By Barry Revzin on SwimSwam

After last week’s introduction to the International Swimming League format, SwimSwam stats expert Barry Revzin took a look at a few different factors from the Indianapolis event:

Multiple Events

One of the interesting things about the ISL format as compared to the typical international meet is the team aspect of the competition. This isn’t the kind of meet where everyone just shows up, swims their best one event on a given day (or maybe their best one or two events on a given week) and goes home. People have to swim a lot of events. People have to swim off events. People have to swim one event and then get right back up and swim another. I thought it’d be interesting to take a look at who swam the most events, or stepped up to go well out of their comfort zone, or who had the shortest turnaround times.

In terms of sheer number, there were two swimmers that each swam seven events: Energy Standard’s Sarah Sjostrom (50/100 Free, 50/100 Fly, 4×100 Free, 4×100 Medley, 50 Free Skins) and Cali Condors’ OliviaSmoliga (50/100 Free, 50/100 Back, 4×100 Free, 4×100 Medley, 50 Free Skins). And really, due to skins, those two had to swim 9 and 8 races, respectively, over the course of a pretty short weekend.

Not to far from there, quite a few swimmers competed in six events. In alphabetical order (when I say all three relays, I mean the Mixed 4×100 Free as well as the single-gender 4×100 Free and Medley relays):
– Zach Apple, DCT (50/100 Free, all three relays, 50 Free Skins)
– Chad le Clos, ENS (100 Free, 50/100/200 Fly, 4×100 Free, 4×100 Medley)
– MalloryComerford, CAC (100/200 Free, 100 Fly, all three relays)
– Santo Condorelli, AQC (50/100 Free, 50/100 Fly, 4×100 Free, 50 Free Skins)
– BethanyGalat, DCT (50/100/200 Breast, 100/200 Fly, 4×100 Medley)
– Siobhan Haughey, DCT (100/200 Free, 200 IM, 4×100 Free, 4×100 Medley, 50 Free Skins)
– MitchLarkin, CAC (50/100/200 Back, 200 IM, 4×100 Free, 4×100 Medley)
– Silvia di Pietro, AQC (50/100 Free, 50 Fly, 4×100 Free, Mixed 4×100 Free, 50 Free Skins)
– JustinRess, CAC (50 Free, 50 Back, 50 Fly, 4×100 Medley, 4×100 Free, 50 Free Skins)
– KregorZirk, ENS (200/400 Free, 100 Back, 100/200 Fly, 4×100 Medley)

Kilometer Club: Distances Swum Cumulatively

As far as most distance raced, that obviously favors the distance swimmers more. Several swimmers raced at least a kilometer over the course of the meet, led by Energy Standard’s Mary-Sophie Harvey covering 1400m with the impressive program of the 400 IM, 200 Back the first day and the 400 Free, 200 IM, and 200 Fly the second day. Other members of the kilometer club:
– HaliFlickinger, CAC: 1200m (400 Free, 200 Back, 200 Fly, 400 IM)
– Katie Ledecky, DCT: 1200m (200/400 Free, 400 IM, 4×100 Free, Mixed 4×100 Free)
– HannaMiley, AQC: 1200m (200/400 Free, 200/400 IM)
– KregorZirk, ENS: 1100m (200/400 Free, 100 Back, 100/200 Fly, 4×100 Medley)
– ViktoriyaGunes, ENS: 1000m: (400 Free, 200 Breast, 400 IM)

Out-of-comfort-zone Swims

How about who stepped out of their comfort zone the most? This one is a little difficult to answer objectively. If someone had a relatively good swim in one event (relative to the world, not for themselves) and a relatively worse swim in another, is the bad swim just an indication that this is October and they are training heavily, or is the bad swim an indication that this is an event that they may never have swum before or at least not in many years? So these are just my best guesses:

– BethanyGalat, DCT. Well known for being a great 200 breaststroker, swam the 100/200 fly
– AntonChupkov, ENS. Also a great 200 breaststroker, swam the 200 IM. This wouldn’t seem like as big a stretch, but he swam what I believe is his best time the 200 IM at 1:58.73 , which is not even 3 seconds faster than his best 200 Breaststroke time.
– JayLitherland, DCT. Led off a 4×100 freestyle relay.
– ViktoriyaGunes, ENS. Yet another great 200 breaststroker, swam the 400 free.

Turnaround Times

One thing that is actually objectively measurable is turnaround time. Setting aside the 50 free skins, which are very much designed to have almost no recovery time, what is the quickest turnaround from event to event across the four teams? That rather painful distinction goes to DC Trident’s Bethany Galat, with a mere FIVE minutes between her 100 Fly and her 50 Breast.

There were a few other pairs of swims under 15 minutes apart from each other:

– Zach Apple and RobertHoward (DCT) and JustinRess (CAC): ~10:20 between the 50 Free and 4×100 Medley
– MelanieMargalis (CAC): ~11:27 between her 400 IM and the 4×100 Free.
– Mitch Larkin (CAC): ~12:07 between the 200 IM and the 100 Back.
– SilviadiPietro (AQC): ~12:10 between the 50 fly and mixed 4×100 free
– NatalieHinds (CAC): ~13:03 for the same double, but Hinds got an extra minute of rest by virtue of anchoring whereas Pietro went third.
– Katie Ledecky (DCT): ~13:15 between the 400 IM and the 4×100 Free.
– JohnShebat (CAC): ~13:24 for also the same double, but the men’s 50 fly preceded the women’s 50 fly (so more rest) but then he went 2nd (so less rest).

Five of the 200 backstrokers also led off their respective 4×100 medley relays just over 15 minutes later (Apostolos Christou, Tristan Hollard, Radoslaw Kawecki, Mitch Larkin, and EvgenyRylov). There were another dozen or so doubles within 20 minutes.

