The second day of the Speedo Grand Challenge went off from Irvine, California and the crowd saw some good in-season times at the unique meet.
Vladimir Morozov started the morning session with a quick 22.35 to take the top seed for tonight. Morozov leads his Trojan Swim Club teammate Cristian Quintero, who won the 200 free last night. Quintero (23.10), Zach Apple (23.30) and Justin Lynch (23.42) will be in the four person final.
Event 15 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 20.91 12/18/2009Cesar Cielo, BRA
Amer: A 21.37 8/7/2015 Nathan Adrian, USA
USOpen: O 21.14 7/9/2009 Cesar Cielo, Auburn/BRA
Meet Record: M 21.78 5/2013 Vlad Morozov, UN
POOL: P 21.55 8/2014 Nathan Adrian/Anthony Ervin, USA
23.29 NATL
23.29 OT Trials
24.09 JNR
25.01 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Morozov, Vladim 24 TROJ-CA 21.81 22.35 qNATL
2 Quintero, Crist 24 TROJ-CA 23.24 23.10 qNATL
3 Apple, Zach 20 AUB-SE 22.69 23.30 qJNR
4 Lynch, Justin J 20 CAL-PC 23.33 23.42 qJNR
Katie McLaughlin leads the 200 free qualifiers after her 400 free win last night. McLaughlin swam a 2:01.29 to lead Cal teammates Amy Bilquist (2:02.38) and Abbey Weitzeil (2:03.16). Mission Viejo 15-year-old Ella Ristic will be the fourth person in the final with a 2:03.48 swim this morning.
Event 16 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:52.98 7/29/2009 Federica Pellegrini, ITA
Amer: A 1:53.61 7/31/2012 Allison Schmitt, USA
USOpen: O 1:54.40 6/28/2012 Allison Schmitt, North Baltimore
Meet Record: M 1:58.60 2005 Melanie Marshall, BRIT
POOL: P 1:55.16 8/2014 Katie Ledecky, NCAP
2:02.39 NATL
2:02.39 OT Trials
2:04.69 JNR
2:06.24 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 McLaughlin, Kat 19 CAL-PC 1:58.43 2:01.29 qNATL
28.59 59.54 (30.95)
1:30.66 (31.12) 2:01.29 (30.63)
2 Bilquist, Amy M 19 CAL-PC 2:01.58 2:02.38 qNATL
28.27 59.43 (31.16)
1:31.48 (32.05) 2:02.38 (30.90)
3 Weitzeil, Abbey 20 CAL-PC 2:00.57 2:03.16 qJNR
28.30 59.66 (31.36)
1:31.60 (31.94) 2:03.16 (31.56)
4 Ristic, Ella 15 MVN-CA 2:01.11 2:03.48 qJNR
29.26 1:00.70 (31.44)
1:32.30 (31.60) 2:03.48 (31.18)
In the men’s 400 IM, 15-year-old Kevin Vargas leads the qualifiers with a 4:28.93. Vargas had the fastest time by over three seconds over Cal’s Ken Takahashi (4:32.04). A pair of 18-year-olds will be the other two swimmers in the final as Texas commit JohnThomas Larson and Cal commit Trenton Julian will also swim in the final tonight.
Event 19 Men 400 LC Meter IM
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World: W 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
Amer: A 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
USOpen: O 4:05.25 6/29/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
Meet Record: M 4:14.06 5/29/2010 Thiago M Pereira, UN-CA
POOL: P 4:07.59 8/2010 Ryan Lochte, USA
4:27.49 OT Trials
4:27.99 NATL
4:33.89 JNR
4:50.81 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vargas, Kevin L 15 RMDA-CA 4:28.21 4:28.93 qJNR
28.95 1:01.65 (32.70)
1:38.24 (36.59) 2:13.06 (34.82)
2:49.92 (36.86) 3:27.52 (37.60)
3:58.76 (31.24) 4:28.93 (30.17)
2 Takahashi, Ken 20 CAL-PC 4:24.86 4:32.04 qJNR
28.02 59.56 (31.54)
1:34.53 (34.97) 2:09.06 (34.53)
2:48.13 (39.07) 3:28.64 (40.51)
3:59.99 (31.35) 4:32.04 (32.05)
3 Larson, JohnTho 18 EDI-MN 4:27.15 4:33.90 qMIN
28.47 1:01.45 (32.98)
1:37.95 (36.50) 2:13.89 (35.94)
2:53.02 (39.13) 3:32.30 (39.28)
4:04.13 (31.83) 4:33.90 (29.77)
4 Julian, Trenton 18 ROSE-CA 4:26.77 4:37.26 qMIN
27.50 58.40 (30.90)
1:35.59 (37.19) 2:11.17 (35.58)
2:52.04 (40.87) 3:32.33 (40.29)
4:05.75 (33.42) 4:37.26 (31.51)
In the women’s 400 IM, Auburn senior Ashley Neidigh posted a strong swim with a 4:49.14 to lead the field by over seven seconds. Solie Laughlin was second at 4:56.24. 200 IM champ last night Riley Scott was third and Auburn’s Zoe Thatcher was fourth into tonight’s A-final.
