Ledecky Earns 11K, Dwyer 10.6K To Win 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series

Katie Ledecky and Conor Dwyer each finished the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series with five-digit prize money totals, no including their $10,000 winner bonuses clinched at the conclusion of the series.

We’ve got the full prize money and points system laid out below, plus full points/money lists for men and women on the tour as a whole.

PRIZE MONEY/SCORING SYSTEM

Every individual, Olympic-distance event gives out prize money and series points to the top three finishers:

  • 1st place: $1000, 5 points
  • 2nd place: $600, 3 points
  • 3rd place: $200, 1 points

At the end of the series, the male and female points leaders will win $10,000 each, plus a 1-year lease of a BMW (though the BMW is only available to U.S. citizens).

Women’s Final Points/Money List

*Note: These lists reflect money earned, though not necessarily money accepted. Athletes maintaining amateurism status for high school or NCAA competition have restrictions on how much prize money they can accept.

Athlete Points Money Minneapolis Austin Orlando Mesa Charlotte Santa Clara Indianapolis
Katie Ledecky 55 $11,000 16 18 6 15 0 0 0
Maya DiRado 42 $8,400 3 5 15 17 0 2 0
Melanie Margalis 39 $7,800 8 3 9 1 0 0 18
Leah Smith 36 $7,200 3 3 0 0 15 0 15
Missy Franklin 31 $6,200 13 5 13 0 0 0 0
Cammile Adams 28 $5,600 5 5 0 8 10 0 0
Katinka Hosszu 24 $4,800 0 18 0 6 0 0 0
Caitlin Leverenz 22 $4,400 8 0 0 0 5 9 0
Simone Manuel 22 $4,400 8 0 8 5 0 1 0
Dana Vollmer 21 $4,200 3 3 0 9 6 0 0
Kelsi Worrell 21 $4,200 5 0 0 3 1 0 12
Becca Mann 18 $3,600 9 7 2 0 0 0 0
Emma McKeon 18 $3,600 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Sarah Sjostrom 18 $3,600 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
Dominique Bouchard 17 $3,400 2 0 6 0 5 0 4
Madison Kennedy 16 $3,200 0 3 5 5 3 0 0
Lotte Friis 15 $3,000 0 1 10 4 0 0 0
Katie Meili 13 $2,600 0 5 0 5 3 0 0
Allison Schmitt 13 $2,600 2 0 8 3 0 0 0
Lindsay Vrooman 11 $2,200 0 0 6 0 4 0 1
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 11 $2,200 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
Olivia Smoliga 11 $2,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Emily Seebohm 10 $2,000 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Jessica Ashwood 10 $2,000 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Vien Nguyen 10 $2,000 0 0 3 0 0 0 7
Yulia Efimova 10 $2,000 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lilly King 9 $1,800 0 0 0 0 6 0 3
Kirsty Coventry 9 $1,800 0 0 0 6 3 0 0
Abbey Weitzeil 9 $1,800 4 1 0 4 0 0 0
Chantal van Landeghem 8 $1,600 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Penny Oleksiak 8 $1,600 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Kylie Masse 8 $1,600 3 0 0 0 5 0 0
Erin Voss 8 $1,600 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
Kierra Smith 8 $1,600 5 0 0 0 3 0 0
Annie Lazor 7 $1,400 0 0 0 0 5 0 2
Alia Atkinson 7 $1,400 0 3 0 3 1 0 0
Ella Eastin 7 $1,400 0 0 0 4 0 3 0
Noemie Thomas 7 $1,400 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
Karlee Bispo 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Molly Hannis 6 $1,200 0 4 1 1 0 0 0
Brittany Elmslie 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Brittany MacLean 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Bronte Barratt 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Christina Bechtel 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Etiene Medeiros 6 $1,200 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Keryn McMaster 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Martha McCabe 6 $1,200 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
Breeja Larson 5 $1,000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Cassidy Bayer 5 $1,000 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
Aliena Schmidtke 5 $1,000 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Andreina Pinto 5 $1,000 0 0 4 0 0 0 1
Laura Sogar 5 $1,000 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Madeline Groves 5 $1,000 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Sarah Haase 5 $1,000 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Hannah Saiz 4 $800 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cierra Runge 4 $800 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Ashley Twichell 3 $600 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Jen Marrkand 3 $600 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Rose Bi 3 $600 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Taylor Ruck 3 $600 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Farida Osman 3 $600 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Ashley McGregor 3 $600 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Andrea Cottrell 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Audrey Lacroix 3 $600 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brooke Forde 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Emma Schanz 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Haley Spencer 3 $600 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hannah Stephens 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Hilary Caldwell 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jessica Hardy 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Kaitlyn Jones 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Madison Wilson 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Micah Lawrence 3 $600 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miranda Heckman 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Siobhan Haughey 2 $400 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Hilda Luthersdottir 2 $400 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Elizabeth Beisel 2 $400 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Georgia Bohl 2 $400 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Sarah Henry 2 $400 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Ali Deloof 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clara Smiddy 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gillian Ryan 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lindsey Clary 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kaitlin Harty 1 $200 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Aliaksandra Herasimenia 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Andee Cottrell 1 $200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anna Belousova 1 $200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Asia Seidt 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chelsea Chenault 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Emily Cameron 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Felicia Lee 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Haley Anderson 1 $200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hali Flickinger 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ivy Martin 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Justine Bowker 1 $200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kathleen Baker 1 $200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Katy Campbell 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Minna Atherton 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sarah Darcel 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stephanie Peacock 1 $200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
819 $163,800