Skins Races

As you can see, the time gain is pretty dramatic. Interestingly, the mens’ gains were almost all larger than all the womens’ gains. Here’s the list:

– 1.8% (Sjostrom and Smoliga from round 1 to 2)

– 2.5% (Heemskerk from 1-2)

– 3.2% (Sjostrom from 2-3)

– 3.4% (Heemskerk from 2-3)

– 3.6% (Manaudou from 1-2)

– 3.9% (Wasick from 1-2)

– 4.0% (Proud from 1-2)

– 4.4% (Manaudou from 2-3)

– 6.0% (Howard from 1-2)

– 6.2% (Condorelli from 1-2)

– 8.8% (Proud from 2-3)

A different way of looking at it might be to look at the FINA points. Conveniently, the world record holders in the 50 SCM freestyles both competed here – Manaudou has the mens mark at 20.26 and Sjostrom has the womens at 23.67. Sjostrom’s three swims would score 972, 921, and 837 points, respectively. Manaudou’s had a much bigger drop-off and score 867, 780, and 686 points respectively. Proud’s final swim was just 573. But the fun thing about this whole race is that the times really don’t matter. After all, technically speaking, the mens winning time was a 22.97. It is listed as such in the final results. There many be a lot of men that can go 22.97 in the 50 free – but vanishingly few of them can do it after just having swum two other 50s under 22 within the previous 6 minutes.

Breakdown by distances

The following lists points per team per distance, in that order:

101.0: Energy 50
79.5: Cali 50
58.5: Aqua 50
55.0: DC 50

94.0: Energy 100
76.5: Cali 100
65.0: Aqua 100
57.5: DC 100

132.0: Energy 4 x 100
104.0: Cali 4 x 100
70.0: Aqua 4 x 100
62.0: DC 4 x 100

121.0: Cali 200
90.0: DC 200
87.0: Energy 200
68.0: Aqua 200

47.0: Cali 400
47.0: DC 400
30.0: Energy 400
22.0: Aqua 400

DC Trident is certainly a distance-oriented team. The best performers at the 400 distance, the second best performers at the 200 distance, but not quite there at the shorter distance. On the other hand, Energy Standard is practically the polar opposite – dominating at all the short events. Unfortunately for DC, and good for Energy, there are a lot more shorter events, and they score a lot more points.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: ISL Indy: Analyzing Turnaround Time, Doubles & Skins Races

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CAMPIONATO EUROPEO VASCA CORTA

• Glasgow (GBR) 4/8 Dicembre 2019
• Vasca 25 metri
• Sito web manifestazione
• Programma gare

La Federazione Italiana Nuoto, ha pubblicato i criteri di selezione per la composizione della squadra che parteciperà ai campionati Europei di vasca corta a Glasgow in dicembre.

Una parte della squadra è già formata, sono infatti convocati tutti gli atleti che, nel corso del Campionato Mondiale di Gwangju 2019 si sono classificati entro il 16° posto nelle gare individuali o che hanno ottenuto in fasi preliminari o di prima frazione di staffetta tempi che gli avrebbero permesso questo risultato. La lista degli atleti che hanno ottenuto il pass sono:

Viene comunicato inoltre che saranno qualificati gli atleti che, nel periodo 1° ottobre – 17 novembre 2019 otterranno, nelle gare con posti ancora liberi, prestazioni uguali o migliori di quelle indicate nella seguente tabella:

Ulteriori aggiunte alla squadra saranno fatte dal Direttore Tecnico Cesare Butini al fine di favorire la crescita delle staffette maschili e del settore della velocità in campo femminile.

Oltre alle atlete che hanno già acquisito il diritto alla convocazione durante il Mondiale, saranno qualificate agli Europei coloro che, si classificheranno al primo posto nella graduatoria dei tempi realizzati in vasca da 25m, nel periodo 1° ottobre – 17 novembre 2019, nelle gare dei 100 e 200 stile libero femminili.

Saranno qualificati anche i nuotatori, fino al numero massimo consentito dal regolamento della manifestazione (quattro), nelle gare dei 100 e 200 stile libero maschili.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Europei Di Vasca Corta : Atleti Qualificati E Tempi Limite

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Disclaimer: Dolfin Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week, but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail. The  Dolfin Swim is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week, perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines, or a race we didn’t get to examine as closely in the flood of weekly meets.

As we’ve said with all of these early-season NCAA highlight swims: the usual disclaimers apply. Sure, Virginia was indeed suited up for the Trojan Invite. Yes, there aren’t yet many times in the NCAA ranks to compare to. Of course October swims don’t make any guarantees of postseason success.

But that doesn’t change how fast Paige Madden was last weekend.

The UVA junior blasted an NCAA-leading 4:38.67 in the 500 free. That’s the fastest time in the nation this season by 8.6 seconds. Madden is the first swimmer under 4:40 this season. She’s also the first under 4:45.

Her time compares very favorably to previous early-season standouts, too. Last year at this time, the nation-leading 500 was a 4:48.4. The year before, it was a 4:46.3. The year before that, a 4:44.9.

And for Madden, it’s a huge surge from where she’s been her past two seasons in October. In fact, it’s a half-second faster than she went at Virginia’s mid-season rest meet last season, the Georgia Invite in late November. Here’s a look at her top times from two previous collegiate seasons:

Paige Madden Top 500y free Times In Regular Season, Mid-Season Rest, Post-Season

Madden was able to drop more than six seconds from mid-season to the post-season last year. The year before that, she dropped more than five. If history is any indicator, Madden is set up extremely well for a great 500 free swim later on this college season.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Dolfin Swim of the Week: Paige Madden’s Huge 4:38 In 500 Free

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast your vote in our newest poll on the SwimSwam homepage, about halfway down the page on the right side, or you can find the poll embedded at the bottom of this post.

Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers to pick the top team in preseason Power Rankings:

RESULTS

Question: Who should be #1 in our men’s Power Rankings?

• Cal – 62.5%
• Texas – 31.9%
• Someone else -5.6%

Defending champs Cal nearly doubled up the votes of Texas, which won four straight before last season. Cal returns the most points, but Texas brings in a stronger class of freshmen and three key transfers.

Only about 5.6% of votes went to the rest of the NCAA field. That squares with our early analysis of the men’s NCAA– the top two teams are clear-cut favorites, and everybody else is jockeying for third. These polls usually reflect a lot more team loyalty than logic, so for only 5.6% of voters to pick another team speaks pretty strongly for how dominant the top two programs are compared to the field.

