2014 US National Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

The first day of the 2014 US Nationals features the 200 butterfly, the 100 freestyle, the women’s 800 freestyle, the men’s 1500 freestyle, and the 4×100 freestyle relay. The morning’s prelims session will be fairly short. The timeline predicts the session will be over in just over an hour and a half.

Camille Adams has the fastest seed time for the women’s 200 butterfly at 2:06.75. Maya DiRado and Katie McLuaghlin are seeded second and third at 2:08’s. On the men’s side, Tom Luchsinger leads the field at 1:55.57, followed by Tyler Clary and Andrew Seliskar.

Missy Franklin has the top seed time in the women’s 100 freestyle at 53.36. Shannon Vreeland, Simone Manuel, and Megan Romano are all seeded under 54 seconds. Jimmy Feigen has the fastest seed time in the men’s 100 freestyle at 47.82. Nathan Adrian is seeded second at 47.84 and then it jumps to Anthony Ervin at 48.49.

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2014 US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY 1 – Prelims

• Live Results 
• Live Stream (Available Once Meet Starts)
• Wednesday, August 6th – Sunday, August 10th
• Irvine, CA – William Woollett, Jr. Aquatic Center
• Prelims 9AM/Finals 6PM Pacific Time
• Wednesday PRELIMS Heat Sheet
• Wendesday PRELIMS Timeline
• Psych Sheets

Women’s 200 Butterfly – Prelims

Camille Adams from SwimMAC Carolina posted the fastest time of the morning, making it look easy the whole way. She touched the wall to win the final hat with her time of 2:08.06. Hali Flickinger from Athen’s Bulldog Swim Club qualified second at 2:09.31. Kaite McLaughlin and Courtney Weaver were third and fourth at 2:09.49.

Kate Mills, Elizabeth Beisel, Emma Nunn, and Cassidy Bayer will be the final four finalists tonight.

Maya DiRado will be the middle of the pool for the B-final with her time of 2:11.98. Meredith Hoover had the 16th fastest time at 2:12.54.

Men’s 200 Butterfly – Prelims

Tyler Clary had the fastest time of the morning at 1:56.11 out of the second seeded heat. That time is the seventh fastest time in the world this year.  The second seeded heat was by far the most exciting heat. In that race, Chase Kalisz finished second at 1:56.76 and Kyle Whitaker finished third at 1:56.80. In the first seeded heat, Andrew Seliskar posted the 3rd fastest 17-18 200 butterfly in history with his time of 1:56.95.

Tom Shields, Bobby Bollier, Tom Luchsinger, and John Martens will also be in the final tonight.

Ben Colley will be in the middle of the pool for the A-final tonight with the ninth fastest time of the morning at 1:57.81. Steve Schmuhl had the 16th fastest time at 1:59.81.

Women’s 100 Freestyle – Prelims

Simone Manuel posted the sixth fastest time in the world to claim the top seed in the women’s 100 freestyle. She touched the wall at 53.60, which is .17 seconds off of Missy Franklin’s meet record. Missy Franklin finished second at 53.76, followed by Margo Geer at 54.17 and Shannon Vreeland at 54.26.

Lia Neal, Abbey Weitzeil, Amanda Weir, and Natalie Coughlin will be the rest of tonight’s finalists.

Allison Schmitt just missed the A-final of the women’s 100 freestyle with her time of 54.71. She will be in the middle of the pool tonight. Katie Meili had the 16th fastest time of the morning with her 55.05.

Men’s 100 Freestyle – Prelims 

Nathan Adrian had the fastest time of the morning with a 48.24. Anthony Ervin was second at 48.71. You can tell Adrian and Ervin train together, both were out at 22.6 to the feet. Michael Phelps had the third fastest time 0f the morning at 48.77. Matt Grevers was the final swimmer under 48 seconds in the men’s 100 freestyle at 48.95.

Jimmy Feigen, Seth Stubblefield, Conor Dwyer, and Ryan Lochte will fill out the rest of tonight’s A-final.

Shane Ryan had the 9th fastest time of the morning, finishing at 49.27. Caleb Weir had the 16th fastest time at 49.46.