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You can read this report in Italian at SwimSwam Italia here.

Last month we reported how Rome formerly announced it was bidding to host the 2022 European Aquatics Championships. Now several weeks later we’re understanding more surrounding the scope of the city’s bid, including the fact that Rome would intend on only using existing facilities.

If Rome is chosen as the host city, no new structures will be built, but existing ones will be used. The swimming competitions will take place at the Foro Italico swimming pools, which already host the Settecolli Trophy annually.

The diving competitions will also take place at the Foro Italico, while a temporary installation will be used for artistic swimming.

Through a note from Federnuoto, President Paolo Barelli said, “The candidacy stems from the desire of the Italian Swimming Federation and the family of aquatic disciplines to bring back to Italy a great event like the European championship that has been missing since 1983.

We have shared project and feasibility hypothesis with the Government. In particular, the Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Giancarlo Giorgetti, expressed his favor in evaluating, and possibly supporting the candidacy.

Then we talked about it with the mayor Virginia Raggi in the imminence of the Sette Colli trophy and we are pleased to officially receive her and the City of Rome‘s interest.

Other cities in the running to host the multi-national event include Kazan, Russia, and a yet-t0-be named city in Germany.

Rome hosted the 2009 edition of the FINA World Championships, the competition known as the epitome of the supersuit era.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Rome Would Use Existing Aquatic Facilities If Chosen To Host 2022 Euro C’ships

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

CAMPIONATI MONDIALI FINA – OPEN WATER

Alle ore 00:55 italiane allo Yeosu Expo Ocean Park è iniziata la 5 km a squadre.

L’Italia schiera Rachele Bruniin apertura, Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Domenico Acerenza e Gregorio Paltrinieriin chiusura.

Questa volta si punta in alto con quattro atleti motivati e soprattutto “arrabbiati”.

Siamo all’altezza di una medaglia ed i nostri atleti faranno di tutto per salire sul gradino più alto del podio.

In gara ci sono 21 squadre. Tra le più pericolose la Germania, che dovrà fare i conti con la rinuncia del campione del mondo Florian Wellbrock. Inserita però Sarah Koehler.

Da tenere d’occhio anche gli Stati Uniti con Michael Brinegar, Jordan Wilimovsky, Ashley Twichell, Haley Anderson e la Francia, che schiera Aurelie Muller, David Aubry, Marc Antoine Olivier, Lara Grangeon.

5 KM A SQUADRE

ORO Germania
ARGENTO Italia
BRONZO Stati Uniti D’America

Quattro frazioni da 1250 metri ciascuna. L’Italia sceglie di schierare prima le due donne e poi i due uomini.

Per l’Italia la prima a partire è Rachele Bruni. La medaglia d’argento delle Olimpiadi di Rio dopo la delusione di ieri cerca il riscatto nella gara a squadre.

In apertura è la squadra israeliana a prendere il comando con una partenza molto aggressiva, con l’unico uomo in acqua in questa prima frazione. Subito a seguire l’Ecuador e gli Stati Uniti con Haley Anderson.

SECONDA FRAZIONE

Rachele Bruni dà il cambio a Giulia Gabbrielleschi, mentre gli Stati Uniti dopo Haley Anderson hanno ora in acqua un pericolosissimo Jordan Wilimovsky.

Sono proprio gli Stati Uniti con il citato Wilimovsky a prendere la fuga e staccare il resto del gruppo.

Dietro gli Stati Uniti c’è la Cina.

A metà della seconda frazione il gruppo è sparpagliato e le posizioni si fanno più delineate. L’Italia è nelle retrovie (12° posto per la Gabbrielleschi), ma ci sono ancora i due maschi da far tuffare in acqua.

TERZA FRAZIONE

Jordan Wilimovsky è il primo ad seguire il cambio, lasciando il campo alla compagna di squadra Ashley Twichell.

La Cina è seconda, mentre in acqua c’è Domenico Acerenza che aspetta il cambio di Giulia Gabbrielleschi.

Distacco da rimontare per Acerenza, che si inserisce al nono posto.

Frazione molto importante che vede in acqua sia atleti uomini che donne e dove l’Italia deve assolutamente recuperare l’iniziale vantaggio.

Acerenza inizia a risalire posizioni mettendosi in testa al gruppo di inseguimento. Aumenta il ritmo fino a ricucire lo strappo originario. A metà percorso è terzo, alle caviglie dell’americana Ashley Twichell.

Quando siamo quasi alla fine della terza frazione, Acerenza si stacca dalla scia dell’americana e tenta il sorpasso, ma la Germania attacca pericolosamente.

Il tedesco Soeren Meissener cerca di creare disturbo all’italiano, ma Acerenza non si lascia confondere.

Gara ad altissima intensità con un’ Italia cattiva e determinata quando è già tempo di cambio.

Frazione da incorniciare per Domenico Acerenza.

QUARTA FRAZIONE

Parte Gregorio Paltrinieri.

Il campione olimpico dei 1500 metri stile libero ha ora la responsabilità di recuperare posizioni e portare a casa il miglior risultato possibile.

Subito aggressivo, Paltrinieri sta nuotando con il tedesco Robert Muffels attaccato accanto.

Per ora siamo al comando. Subito dietro Germania e Stati Uniti.

Alla seconda boa di virata la Germania viene raggiunta da un cartellino giallo, mentre Paltrinieri cerca di accelerare e staccare il tedesco.

Le prime tre posizioni sono tutte lì, mentre Gregorio Paltrinieri sceglie di allargarsi esternamente per liberarsi dalla marcatura di Muffels.

Rientra in traiettoria ma Muffels non molla ed è sempre più attaccato all’italiano.

Paltrinieri difende la sua posizione in una lotta fisica e psicologica contro il tedesco e lo statunitense.

La gara verrà decisa negli ultimi metri con tre atleti a nuotare sulla stessa linea.

Si entra nell’imbuto di arrivo. Sono scatenati.

Oro per la Germania. Il secondo posto è da decidere al fotofinish.

Arriva il responso: l’Italia conquista una bellissima medaglia d’argento, ottenuta con rabbia e determinazione.

Medaglia di bronzo per gli Stati Uniti.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Italia Argento Nella 5 km Squadre Con Bruni-Gabbrielleschi-Acerenza-Paltrinieri

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

2019 SPEEDO SECTIONALS – JENKS

July 17-20, 2019
Jenks, OK
Meet information
Results (Meet Mobile): ‘2019 Region VIII Summer Sectionals’

Sooner Swim Club 16-year-old Aiden Hayes shot to a lifetime best in the 50 fly, a closely contested race at the wall. One of the best young sprinters in the country, Hayes clocked a time of 24.70, shaving .14 from his old best in his fourth instance under 25 seconds. He edged 17-year-old Micah Chambers of Aquatic Club of Enid (24.79) and Greater Omaha Aquatics Leopardsharks’ Colin Lafave (24.86).

Hayes also clocked a 26.34 leading off Sooner’s 200 medley relay, erasing his old best of 26.60.