Men’s Final Points/Money List

*Note: These lists reflect money earned, though not necessarily money accepted. Athletes maintaining amateurism status for high school or NCAA competition have restrictions on how much prize money they can accept.

Athlete Points Money Minneapolis Austin Orlando Mesa Charlotte Santa Clara Indianapolis
Conor Dwyer 53 $10,600 13 0 11 8 13 8 0
Nathan Adrian 45 $9,000 10 10 10 10 0 5 0
Michael Phelps 35 $7,000 9 10 6 10 0 0 0
Ryan Lochte 33 $6,600 3 8 0 9 13 0 0
Santo Condorelli 32 $6,400 9 0 0 0 13 0 10
Connor Jaeger 28 $5,600 4 5 3 0 6 0 10
Arkady Vyatchanin 26 $5,200 6 3 0 1 10 0 6
Chase Kalisz 26 $5,200 10 3 10 3 0 0 0
Ryan Murphy 26 $5,200 0 8 10 0 0 8 0
Josh Prenot 25 $5,000 0 7 8 0 0 10 0
Nicholas Fink 22 $4,400 3 3 3 3 0 0 10
Cody Miller 19 $3,800 4 0 1 0 10 0 4
Michael McBroom 16 $3,200 5 3 0 8 0 0 0
David Plummer 16 $3,200 5 1 0 5 0 0 5
Zane Grothe 15 $3,000 0 0 3 0 9 0 3
Jay Litherland 15 $3,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Mitch Larkin 13 $2,600 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Quah Zheng Wen 13 $2,600 0 5 0 0 0 0 8
Anthony Ervin 11 $2,200 0 0 0 3 5 3 0
Tom Shields 11 $2,200 0 3 4 0 0 4 0
Seth Stubblefield 10 $2,000 0 0 0 5 0 5 0
Gunnar Bentz 10 $2,000 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
Carlos Claverie 10 $2,000 7 0 0 0 0 0 3
Grigory Tarasevich 10 $2,000 6 0 4 0 0 0 0
Thiago Pereira 10 $2,000 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
Tyler Clary 9 $1,800 3 0 0 0 6 0 0
BJ Johnson 8 $1,600 0 0 0 5 0 3 0
Jeremy Stravius 8 $1,600 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
Marcelo Acosta 8 $1,600 3 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ryan Cochrane 8 $1,600 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Miguel de Lara Ojeda 7 $1,400 0 0 0 4 3 0 0
Giles Smith 7 $1,400 5 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jonathan Gomez 6 $1,200 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
Jimmy Feigen 6 $1,200 0 2 0 1 3 0 0
Youssef El Kamash 6 $1,200 0 0 0 5 1 0 0
Josh Schneider 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Cristian Quintero 6 $1,200 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Ous Mellouli 6 $1,200 1 1 0 4 0 0 0
Andrew Wilson 6 $1,200 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Pebley 6 $1,200 0 1 3 0 0 2 0
James Magnussen 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Joao Gomes 6 $1,200 0 0 5 0 0 0 1
Jordan Potain 6 $1,200 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
Marcelo Chierighini 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Matt Grevers 6 $1,200 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
Rex Tullius 6 $1,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sam Tierney 6 $1,200 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastien Rousseau 6 $1,200 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Jordan Wilimovsky 5 $1,000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Sean Grieshop 5 $1,000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Kaio Almeida 5 $1,000 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Kevin Cordes 5 $1,000 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
Sun Yang 5 $1,000 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Tim Phillips 4 $800 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Bruno Fratus 4 $800 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
Kyle Chalmers 4 $800 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Max Williamson 4 $800 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Michael Klueh 4 $800 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mauro Castillo 3 $600 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Tom Peribonio 3 $600 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Jack Conger 3 $600 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Omar Pinzon 3 $600 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Pace Clark 3 $600 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Abrahm DeVine 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Andrew Gemmell 3 $600 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Azad al-Barazi 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Caeleb Dressel 3 $600 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Dion Dreesens 3 $600 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Henrique Rodrigues 3 $600 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Jack McLoughlin 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Leonardo de Deus 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Luca Dotto 3 $600 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
PJ Ransford 3 $600 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Simon Sjodin 3 $600 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Townley Haas 3 $600 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Anders Nielsen 2 $400 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Aaron Greene 2 $400 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joao de Lucca 2 $400 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mads Glaesner 2 $400 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bryce Bohman 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Carter Griffin 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Luis Jasso 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Josa 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Michael Weiss 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Norbert Szabo 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ricardo Vargas Jacobo 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Yuri Kisil 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Zach Harting 1 $200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clark Smith 1 $200 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Connor Green 1 $200 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cullen Jones 1 $200 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
David Nolan 1 $200 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alex Liang 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ali Khalafalla 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Andrew Seliskar 1 $200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Gonzales 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brad Tandy 1 $200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corey Okubo 1 $200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Roy 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dylan Bosch 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Felipe Lima 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gabriel Santos 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Grant Shoults 1 $200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henrique Martins 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ian Rainey 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mark Szaranek 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matthew Hutchins 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Miguel Valente 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nicolas Oliveira 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Robert Finke 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tales Cadeira 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
True Sweetser 1 $200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Zhi Yong Qian 1 $200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
819 $163,800

