At the Westmont Pro Swim Olympic Champion Chase Kalisz won the 400 IM in 4:13.52 and tied for the first in the 200 IM with a 1:57.76. Chase also grabbed silver in the 200 fly with a very respectable in-season 1:56.67.
Chase, now 30 years old, is swimming fast considering he’s been on this journey a long time in grinder events–painful events. Mentored by Michael Phelps and coached by (much of his career) Bob Bowman going back to the North Baltimore Aquatic Club era, Chase has always been in the center of the action.
In this interview, Chase details his mentorship on the ASU squad, notably with ASU Pro Drew Kibler, who popped a lightning 1:46.02 200 free to win in Westmont. Drew drops in on this interview sharing his side, but, to say the least, Chase has encouraged Kibler to get out of his comfort zone–out fast, and it’s clearly working.
PREDICTIONS
Looking ahead to U.S. Olympic Trials, I see Chase making his third Olympic Team in the 400 IM. I see Chase on his 2022 World Championships pace, 4:07.47 (bronze, behind Leon Marchand and Carson Foster). Despite being a veteran, Chase touches the wall in Indy at 4:07.5. My calculus? Chase is healthy. Sure, Chase won Olympic gold back in 2021 with a 4:09, but he was nursing a shoulder injury, really coming back from that injury. Not anymore. Chase, under Coach Bowman, is putting in the base-work to make the opening night of the U.S. Olympic Trials exciting.
But who cares what I think. It’s all about what you think. Drop you comments below.
Chase Kalisz PBs:
200 IM – 1:55.40 – 2018 Pan Pacs
400 IM – 4:05.90 – 2017 World Champs
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…thinking about this now, but was Chase the oldest to win a world champs medal in the 400 IM? He was 28 in 2022 (silver). He was 29 at 2023 World Champs (4th). He medals in Paris at 30 in the 400 IM, that might be an interesting metric….
Dayia got bronze in Doha….at 29….if we want to count that WC…..so there it is…
Oooo that is an interesting metric. How old was David Verasszto (I apologize for the name butchering I did my best ) when he last one a medal?
On the topic of oldest, assuming my math is right, Hosszu won gold in the 400IM at the gwanju worlds in 2019 at age 30
Jay Litherland 4IM spoiler?
his free leg is so exciting. I think someone is getting mowed down on the last 50 by a charging Finke or Litherland
I will bet the chalk:
Foster
Kalisz
What’s that Chase? Boyz will be Boyz!
Regan is too sweet to be a trash talker.
“But who cares what I think. It’s all about what I think. Drop your comments below.”
Can’t tell if this is a simple typo or an overtly honest Mel-ism
….laughing so hard! Yeah typo, but you know what, I really wish it was all about what I think sometimes (anytime), but I’ve learned far too many times in life that that is simply not the situation.
Here’s a real “What do you think, Mel” question.
What’s the likelihood that Great Britain swimmer Matt Richards drops the 200 free from his Olympic program so that Tom Dean can swim it?
GB announces their Olympic swim team next week.
Richards qualified in the 50, 100, and 200 free. Dean finished 3rd in the 200 free at GB trials last Sunday.
Whadya think, Mel?
….I think the Brits are winning the 4×200…said 99% of swim-fans after GB Trials….. Richards is NOT dropping the 200! Come on? It’s the Olympics… Richards, in my mind, is the guy everyone fears in the 100 and 200. He’s got momentum right now… HOWEVER, US and Aussie Trials could flip the script……Right??? But who cares what I think….it’s all about blah, blah….
Por que no los dos?
“Poise,” the word used to describe Chase is apt — from the way he swims his races to the manner in which he presents himself in interviews.
Kalisz, Finke, Foster, Litherland, and Johnston are gonna make this 4IM race at trials brutal
One of these is certainly not like the others…
Finke because he should be focusing on the 400 free instead? 😉
I dont see it. Foster and Kalisz will. The others, not so much.