Molly Moore, a rising sophomore at the University of Arkansas representing Springfield Aquatics, went 56.99 to take the women’s 100 free. That’s a massive drop for the 18-year-old: she came into the meet with a best time of 58.62 from Winter Nationals. This morning, she was 57.29 for her third time under a minute, dropping from that 58.62, before she went down to 56.99 tonight. In yards, Moore dropped from a HS best of 51.09 to 50.18 during the course of her freshman year at Arkansas.

Caroline Theil of Aggie Swim Club, a rising sophomore at Texas A&M, went a lifetime best 27.49 in the 50 fly to edge 14-year-old Brady Kendall of the Plymouth-Canton Cruisers out of Michigan. Kendall also went a best, shaving just over a tenth off of her old best.

The other notable name here was Arizona State commit Jack Dolan, who trains with Rockwood Swim Club. He took the win in the 100 free, going 51.26, which was off of his best of 50.37. Dolan also swam the 50 fly, grabbing 10th in 25.45.

OTHER WINNERS

Haley Downey of Splash Club clocked a 2:33.49 in the 200 breast, just .20 shy of the 2020 Olympic Trials cut. It was a personal best by a second.
Conner Funkeof Greater Omaha Aquatics won the men’s 200 breast in 2:19.36, his first time under 2:20 and his first PR since 2017.
Wichita Swim Club’s Ben Patton posted a 2:05.41 to win 200 back by half a second over 16-year-old Mateo Miceli of Sarpy County Swim Club.
Kansas Swimming’s Elizabeth Amato-Hanner went a lifetime best by two seconds in the 200 back prelims (2:16.05), then followed that up with a 2:16.19 to own the event tonight.
In the women’s 800 free, Audrey Coffey of Club Husker took the win in 8:54.98, her first time under nine minutes.
The men’s 800 free went to Missouri State’s Antonio Thomas with an 8:20.49.
Springfield Aquatics won the women’s 200 medley relay, keying on a 25.85 anchor leg from Moore.
Greater Omaha’s men won the 200 medley in 1:43.50, getting a 23.27 anchor from Rush Clark.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 16-Year-Old Aiden Hayes Hits PBs in 50 Fly, 50 Back to Kick Off Jenks Sectls

By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

FINA World Championships, Gwangju, Südkorea

Zu nachtschlafener deutscher Zeit begann im Yeosu Expo Ocen Park das insgesamt 5 km lange Teamrennen. Es war klar, dass der Weltmeister über 10 km, Florian Wellbrock, nicht starten würde. Somit sprangen für Deutschland Lea Boy, Sarah Köhler, Sören Meißner und der Bronzemedaillengewinner über 10 km, Rob Muffels, ins Wasser.

21 Teams nahmen teil, davon waren Italien, Frankreich und die USA auf jeden Fall Medaillenkandidaten. Für Italien starteten Rachele Bruni, Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Domenico Acerenza und Gregorio Paltrinieri. Für die USA am Start waren Michael Brinegar, Jordan Wilimovsky, Ashley Twichell, Haley Anderson und für Frankreich, Aurelie Muller, David Aubry, Marc Antoine Olivier und Lara Grangeon.

Da die Teams die Reihenfolge der Schwimmer frei entscheiden konnten, schickten z.B. Deutschland und Italien zuerst die beiden Frauen und dann die beiden Männer ins Wasser. Somit kam es im Rennverlauf immer wieder zu Führungswechseln. Da in anderen Teams auch Männer die Startschwimmer waren, kämpfte sich das deutsche Team über Rang 8 bei der Übergabe an Sören Meißner durch taktisch klug geschwommene 1,25 km von ihm und Rob Muffels auf den ersten Platz vor. Rob Muffels kann sich auf den letzten Metern gegen den Olympiasieger von 2016 über die 1500 m Freistil, den Italiener Gregorio Paltrinieri, durchsetzen. Italien gewinnt Silber, die USA Bronze.

Die deutschen Freiwasserschwimmer sind damit das bisher erfolgreichste Team bei diesen Weltmeisterschaften mit 2 Gold- und zwei Bronzemedaillen.

Ergebnis Freiwasser Team Event, 5 km:

1. Deutschland mit Lea Boy, Sarah Köhler, Sören Meißner und Rob Muffels

2. Italien

3. USA

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Schwimm-WM: Gold für Deutschland im 5 km Teamwettbewerb

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

2019 SPEEDO SECTIONALS – JENKS

July 17-20, 2019
Jenks, OK
LCM
Meet information
Results (Meet Mobile): ‘2019 Region VIII Summer Sectionals’

14-year-old Brady Kendall of the Plymouth-Canton Cruisers roared to a new best tonight in the 100 fly, winning the race in 1:00.91. She came into this meet with a best of 1:03.00, done in June earlier this year, and now she’s less than three-tenths of a second from the Olympic Trials cut of 1:00.69. Second place went to Springfield Aquatics’ Kate McCarville at 1:01.91.

The 16-year-old McCarville had just won the event prior, the 400 IM. She was 4:54.56, just off of her best, while her 100 fly was a new best. American Energy Swim Club’s Luke Davis, 18, touched first in the men’s 400 IM with a 4:31.25.

The women’s 200 free was a very tight race between Club Husker’s Autumn Haebig and SwimTulsa’s Liberty Howell. Both swimmers went lifetime bests, as Haebig edged Howell, 2:02.26 to 2:02.29. Haebig had more coming home, splitting 30’s on both the third and fourth 50s. Rockwood’s Jack Dolan clocked a 1:53.71 to take the men’s 200 free, three seconds off of his best.

The top five women in the 50 breast all improved from their prelims swims and finished tight: all were between 32.6 and 32.9. It was Splash Club’s Katherine Steward to the wall first, though, in 32.61. American Energy’s Hanna Newby was second in 32.72. Noah Barr of Sarpy Count won the men’s 50 breast in 28.29.

The men’s 100 fly went to Rush Clark of Greater Omaha in 54.90. He edged the 50 fly winner, Aiden Hayes of Sooner Swim Club, who was 55.34 for second tonight.

In the 4×50 mixed medley relay, Sarpy County cleared the benchmark to become what looks to be the first team to hold a mixed 15-16 relay NAG record. Read more about that record here.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 14-Year-Old Brady Kendall Hits 1:00.9 100 Fly (LCM) at Jenks Sectionals Night 2

By Eli Noblitt on SwimSwam

Devan Sweeney, the fifth Sweeney sibling in a long line of swimming Sweeneys, has announced her transfer from Mizzou after two seasons to join Auburn’s swimming and diving program. Because this is an intra-conference transfer, SEC rules would normally require her to sit out a season; however, because of the change of head coach at Missouri, that rule could be waived. Sweeney says that they are still working through that process, but that she will have 2 years of eligibility remaining whenever she is able to compete for Auburn.