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By Torrey Hart on SwimSwam

Ahead of his International Swimming League debut Saturday for the Cali Condors, Caeleb Dressel spoke on what made the endeavor appealing to him.

“I think this is a great opportunity, not only for the swimmers to further the sport but also the fans,” he said in an interview published by the league. “This is an exciting way to get more people involved with this sport to better understand how we work and operate, and see us on a global stage but still keep it personal with the team aspect.”

In particular, he’s excited about the prospect of fans engaging with teams as they would in other pro sports.

“This is similar to the NBA and the NFL in my eyes,” he said. “Fans can attach to specific teams based on not only who is on it but also with the city/state we are representing. I’m excited to be a part of this and grow this sport not only within the National Team of the USA but bring together the whole world on teams together.”

While the ISL’s focus on finish place over times has caused some debate amongst fans, the notoriously competitive Dressel supports the winning-oriented setup – he admitted he doesn’t even know short course meters times very well, anyway.

“I like how it is not about times, it is just about winning,” he said. “At the end of the day it is who gets their hand on the wall first. This is like dual meets in college. Nobody would go crazy fast times in-season, but it was still exciting to just try and win.”

“Times are irrelevant in this league and I think that is great. Most fans may not be familiar with times ( I don’t even know short course meter times very well) but they will be familiar with winning.”

While Dressel was a late signee to the Condors, prompting speculation about whether he would join the league at all, he says his coach Gregg Troy supports the format.

“This league fits perfectly into my training schedule for 2020,” he said. “Coach Troy thinks this league and the stops I’m doing are actually a better fit for training than staying back in Gainesville. He wants me to get some racing in this fall and sees this working out to my benefit for my training cycle.”

After sitting out the first meet – in which Florent Manaudou made a statement with a 20.77 U.S. Open record in the 50-meter free – Dressel is excited about the potential to form rivalries.

“I think there will certainly be some rivalries. Who doesn’t love a good rivalry?,” he said. “Ohio State and Michigan, UF and FSU, Green Bay [Packers] and the [Chicago] Bears. There is nothing more exciting than good respectful competition.”

Dressel, who lit up short course yards competition in college in every event he attempted, is ready to again be a threat wherever he’s needed.

I will come into these dual meets with the focus to swim smart races and score points for my team,” he said.” I will swim whatever the coaching staff, managers, and teammates need me to swim. My job is to score points for this team and I want to help with that in any way that I can.”

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Dressel Ahead of First ISL Appearance: ‘I Like How it is Not About Times’

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

U.S. National Team swimmer Abrahm DeVine took to social media again yesterday, detailing more specific mistreatment he says he faced as a member of the Stanford swim & dive program, and referencing punishments by USA Swimming and Stanford.

Background

DeVine has taken to social media several times in the past few weeks to publicly criticize his alma mater Stanford. DeVine first posted alleging that he’d been “kicked off the Stanford team” because he is gay. The school said that DeVine, who had already finished his NCAA eligibility, was not invited to train with the Stanford program as a postgraduate, and head women’s and men’s team coaches Greg Meehan and Dan Schemmel said in a joint statement that the decision had nothing to do with his sexuality.

In the ensuing media discussion, DeVine admitted to Stanford’s school newspaper that he had violated Team USA rules by drinking while at a Team USA meet, rather than being present at the meet – that appears to be one of the “surface level reasons” DeVine had referenced for he wasn’t allowed to remain at Stanford. But DeVine has maintained his claims that he’s been systematically mistreated within the Stanford program because of his sexual orientation.

Specific Allegations

DeVine returned to social media on Wednesday with another long post and a series of Instagram stories laying out more specific allegations against the Stanford program. There’s still some confusion about which coaching staffs DeVine is referencing: he swam his collegiate years under Ted Knapp, who resigned last spring, but the men’s program is now headed by Schemmel, while the Stanford postgraduates (at this point, all women) appear to train under women’s head coach Meehan.

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(Yes, this was a whole photo shoot smh) Reflection on the last week: First and foremost, I have some amazing friends and I can’t believe how lucky I am to have them. Never felt more grateful. To push my message forward, I am now working with Stanford Athletics. Before this issue leaves my page, there are a few things I want to address: 1. Why is it that so many gay people resonate with this message? Isn’t that alarming? And why are so many (mostly, but not entirely) straight people so quick to dismiss it? This is part of what I touched on when I said ‘denial of experience’. All around us gay kids are quitting their sports teams, they are committing suicide, and they are hiding their core identity from the world. We cannot deny that something is going on in a world where ‘being gay doesn’t matter.’ 2. Homophobia is generally understood as an intentional and directed act. If that is your definition, I do not know how to engage you in any sort of meaningful conversation around this issue. I am not a dictionary. We all need to have a shared and elevated vocabulary in order to tackle complex problems. Homophobia is systematic. Period. 3. The ‘surface level reasons’ I was referring to involved me drinking and breaking the rules of Team USA. I never meant to deny this or cover this up. On the subject of a systematic discrimination, it is juvenile to focus the conversation on the ethics of a 22 year old getting drunk. A more apt focus might be on why the only gay kid on the team sees no value in the honor code. And, when there are many athletes breaking it every year, why am I the only one being punished by both USA Swimming and Stanford Swimming? 4. To any gay kids reading this, I am sorry. I have always tried to portray a positive image, one where I am included. In reality, I have struggled to justify my participation in swimming for the last two years. I hate to spread this message, but it is my reality. However, being gay is an overwhelmingly amazing experience. It has revealed to me a hidden and beautiful world, so much love, a diverse perspective, and has given me strength beyond what most people can see. Don’t let the bs stop you from being proud of who u r

A post shared by Abrahm DeVine (@abrahmdevine) on Oct 9, 2019 at 1:00pm PDT

Here’s the full text of that post:

(Yes, this was a whole photo shoot smh) Reflection on the last week: First and foremost, I have some amazing friends and I can’t believe how lucky I am to have them. Never felt more grateful. To push my message forward, I am now working with Stanford Athletics. Before this issue leaves my page, there are a few things I want to address:

