Missouri Grand Prix: Day 2 Morning Prelims Results

Today’s morning prelims through the 400 freestyle are posted below. Some great swims all around. Eric Shanteau is looking to avenge his second place finish in the 200 breaststroke from yesterday, and came out and blew away the field in the 200 breaststroke, ahead of Kitajima by nearly 3 seconds.

The women’s 50 free should be an extremely tight race between Arlene Semeco, Amanda Weir, and Lisa Nathanson. Kitajima won’t expect to be dominated as badly in the final of the 200 breast. And the men’s 50 free had all 8 finishers in the 23-second range, which should make for a photo finish. Nick Thoman, the world record holder in the SCM backstroke, didn’t have a great time in prelims, but will likely blow away the field in the finals. He will be chased by an exciting and very tight grouping for second place.

Women 200 IM

1. Erika Erndl – 2:20.80
2. Tanya Hunks – 2:22.24
3. Petra Klosova – 2:22.32
4. Whitney Myers – 2:22.60
5. Shannon Vreelend – 2:23.28
6. Sada Stewart – 2:23.61
7. Hali Flickinger – 2:23.74
8. Julie Kucherich – 2:24.78

Men 200 IM

1. Ous Mellouli – 2:04.96
2. Brian Johns – 2:05.34
3. Vytautas Janusaitis – 2:05.45
4. Eric Shanteau – 2:06.59
5. Thiago Pereira – 2:06.91
6. Kosuke Kitajima – 2:07.63
7. Bradley Ally – 2:08.45
8. Aviles Trujillo – 2:08.81

Women 50 freestyle

1. Arlene Semeco – 25.89
2. Amanda Weir – 25.90
3. Lisa Nathanson – 26.06
4. Erika Erndl – 26.87
5. Angela San Juan Cisneros – 26.90
6. Justine Clark – 26.94
7. Megan Fonteno – 26.97
8. Sascha Van den Branden – 27.01

Men 50 Freestyle

1. Brent Hayden – 23.04
2. William Copeland – 23.23
3. Masayuki Kishida – 23.43
4. Simon Burnett – 23.58
5. Bennett Clark – 23.69
6. Ryan Lochte – 23.71
7. Garret Weber-Gale – 23.90
8. Juan Cambindo – 23.93

Women 200 Breaststroke

1. Annamay Pierse – 2:33.24
2. Haylee Johnson – 2:34.83
3. Raminta Dvariskyte – 2:38.44
4. Keri Hehn – 2:38.93
5. Tanya Hunks – 2:40.97
6. Kayla Durnil – 2:41.34
7. Byan Rodriguez – 2:41.44
8. Allison Acker – 2:42.90

Men 200 Breaststroke

1. Eric Shanteau – 2:15.35
2. Kosuke Kitajima – 2:18.22
3. Felipe Lima – 2:21.31
4. Vladimir Polyakov – 2:21.94
5. Matthew Lowe – 2:24.39
6. Neil Versfeld – 2:24.66
7. Eetu Varvonen – 2:25.19
8. Christopher Higgins – 2:25.29

Women 100 backstroke

1. Therese Svendsen – 1:03.23
2. Dominique Bouchard – 1:03.91
3. Aubrey Peacock – 1:03.94
4. Lauren Lavigna – 1:03.95
5. Ramirez Gonzalez – 1:04.73
6. Petra Klosova – 1:04.78
7. Stephanie Proud – 1:04.98
8. Emily Dicus – 1:05.25

Men 100 Backstroke

1. Nicholas Thoman – 56.43
2. Matthew Hawes – 57.32
3. Patrick Schirk – 57.32
4. David Russell – 57.34
5. Ryan Lochte – 57.64
6. Jan Konarzewski – 57.76
7. Thiago Pereira – 57.79
8. Vytautus Janusaitis- 58.06