Devan is the 5th Sweeney sibling to compete for a Division I swimming program, and the 4th to do so for an SEC school. Although there are a lot of fun comparisons to draw within the Sweeney family, Devan will be the first to compete for Auburn’s Swimming and Diving program, although not the first Auburn athlete. Here’s the brief breakdown (from oldest to youngest):

Allyson, the eldest, swam for the Texas A&M Aggies (originally in the Big 12 before joining the SEC). Allyson was primarily a sprinter, boasting bests of 49.72 in the 100 free, 54.68 in the 100 fly, and clocking a high school swim of 1:49.19 in the 200 free. She recently joined the coaching staff at UNC Chapel Hill as a full-time assistant.
Connor, swam for UGA, and specialized in middle-distance freestyle.
Aidan, swam for UGA, and excelled in long distance events. He returned to competition after a spinal fusion his freshman year. He finished his eligibility at Notre Dame as a graduate student.
Keenan, played football for Auburn as a fullback, and also finished his eligibility at Notre Dame as a graduate student.
Devan will join Gary Taylor in Auburn for his second season as head coach.
Tegan, currently swims for Notre Dame and is a rising sophomore.
Reagan, the youngest, is 16 years old and swims for Swim Atlanta. She is a Junior National qualifier and is currently uncommitted.

The ties to the Fighting Irish began with Devan’s parents, who are both Notre Dame alums. Her father, Dr. John Sweeney, is Chief-of-Surgery at Emory Healthcare and played football for Notre Dame from 1979-1982.

Devan currently ranks 4th on Mizzou’s all-time list in the 200 fly (1:58.18), 10th in the 400 IM (4:12.97), and 12th in the 100 fly (53.81). As a freshman she scored at the SEC Championships in both the 200 fly (15th) and 400 IM (24th), and last year she scored in the 400 IM (24th). She will join a red-hot Auburn women’s team that has taken off with the hire of head coach Gary Taylor. Her best times would have ranked her 2nd on Auburn’s team in the 400 IM and 3rd in the 200 fly for the 2018-2019 season. Devan has timed her arrival perfectly as Auburn will be without its top 200 flyer and 400 IMer, Bailey Nero, next season because of graduation.

Devan’s commitment was announced via Auburn’s Instagram page:

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Mizzou’s Devan Sweeney Remains an SEC Tiger, Transfers to Auburn

By Maggie Foight on SwimSwam

Northwestern University head coach Jeremy Kipp has announced that Kris Jorgensen will be joining the team’s staff this upcoming season. Jorgensen will be filling the diving coach vacancy left by the departure of Alik Sarkisian, the Wildcats’ head diving coach since 2006, after it was decided that his contract would not be renewed.

Jorgensen, a native Norwegian, won 12 national diving championships and competed for the Norwegian national team from 2004 to 2012. At the 2008 European Championships, he placed eighth in the 10-meter synchronized event. Jorgensen went on to compete at the 2009 and 2011 World University Games. During his collegiate diving years at the University of Minnesota, he was the 2012 Big Ten Co-Diver of the Championship after winning the 10-meter dive.

From 2012 to 2015, Jorgensen was the head diving coach at Division III St. Catherine University, mentoring several all-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honorees, including Jenna Nagy, two-time all-MIAC Diver of the Year. Since 2015, he has been the head coach of the University of South Dakota diving team. He’s led divers like four-time Summit League Diver of the Year Greysen Hertting to further achievements, including All-Summit honors and the first-place title for both one- and three-meter diving in the league.

Of his new position, Jorgensen said, “I am very excited to join the Wildcat family. It is an honor to be joining such a great staff and prestigious university. I can’t wait to start working with the talented student-athletes at NU. Go Cats!”

“We’re really excited to have Kris join the Wildcat family,” Kipp said. “His understanding of what it takes to compete in the Big Ten and on an international level will prove an invaluable asset to our student-athletes and coaching staff as we strive to achieve our goals for the program.”

Jorgensen will be coaching athletes that, among others, include rising sophomores Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson and Labonita Ghose. Eskrick-Parkinson placed first in 1-meter and platform diving at the 2018 Northwestern TYR Invitational, plus first in 3-meter diving and second in platform and 1-meter diving at the 2018 Big Al Invitational. Ghose holds the record for an 11-dive meet by 60 points at Valley Christian High School, her alma mater. She took fourth place in 3-meter diving against Michigan in her first collegiate competition and fourth in the 3-meter and 2-meter events at the 2018 Northwestern TYR Invitational.

Jorgensen is Northwestern’s sixth coaching staff change in the past year-and a-half, completing a total turnover of the program’s coaching staff. First, Kipp left his head coach position at Boise State University to take on his current position, overseeing the Wildcats’ combined-gender program. A month later, Kipp’s former BSU assistant coach, Meghan Hawthorne, followed him to Evanston to continue assisting him. Jake Tapp then joined as another assistant coach two days later on June 6, 2018; he competed under the Canadian flag in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, finishing 31st. The fourth change was Andrew Hodgson signing on as a third assistant coach on June 28, 2018. As a former ACC champion and member of the British National Team, Hodgson added international and professional experience to the Wildcats’ coaching team. Katie Robinson was the fifth and final assistant coach named in the summer of 2018; she had served as Tulane University’s head women’s swimming and diving coach since 2012.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Northwestern Hires Kris Jorgensen as New Diving Coach

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Sectionals – Mt. Hood

July 18-21, 2019
Hood Aquatics Center, Mt. Hood, OR
Meet information
Psych sheet
Results (Meet Mobile): ‘2019 Speedo Sectionals – Mt Hood’

Lucia Davis, a rising sophomore at Boise State, and Lauren Burckel, a rising sophomore at Washington State, punched their tickets to Omaha on Day 1 of Speedo Sectionals at Mt. Hood. Davis took 12.7 seconds off her previous best time of 8:59.93 to win the 800 free for the second year in a row. This time she clocked a 8:47.25 to make the U.S. Olympic Trials cut by .86. Davis came to the wall almost 10 seconds ahead of runner-up Kathryn Shanley of Foothills Swim Team (8:56.94), whose 10.7-second drop put her under 9 minutes for the first time. Davis’ Bronco Swim Club teammate Hayley Hill (8:57.30) also cracked the 9-minute barrier for the first time with her third-place finish.

Burckel, representing Cougar Aquatics and entered with 2:37.17, dropped 3.3 seconds in prelims to qualify second with 2:33.86, then took another 3 seconds off that time in finals to win the event with her first Olympic Trials cut. She dropped 6.37 seconds in all and cleared the OT cut of 2:33.29 by 2.5 seconds with her final time of 2:30.80. Runner-up Sakiko Shimizu of Phoenix Swim Club was more than half a second back with 2:31.36, a PB by .18. Shimizu won the 200 fly in 2:14.67. Seeded with a SCM time of 2:06.30, she went 2:16.46 in prelims, then dropped 1.79 seconds in finals to win the event by a body length over Wisconsin commit Mikayla Seigal (2:15.64).