Event 20 Women 400 LC Meter IM
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World: W 4:28.43 7/28/2012 Shiwen Ye, CHN
Amer: A 4:31.12 6/29/2008 Katie Hoff, North Baltimore
USOpen: O 4:31.07 6/19/2015 Katinka Hosszu, HUN
Meet Record: M 4:38.83 5/28/2011 Julia E Smit, UN-PC
POOL: P 4:32.98 8/2014 Elizabeth Beisel, ABF
4:54.99 NATL
4:54.99 OT Trials
4:58.09 JNR
5:09.67 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Neidigh, Ashley 22 AUB-SE 4:57.73 4:49.14 qNATL
31.19 1:06.26 (35.07)
1:43.75 (37.49) 2:20.49 (36.74)
3:01.30 (40.81) 3:43.20 (41.90)
4:16.68 (33.48) 4:49.14 (32.46)
2 Laughlin, Solie 19 UN-15-SN/BUEN-CA 4:59.06 4:56.24 qJNR
30.85 1:06.06 (35.21)
1:44.09 (38.03) 2:20.85 (36.76)
3:04.22 (43.37) 3:47.18 (42.96)
4:21.90 (34.72) 4:56.24 (34.34)
3 Scott, Riley O 19 UN-PC/USC-CA 5:01.85 4:59.12 qMIN
31.01 1:07.72 (36.71)
1:46.88 (39.16) 2:25.75 (38.87)
3:05.95 (40.20) 3:47.86 (41.91)
4:24.36 (36.50) 4:59.12 (34.76)
4 Thatcher, Zoe M 20 AUB-SE 5:02.85 4:59.64 qMIN
31.78 1:07.37 (35.59)
1:45.65 (38.28) 2:23.14 (37.49)
3:07.34 (44.20) 3:51.90 (44.56)
4:25.97 (34.07) 4:59.64 (33.67)
The men’s 100 butterfly final will be tight as Auburn’s Luis Martinez posted the top time of the morning with a 53.51 ahead of USC’s Dylan Carter (53.87) and Cal’s Justin Lynch (54.29). Martinez is just off the meet record held by Milorad Cavic and Lynch from two years ago at 53.08.
Event 23 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
Amer: A 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
USOpen: O 50.22 7/9/2009 Michael Phelps, North Baltimore
Meet Record: M 53.08 5/2015 Michael Cavic/Justin Lynch, SERB/UN
POOL: P 50.65 8/2010 Michael Phelps, NBAC
54.79 NATL
54.79 OT Trials
56.69 JNR
59.09 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Martinez, Luis 21 AUB-SE 52.22 53.51 qNATL
25.47 53.51 (28.04)
2 Carter, Dylan J 21 UN-04-CA/USC-CA 53.61 53.87 qNATL
25.00 53.87 (28.87)
3 Lynch, Justin J 20 CAL-PC 52.43 54.29 qNATL
25.34 54.29 (28.95)
4 Ramirez Juarez, 26 ITESM 54.45 54.54 qNATL
25.79 54.54 (28.75)
In the women’s 100 butterfly, Trojan’s Kendyl Stewart led the heats with a 59.19 ahead of Canyon’s Amanda Kendall (59.73). Cal’s Farida Osman and Katie McLaughlin are the other two swimmers in the final as the four will be chasing the meet record held by Canadian Katerine Savard from 2011 at 58.48.
Event 24 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 55.64 8/3/2015 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
Amer: A 55.98 7/29/2012 Dana Vollmer, USA
USOpen: O 56.38 1/16/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
Meet Record: M 58.48 5/28/2011 Katerine Savard, Club de natation
POOL: P 57.32 8/2010 Christine Magnuson, FORD
1:01.19 NATL
1:01.19 OT Trials
1:02.59 JNR
1:04.52 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Stewart, Kendyl 22 TROJ-CA 58.32 59.19 qNATL
27.68 59.19 (31.51)
2 Kendall, Amanda 26 CANY-CA 58.27 59.73 qNATL
27.94 59.73 (31.79)
3 Osman, Farida H 22 CAL-PC 57.83 1:00.40 qNATL
28.13 1:00.40 (32.27)
4 McLaughlin, Kat 19 CAL-PC 58.86 1:00.57 qNATL
28.49 1:00.57 (32.08)
Texas A&M’s Brock Bonetti lead the qualifiers in the 200 back with a 2:04.87 this morning. Teenagers Peter Larson, Justin Nguyen and Robby Moseley followed him into the final.