1. Why is it that so many gay people resonate with this message? Isn’t that alarming? And why are so many (mostly, but not entirely) straight people so quick to dismiss it? This is part of what I touched on when I said ‘denial of experience’. All around us gay kids are quitting their sports teams, they are committing suicide, and they are hiding their core identity from the world. We cannot deny that something is going on in a world where ‘being gay doesn’t matter.’
2. Homophobia is generally understood as an intentional and directed act. If that is your definition, I do not know how to engage you in any sort of meaningful conversation around this issue. I am not a dictionary. We all need to have a shared and elevated vocabulary in order to tackle complex problems. Homophobia is systematic. Period.
3. The ‘surface level reasons’ I was referring to involved me drinking and breaking the rules of Team USA. I never meant to deny this or cover this up. On the subject of a systematic discrimination, it is juvenile to focus the conversation on the ethics of a 22 year old getting drunk. A more apt focus might be on why the only gay kid on the team sees no value in the honor code. And, when there are many athletes breaking it every year, why am I the only one being punished by both USA Swimming and Stanford Swimming?
4. To any gay kids reading this, I am sorry. I have always tried to portray a positive image, one where I am included. In reality, I have struggled to justify my participation in swimming for the last two years. I hate to spread this message, but it is my reality. However, being gay is an overwhelmingly amazing experience. It has revealed to me a hidden and beautiful world, so much love, a diverse perspective, and has given me strength beyond what most people can see. Don’t let the bs stop you from being proud of who u r

DeVine followed up with a series of Instagram stories:

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Two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American and NISCA All-American Alex Massey has announced her verbal commitment to the application process* at Yale University for 2020-21. A senior at Harpeth Hall High School in Nashville, Tennessee, Massey swims year-round for Ensworth Aquatics. While she also runs cross country and track & field in high school, she has elected to focus on swimming in college.

“Our XC season ends in November every year, so I have yet to get even 90 days of full time swim training in before the short course championship season.  It will be exciting to see what I can do with a focused year-round approach.  Mostly, I’m looking forward to working with all the great coaches and teammates at Yale, and of course the academic opportunities are incredible.  I am honored to commit to Yale and such a tradition of excellence.  BOOLA!”

Massey specializes in fly, back, and IM. At the 2019 TISCA Tennessee High School Championship, she contributed a leg to the winning 200 free relay (23.26), swam fly on the runner-up 200 medley relay (24.48), and took 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the 100 fly (54.82) and 100 back (55.74). The year before she was a member of the Harpeth Hall medley relay (along with Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, and Ella Nelson) that broke the national independent school record with 1:38.77. She split 24.49 on the fly. Also in 2018, she swam on the winning 200 free relay (23.28 split), was runner-up in the 100 fly (54.28), and took 5th in the 100 back (55.77).

Massey is a 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier in the 200m fly with 2:13.40 which she earned this summer at NCSA Summer Championship. There, she won the 200 fly and was 3rd in the 100 fly (1:00.94), 3rd in the 200 IM (2:18.60), 4th in the 50 fly (27.51), 6th in the 200 back (2:17.21, 2:16.95 in prelims), 13th in the 100 back (1:04.06), and 10th in the 50 free (26.60). She finished the meet with PBs in the 100/200 back, 50/200 fly, and 200 IM.

Top SCY times:

• 100 fly – 54.28
• 200 fly – 1:59.28
• 100 back – 55.74
• 200 back – 1:59.63
• 50 free – 23.70
• 200 IM – 2:04.58
• 400 IM – 4:21.12

Her best times would have placed Massey in the A finals of the 100/200 fly at 2019 Ivy League Women’s Championships, two events in which Yale had only one scorer. In both cases, they were juniors so Massey’s arrival in the fall of 2020 will be of immediate value to the Bulldogs. She also would have scored in the B finals of the 100/200 back and 400 IM and the C final of the 50 free.

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: High School Relay Record-holder Alex Massey Verbally Commits to Yale

By Wendy Mayer on SwimSwam

Concordia Irvine’s Marius Jakimcikas put in nine goals in the Eagles’ 22-15 win over La Verne, setting the school season record for goals with 56. Jakimcikas surpassed Angel Rojas’ 50 goal haul from 2017 in that game and then tacked on seven more scores in a 19-8 win over Occidental on Saturday and two in a 13-11 loss to Navy.

Meanwhile Patrik Zsiros also had a record weekend for the Eagles, putting in four goals in a 20-11 win over McKendree and hat tricks vs. La Verne and Occidental. The tallies gave Zsiros the school record for career goals (110), passing Spencer Hosch (103 from 2015-17).

Joining Jakimcikas atop the Week 5 individual game scoring leaderboard were Fordham’s Jake Miller-Tolt and Chapman’s Evan Belli. Miller-Tolt put in seven scores in an 18-10 win against Belli’s Panthers , while Belli also scored seven goals in the game.

Miller-Tolt also registered a six-goal outing in the Rams’ 13-8 win over the Redlands.

In addition to 63 efforts of four or more goals, Week 5 saw players turn in 98 hat tricks.

Below are the top performers by conference.

Golden Coast Conference

Player of the Week: N/A

CWPA Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference

Player of the Week: Isaac Salinas, Navy – Put in a team-high 19 goals across give games, scoring at least three goals in each contest; notched five scores, including the game winner,  in a 13-12 win over Air Force; registered hat tricks in a 19-11 win over Chapman, 13-11 win over Redlands and a 16-9 loss to #10 Loyola Marymount; added five goals in a 13-11 win vs. Concordia.

Defensive Player of the Week: Bailey O’Mara, Fordham – Tallied 58 saves, 10 steals and two assists to help a 5-1 record; posted a career-high 17 saves in an overtime win over Fordham; added 11 saves against Mt. SAC; registered nine stops and three steals against #9 UC San Diego.

