Hosszu Scratches Scratches 200 Free, Left With 1 Day 1 Swim in Mesa

ARENA PRO SWIM SERIES AT MESA

• Thursday, April 14 – Saturday, April 16, 2016
• Skyline Aquatic Center
• Mesa, Arizona (same as Pacific Daylight Time, GMT -7 hours)
• Prelims 9AM / Finals 5PM (12PM/8PM Eastern Standard Time)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Stream
• Live Results
• Meet Central

Day 1 heat sheets for the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa, Arizona, and the big news is that Hungarian Katinka Hosszu is actually swimming a rather light schedule as compared to what we’ve been accustomed to from here.

• Day 1 heat sheets
• Day 1 timeline

Hosszu has become famous for near-maximum entries at almost every meet, but in the Olympic year, she hasn’t been racing quite as often, and has begun to hone her schedule a little for Rio.

She’s down to just a single event on Thursday in Mesa, the 400 IM in which she’s the two-time defending World Champion in long course. She scratched out of the 200 free – her only other entry on the day.

The other big scratch on day 1 is Cody Miller in the men’s 100 breaststroke. The United States’ fastest 100 breaststroker last season was due to be the top-seed in that race on Thursday, an honor which will now go to Georgia post-grad Nic Fink.

Other Significant Day 1 Scratches:

• Hali Flickinger, a key member of the 2016 Georgia NCAA Championship squad, has scratched all three day 1 entries: the 200 free, the 100 fly, and the 400 IM.
• Zane Grothe, 200 free, 3rd seed
• Grant Shoults, 200 free, 8th seed
• Emily Cameron, 400 IM, 9th seed