Cali Condors Stole 92 Jackpot Points On Day Two Alone, Totaling 707 Points

2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – SEASON 3, MATCH 2

• Saturday, August 28 – Sunday, August 29
• 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST (6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Local Time)
• Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples, Italy
• Short Course Meters (25m – SCM) Format
• ISL Season 3 Schedules, Start Times, and More
• Teams Competing: Cali Condors, LA Current, Tokyo Frog Kings, New York Breakers
• Omega Live Results
• Day 1 Recap
• Day 1 Highlights

Day 2 Recap

FINAL TEAM SCORES:

1. Cali Condors – 707
2. LA Current – 402.5
3. Tokyo Frog Kings – 371.5
4. NY Breakers – 265

ISL Match 2 MVP Standings:

1. Coleman Stewart, CAC – 95
2. Caeleb Dressel, CAC – 93
3. Daiya Seto, TOK – 64
4. Beata Nelson, CAC – 59.5
5. Abbie Wood, NYB – 48
6. Lilly King, CAC – 52
7. Abbey Weitzeil, LAC – 41.5
8. Yasuhiro Koseki, TOK – 38
9. Sherridon Dressel, CAC – 37
10. Justin Ress, CAC – 36
11.  (TIE) Kelsi Dahlia/Erika Brown, CAC – 34.5

The second match of the 2021 ISL season featured the Cali Condors taking their first regular season win of season three. The LA Current was able to hold off the Tokyo Frog Kings’ point moves for second place, worth three club season points,. Meanwhile, the NY Breakers struggled with a limited roster.

The Condors won their first regular season match by 305 points, reeling in 707 points. The difference between the Condors and runner-up LA Current (402.5 points) was 25 more points than the Breakers’ total team score of 265 points, exactly 442 points less than the Condors’ score.

Near 305 point difference between Cali and LA (a.k.a. first and second). That 305 points difference is 25 more points than the Breakers scored period.

— Alex Muni, MS. (@NicAlexM) August 29, 2021

The Breakers fell off in the mixed 4×100 medley relay, finishing 7-8 with only 4 points due to jackpot. A tiring Joe Litchfield, who had swum three events prior, had also placed 6th in the men’s 50 back skins while Oleg Braunschweig finished 8th after taking 6th in the 100 back. Despite this, the team was able to establish strong names for future point pick-ups.

In the women’s 200 fly, Svetlana Chimrova came home strong to earn three jackpot points for 12 total points. Abbie Wood first earned 6 points in the 100 IM before topping the quadruple-distanced 400 IM with 21 total points, winning by a 5-second margin. Alicja Tchorz was able to advance to the second round of the 50 back skins, and just missed advancing to round three by 0.01s. Still, Tchorz earned 12 points alone, making up for a 5th-place finish in the 100 back.

On a different note, the Condors’ dominant win was powered by their big jackpot point hunt. Coleman Stewart was on fire today, both time-wise and points-wise. He out-performed his American record of 48.91 in the 100 back yesterday with a blistering 48.33, setting the first World record of ISL season three. That swim was strong enough to jackpot the entire field, totaling a 37-point pick-up.

He then came to play in the 50 back skins, first cruising to 23.38 to place third into the second round before whipping out 23.74 in the second round and 23.30 in the third round, which was faster than his 23.45 opening 50 of his 100 back. Jackpot points are also available in the skins, allowing Stewart to steal 11 points in the second round and 7 points in the third round.

This powered Stewart’s meet MVP claim, earning 95 total points, just two ahead of teammate Caeleb Dressel.

Along with Stewart’s monster 48 stolen jackpot points from today alone, the Condors had stolen 44 more points from jackpot for a total of 92 stolen points on day two.

Condors’ Day Two Jackpot Points

• Men’s 100 Free: Dressel + 2 points
• Men’s 100 Back: Stewart + 30 points
• Women’s 100 IM: Nelson + 1 point
• Men’s 200 IM: Dressel +21 points
• Women’s 100 Breast: King + 10 points
• Women’s 50 Fly: Dahlia + 1 point
• Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay: +4 points
• Women’s 50 Back Skins: Nelson +5 points
• Men’s 50 Back Skins: Stewart +18 points

In the battle for second in the team standings, Tokyo had given the edge to LA throughout the session. LA kicked the meet off with a 1-2 finish in the women’s 100 free, courtesy of Abbey Weitzeil and Madi Wilson. Tokyo then answered in the men’s 200 fly, where Daiya Seto picked up 19 points with a jackpot win of 1:50.68, which was 2 more points than Weitzeil/Wilson’s 100 free points.

After Kanako Watanabe and Miranda Tucker went 3-4 in the women’s 100 breast (worth 11 points), Yasuhiro Koseki and Alessandro Pinzuti continued off their momentum with a 1-2 finish in the men’s race (worth 17 points). Takeshi Kawamoto came in clutch for Tokyo in the men’s 50 fly with a 10-point pick-up, upsetting Condor Caeleb Dressel by 0.07s.

While Tokyo had gained on LA with a 2-3 finish in the 200 free (13 points), 100 free runner-up Wilson of LA topped the event with a 12-point pick-up as an individual. Shortly after, Fernando Scheffer and Martin Malyutin went 1-2 in the men’s 200 free, a 17-point pick-up. Tokyo’s Seto swam in for last-minute points in the men’s 400 IM with 24 points, jackpotting LA’s swimmers. Kathleen Baker and Helena Gasson rounded the session out with a 4-5 finish in the women’s 50 back skins to shut out Tokyo of the second round.

Even with the thrilling day two point battle Tokyo gave, LA out-scored the Frog Kings by 31 points.