Rookie of the Week: Will Clark, Navy – Scored seven goals and added five assists on the week; notched two assists in a 13-12 win over Air Force; put in three goals and tallied an assist in a 19-11 win over Chapman; registered three goals in a 13-11 win over Redlands; dished two assists in a 13-11 win over Concordia (Irvine); wrapped the weekend with a goal in the 16-9 loss to #10 Loyola Marymount.

MPSF

Player of the Week: Jacob Mercep, USC – Put in seven goals as the Trojans topped #13 UC Irvine 16-10 and #4 UC Santa Barbara 10-9; scored four times and added three assists vs. UCI; notched a hat trick to go with two assists anda  steal vs. UCSB.

Newcomer of the Week: Adrian Weinberg, Cal – Made 12 saves on the 20 shots he faced in a 10-8 overtime win vs. San Jose State

Northeast Water Polo Conference

Player of the Week: Matheus Santos, St. Francis Brooklyn – Posted 15 points (7 goals, 8 assists), four steals and four drawn exclusions on the week; scored four goals and added two assists vs. MIT; notched one goal and two assists vs. Brown; put in two goals and added four assists vs. Harvard.

Defensive Player of the Week: Antonio Knez, Princeton – Registered 16 saves in a 12-9 win over Bron; added 13 stops in a 9-8 overtime win over MIT

Rookie of the Week: Dominick Hevesi, St. Francis Brooklyn – Scored 15 goals and added four assists; put in two goals vs. Iona; notched three scores and an assist vs. MIT; found the back of the net six times and added two assists vs. Brown; wrapped up the week with a four-goal effort to go with an assist vs. Harvard

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference

Offensive Athlete of the Week: Cooper Krause, Redlands – Netted 12 goals, making 54.5 of his shot attempts; drew four exclusions and a steal; put in four goals in a 17-11 win over McKendree and added a hat trick in a 14-11 win over Johns Hopkins.

Defensive Athlete of the Week: Wes Hertel, Chapman – Made 50 saves as the Panthers went 2-2 on the week; notched 16 saves and three steals in a 19-13 win over La Verne; added 16 saves and a steal in a 9-7 win over Wagner; made 10 stops and grabbed two steals in a 19-11 loss to Navy; tallied eight saves in an 18-10 loss to Fordham

Western Water Polo Association

Player of the Week: Ryan Werner, Santa Clara – Tallied 13 goals and three assists as the Broncos went 4-0 at the Gary Troyer Tournament; put in four goals in a 13-11 win over Wagner; added four more in a 17-12 win over La Verne; notched four scores in an 18-10 win over Occidental.

Week 5 Top Individual Game Goal Scorers

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Concordia’s Jakimcikas, Zsiros Set School Scoring Records to Headline WP Week 5

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

ISL 2019 – MATCH 2 – GRUPPO A – NAPOLI

• 12/13 Ottobre 2019
• Napoli, ITA – Piscina Felice Scandone
• Vasca Corta 25m
• finali ore 19:00
• Biglietti

Presentata oggi, venerdì 11 Ottobre presso la sala consiliare di Palazzo S. Giacomo, la seconda tappa della International Swimming League.

Alla conferenza stampa, accanto al sindaco di Napoli, Luigi De Magistris, il fondatore di ISL Konstantin Grigorishin. Presente anche il General Manager della International Swimming League Andrea Di Nino.

Non è voluta mancare il capitano della squadra con base a Roma Aqua Centurions, Federica Pellegrini. A rappresentare la squadra Cali Condors Olivia Smoliga. 

Moderatore della conferenza il campione olimpionico Massimiliano Rosolino.

Konstantin Grigorishin ha sottolineato l’importanza che ha avuto per molti nuotatori, visitare la città.

Anche atleti del calibro di Caeleb Dressel hanno espresso il desiderio di vedere Napoli, camminare tra le sue strade ed i suoi quartieri, visitare il luogo che li ospita e che li ha affascinati.

Il nuoto e lo sport diventano vettore dei giovani.

In una realtà  difficile come quella napoletana, questo tipo di eventi sono l’esempio migliore che può essere dato alle nuove generazioni.

Lo sport è sacrificio, duro lavoro e responsabilità, ma anche una festa ed uno spettacolo per tutti.

Questo il messaggio che la tappa napoletana della ISL vuole lasciare alla città.

L’INTERVENTO DI FEDERICA PELLEGRINI

La campionessa mondiale dei 200 metri stile libero ha subito sottolineato che il suo è un ritorno a Napoli.

La ISL per la Pellegrini è l’occasione per affiancare al calendario ordinario delle gare qualcosa di completamente diverso che avvicini più appassionati.

Federica Pellegrini ha sottolineato lo spirito di squadra che si crea in una manifestazione del genere.

“Siamo abituati a gareggiare individualmente, soltanto per noi stessi. Con ISL nuotiamo per la squadra, per far vincere il gruppo”.

Parlando del format della lega afferma “E’ sicuramente divertente per chi guarda ed anche per noi perchè sono due ore con tante gare di fila, ma è anche molto faticoso”.

Per la Pellegrini la ISL “regala uno show ad uno sport che a volte pò essere noioso da guardare”

Federica Pellegrini ha confermato che parteciperà alle gare individuali dei 100 e 200 metri stile libero e alle staffette.

LA TAPPA DI NAPOLI

ACQUISTA IL TUO BIGLIETTO QUI

Le gare inizieranno Sabato 12 Ottobre alle ore 19:00 presso la piscina “Felice Scandone”.

A Napoli parteciperanno quattro squadre: DC Trident, Cali Condors, Aqua Centurions e Energy Standard.

Queste squadre rappresentano la metà del campionato a due continenti che si divide tra Stati Uniti ed Europa.

Dopo la stagione regolare inaugurale di sei incontri, le prime quattro squadre di punta avanzeranno alle finali al Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino di Las Vegas, in Nevada.

Oltre 100 olimpionici sono rappresentati nell’ISL, di cui 41 medaglie d’oro olimpiche dei Giochi Olimpici del 2016.

l’ISL coinvolgerà gli appassionati di questo sport durante ogni fine settimana di competizione con match della durata di due ore.

