2021 PRO SWIM SERIES – MISSION VIEJO (#3)
- April 8-11, 2021
- Marguerite Aquatics Center, Mission Viejo, CA
- LCM
- Prelims – 4:00pm PST/Finals – 10:00am PST
- Meet central
- Meet information
- Psych sheets
- Live stream (USA Swimming – evening prelims & 800 free Thursday)
- Live stream (Olympic Channel – mid-day finals)
- Live results
The first session of the Mission Viejo stop of the 2021 Pro Swim Series started this morning in sunny California with the women’s and men’s 800 free.
WOMEN’S 800 FREE – TIMED FINAL
- PSS record: 8:06.68, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2016
Top 3
- Leah Smith (UN) – 8:24.46
- Ashley Twichell (TAC) – 8:27.41
- Emma Nordin (SUN) – 8:29.67
There were only six swimmers in the women’s event, all fitting in one heat to start off the meet. Katie Ledecky is racing this week, but she was not entered in this event, and Leah Smith pushed the pace early.
Smith would go on to win this at 8:24.46, a new season-best by over a second to jump from sixth to fifth in the world rankings. Second went to Ashley Twichell of the TAC Titans in 8:27.41, only two seconds off of a best and her first time under 8:30 this season. Twichell now ranks 11th in the world.
2020-2021 LCM Women 800 Free
Ledecky
8:12.57
| 2 | Ariarne Titmus | AUS | 8:13.83 | 07/31 |
| 3 | Katie Grimes | USA | 8:17.05 | 07/29 |
| 4 | Simona Quadarella | ITA | 8:17.32 | 07/29 |
| 5 | Sarah Koehler | GER | 8:17.33 | 07/29 |
Haley Anderson of Mission Viejo Nadadores looked on-pace for third, but Sun Devil Swimming’s Emma Nordin split 31s to Anderson’s (mostly) 32s over the final 250 meters or so. Nordin broke through for third in 8:29.67, which is her first time under 8:30 and a massive lifetime best by over seven seconds. Her old best, an 8:37.00 from the 2019 Los Angeles Invite, was her first time under 8:40.
MEN’S 800 FREE – TIMED FINAL
- PSS record: 7:49.96, Michael McBroom (USA) – 2014
Top 3
- Jordan Wilimovsky (KSWM) – 7:54.44
- Will Gallant (MVN) – 7:57.55
- Zane Grothe (BCH) – 7:58.04
The top three men all broke eight minutes, with KSWIM’s Jordan Wilimovsky touching almost three seconds ahead of the next-best competitor at 7:54.44. Wilimovsky slots in at #17 in the world this season, just behind the top American, Bobby Finke, who is #12 with a 7:53.05 from the U.S. Open.
Second went to Mission Viejo’s Will Gallant, who surged for his first-ever sub-8:00 race at 7:57.55. Gallant’s old best was an 8:02.15 from the U.S. Open in December.
Zane Grothe of Boulder City-Henderson was third in 7:58.04, nearly able to catch Gallant with a 58.2 final 100 to Gallant’s 58.8.
Zach Yeadon of Cal Aquatics and Dylan Porges of TAC Titans finished fourth and fifth in 8:01.96 and 8:06.61, respectively. For Porges, that’s a new lifetime best by a few tenths.
What are the $, # and * on some swimmers on the psych?
The * should be athletes representing another country.
$ is a bunch of broke college kids who can’t afford the meets fees lol. Thats my guess anyway
Lol. That sounds about right.
Thought at first they were national team or jr Nat team people but it does not seem so.
With the evening prelims morning finals format, will there be a day 2 prelims tonight or will there be nothing tomorrow morning?
Prelims are tonight finals tomorrow morning..
I see Santo Condorelli’s name on the start list. Is this “just for fun” or does a path to the Olympics still exist for him? Thought Italian trials was it.
There are always other countries
😂😂😂
“It’s not an error, I am Canadian,” Condorelli said
Every 4th country is an automatic by to get on the team.
No, he has one last-ditch opportunity to qualify at Sette Colli in June. He would have to be added as a discretionary pick and would probably have to put up a time that would have him slotted as the 4th fastest 100 freestyler they have to be considered for a relay spot. Even then, that might be a hard sell considering he pretty much tanked the Italy relay at 2019 WC and doesn’t seem to be trending in the right direction.
Great swim for emma nordin
Indeed. She improved her personal best by 8sec(!) and was better than Olympic qualifying time. One small step left: to be the second after KL at OT.
Yep she could challenge if she drops another 4-5
It isn’t about time now. Her performance today qualifies her to be Olympian. It is all about race. And everything can happen. That is the beauty of trials.
BTW Ledecky’s personal best at this distance by the April of Olympic year 2012 was still slower than 8:30.
Who knows how Emma’s improvement curve looks like 😀