The heat sheets are out for Tuesday’s preliminary sessions, where we will see the women’s 100 back, the men’s 200 free, the women’s 100 breast, the men’s 100 back, and the women’s 400 free.
Most of the major players are in their expected events. We will see Natalie Coughlin, Rachel Bootsma, and Missy Franklin in their epic 100 backstroke duel; Jessica Hardy and Rebecca Soni square off in the 100 breaststroke; another Michael Phelps – Ryan Lochte duel, this time in the 200 free; and the debut of a slew of high-profile competitors in the women’s 400 free: Katie Hoff, 15-year old phenom Katie Ledecky, her opposite 40-year old Janet Evans in the 6th heat (out of 13), and Chloe Sutton.
The only really notable absence from the meet will be Tyler Clary in the men’s 200 free. Despite only getting 3rd in the 400 IM, he still swam a solid time of 4:09, so this is a bit of a surprise – he had a legitimate shot at making at least a final and pushing for a top-6 relay spot. Instead, he will refocus and concentrate on earning individual swims in the 200 back and 200 fly.
I’m really excited to see Beisel in the 400 free. We already know she’s as fast and as good as she was in Shanghai, and she gave Allison Schmitt all she could handle in the 400 free at Santa Clara while unrested and untapered, so I think she’s going to pop a big one here.
Coughlin in 1:00.71
I know it’s only a prelims, but it will be a huge battle for Coughlin to unseat either Franklin or Boostma.
59.54!!!
the gauntlets have been thrown!
let’s see if Coughlin answers back
Missy next….in…
Boostma in 59.69 prelims!!
Coughlin may not make it in the 100back.
sorry , they just cut it offff ! thanks guys from the medias ! thanks a lot
It comes back on after they finish the last three heats of an event./…..that is when you have to rely on MeetMObile or Omega Timing.The circle seeded heats from prelims are shown on NBC Sports at night before the FInals.So be patient and if it still doesn’t come up you have to open the page again…refreshing doesn’t seem to work.
Good Luck.
Prelims are available entery on Usaswimming ! for the ones watching from europe or out of Usa !
Stunned Dowry is a scratch for 200 free. I think it is a mistake for at least these reasons: 1. A day of rest is nonsensical, this is the meet everyone trained for. Rest when it is over. 2. Mentally, it is worse to not compete today. This whole FAST team needs a self inflicted jolt…they seem to have shown up yesterday ready to pace swim and not race. 3. In the 200 free you need top 6 only and to be blunt we did not see any bombs dropped by the 400 free swimmers yesterday. 1:47 might do it, and that is a time Clary can swim. 4. As noted, there is a lot of talent in the polio… Read more »