After losing just one event on Friday in Charlotte the US didn’t have quite as strong a win rate but still brought home plenty of golds in the Arena Pro Swim Series event. It started off in the women’s 200m butterfly. Cammile Adams won the event for the fourth time in four tries this year with Jen Marrkand in second. Hannah Saiz grabbed her second medal of the year, a bronze, to make it a 1-2-3 American finish. On the men’s side Colombia’s Jonathan Gomez won with Tyler Clary in second. Zach Harting gave the US two in the top three. In the women’s 50m freestyle Canada’s Chantal Van Landeghem held off Madison Kennedy by 0.1 seconds. Kennedy had won the last two events but now has won two golds and two silvers in the last four events. The US did win the men’s event as Anthony Ervin won for the first time this year. Canada’s Santo Condorelli was 0.17 seconds back with Josh Schneider just 0.01 seconds further back in bronze.
The women’s 100m backstroke was the first event where the US finished outside of the top two. Canada’s Kylie Massey and Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry held off Ali DeLoof. The US also failed to win on the men’s side where Serbia’s Arkady Vyatchanin took first but Ryan Lochte was second best and Bryce Bohman was third. In the 200m breaststroke Canada’s Kierra Smith ruined a 1-2-3 US finish as Anne Lazor and Lilly King finished first and third. The only American in the men’s 200m breaststroke top three was Cody Miller, and he won the event. Mexico’s Mauro Castillo Luna came in second.
In the women’s 50m butterfly Dana Vollmer grabbed the top spot by 0.1 seconds over Canada’s Penny Oleksiak. The order was reversed on the men’s side with Santo Condorelli in first and Matthew Josa and Tim Phillips in second and third just 0.02 seconds apart. In the longest race of the day, the women’s 400m freestyle, Leah Smith won for the first time this season after two silvers and Lindsay Vrooman and Gillian Ryan made it as 1-2-3 American finish. The same was true on the men’s side where Connor Dwyer grabbed his third win over the year with Zane Grothe and Connor Jaeger finishing behind him.
Sunday will feature five events. Here are some of the American favorites:
Women’s 800m Freestyle: Lindsay Vrooman – a silver in Orlando
Women’s 200m Individual Medley: Caitlin Levernz – gold in Minneapolis
Men’s 200m Individual Medley: Ryan Lochte – silver in Austin, Connor Dwyer – silver and bronze this season
Women’s 200m Backstroke: No previous US medalists from this season
Men’s 200m Backstroke: No previous US medalists from this season
Women’s 50m Breaststroke: Has not been held this season
Men’s 50m Breaststroke: Has not been held this season
Women’s 100m Freestyle: Dana Vollmer – bronze in Mesa
Men’s 100m Freestyle: Jimmy Feigen – bronze in Austin and Mesa
Men’s 1500m Freestyle: Connor Jaeger – a gold and two silvers this year
Previous Charlotte Arena Pro Swim Series Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update
Day 2 Update
