The second day of the Charlotte Arena Pro Swim Series event didn’t see a clean American sweep but it came very very close. Leah Smith opened things with a win in the 200m freestyle by 0.42, her first medal of the season, with Canadian Taylor Ruck in second. Lindsay Vrooman was the second best American in fourth. On the men’s side Connor Dwyer has now won all four of the races he’s entered this season. This one was over a second and a half quicker than Zane Grothe.
In the 100m breaststroke Lilly King got the win with Katie Meili finishing outside of first for the first time this season in second place. Cody Miller scored his first win of the season on the men’s side after he had finished second to open the season in Minneapolis. Sam Tierney surprisingly ended up 16th after three top four finishes to start the year including a win. Mexican Miguel De Lara Ojeda was second. In the 50m backstroke, the first contest of the event this year, Ali Deloof beat Canadian Kylie Masse to the line by 0.08 with Clara Smiddy in fourth. Bryce Bohman won the men’s event by 0.15 seconds over Vietnam’s Paul Le while Bob Glover came in third.
The 100m butterfly race between Kelsi Worrell and Dana Vollmer went to Vollmer. Vollmer’s winning margin was around a second but Worrell got beat to the line by 15-year-old Penny Oleksiak of Canada. The men’s 100m butterfly race was where the US failed to win for the first time. Instead it was Canadian Santo Condorelli who beat Tim Phillips. The second place finish was the best of the season for Phillips topping a third place finish in Austin. Matthew Josa was third for the US as Condorelli won by 0.3 seconds and Josa was 0.6 seconds behind Phillips.
Finally in the 400m individual medley Cammile Adams won for the first time after three top five finishes earlier in the year. China’s Rose Bi was second by over eight seconds with Lindsey Clary finishing third. Ryan Lochte made it two wins in two tries on the men’s side with Ecuador’s Tom Peribonio two seconds back. Michael Weiss finished third almost three seconds behind Peribonio.
Saturday will feature six events. Here are some of the American favorites:
Women’s 200m Butterfly: Cammile Adams – three golds in three tries, Hannah Saiz – silver in Minneapolis
Men’s 200m Butterfly: No previous US medalists from this season
Women’s 50m Freestyle: Madison Kennedy – two golds and a silver this season. Dana Vollmer – silver in Mesa
Men’s 50m Freestyle: Anthony Ervin – silver in Mesa, Jimmy Feigen – bronze in Austin, Cullen Jones – bronze in Mesa
Women’s 100m Backstroke: No previous US medalists from this season
Men’s 100m Backstroke: Ryan Lochte – silver in Mesa
Women’s 200m Breaststroke: Haley Spencer – silver in Minneapolis
Men’s 200m Breaststroke: Cody Miller – two bronzes
Women’s 50m Butterfly: Has not been held this season
Men’s 50m Butterfly: Has not been held this season
Women’s 400m Freestyle: Leah Smith – two silvers this year, Lindsay Vrooman – a silver in Orlando
Men’s 400m Freestyle: Connor Dwyer – two golds and a silver this year, Zane Grothe – a silver in Orlando, and Connor Jaeger – a bronze in Minneapolis.
Previous Charlotte Arena Pro Swim Series Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update