Event 27 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
Amer: A 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
USOpen: O 1:53.08 7/11/2009 Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn
Meet Record: M 1:58.15 5/29/2010 Tyler Clary, FAST
POOL: P 1:54.12 8/2010 Ryan Lochte, USA
2:03.79 OT Trials
2:03.99 NATL
2:07.39 JNR
2:15.69 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bonetti, Brock 21 UN-01-GU 2:03.20 2:04.87 qJNR
29.37 1:00.79 (31.42)
1:32.47 (31.68) 2:04.87 (32.40)
2 Larson, Peter L 16 EDI-MN 2:03.33 2:05.59 qJNR
30.22 1:01.71 (31.49)
1:33.90 (32.19) 2:05.59 (31.69)
3 Nguyen, Justin 17 NOVA-CA 2:06.45 2:06.33 qJNR
29.31 1:00.82 (31.51)
1:33.37 (32.55) 2:06.33 (32.96)
4 Moseley, Robby 17 BSC-CC 2:07.50 2:07.35 qJNR
30.44 1:02.23 (31.79)
1:34.74 (32.51) 2:07.35 (32.61)
In the women’s 200 back, Pac-12 rivals Emma Schanz of UCLA and Amy Bilquist of Cal swam 2:14’s this morning to lead the qualifiers into tonight’s finals session. Schanz (2:14.59) and Bilquist (2:14.81) lead teenagers Samantha Shelton and Alex Crisera into tonight’s final.
Event 28 Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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World: W 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA
Amer: A 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Missy Franklin, USA
USOpen: O 2:05.68 6/26/2013 Missy Franklin, Colorado Stars
Meet Record: M 2:11.95 5/2013 Maya Dirado, UN
POOL: P 2:07.83 8/2010 Elizabeth Beisel, USA
2:16.59 NATL
2:16.59 OT Trials
2:18.69 JNR
2:24.29 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Schanz, Emma I 19 UN-11-CA 2:16.16 2:14.59 qNATL
32.69 1:07.15 (34.46)
1:40.88 (33.73) 2:14.59 (33.71)
2 Bilquist, Amy M 19 CAL-PC 2:08.30 2:14.81 qNATL
31.78 1:05.64 (33.86)
1:40.20 (34.56) 2:14.81 (34.61)
3 Shelton, Samant 17 MVN-CA 2:22.55 2:17.10 qJNR
32.60 1:06.75 (34.15)
1:41.55 (34.80) 2:17.10 (35.55)
4 Crisera, Alexan 16 CITI-CA 2:16.70 2:17.50 qJNR
32.16 1:07.19 (35.03)
1:42.13 (34.94) 2:17.50 (35.37)
The men’s 400 free final will be the last final of the night as 200 free champ Cristian Quintero swam the fastest time of the morning with a 3:59.22. Auburn’s Russell Noletto was second at 3:59.68 to join Quintero as the only swimmers under 4 minutes. Cal’s Nick Norman (4:01.37) and Ryan Kao (4:01.67) are within striking distance of the top two as they round out the A-final for tonight.
Event 29 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 3:40.07 7/26/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER
Amer: A 3:42.78 8/10/2008 Larsen Jensen, USA
USOpen: O 3:43.53 6/29/2008 Larsen Jensen, Trojan
Meet Record: M 3:49.74 4/25/2009 Ous Mellouli, TROJ
POOL: P 3:44.27 8/2006 Klete Keller, CW
3:58.69 NATL
3:58.69 OT Trials
4:03.59 JNR
4:11.79 MIN
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Quintero, Crist 24 TROJ-CA 3:50.44 3:59.22 qJNR
27.50 57.57 (30.07)
1:27.86 (30.29) 1:58.54 (30.68)
2:28.80 (30.26) 2:59.71 (30.91)
3:29.92 (30.21) 3:59.22 (29.30)
2 Noletto, Russel 20 AUB-SE 4:04.18 3:59.68 qJNR
27.91 57.81 (29.90)
1:27.83 (30.02) 1:58.12 (30.29)
2:28.32 (30.20) 2:58.82 (30.50)
3:29.74 (30.92) 3:59.68 (29.94)
3 Norman, Nick C 20 CAL-PC 3:58.48 4:01.37 qJNR
27.95 57.75 (29.80)
1:28.01 (30.26) 1:58.72 (30.71)
2:29.52 (30.80) 3:00.44 (30.92)
3:31.16 (30.72) 4:01.37 (30.21)
4 Kao, Ryan J 21 CAL-PC 3:58.36 4:01.67 qJNR
28.44 58.64 (30.20)
1:29.52 (30.88) 2:00.40 (30.88)
2:31.37 (30.97) 3:02.53 (31.16)
3:33.45 (30.92) 4:01.67 (28.22)