Tra i nuotatori che gareggeranno a Napoli grande attesa per Caeleb Dressel (Cali Condors), che ha vinto sei medaglie d’oro e stabilito due record del mondo ai Campionati del Mondo 2019.

L’evento del 12-13 ottobre include 12 delle più grandi stelle del nuoto italiane, tutti membri dell’Aqua Centurions. Matteo Rivolta, Santo Condorelli, Fabio Scozzoli, Luca Dotto, Nicolo Martinenghi, Alessandro Miressi e Simone Sabbioni saranno alcuni degli uomini in azione. Federica Pellegrini, Elena Di Liddo, Silvia di Pietro, Margherita Panziera e Ilaria Bianchi alcune tra le donne di punta della squadra.

ACQUISTA IL TUO BIGLIETTO DELLA TAPPA DI NAPOLI QUI

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Presentata Tappa ISL-Federica Pellegrini”ISL Regala Uno Show Al Nuoto”

By Aglaia Pezzato on SwimSwam

FINA WORLD CUP SERIES – BERLINO

• Venerdì 11 Ottobre – Domenica 13 Ottobre
• Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE), Berlino
• Vasca Lunga 50 metri
• Liste di iscrizione
• Swimswam Italia Preview
• Risultati

Di seguito il recap completo dei podi della prima giornata di gare a Berlino per la seconda tappa di FINA World Cup.

400 METRI STILE LIBERO FEMMINILI

• WR 3:56.46 LEDECKY Katie (USA) Rio de Janeiro 2016
• WC 4:04.26 BOYLE Lauren (NZL) Dubai 2015
• WJ 3:58.37 LEDECKY Katie (USA) Gold Coast 2014

PODIO

400 METRI STILE LIBERO MASCHILI

• WR 3:40.07 BIEDERMANN Paul Roma 2009
• WC 3:45.57 RAPSYS Danas Jinan 2019
• WJR 3:44.60 HORTON Mack  Brisbane 2014

PODIO

200 METRI DORSO MASCHILI

• WR 1:51.92 PEIRSOL Aaron Roma 2009
• WC 1:53.17 LARKIN Mitchell Dubai 2015
• WJ 1:55.14 KOLESNIKOV Kliment Budapest 2017

PODIO

200 METRI FARFALLA FEMMINILI

• WR 2:01.81 Liu Zige 2009
• WCR 2:06.33 Cammille Adams Mosca 2015
• WJR 2:06.29 Suzuka Hasegawa 2017

PODIO

100 METRI FARFALLA MASCHILI

• WR 49.50 Caeleb Dressel Gwangju 2019
• WC 51.04 Chad le Clos   Chartres France 2015
• WJ  50.62 Kristof Milak   Budapest 2017

PODIO

200 METRI RANA FEMMINILI

• WR 2:19.11 PEDERSEN Rikke  Barcellona 2013
• WC 2:22.35 SCHOENMAKER Tatjana Tokyo 2019
• WJ2:19.64 GUNES Viktoria Singapore 2015

PODIO

100 METRI RANA MASCHILI

• WR 56.88 Adam Peaty Gwangju 2019
• WC 58.73 SHYMANOVICH Ilya Tokyo 2019
• WJ 59.01 Nicolo Martinenghi Indianapolis 2017

PODIO

50 METRI STILE LIBERO FEMMINILI

• WR 23.67 SJOESTROEM Sarah Budapest 2017
• WC 23.83 SJOESTROEM Sarah Kazan 2018
• WJ 24.33 IKEE Rikako Tokyo 2017

PODIO

50 METRI STILE LIBERO MASCHILI

• WR 20.91 Cesar Cielo Roma 2009
• WC 21.27 Vladimir Morozov Singapore 2019
• WJ 21.75 Michael Andrew Indianapolis 2017

PODIO

Morozov si conferma nei 50 stile, gara nella quale ha dominato anche nelle tappe di coppa del mondo della scorsa stagione.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: World Cup FINA Berlino-Toussaint Ancora Record-I Podi Del Day1

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Congratulations 400 IMers. You did it. You’ve been voted the hardest short course yard event by a wide margin. But you still have to swim the 400 IM, so are you really the winners here?

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Final Round

Finals Recap

400 IM (66%) over 200 Fly (34%)

Not a major shocker here. The 400 IM has been the odds-on favorite from the beginning. One of the most universally-feared races, the 400 IM gets points for distance (the fourth-longest event in our poll), but also hits every single swimmer’s weakest stroke. It requires a brutal mix of versatility and endurance, and never got less than 66% of votes in any round of our poll.

Meanwhile the 200 fly got about a third of the total votes in the final, holding up as the #2 event in our poll. The 200 fly also got more votes against the 400 IM in the final than the mile did in the semifinals – that speaks to the 200 fly’s place in the final, despite some chatter that the 1650FR/400IM semifinal was the true championship matchup.

Bronze Medal Match

1650 Free (64%) over 200 Free (36%)

Endurance topped strategy in our consolation match. The 1650 carries the flash of being by far the longest event in our poll. The 200 free made a somewhat surprising run to the semifinals, though, based on its strategic trickiness – many describe the 200 as too long to sprint but too short to pace. The end result is a tough race to approach and a razor-thin margin for going out too slow or too fast. In the end, though, the roughly fifteen-to-twenty minutes of pain in the mile outdid the pain of a 200 free many minutes shorter.

CONSOLATION BRACKET: 5TH-8TH

5th Place: 200 Backstroke (38%)

6th Place: 200 Breaststroke (32%)

7th Place: 500 Freestyle (26%)

8th Place: 50 Freestyle (4%)

CONSOLATION BRACKET: 9TH-16TH

9th Place: 1000 Freestyle (42%)

10th Place: 200 IM (40%)

11th Place: 100 Butterfly (6%)

12th Place: 100 Backstroke (4%)

13th Place: 100 Freestyle/100 Breaststroke (tie – 4%)

15th Place: 100 IM (0%)

Final Bracket

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Hardest (SCY) Event Bracket: 400 IM Bests 200 Fly By Almost 800 Votes

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

The annual Hong Kong Harbor open water race is the latest sporting event to be canceled as a result of the ongoing policial unrest taking place in the city.