Both the women’s and men’s 100 freestyle events were nailbiters. USC 2020 commit Kaitlyn Dobler of The Dolphins Portland held her #1 seeding and won the women’s 100 free in 56.53, a mere .05 off her seed time. Elizabeth Cook of Tualatin Hills clocked a 56.81 for second place, beating her seed time by 7/10 and touching out Katharine Berkoff of Missoula Aquatic Club (56.97). Hugo Sykes of University of Denver Hilltoppers won the men’s race with a PB by .81. He was seeded with 52.03 and went 51.54 in prelims before dropping down to 51.22 in finals. Texas commit Caspar Corbeau, fresh off the European Junior Championships where he represented Netherlands, finished second in 51.40, a PB by .32.

Other event winners:

Kevin Jackson of King Aquatic Club took 1.6 seconds off a two-month-old PB to win the 800 free with 8:14.78. Notre Dame commit Luke Thornbrue of Hillsboro Swim Team touched out Neptune’s Ellis Bohon, 8:23.92 to 8:24.05, for second place. Both were best times.
Daniel Chang crushed the field in the 200 breast. Seeded with a yards time of 1:56.34, he qualified first for finals with 2:15.58 then won with 2:15.20, coming in 3 seconds ahead of Harrison Wayner of University of Utah, whose 2:18.19 represented a 1.09-second improvement off his seed time.
Cole Giandinoso of Utah Utes improved his entry time by .83 in winning the 200 fly with 2:02.38. Coming in second was Scottsdale Aquatic Club’s Daniel Matheson with 2:04.06, which is his best time by 3.3 seconds and catapults him to #6 among 16-year-old boys for the year.
University of Denver Hilltoppers won both the women’s (1:45.89) and men’s (1:32.94) 200 free relays. Jenna Smith (26.56), Emily Kahn (26.84), Aysia Leckie (26.38), and Anna Shaw (26.11) earned the gold for the women, while Jackson Gainer (23.63), Darragh Mahns (23.29), Hugo Sykes (23.27), and Fischer Basham (22.75) combined to win for the men.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Lucia Davis, Lauren Burckel Snag Trials Cuts on Day 1 at Mt. Hood Sectionals

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

CAMPIONATI MONDIALI FINA 2019– OPEN WATER

Il programma delle acque libere del Mondiale 2019 si chiude questa notte con la 25 km.

In acqua per l’Italia ci sono Arianna Bridi, Barbara Pozzobon, Simone Ruffini e Alessio Occhipinti.

Dopo l’amara delusione per la mancata qualificazione alle Olimpiadi di Tokyo 2020 nella 10 km, Arianna Bridi cerca il riscatto. In questa distanza arrivò terza ai Mondiali di Budapest del 2017 ed è la Campionessa Europea in carica.

Barbara Pozzobon è invece la campionessa italiana in carica, avendo vinto il titolo ai Campionati italiani di fondo di Piombino.

Dal lato maschile, Simone Ruffini, campione del mondo nella 25 km ai Campionati mondiali di Kazan 2015 ed Alessio Occhipinti, che abbiamo visto pochi giorni fa conquistare la medaglia d’argento alle Universiadi di Napoli nella gara dei 1500 metri stile libero.

Tra i concorrenti più pericolosi ritroviamo anche nella gara più lunga Kristof Rasovszky, già oro nella 5 km ed Ana Marcela Cunha, la brasiliana oro nella 5 km.

Il percorso è lo stesso che abbiamo imparato a conoscere negli ultimi giorni. Questa volta i giri saranno 15 da 1666.

25 KM MASCHILE

ORO Kirill Belayev
ARGENTO Axel Reymond
BRONZO Alessio Occhipinti

Dopo pochi minuti di gara, le avverse condizioni meteo rendono davvero difficile il proseguimento della gara.

Pioggia, vento ed onde sono le protagoniste e, ove il proseguimento dovesse mettere in pericolo gli atleti, la gara verrebbe sospesa.

A metà gara è il francese Axel Reymond a condurre il gruppo di testa, Simone Ruffiniè quinto, Alessio Occhipinti decimo.

Quando al termine della gara mancano soltanto 3 km, è l’ungherese Gergely Gyurta al comando in solitaria. Alessio Occhipinti è secondo, Simone Ruffini sesto.

Quando mancano soltanto due km all’arrivo Gergely Gyurta accusa un probabile malore. Si ferma vicino al pontone di rifornimento, si mette sul dorso ed inizia a tossire. Sembra riprendersi e ricomincia a nuotare. La difficoltà di Gyurta fa avvicinare il gruppo degli inseguitori. Alessio Occhipinti è ora secondo, Ruffini ottavo.

Gyurta alza bandiera bianca. E’ in seria ed evidente difficoltà.

Alessio Occhipinti è primo con i russi Kirill Belyalev e Evgenii Drattcev dietro.

Al giro di boa le prime posizioni sono più combattute.

Mancano soltanto poche centinaia di metri all’imbuto che precede al traguardo quando Occhipinti è ancora primo, anche se i due russi incalzano.

Simone Ruffini è intorno alla sesta posizione.

La cavalcata di Occhipinti

Il francese Axel Reymond cambia traiettoria e si pone in parallelo al gruppo portando avanti un’azione in solitaria.

Occhipinti si rende conto della scelta di Reymond e si porta sulla stessa traiettoria, avvicinandosi al francese.

Scelta coraggiosa quella del francese che però sembra pagare, poiché si sta ponendo avanti al gruppo.

Gara magistrale quella di Occhipinti, che alla boa arancione viene segnalato come secondo, con il francese Reymond primo, che nel frattempo è rientrato in traiettoria e conduce il gruppo.

Momenti concitanti, gruppo ricomposto con Occhipinti terzo, conduce Reymond, secondo il russo Belyalev.

Corpo a corpo tra il francese ed il russo negli ultimi metri.

Caccia al podio per Occhipinti.

Siamo al traguardo, il russo Kirill Belyalev è il primo a toccare il traguardo, Axell Reymond è argento.

Alessio Occhipinti è medaglia di bronzo!

Simone Ruffini quarto.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Mondiali FINA 2019: Alessio Occhipinti Bronzo Nella 25 km

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

The Speedo Sectional Championships

July 18-21st, 2o19
Piscataway, NJ
Long Course Meters
Results on MeetMobile

Zoe Skirboll, a 14-year-old from Racer X Aquatics, swam the women’s 200 IM, 100 free, and 100 breast, winning the IM and breast. Skirboll won the first event of the meet, the women’s 200 IM, clocking a 2:19.15 to break 2:20 for the first time in her career. She was out quick, splitting a 29.38 on the fly leg, and following it up with a 38.05 backstroke split. Skirboll split 39.28 on the fly leg and 32.44 on free. She then went on to win the 100 breast, touching in 1:12.22, a little off her personal best of 1:10.46. Skirboll also came in 3rd in the 100 free, finishing in 57.77 (57.62 prelims), almost a second off her best time of 56.80. In all, Skirboll raced 7 times on the first day of the meet, also splitting 27.11 to lead-off the 200 free relay.

Annemarie Schnoor won the women’s 100 free, posting a personal best of 57.08. The time marked a big drop for Schnoor, a Towson University swimmer, who had a personal best of 57.99 before the meet. Rutgers’ Abigail Kilgallon won the women’s 800 free by 5 seconds, clocking an 8:50.49. That swim was a personal best for Kilgallon by over 2 seconds, as her PB before the meet was 8:52.91.

