2021 PRO SWIM SERIES – SAN ANTONIO
- January 14-17, 2021
- North East ISD Blossom Athletic Complex, San Antonio, Texas
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Info (Both Sites)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Session Timelines
- Live Stream (USA Swimming)
- Start Times (Central Time): Women’s Prelims: 9:00 a.m. / Men’s Prelims: 90 minutes after women’s prelims (between 11:30-12:00) / Finals: 6:00 p.m.
- Sunday Finals Heat Sheet
Reported by James Sutherland.
MEN’S 100 FREE FINALS
- PSS Record: 48.00, Nathan Adrian (USA), 2016
- U.S. Olympic Trials Cut: 50.49
- Ryan Held, NYAC, 49.86
- Zach Apple, MVN, 49.91
- Tate Jackson, TEX, 50.40
The margin of victory in the men’s 100 freestyle was razor-thin, both in the race for first and the battle for third.
Up front, Ryan Held got out to the lead at the 50 in 23.67, slightly slower than his 23.56 from this morning. Zach Apple began to close on him down the stretch, and employed his patented straight arm technique over the closing meters.
At the touch it was Held getting his hand on the wall first in 49.86, with Apple a few one-hundredths back in 49.91.
Held was slightly faster in the heats at 49.70, and maintains his spot as the fastest American this season with his 49.00 from the U.S. Open.
Apple, who tied with Drew Kibler for the fastest second 50 in 25.88, was almost a second faster at this time last year (48.98 at the Knoxville PSS).
The other insanely close race included the entire rest of the field, as finishers third through eighth were separated by less than a quarter of a second.
Tate Jackson managed to sneak in for third in 50.40, followed by Andrew Seliskar (50.45) and Kibler (50.46). Brett Pinfold (50.59), Dean Farris (50.61) and Daniel Krueger (50.64) rounded out the event, while Townley Haas hit a 50.56 in the ‘B’ final.
