2018 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 11-16, 2018
- Hangzhou, China
- Event Schedule
- Start Lists
It’s not often that the United States leaves an event slot empty at a major international championship meet, but that’s just what will happen at the 2018 Short Course World Championships.
Michael Andrew, the defending World Champion in the 100m IM, will be the only American entry in the event often viewed by American coaches as a summer league or age group race (even though it is now a sanctioned NCAA event). Andrew will swim the race as one of 5 on his schedule in a sprint-heavy lineup that will likely include multiple relays as well. He’s entered in the 50 free, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 breast, and 100 IM at the meet individually. He’s the top seed in the 100 IM in the absence of Russian Vlad Morozov, the World Record holder, with his next best pre-meet standings being the #4 seeds in the 50 free and 50 fly.
Among swimmers on the American roster, the next-fastest 100m IMer is Josh Prenot (7th in US history). The American entries in the 200 IM are Gunnar Bentz and Prenot.
The Americans will also leave an empty spot in the men’s 200 free.
On the women’s side, Melanie Margalis and Kathleen Baker are swimming the 100 IM: the same two swimmers as are entered in the 200 IM for the US.
American Entries in non-Olympic Distances at the 2018 Short Course World Championships
Men’s 50 Back
- Ryan Murphy – #22 seed
- Matt Grevers – #27 seed
Men’s 50 Breast
- Michael Andrew – #9 seed
- Andrew Wilson – #31 seed (with LCM time)
Men’s 50 Fly
- Michael Andrew – #4 seed
- Caeleb Dressel – #23 seed (with LCM time)
Men’s 100 IM
- Michael Andrew – #1 seed
- Vacant
Women’s 50 Back
- Olivia Smoliga – #7 seed
- Kathleen Baker – #10 seed
Women’s 50 Breast
- Molly Hannis – #3 seed
- Katie Meili – #21 seed
Women’s 50 Fly
- Kelsi Dahlia – #2 seed
- Kendyl Stewart – #15 seed
Women’s 100 IM
- Kathleen Baker – #2 seed
- Melanie Margalis – #8 seed
Reading the headline made me chuckle. A year ago MA was a junior now he is a ‘Man.” 🙂
Rediculous. Still waiting for the stroke 50s and 1im to trickle into college and Open age events. NCSA J Nats managed to do it recently. What is the hold up?
I wrote an editorial about this long ago that I think would get me in a lot of trouble if I wrote it now. My theory is something like ’50s don’t satisfy the coaches’ egos the same way because they can’t say they gave the kid X hours of work and that turned them into a 200 champion or use the ‘hard work beats talent’ arguments as easily, because over 50 meters, talent sometimes beats hard work.’ That, plus 50m/100IM races are a lot more technical, and a lot of coaches just don’t have the skills to do that. Anybody can be a trainer, being a master technician takes a lot more education.
A single entry in the 100IM isn’t really noteworthy. It is after all a Mickey Mouse event.
I’ll do it
Hell has frozen over. An article with Michael Andrew’s picture on it, and focused on him, and not one comment is about him.
so about Dressel instead…
Hopping coach Greg Troy treats this meet more like an ncaa taper for Caleb instead of an mid-season invite meet. Just because this would be his only taper meet betweeen last summer and this one coming up. Kinda like what the Texas pros did this year with the Atlanta pro swim series. Then Caleb and us could both get a treat, he can rest and we can watch. And for MA we aren’t talking about him because we know he’s ready for this meet, more mystery with a Florida pro like Caleb.
He hit some pretty wicked times at the Purdue invite last year tho.
MA always is ready to swim fast.
And to lose to Vlaf
It’s hard for sprinters when there are a ridiculous SEVEN relays. Example: Morozov is only entered in the 50 and 100 free, but could have 15 races over 6 days.
Murphy? Grevers? Prenot? Chadwick? Held? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Wait who’s Bueller
Oh, he’s very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads – they all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude.
Best Swimswam comment ever! LOL!
Try this: “It’s not that often that the USA swims SCM, leaving SCM meters meets entirely without USA swimmers historically..