Rider University’s Kyle Iorizzo won the men’s 1500, finishing in a personal best of 15:48.55. Iorizzo’s race knocked a full 11 seconds off his personal best of 15:59.84, which he set back in 2017. 16-year-old Dare Rose (Scarlet Aquatics) won the men’s 200 IM, touching in 2:06.20, over two seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Rose has a personal best of 2:05.57.

Kimani Gregory (Racer X Aquatics) won the men’s 100 free, touching in 51.59. His time was just .01 seconds off what he did in prelims, and was close to his personal best of 50.90. Noah Houskeeper (Denison University) took the men’s 100 breast in 1:04.62. Houskeeper dropped significantly from his 1:05.29 best time, which he swam last Summer.

TEAM SCORES – DAY 1 (TOP 5)

COMBINED

Scarlet Aquatics – 523
Racer X Aquatics – 244
Crimson Aquatics – 194
X-Cel Swimming – 122
Towson University – 110

MEN

Scarlet Aquatics – 283
Racer X Aquatics – 116
Crimson Aquatics – 111
X-Cel Swimming – 78
Peddie Aquatic Association – 52

WOMEN

Scarlet Aquatics – 240
Racer X Aquatics – 128
Crimson Aquatics – 83
Towson University – 63
Morris County Swim Club – 55

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 14-Year-Old Zoe Skirboll Wins Twice on Day 1 of Piscataway Sectionals

By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

FINA World Championships, Gwangju, Südkorea

In einem bis auf die letzten Meter spannenden 25 km Rennen holte sich Finnia Wunram die Silbermedaille.

Zum Schluß setzte sich die Brasilianerin Ana Marcela Cunha etwas ab. Finnia Wunram ließ aber den Kontakt nie abreißen und kam mit einer herausragenden Leistung als Zweite ans Touchpad.

Cunha holte sich ihren 3. Weltmeistertitel. Dritte wurde die Französin Laura Grangeon.

Finnia Wunram hatte sich bereits als Achte über die 10 km für die Olympischen Spiele 2020 qualifiziert. Die Medaille der 23-Jährigen ist die Fünfte für Deutschland! Lea Boy kam als Zwölfte ins Ziel, eine sehr gute Leistung für sie.

Bei den Männern sicherten sich Andreas Waschburger als Achter und Sören Meißner als Neunter ebenfalls die Olympia Qualifikation.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Schwimm-WM: Finnia Wunram holt sich Silber über die 25 km

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

CAMPIONATI MONDIALI FINA 2019– OPEN WATER

Dopo l medaglia di bronzo di Alessio Occhipinti, in acqua ci sono ancora le donne che stanno concludendo la loro gara.

In acqua per l’Italia ci sono Arianna Bridi, Barbara Pozzobon, Simone Ruffini e Alessio Occhipinti.

Barbara Pozzobon è invece la campionessa italiana in carica, avendo vinto il titolo ai Campionati italiani di fondo di Piombino.

25 KM FEMMINILE

ORO Ana Marcela Cunha
ARGENTO Finnia Wunram
BRONZO Lara Grangeon

Subito aggressive Ana Marcela Cunha e la francese Lara Grangeon mentre le italiane sono più defilate.

A metà gara il distacco si fa più consistente. In testa stacca il resto del gruppo Lara Grangeon che ora conduce. Accanto a lei ci sono la tedesca Finnia Wunram e la brasiliana Cunha.

Inizia a diventare difficile una rimonta da parte di Arianna Bridi che a metà gara ha un ritardo dalla testa di 2 minuti e 20.

Dopo 20 km la gara femminile è pregiudicata dalle condizioni meteo. Onde che rendono davvero difficile la nuotata, pioggia e vento sono le protagoniste allo Yeosu Expo Ocean Park.

In testa ci sono Ana Marcela Cunha, Lara Grangeon, Finnia Wunram e l’americana Erica Sullivan.

Arianna Bridi è in ritardo di tre minuti e diventa impossibile una rimonta.

Manca un chilometro all’arrivo con la brasiliana Cunha solidamente in testa. Nel finale di gara sono tre le atlete al comando, mentre le italiane sono orami troppo lontane da qualsiasi ambizione di podio.

Ana Marcela Cunha arriva in solitaria al traguardo.

Argento per la tedesca Finnia Wunram, bronzo per Lara Grangeon.

Arianna Bridi chiude sesta.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Mondiali FINA Gwangju: Ana Marcela Cunha Oro 25 Km Femminile, Bridi Settima

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Sectionals – Santa Clarita

July 18-21, 2019
Santa Clarita Aquatic Center, Santa Clarita, CA
Meet information
Psych sheet
Results (Meet Mobile): ‘2019 CA Speedo Sectionals Santa Clarita’

UCLA rising senior Kenisha Liu of BREA Aquatics kicked off the meet with a 55.65 victory in the 100 free, coming to the wall just off her PB of 55.39. She finished two body lengths ahead of 15-year-old Ella Mazurek of QuickSilver Swimming (57.74). Jamie Brennan of Beach Cities touched 1/100 after Mazurek for a best-by-1.12 time of 57.75. Liu took home gold in the very next event, too, going 2:31.88 to win the 200 breast by almost three body lengths. 15-year-old Gabrielle Wei of NOVA Aquatics was runner-up with 2:35.13, a best time by 1.15 seconds.

University of Utah rising sophomore Felix Chiun, swimming for DeAnza Cupertino Aquatic Club, held his #1 seeding and won the men’s 100 free with a PB of 51.10. Joseph Lastelic of UC Santa Barbara sliced nearly a full second off his seed time to place second in 51.26.

Michael Tenney of BREA Aquatics and the University of Iowa, where he will be a senior next year, cracked the 2-minute barrier for the first time in winning the men’s 200 fly with 1:59.69. Jonathan Affeld, 17, from Alto Swim Club came in second with 2:02.82. Affeld was 3.2 seconds faster than his entry time and came within 1.63 seconds of a U.S. Olympic Trials cut in the event.

Other event winners:

17-year-old Kathleen Sulkevich of La Mirada Ramada won the women’s 1500 free with 17:20.17.
Georgetown University rising sophomore Michael Wheeler of Orinda Aquatics claimed gold in the men’s 800 free with 8:23.05, improving on his seed time by 5.7 seconds.
USC rising senior Catherine Sanchez won the women’s 200 fly with 2:13.59, adding .75 to her seed time. BREA Aquatics’ Zephy Koh, a Princeton commit, was runner-up with 2:16.15.
Matthew McDermott, also a rising senior at USC, won the men’s 200 breast by a half-second margin over Duke University’s Cole Reznick with 2:19.83. Reznick was representing Tri Valley Aquatics while McDermott swam unattached.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kenisha Liu Doubles on Day 1 of 2019 Santa Clarita Sectionals

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

CAMPIONATI MONDIALI FINA 2019– GWANGJU

21/28 Luglio 2019 – nuoto
Gwangju, Corea
sito web dell’evento
Pagina Swimswam Italia Dedicata all’Evento
Programma gare nuoto
Nazionale Italiana
FINA TV live stream
Risultati Live
Start List

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Ritorna Il Pick ‘Em Contest Di Swimswam-Edizione Mondiali-Ecco Come Giocare

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2019 SPEEDO SECTIONALS – MINNEAPOLIS

July 18-21, 2019
Minneapolis, MN
LCM
Results (Meet Mobile): ‘2019 MN UOFM Speedo Section 1’

Aquajets’ Isabelle Stadden won the women’s 100 back by a considerable margin, touching at 1:00.48 to finish almost a second ahead of Minnesota’s Tevyn Waddell (1:01.43). Stadden’s been as fast as 59.71 this season, which is also her personal best. Waddell was 1:01.15 in prelims, a touch faster than tonight, which was just .04 shy of her personal best.

