2017 U.S. NATIONALS/WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRIALS
- Tuesday, June 27th-Saturday, July 1st
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- Indianapolis, Indiana
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As you watched Townley Haas and Caeleb Dressel start side-by-side in tonight’s 200 free final at the 2017 U.S. World Championships Trials, there was no doubt that Dressel has the more explosive start of the two…not that it mattered much. Haas quickly overtook the fastest man ever in the 50 and 100 yard freestyles and flipped first at the 50. It was pretty clear that the race was over by that point, and sure enough, Haas continue to build his lead to a body length, and touched over a second ahead of the rest of the field, finishing in 1:45.03.
That drops over half a second off his personal best, previously 1:45.58 from last summer in Rio, and moves him ahead of Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.14) and Conor Dwyer (1:45.23) to put him 5th all-time among U.S. swimmers, according to the USA Swimming database.
All-Time Top U.S. Performers
| Name | Time | Year |
| Michael Phelps | 1:42.96 | 2008 |
| Ryan Lochte | 1:44.44 | 2011 |
| Dave Walters | 1:44.95 | 2009 |
| Ricky Berens | 1:44.95 | 2009 |
| Townley Haas | 1:45.03 | 2017 |
With Walters and Berens setting their personal bests at the height of the supersuit era (and not dipping under 1:45.0 any time after that), Haas is now the 3rd-fastest U.S. swimmer all-time in textile.
Haas’s time tonight also puts him 2nd in the world this year, behind only Sun Yang of China.
2016-2017 LCM Men 200 FREE
YANG
1.44.39
| 2 | Townley HAAS | USA | 1.45.03 | 06/28 |
| 3 | Duncan SCOTT | GBR | 1.45.16 | 07/24 |
| 3 | Tae Hwan PARK | KOR | 1.45.16 | 11/17 |
| 5 | James GUY | GBR | 1.45.18 | 07/24 |
The rising junior at Texas now has to be considered a legitimate medal threat in Budapest, which is welcome news for the US after they failed to earn any hardware in the event in 2015. Haas’s time tonight would’ve earned a gold medal in Kazan two years ago, and would have earned the silver medal last year in Rio.
Meanwhile, Olympic teammate Blake Pieroni cracked the top ten U.S. list tonight with his 1:46.30, displacing Davis Tarwater and his 1:46.36 from 2009.
Both Haas and Pieroni also qualified for the 4×100 free relay last night, and the two look like they should be a big part of the U.S. freestyle contingent for at least the next quad. Haas is also a favorite to challenge for a top finish in the 400 freestyle tomorrow night.
Haas’ splits
24.26/50.85(26.59)/1:17.84(26.99)/1:45.03(27.19)
For comparison in rio Le Clos split
23.39/50.36(26.97)/1:17.71(27.35)/1:45.20(27.49)
At chinese nationals this year Sun split
24.66/50.99(26.33)/1:17.67(26.68)/1:44.91(27.24)
At 2013 worlds Agnel went
24.07/50.64(26.57)/1:17.00(26.36)/1:44.20(27.20)
At at 2007 worlds phelps went
24.47/51.00(26.53)/1:17.73(26.73)/1:43.86(26.13)
It appears to me that Haas has to bolster his second half more, exspecially that 3rd 50 to gst on the medal stand. But a couple of fixs that Eddie Reese can make in the next month, Better start to drop around .2 of a second, and better dolphin kicks and walls can drop around 1 second. We know eddie reese can teach underwaters from examples Like schooling. Seriously, Imagine the Haas with his speed over the water… Read more »
T only goes fast enough to win. He was so far ahead. There is more in the tank
But only 3rd fastest Longhorn…
Phelps Beijing 200 free, in my book, perhaps the greatest 200 free ever swum by anyone (regardless of suit).
biedermans 1:42.00. Out 50.1 back 51.8. With tenths obviously. That time is untouchable without a suit. Could be 10-15 years till it’s broken
biederman’s suit any different from michael phelps suit at that time?that guy didn’t do much after that.. so i assume that suit make a huge different?
Ok, yes Beidermann is not an all time great, but I’m sick of people saying he was noth8ng without the suit. He swam 1:44 without it and was able to get on the podium in 2011 and 2015, still with that infamous closing speed. He’s not Phelps, but he’s not a joke.
I know, right! and except for the 200im, Phelps never did a best time again in any of his other events after the suits were banned, so maybe the suits helped everyone.
Disagree. Agnel 2012
Phelps 1:42 from Beijing 2008 right?
Yes
Yup, fixed it. Thanks!
great 200fr coming in Budapest. At least two men will break 45, possibly three or more. That hasn’t happened for years.
Go Haas!!!
Go Pieroni!!!
With the times add is gbr or us ahead on the 4×200?
Based on the top 4 guys in the individual 200 free from British Champs and US Champs, USA is ahead on paper.
GBR: Guy (1:45.55), Scott (1:45.80), Jarvis (1:47.02), Grainger (1:47.28) = 7:05.65
USA: Haas (1:45.03), Pieroni (1:46.30), Grothe (1:46.39), Dwyer (1:47.25) = 7:04.97
Clark was 1:47.1