2018 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, July 25 – Sunday, July 29, 2018
- William Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
- Prelims 9 AM / Finals 6 PM (U.S. Pacific Time)
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In finals on night one of the 2018 Phillips National Championships, the Davis Aquadarts’ Gianluca Urlando became the No. 2 15-16 American performer of all-time in the men’s 200 fly, trailing only Michael Phelps (1:54.58).
Urlando split 25.79/28.98/ 30.04/30.40 en route to his final time of 1:55.21, which tied him for third along with Jack Conger Wednesday. Conger led the way through the 150, but faded on the final 50 as Louisville’s Zach Harting busted out a lifetime best 1:55.11 to take 2nd, then Urlando ran Conger down to tie for 3rd in 1:55.21.
Justin Wright won the event; he was 7th through the halfway mark and 5th going into the final lap, but he stuck to his race plan and brought it home, dropping another second in 1:54.53. He’s now the 7th fastest American in history, just 6 hundredths behind Conger.
Urlando is now faster at 16 than 2017 Worlds 100 fly silver medalist and No. 6 all-time 200 flyer Kristof Milak was.
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Fastest US Boys 15-16
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| 1 | Michael Phelps | 1:54.58 |
| 2 | Gianluca Urlando | 1:55.21 |
| 3 | Andrew Seliskar | 1:56.42 |
| 4 | Justin Lynch | 1:57.80 |
| 5 | Carson Foster | 1:57.87 |
| 6 | Justin Wright | 1:57.90 |
| 7 | Dan Madwed | 1:58.15 |
| 8 | Corey Okubo | 1:58.58 |
| 9 | Dare Rose | 1:58.97 |
| 10 | Mike Thomas | 1:59.11 |
Foster’s 1:57.87 is his 200 M Back time, not his fly, which is 1:58.47.
How does a tie work for pan pacs selection?
In Italian.
Congratulazioni a Gianluca Urlando per il modo in cui ha affrontato la sua prima finale a livello assoluto: passaggio decisissimo ai 100m e ottima tenuta anche nell’ultima vasca (Congrats to Gianluca Urlando for the way he swam his first senior final: attacking the front-half of his race and showing great endurance also in the last 50).
This american-italian boy is sensational likely Phelps. Only 16 and already Pan Pacific team.
Amazing swim Luca! Happy for you. Exciting to see it happening in our LSC. Good luck the rest of this week!
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