Finishing third was Elmbrook Swim Club’s Maggie Wanezek at 1:02.19. At 13, she’s one of the youngest swimmers qualified for Olympic Trials (she first qualified in May, when she went 1:02.32 at the 2019 Pro Swim Series stop in Bloomington). She shaved .13 off of her best tonight, moving her to 19th in the U.S. 13-14 age group rankings while she holds at #4 out of U.S. 13-year-olds in history.

Wisconsin Aquatics’ Caleb Aman had a huge swim in the 400 IM prelims to qualify for Olympic Trials. While he hasn’t gone a best in yards since 2017 (3:49.54), Aman roared to a 4:22.94 this morning in Minneapolis and won the race tonight in a 4:27.61. His old best, from 2016, was 4:29.62. Last night, Aman qualified for OTs in his first event ever, the 200 breast. The women’s 400 IM belonged to Wisconsin commit Emma Lasecki of Green Bay Swim Club with a time of 4:55.42.

In the women’s 200 free, rising Iowa senior Hannah Burvill took the win at 2:00.85. She held a slight lead over Tevyn Waddell at the 100 flip, and then surged through the back half to distance herself from the rest of the field. Waddell would touch second in 2:02.90, while 16-year-old Rachel Stege, the 800 free winner from night one, finished third in 2:03.29. Waddell hit a best by about a second and a half, while Stege dropped nearly three seconds from her best coming into this meet.

OTHER WINNERS

Linn-Mar Swim Team’s Cameron Kelley swam a lifetime best 1:52.34 to win the men’s 200 free.
Texas commit Peter Larson, of Edina Swim Club, won the men’s 100 back in 56.37. Also under 57 seconds were Fox Valley Swim Team’s Max St. George (56.76) and Dubuque Area Swimmin’ Hurricanes’ John Colin (56.83).

TEAM SCORES

Men

Wisconsin Aquatics 274
Wyoming Aquatics 138
Fox Valley Swim Team 96
Hawkeye Swim Club 83
University of Minnesota 78

Women

Wisconsin Aquatics 213
Elmbrook Swim Club 113
Barrington Swim Club 108
Hawkeye Swim Club 99
Fox Valley Swim Team 86

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Maggie Wanezek, 13, Hits PR 1:02.19 in 100 Back at Minneapolis Sectionals

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

The Speedo Sectional Championships

July 18-21st, 2o19
Piscataway, NJ
Long Course Meters
Results on MeetMobile

Day 2 of the Piscataway Sectional meet featured the 200 free, 100 fly, and 400 IM. Day 1 double event winner Zoe Skirboll (Racer X Aquatics) won another event today. The 14-year-old sped to victory in the women’s 100 fly, touching the wall in 1:01.69. With that swim, Skirboll shed 0.22 seconds off her previous best time. The swim also ties Skirboll for 54th all-time for 13-14 girls. University of Michigan’s Alex Martin clocked a new best en route to winning the men’s 100 fly. Martin came into the meet with a personal best of 54.23 (also set this Summer), then dropped a 54.04 in prelims, and 54.06 to win in finals. The time earned Martin an Olympic Trials cut (54.19).

Rutgers’ Francesca Berotta won the women’s 200 free, touching in 2:04.91. Bertotto was the only swimmer in the field under 2:05, but was a little off her personal best of 2:01.69. 16-year-old Nick Radkov (Peddie Aquatic Association) won the men’s 200 free convincingly, clocking a 1:54.97. That race marked a big drop for Radkov, who had a best time fo 1:57.58 coming into the meet.

Scarlet Aquatics Junseo Kim won the women’s 400 IM in a new best time of 4:55.59. Kim came into the meet with a personal best of 4:57.83, marking a 2.24 second drop for the 16-year-old. Justin Park (Scarlet Aquatics) won the men’s 400 IM by over 4 seconds, touching in 4:34.92. The 18-Year-Old shaved 0.22 seconds off his personal best with that swim.

TEAM SCORES – DAY 1 (TOP 5)

COMBINED

Scarlet Aquatics – 999.5
Racer X Aquatics – 393
Crimson Aquatics – 378
Towson University – 226.5
X-Cel Swimming – 212.5

MEN

Scarlet Aquatics – 527.5
Racer X Aquatics – 215
Crimson Aquatics – 209
X-Cel Swimming – 130.5
Towson University – 93.5

WOMEN

Scarlet Aquatics – 472
Racer X Aquatics – 178
Crimson Aquatics – 169
Towson University – 133
Morris County Swim Club – 92

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Michigan’s Alex Martin Earns Olympic Trials Cut at Piscataway Sectional

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Sectionals – Santa Clarita

July 18-21, 2019
Santa Clarita Aquatic Center, Santa Clarita, CA
Meet information
Psych sheet
Results (Meet Mobile): ‘2019 CA Speedo Sectionals Santa Clarita’

BREA Aquatics’ Kenisha Liu, who will be a senior at UCLA in the fall, won her third event in two days at CA/NV Sectionals in Santa Clarita. After taking home golds in the 100 free and 200 breast on Thursday, she won the 200 free with a personal best of 2:00.53 on Friday. That time was good enough to qualify for 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, a .69 improvement over her seed time of 2:01.22. Finishing in second place was University of Florida’s Taylor Ault. Swimming for La Mirada Armada, she stopped the clock in 2:01.95, just .14 off her entry time. Ault was victorious in the following event, the 400 IM, going 4:58.45 to win by half a second over 16-year-old Ana Jih-Schiff of Crow Canyon (4:59.04)./

Michael Tenney, also of BREA Aquatics and a rising senior at Iowa, added gold medals in the 200 free (1:51.67) and 400 IM on Friday. He had won the 200 fly on Thursday. Tenney went 4:28.74 in the IM, dropping .14 from his entry time. Ben Hayes of California Aquatics, a rising sophomore at Brown University, lowered his PB by 1.3 seconds to finish second with 4:31.35. UC San Diego’s Jack Spitser (4:32.29) was third, thanks to a 4.35-second drop in finals that qualified him for 2019 U.S. Open.

