2020 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville
- Thursday, January 16 – Sunday, January 19, 2020
- Knoxville, TN – Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center – University of Tennessee
- Long course meters (LCM) format
- Thursday distance session: 4 PM (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Fri-Sun.: 9:30 AM Prelims / 6:30 PM Finals
- Meet site
- Psych Sheets
2019 World Champs Regan Smith, Simone Manuel and Olivia Smoliga appear on psych sheets for the 2020 Pro Swim Series event in Knoxville, along with top Canadian talents Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak.
The five-stop Pro Swim Series started early this year, with a November stop in Greensboro, North Carolina. The January Knoxville meet bridges the gap to the bulk of the tour, which hits Iowa, California, and Indiana in the months of March, April, and May, respectively. Psych sheets have dropped for next week’s meet, which starts on Thursday, January 16.
You can view the full psych sheets here.
Smith (200 back), Manuel (50 free, 100 free) and Smoliga (50 back) each won golds at last summer’s World Championships. Smith notably set world records in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes. She’ll compete for just the second time this season, following a number of big swims at U.S. Open in December.
Manuel competed at the Pro Swim Series opener in Greensboro in addition to U.S. Open. And Smoliga has been exceedingly busy this fall and winter, competing in the International Swimming League as well as U.S. Open.
A few of Canada’s top swimmers are also on the psych sheets for Knoxville. 2016 Olympic 100 free champ Penny Oleksiak is entered, as is 2018 Pan Pacs and Commonwealth Games champ Taylor Ruck.
Below are 2019 World Champs medalists appearing on the psych sheets, along with their event entries as of now:
- Simone Manuel: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 100 back
- Regan Smith: 100 back, 200 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 free, 200 free
- Olivia Smoliga: 100 back, 200 back, 50 free, 100 free, 200 free
- Farida Osman: 100 fly, 50 free, 100 free
- Hali Flickinger: 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, 100 back, 200 back
- Zach Apple: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free
- Nathan Adrian: 50 free, 100 free
- Andrew Seliskar: 200 free, 400 free, 100 free, 200 IM, 100 fly, 200 fly
- Jack Conger: 100 fly, 200 fly, 50 free, 100 free, 200 free
- Andrew Wilson: 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM
- Mallory Comerford: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly
- Kelsi Dahlia: 100 fly, 200 fly, 50 free, 100 free
- Allison Schmitt: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, 100 fly
- Margo Geer: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free
- Kayla Sanchez: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 IM
- Taylor Ruck: 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 back
- Penny Oleksiak: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly
- Rebecca Smith: 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 fly
- Melanie Margalis: 200 IM, 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 free, 200 free
- Katie McLaughlin: 100 fly, 200 fly, 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 free
- Emily Overholt: 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 fly
- Emma O’Croinin: 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, 200 IM
- Kierra Smith: 100 breast, 200 breast
No Ledecky? Yes Simone? That’s weird.
Yeah, I remember January 2016 in Austin: 53.75 – 1:54.43 – and a new World record in 800
Yes, that was a huge meet in an Olympic year, also because Sjostrom had revealed her intention to compete in the 200 free at Rio and that first 200 free challenge in Austin was highly expected by swimming fans and by Ledecky😉
In Kazan WC Sjostrom decided to swim first leg in 800 relay. That was very unusual. It could be taken nothing else then demonstration that it was her who would be the world champion shouldn’t she skip the individual event. So Katie did have unfinished business in Austin where was a chance to race Sjostrom in 200.
But what about World record in 800? A side effect of preparation for the 200 battle?
Besides the ambition issue I think the meet in Austin was a check point of her standing at the beginning of Olympic season. No doubt she was tapered.
I kind of expected same to happen this January. Well, it’s not in her plans. Let’s… Read more »
The rumor was ledecky got the flu and missed a week while training over Christmas
Again??
I thought that ‘Kierra Smith’ was a misspelling of Kieran Smith, and was questioning his choices of 100 and 200 breast. Nope, turns out they’re completely different people, both swimming at this meet haha
Seems like this will be much more competitive (at least for the lower final spots) than last year’s meet. If I am remembering correctly, some of the events couldn’t fill four heats? Maybe I’m making that up in my head.
I notice 7 of the top 10 in men’s 800 free are foreign. Not that surprising, probably the weakest area for USA swimming
It’s not clear the U.S. is even prepared to acknowledge the men’s 800 free as an Olympic event…
Yea, it’s pretty bad.
Finke, Wilimovsky, Norman, Abruzzo and Brinegar all not at this meet and all faster than the #2 seed at this meet.
Ok sure, still the weakest event most likely
USA distance doesn’t live up to any other area of USA swimming
Good to see Ruck going out of Canada for, I think, her first REAL competition since leaving Stanford. Huge fan. come back to SU after,
MA not in this? Oh wait, he’ll be in china making more 💰
Busy tapering
he will swim in china for more money, haha.
men don’t matter? no call out in the article for the men?
There are many men in the article
Take a lap boomer
nice