This year’s race was scheduled for October 27th, but organizers decided to forego the event ‘after giving due consideration to the recent social situation and the resulting uncertainties.’ (Yahoo)

Hong Kong has seen 4 months of protests and civic disruptions throughout the city. We reported in August, for instance, how the Hong Kong national team almost didn’t make it to the FINA World Cup Series stop in Singapore due to protests taking place at the Hong Kong International Airport.

“We had considered a number of factors before making the decision,” said Ronnie Wong Man-chiu, president of the Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association. “Of course, the principal one is the recent civil unrest, which may cause transport problems for all the participants.

The Cross Harbor race’s cancelation follows suit with the Hong Kong Squash Open and WTA Hong Kong Open tennis tournament also being canceled in the interest of safety.

You can read more about the background of the protests here.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Hong Kong Harbor Race Latest Sporting Event Canceled Due To Political Unrest

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

FORM is swim goggles with a smart display. FORM is a sports technology company with a simple mission: to break down the barriers between what swimming is and what it could be.

During SwimSwam’s time in Columbia, Missouri, we sat in on a 2nd practice with the Mizzou tigers. Today was a test set for the tigers, and one they had done a couple weeks earlier: 30×100 @ 1:30, broken into 3 sets of 10 with breaks in between sets.

Today they were only going through 1 round of the 10×100, not 3. Head coach Andrew Grevers, however, purposefully did not tell them that. You can hear how the tigers tried to improve their performances from last time to this time in their post-set meeting, and their shock when they find out they aren’t doing the other 2 rounds. Instead, they finished up their practice with a few fast efforts (ample rest between):

3×50

2×75

1×100

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Practice + Pancakes: Mizzou Swims 10×100 @ 1:30… But Think They’re Doing 30

By Ariana Palmer on SwimSwam

2019 SMU Classic (Women)

• October 11th-12th, 2109
• Friday: 6:30PM Central/Saturday: 11:00AM Central
• Dallas, Texas
• Live Stats
• Live Video

Southern Methodist University women’s swimming and diving team will host the 26th Annual SMU Classic this Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12 at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium in Dallas, Texas. Meet is set to start at 6:30pm on Friday and 11am on Saturday with swimmers from SMU, Auburn (No.11), Miami, Louisville (No.13), Iowa, and Northwestern expected to make an appearance.

The SMU Classic is a fun, fast-paced meet following a different format than a typical college dual meet. Over a two day span, the meet will feature 12 individual events, four relays, and two diving events. The biggest catch; each school’s roster can only consist of eight swimmers and one diver. Individual events will run two heats (Consolation & Championship) and only one swimmer per school will be allowed in each heat, with a maximum participation in three events per day.

At the 2018 invite, multiple swimmers achieved NCAA invite times in both individual, relay, and diving events. Grace Oglesby of Louisville cruised to a 51.65 in the 100 butterfly, while SMU’s Andrea Podmaníková dropped a 2:09.57 in the 200 breaststroke.

Louisville took over the pool last year, winning the SMU Classic title with a score of 358 points with USC in second with 312. This meet boasts some of the most competitive swimming we will see until the mid-season invites, at least.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: SMU Will Host 26th Annual SMU Classic This Weekend (Women)

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Pepperdine University has canceled day 1 of its home swimming & diving invite due to wildfires in California that are affecting air quality in the area. The meet will be condensed into one session at noon on Saturday.

Pepperdine announced the news on its website today. The Malibu Invite was originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday, with diving at 10:30 AM Friday and swimming at 4:30 PM. The diving portion has been moved back to Saturday morning (at 8:30 AM), and all swimming events will take place starting at noon Saturday, instead of the originally-scheduled 9 AM start time.

Here’s what the condensed meet order will look like:

• 200 Medley Relay
• 200 Free
• 200 Fly
• 200 Breast
• 50 Free
• 200 Back
• 500 Free
• 100 Fly
• 100 Free
• 100 Back
• 100 Breast
• 200 IM
• 200 Free

The Pepperdine meet is set to include Texas Christian, California Baptist, Azusa Pacific, Dixie State, Biola, Cal Lutheran, Occidental, The Master’s and Westmont, per the school’s press release before the meet.

A series of wildfires are ripping through Southern California this week. Pepperdine is in Malibu, which sits just to the south of both the Wendy fire and the Saddleridge fire. Strong winds have been helping the fires spread, and the blazes have also led to power outages, and power companies have been instituting rolling power blackouts as a safety measure.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Pepperdine Cancels Day 1 Of Malibu Invite Due To Fires, Air Quality

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Two-time Olympic champ Conor Dwyer has been suspended for 20 months after a panel found he “had testosterone pellets inserted in his body in violation of the rules,” according to USADA.

According to USADA (the United States Anti-Doping Agency), Dwyer tested positive for an anabolic agent in three different out-of-competition tests on November 15, November 27 and December 20, 2018. The 20-month (one year and eight months) suspension is backdated to December 21 and will not expire until August 20, 2020.

That will keep the 30-year-old Dwyer ineligible for the United States Olympic Team, which he made in both 2012 and 2016. Dwyer won gold medals at both Olympics as a member of the men’s 4×200 free relay, and took a bronze medal individually in 2016 in the 200 free. He’s also won 7 long course World Championships medals, three of them gold.

The suspension also explains Dwyer’s late departure from the U.S. World Championships roster this past summer. All of Dwyer’s results after November 15 have been officially disqualified, though Dwyer doesn’t appear to have logged a swim in that time. His last results on USA Swimming’s database are from Pan Pacs in August of 2018.

Case Details

You can read the full case document here. FINA performed the first test on Nov. 15 and USADA tested him on both the Nov. 27 and Dec. 20 dates. Dwyer appealed the case to a three-member panel with the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and that panel handed down the 20-month suspension today.

USADA says the urine samples were analyzed using a specialized test that differentiates between substances produced by the body naturally and similar substances “of external origin.” Dwyer tested positive for the latter.