Other event winners:

Stanford-bound Alexandra Crisera of Beach Cities Swimming won the 100 back in 1:03.18 ahead of Makayla Poloni of BREA who broke 1:04 for the first time with 1:03.86.
Tyler James of UC San Diego dropped .68 to win the men’s 100 back in 57.67, coming within .57 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials time standard.
BREA Aquatics won the women’s 400 free relay in 3:52.29 with Emily Trieu (58.76), Zephy Koh (58.28), Marly Lough (58.31), and Liu (56.94).
The men’s 400 free relay went to Roadrunner Aquatics (Ryan Brimer, 51.61; Michael Hart, 51.86; Richard Campbell, 52.71; and Noah Hickman, 52.01) in 3:28.19.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Michael Tenney, Kenisha Liu Tally 3rd Wins on Day 2 at Santa Clarita Sectionals

By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

FINA World Championships, Gwangju, Südkorea

Die Startlisten für die am Sonntag beginnenden Wettkämpfe der Beckenschwimmer wurden veröffentlicht.

Der DSV hat noch einige Einzelstarts ergänzt, so wird Anna Elendtüber 50 m und 100 m Brust an den Start gehen und Jacob Heidtmannüber 200 m Freistil. Beide hatten sich “nur” für die Staffeln qualifiziert. Ebenso erhält Fabian Schwingenschlögl die Chance, sich über 100 m Brust mit den Besten der Welt zu messen.

Christian Diener wird ergänzend zu den 200 m Rücken noch über die 100 m Rücken starten,Marius Kusch ergänzend zu den 50 m und 100 m Schmetterling noch über 100 m Freistil.

Hier die Übersicht über die deutschen Starter mit persönlichen Bestzeiten, Saisonbestzeiten und den aktuellen deutschen Rekorden:

	Sonntag, 21. Juli
	Vorläufe, ab 03.00 morgens		Persönliche Bestzeit	Weltrangliste 2019	Ergebnis	Deutscher Rekord
Vorlauf	200m Lagen W
Vorlauf	400m Freistil M
Vorlauf	100m Schmetterling W	Angelina Köhler	00:57,85	18. in 57,85		0:57,70
Vorlauf	50m Schmetterling M	Marius Kusch	00:23,38	13. in 23,38		23,02
Vorlauf	400m Freistil W
Vorlauf	100m Brust M	Fabian Schwingenschlögl	59,83	1:00,11		59,15
Vorlauf	4x100m Freistil W					3:31,83 am 26.07.2009 in Rom
Vorlauf	4x100m Freistil M					3:13,51 am 29.07.2012 in London

	Semifinal-, Finalläufe
Finale	400 m Freistil M
Semifinale	100 m Schmetterling W
Semifinale	50 m Schmetterling M
Finale	400 m Freistil W
Semifinale	100m Brust M
Semifinale	200m Lagen W
Finale	4x100m Freistil M
Finale	4x100m Freistil W

	Montag, 22. Juli
	Vorläufe ab 03.00 Uhr morgens
Vorlauf	100m Rücken W	Laura Riedemann	00:59,81	17. in 59,81		0:59,77
Vorlauf	100m Rücken M	Christian Diener	53,92			52,27
Vorlauf	100m Brust W	Anna Elendt	1:08,45	1:08,45		1:07,01
Vorlauf	200m Freistil M	Poul Zellmann Jacob Heidtmann	1:46,89 ‘1:46,83	22. in 1:46,89		1:42,00
Vorlauf	1500m Freistil W	Sarah Köhler	15:57,89	8. in 16.06,68		15:57,85

	Semifinal-, Finalläufe ab 13.00 Uhr
Finale	100m Brust M
Finale	100m Schmetterling W
Semifinale	100m Rücken M
Semifinale	100m Brust W
Finale	50m Schmetterling M
Semifinale	100m Rücken W
Semifinale	200m Freistil M
Finale	200m Lagen W

	Dienstag, 23. Juli
	Vorläufe ab 3.00 Uhr morgens
Vorlauf	50m Brust M
Vorlauf	200m Freistil W
Vorlauf	200m Schmetterling M	David Thomasberger	01:56,01	15. in 1:56,01		1:55,76
Vorlauf	800m Freistil M	Florian Wellbrock	07:43,03	2. in 7:43,03		7:43,03

	Semifinal-, Finalläufe ab 13.00 Uhr
Finale	200m Freistil M
Finale	1500m Freistil W
Semifinale	100m Brust M
Finale	100m Rücken W
Finale	100m Rücken M
Semifinale	200m Freistil W
Semifinale	200m Schmetterling M
Finale	100m Brust W

	Mittwoch, 24. Juli
	Vorläufe ab 3.00 Uhr morgens
Vorlauf	50m Rücken W
Vorlauf	100m Freistil M	Marius Kusch	48,70	48,70		48,24
Vorlauf	200m Lagen M	Philip Heintz	01:55,76	11. in 1:58,35		01:55,76
Vorlauf	200m Schmetterling W	Franziska Hentke	02:05,26	5. in 2:07,31		2:05,26
Vorlauf	4x100m Lagen Mixed					3:44,13

	Semifinal-, Finalläufe
	ab 13.00 Uhr
Finale	800m Freistil M
Finale	200m Freistil W
Semifinale	100m Freistil M
Semifinale	50m Rücken W
Finale	200m Schmetterling M
Finale	50m Brust M
Semifinale	200m Schmetterling M
Semifinale	200m Lagen M
Finale	4x100m Lagen Mixed					3:44,13

	Donnerstag, 25. Juli
	Vorläufe ab 3.00 Uhr morgens
Vorlauf	100m Freistil W
Vorlauf	200m Rücken M	Christian Diener	01:56,27	15. in 1:57,08		1:55,87
Vorlauf	200m Brust W
Vorlauf	200m Brust M	Marco Koch	02:07,47	5.in 2:07,96		02:07,47
		Max Pilger	2:09,87	19. in 2:09,87
Vorlauf	4x200m Freistil W					07:56,00

	Semifinal-, Finalläufe
	ab 13.00 Uhr
Finale	200m Schmetterling W
Semifinale	100m Freistil W
Finale	100m Freistil M
Finale	50m Rücken W
Semifinale	200m Brust M
Finale	200m Lagen M
Semifinale	200m Brust W
Semifinale	200m Rücken M
Finale	4x200m Freistil W

	Freitag, 26. Juli
	Vorläufe ab 3.00 Uhr morgens
Vorlauf	100m Schmetterling M	Marius Kusch	00:51,35	5. in 51,35		0:51,19
Vorlauf	200m Rücken W
Vorlauf	50m Freistil M
Vorlauf	50m Schmetterling W
Vorlauf	4x200m Freistil M					07:03,19
Vorlauf	800m Freistil W	Sarah Köhler	08:20,53	9. in 8:25,65		8:19,53

	Semifinal-, Finalläufe
Finale	100m Freistil W
Semifinale	100m Schmetterling M
Semifinale	200m Rücken W
Semifinale	50m Freistil M
Finale	200 m Brust W
Finale	200m Rücken M
Semifinale	50m Schmetterling W
Finale	200m Brust M
Finale	4x200m Freistil M

