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MEN’S 100 Freestyle – 2014 Arena Grand Prix Orlando – Swimming News Reported by Jared Anderson
Olympic Champion, Cesar Cielo, right before the 100 free at the 2014 Orlando Grand Prix (courtesy of Mike Lewis)
The men’s sprints at this meet turned into a Brazilian sweep. After Bruno Fratus won the 50 free on Friday, 50 free runner-up Cesar Cielo took home a win of his own in the 100 free Saturday. Cielo emerged from a tight field in a race that wasn’t decided until the very last stroke. The former Auburn star, now training with Mesa Aquatics in Arizona, went 49.28, one of two swimmers under 50 in the event.
Second was American Jimmy Feigen, who looked like he might pull off the win much of the way. Feigen went 49.63 to finish safely second. Behind him were former Michigan Wolverine Miguel Ortiz and New York Athletic Club’s Adam Brown, who tied at 50.33 for third place.
Thiago Sickert was fifth and Hungarian Krisztian Takacs sixth before American Ryan Lochte finished. Lochte went 51.54, swimming a tight double in his first competition since last summer.
The B final was also an entertaining finish, with Auburn pro and Brazilian Fratus going 50.48 to hold off a surging Cullen Jones, who was 50.65 representing SwimMAC.