time is already better than Conger.
Schooling wont swim 2 fly. Too much pride to race an event he knows he wont be competitive in.
Is that why he raced the 100 Free at the Olympics last year? He wasn’t competitive in that either.
In my opinion, he has good future for 200 fly and 100 free. He will be very strong by tokyo olympics.
the 100 free was to prepare his 100 fly – makes sense to me
It must be a Texas thing. Clark Smith said the 500 record was soft.
Yea must be. When Joe Schooling swam at 44.01 at NC’s last year he didn’t have a very good reaction and said his time was bad even though he broke the US Open and NCAA records
Call it what you like. These hold themselves to very high standards and more importantly believe that they are capable of better swims. I do not think it is unsportsmanlike to always want to be improve. This is probably why the UT guys are some of the best in the world.