	Samstag, 27. Juli
	Vorläufe ab 3.00 Uhr morgens
Vorlauf	50m Freistil W
Vorlauf	50m Rücken M
Vorlauf	50m Brust W	Anna Elendt	31,33			30,77
Vorlauf	4x100m Freistil Mixed					3:26,59
Vorlauf	1500m Freistil M	Florian Wellbrock	14:36,15	2. in 14:42,91		14:36,15
		Ruwen Straub	14:58,92	13. in 14:58,92

	Semifinal-, Finalläufe
	ab 13.00 Uhr
Finale	50m Schmetterling W
Finale	50m Freistil M
Semifinale	50m Freistil W
Semifinale	50m Brust W
FInale	100m Schmetterling M
Finale	200m Rücken W
Semifinale	50m Rücken M
Finale	800m Freistil W
Finale	4×100 m Freistil Mixed

	Sonntag, 28. Juli

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Sectionals – Mt. Hood

July 18-21, 2019
Hood Aquatics Center, Mt. Hood, OR
Meet information
Psych sheet
Results (Meet Mobile): ‘2019 Speedo Sectionals – Mt Hood’

NC State commit Katharine Berkoff of Missoula Aquatic Club kicked off Day 2 of the Mt. Hood Speedo Sectional Meet with a personal best in the 200 free. Entered with a seed time of 2:03.93, she went 2:03.09 in finals to win by just over a second. Berkoff is now 1.4 seconds off the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials cut of 2:01.69. Lily Gardner, 16, of Tualatin Hills Swim Club, was runner-up with 2:04.12, beating Bronco Swim Club’s Hayley Hill (2:04.61) who improved her PB by 1.3 seconds. Berkoff was a Declared False Start in the 100 back where she had been top seed with 59.59.

Notre Dame commit Jack Hoagland of Charger Aquatics was nearly a full second faster than his seed time in winning the men’s 200 free final over Cole Giandinoto (1:53.46) and Benjamin Waterman (1:53.58) from Utah Utes, Hugo Sykes of University of Denver Hilltoppers (1:53.78), and Kevin Jackson of King Aquatic Club (1:53.94). Hoagland’s previous PB was from last summer’s Speedo Junior Nationals. Hoagland dropped half a second in the next event, placing third in the 400 IM with 4:30.63. The Utes’ Jackson Cunningham won the race with a dominant 4:26.39, slashing 3.1 seconds off his seed time and coming within .40 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials standard. Jacob Hand from Charger Aquatics was runner-up with a best-by-5.2 time of 4:30.20.

Other event winners:

15-year-old Mia Rankin of Phoenix Swim Club slashed 2.3 seconds off her seed time to win the women’s 400 IM by 5.36 seconds with 4:53.19. That puts her within 1.4 seconds of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials cut of 4:51.79.
Second-seeded Mara Newman, who is headed to Wisconsin in the fall after a year at UCLA, won the women’s 100 back in 1:03.15. She was about 8/10 off her seed time of 1:02.32 which she swam last summer winning the B final of the 100 back at Speedo Junior Nationals. Second, third, and fourth places were separated by only .15 as Elevation Athletics’ Katelyn Lewicki (1:03.75), Utah Utes’ Emma Lawless (1:03.86), and Phoenix’s Kaitlyn McCoy (1:03.90) came to the wall together, all with lifetime bests.
Phoenix Swim Club’s Meguru Hotta of Japan was the winner in the men’s 100 back. He dropped .37 from his seed time to touch out Gavin Olson of Foothills Swim Team for the win, 56.35 to 56.66. Olson’s time was a .74-second improvement over his entry time and .07 off the 2020 Trials cut.
University of Denver Hilltoppers’ women’s and men’s 400 free relays were both victorious. The women’s quartet of Aysia Leckie (58.98), Andi Johnston (59.30), Anna Shaw (59.52), and Jenna Smith (57.78) combined for a winning time of 3:54.58, beating Bainbridge Island Swim Club by over 3 seconds. The men were just as dominant, going 3:27.21 to Charger Aquatics’ 3:29.66. Hugo Sykes, Darragh Mahns, Robin Kuebler, and Fischer Basham contributed to the effort.

Team Scores

Women

Tualatin Hills Swim Club – 597
University of Denver Hilltoppers – 518
Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 406
Phoenix Swim Club – 400
Elevation Athletics – 349
Bronco Swim Club – 245
The Dolphins Portland Swimming – 215
Lakes Oswego Swim Club / Bainbridge Island Swim Club – 190
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Foothills Swim Team – 189

Men

University of Denver Hilltoppers – 675
Phoenix Swim Club – 427
Elevation Athletics – 371
Charger Aquatics – 330
Tualatin Hills Swim Club – 299
Mesa Aquatics Club – 277
Swim Utah – 267
Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 247
Rio Salado Swim Club – 145
Fort Collins Area Swim Team – 140

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CAMPIONATI MONDIALI FINA 2019– GWANGJU

21/28 Luglio 2019 – nuoto
Gwangju, Corea
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Poche ore al fischio di inizio dei Mondiali 2019.

Se negli ultimi giorni vi siete sentiti un po’ confusi su di essi, tranquilli, proveremo a dare risposta a tutti i vostri dubbi.

Salvate questo articolo, vi potrà ritornare utile nella settimana che ci apprestiamo a vivere.

Fuso Orario

I Campionati Mondiali si svolgono a Gwangju, in Corea del Sud.

Dobbiamo quindi aggiungere 7 ore all’ora di Roma (+7).

Le batterie di qualificazione si svolgeranno alle ore 10 del mattino di Gwangju, dunque alle ore 3:00 italiane.

Finali e Semifinali avranno inizio alle 20:00 ora locale, ore 13:00 italiane.

Programma gare

Abbiamo pubblicato precedentemente il calendario completo delle gare, suddiviso per sessioni (batterie e semifinali/finali).

Ogni giorno provvederemo ad inserire il link corrispondente al Recap completo. Per facilità di lettura vi preciso che il giorno, ad esempio “Domenica 20 Luglio” diventerà di colore “rosso”. Basterà cliccarci sopra per leggere il Recap.

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DIRETTA TELEVISIVA LIVE

I Mondiali di nuoto di Gwangju avranno una copertura televisiva molto ampia.

Le batterie di qualifica saranno trasmesse sul canale tematico Rai Sport + (canale 57 del telecomando).

Come è avvenuto per il nuoto di fondo, le fasi più significative saranno coperte dal canale generalista Rai 2.

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UN’UNICA PAGINA DA CONSULTARE

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Senza dover vagare perdendo tempo prezioso nella navigazione del sito, troverete in un unico posto i riassunti delle sessioni di gara, gli approfondimenti e tutto ciò che succederà a Gwangju, sia in vasca che fuori.

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ASPETTO SOCIAL

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I Mondiali di Gwangju sono raccolti sotto gli hashtag #diveintopeace #diveintothepeace #finagwangju2019.

Buon Mondiale a tutti!

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