2021 PRO SWIM SERIES – SAN ANTONIO (MARCH)
- March 3-7, 2021
- North East ISD Blossom Athletic Complex, San Antonio, TX
- LCM Format
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Saturday Finals Live Recap
Below are videos of all the championship and consolation final races from Day Four of the 2021 Pro Swim Series – San Antonio. Videos can be found on USA Swimming’s YouTube channel.
The Pro Swim Series-San Antonio wrapped up Saturday night with a world #1 performance for the season by Katie Ledecky in the 800 free. In addition, we saw world top-10 times from Olivia Smoliga and Regan Smith in the 100 back, Ryan Murphy in the 100 back, Annie Lazor in the 200 breast, Madisyn Cox in the 200 IM, and Michael Andrew in the 200 IM. Simone Manuel put up the 12th-fastest 50 free for the season.
Among the highlights from the videos below is the men’s 100 back A final. You can see at about the 2:40 that Coleman Stewart flipped in 4th place behind Ryan Murphy, Kacper Stokowski, and Zheng Quah. When he came out of his turn at around the 3:20 mark, he had pulled nearly even to Murphy and was now in 2nd place. Murphy ended up winning by .9 but Stewart passed Stokowski and touched 2nd. Murphy and Stewart had a famous skirmish in November during the semi-final of the International Swimming League in Budapest, which they claim to have patched up afterwards.
Another highlight comes courtesy of Katie Ledecky who split her 800 in 4:06/4:07, swimming all alone in open water, to lead the world this season by 7.3 seconds.
You can watch all the videos here:
WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE
A Final
- Olivia Smoliga (Athens Bulldog), 59.49
- Regan Smith (Riptide), 59.50
- Kathleen Baker (Team Elite), 59.57
B Final
Tevyn Waddell (Minnesota), 1:02.58
MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE
A Final
- Ryan Murphy (Cal Aquatics), 53.56
- Coleman Stewart (Wolfpack Elite), 54.48
- Kacper Stokowski (NC State), 55.30
B Final
Alex Gliese (Wolfpack Elite), 56.20
WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE
A Final
- Annie Lazor (Mission Viejo), 2:23.91
- Emily Escobedo (Condors), 2:24.45
- Micah Sumrall (Gamecock), 2:27.81
B Final
Abigail Hersecu, 2:32.70
MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE
A Final
- Nic Fink (Athens Bulldog), 2:11.92
- Will Licon (Longhorn), 2:12.40
- Josh Prenot (Cal Aquatics), 2:12.96
B Final
Connor Morikawa, 2:18.04
WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE
A Final
- Simone Manuel (Alto Swim Club), 24.70
- Abbey Weitzeil (Cal Aquatics), 25.00
- Kasia Wasick (Unattached), 25.12
B Final
Olivia Smoliga (Athens Bulldog), 25.61
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE
A Final
- Santo Condorelli (Dolphins), 22.49
- Nathan Adrian (Cal Aquatics), 22.56
- Bowe Becker (Sandpipers of Nevada), 22.57
B Final
Santiago Grassi, 22.96
WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
A Final
- Madisyn Cox (Longhorn), 2:10.84
- Kathleen Baker (Team Elite), 2:11.96
- Melanie Margalis (Saint Petersburg), 2:12.68
B Final
Beata Nelson (Wisconsin), 2:15.31
MEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
A Final
- Michael Andrew (Race Pace), 1:58.05
- Abrahm DeVine (Team Elite), 1:59.65
- Andrew Seliskar (Cal Aquatics), 2:00.59
B Final
Raunak Khosla (Dynamo), 2:03.06
WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE
Fastest Heat
- Katie Ledecky (Nation’s Capital), 8:13.64
- Leah Smith (Unattached), 8:25.67
- Haley Anderson (Mission Viejo), 8:29.15
MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE
Fastest Heat
- Marwan El Kamash (Indiana Swim Club), 7:58.33
- Jordan Wilimovsky (KSwim), 8:00.71
- Will Gallant (Mission Viejo), 8:04.93
it was the announcer himself undercover
Ledecky actually looks smooth in the 800, I think she swims a lot flatter and with less of a gallop
Lochte had to glide into the wall on his fly-back and breast-free turns. Needs to clean that up, but probably would only have netted him a half second.
I suggest you watch some YouTube videos of Ryosuke Irie if you want to see some perfect backstroke.
USA Swimming combined the 200 IM into one long video. Keep watching and you’ll get to the B final eventually.
It doesn’t bother me anymore that Annie Lazor represents Mission Viejo and is in Indiana. If you want to represent a swimming brand name for your club its ok.
It’s who sponsors them I guess if they don’t have an actual club sponsor. Blake still has Sandpipers and so does Cody. It’s very common
Thanks, makes sense to me.