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bobo gigi
7 years ago

That overall prize money is really ridiculous and disgraceful for athletes who train so hard and so much all year.
11000$ for the best female swimmer in the world! Amazing! That’s what a doped baseball player must earn in 5 or 6 hours. 🙄

Attila the Hunt
Reply to  bobo gigi
7 years ago

It’s not at all disgraceful when you think that the best swimmers can just scratch finals as easy and as often as they currently do, in complete disregard to the paying spectators.
You cannot imagine top baseball players refrain from playing just because they want to be back home in time for Game of Thrones or catching a flight back home where they have dinner plan. Imagine Usain Bolt scratching final in a Diamond League series, after running well in previous rounds, just because he feels like it.

Until the top swimmers become more professional in their ways, we cannot ask meet directors to pay them a lot more than the current prizes.

bobo gigi
Reply to  Attila the Hunt
7 years ago

I agree about the comment about the scratches. That’s a lack of respect for spectators.
I talked just about the difference with some other sports. That’s just unfair considering the huge work they do in training.

Attila the Hunt
Reply to  bobo gigi
7 years ago

Unfair? What are you suggesting? That athletes should be compensated based on how many work hours they put in?
I understand that you reside in France, but in what universe are you living in?

Elite sports is an entertainment business. And business wants to make money. If a swim meet cannot generate enough revenues (through sponsorships, participants fees, spectators receipts, TV rights), then they can’t dole out more prize money. Hence I mentioned the amateurish behavior of top swimmers. A swim meet is not going to generate much excitement among sponsors and paying spectators when this kind of behavior is tolerated. It’s all related.

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bo swims
Reply to  Attila the Hunt
7 years ago

Whats really unfair is that NCAA rules impair female athletes lifetime earning since many peak younger and retire younger.

Austin Kingsley
Reply to  bobo gigi
7 years ago

That’s what the World Cup series is for. Also, it’s all about money in vs money out. Swimmers can’t make as much money as “doped baseball players” because the arena pro series makes nowhere near the kind of revenue that the MLB makes.

Irish Ringer
7 years ago

Looks like DiRado will pick up that BMW since Ledecky can’t accept it.

http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=15688&mid=14491

FantoND
Reply to  Irish Ringer
7 years ago

Ironic that DiRado already has a BMW, because she is sponsored by BMW.

Question
7 years ago

Since Ledecky can’t accept the money at the moment, where does it go? Will she be able to accept it retroactively once she eventually turns professional? Or does the award expire or just pass to the runner-up?

Irish Ringer
Reply to  Question
7 years ago

I’m guessing the unclaimed prize money just never gets paid out and doesn’t go to anyone. There maybe a more descriptive set of rules, but they don’t specifically call it out from what I read below.

http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/68568364-081a-49ae-a81e-25c44c10a009/2015-16%20Arena%20Pro%20Swim%20Series%20Rules.pdf

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