According to the document, Dwyer says he had BioTE pellets surgically implanted in his body in a procedure on October 12, 2018. Dwyer says he did not know the procedure was against anti-doping rules, nor that the pellets were testosterone. He says he didn’t undergo the procedure out of concern for his swimming performances, but his “overall mental health and well-being,” citing issues such as “brain fog, low mental and physical energy, difficulty sleeping, depression and anxiety” for many months leading up to the 2018 procedure.

Dwyer says he confided these things in Ed Reardon, a diet center owner who is a personal friend, trainer, nutritional coach and “life coach” for Dwyer. Reardon says he believed Dwyer had over-trained for a year and a half leading up to the Rio Olympics in 2016, and recommended treatment from a Dr. Dana Russo. Reardon had felt symptoms similar to Dwyer’s in the past, and had received treatment from Russo.

The procedure involves inserting small pellets – about the size of a grain of rice – under the skin in a person’s hip area.

Dwyer says he trusted Reardon to make sure he didn’t take any prohibited substances, but the decision document says Reardon’s process for determining whether a supplement was banned was a simple Google search. Reardon asked Russo to look into whether the pellets were banned, and Reardon says someone with the USOPC (U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee) told her the pellets were allowable.

Dwyer requested that the suspension be reduced to 16 months or less, which would have allowed him to return to competition just in time for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials next June. USADA sought a 4-year suspension. The panel did reduce his suspension down to 20 months, but that will still keep Dwyer out of competition through the end of next summer.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Conor Dwyer Suspended 20 Months For Inserting Testosterone Pellets

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Fitter and Faster Swim Clinics is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.

Liberty, Missouri’s Tait Harvey has announced his verbal commitment to Lindenwood University for the fall of 2020. Harvey is a member of the Missouri Valley LSC Athlete Committee. He swims for Club North Swimming and Liberty High School and specializes in distance freestyle. In high school he adds backstroke to his repertoire. Last fall at the MSHSAA Class 2 Boys State Championships, Harvey placed 8th in the 200 free (1:44.98) and 16th in the 100 back (54.76 in prelims). He also swam on the 3rd-place 400 free relay (48.50 split) and 8th-place 200 free relay (22.17 anchor).

Harvey went best times in all his main events this summer, including LCM 50/100/200/400/800/1500 free, 100 fly, and 400 IM. He competed in the 200/400/800 freestyle events at Des Moines Futures and in the 100 fly (where he took 8th) and 400 IM at the LSC Long Course Championships. He also swam at Jenks Sectionals, finaling in the 200 free and 400 free and finishing top-10 in the 800 and 1500.

Lindenwood finished second behind Delta State in the New South Interscholastic Swim Conference Championships last year. This year they are competing in Great Lakes Valley Conference. Harvey would have scored for the Lions at 2019 NSISCs in the top-8 of the 1000 free and 1650 free and in the B final of the 500 free. At GLVCs he would have been just outside scoring range in his main events, as they only run an A final and a B final.

Top SCY times

• 200 free – 1:44.25
• 500 free – 4:40.03
• 1000 free – 9:38.27
• 1650 free – 16:12.03

I'm excited to announce my verbal commitment to Lindenwood University, where I will continue my academic and athletic career. I would like to thank my family, coaches, and anyone who has helped me get to where I am today.

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Ellen Holmquist has verbally committed to the application process* at the University of Pennsylvania. She will join the Quakers in the fall of 2020. Holmquist hails from Wilton, Connecticut and comes from a long line of Division I swimmers. Her older sister Emma Holmquist currently swims for Penn in the class of 2020; her brother Stephen Holmquist swam for University of Michigan in the class of 2019; her father Peter Holmquist was also at Michigan (class of 1987); and her grandfather Eric Holmquist swam at Purdue in the class of 1953.

“Beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of Pennsylvania.  Big Thanks to my friends, family, and coaches who helped get me where I am today!!  GO QUAKERS!!”

Holmquist, who swims under Randy Erlenbach for the Wilton Y Wahoos, is a Winter Nationals qualifier in the 400 IM. She also swims breaststroke and freestyle events and is a two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. She has been a finalist at every YMCA Short Course and Long Course National Championships since 2016. At this summer’s Long Course YNats, Holmquist came in 11th in the 200 free and 10th in the 400 free, earning PBs in both events. She also swam the 100/200 breaststrokes. A week later she competed at Speedo Junior Nationals in the 200 breast. In short-course season, Holmquist finished 20th in the 200 breast, 14th in the 200 IM, and 10th in the 400 IM at YNats. She earned PBs in the 100/200 breast and 200/400 IM.

Holmquist’s best times would have helped the Quakers in the 400 IM (where she would have made the B final), the 200 breast (C final), and 500 free (C final).

It took 2:04.70 to score in the 200 IM and 1:52.49 to make it back in the 200 free.

Best times:

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Ellen Holmquist Announces Verbal Commitment to Penn for 2020

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FINA WORLD CUP SERIES – BERLIN

• Friday, October 11th – Sunday, October 13th
• Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE), Berlin
• LCM
• Entries
• SwimSwam Preview
• Day 1 Recap
• Results

25-year-old Kira Toussaint continued her assault on her own Dutch national records in the sprint backstroke events, knocking down her previous 50m backstroke PB of 27.69 to a new low of 27.49 last night in Berlin. That checked-in as a new Dutch national standard and you can read more about it here.

Today it was the 100m backstroke mark that fell victim to Toussaint’s speed, with the former Tennessee Vol dropping her previous NR of 59.56 down to a scorching 59.46.

Toussaint had put the mark on notice during this morning heats on day 2 of the FINA World Cup in Berlin, notching a prelims effort of 59.65 to register the only time under 1:01.

Flash forward to tonight, however, and Toussaint fired off splits of 28.66/30.80 to shave exactly .10 off her previous lifetime best notched just last week at the Budapest stop. Previous splits for Toussaint included 29.18/30.38 from last week to show how she charged out in a much quicker sub-29 second split tonight to log the new record.

Toussaint wasn’t the only sub-1:00 swimmer in the final, as Canada’s Taylor Ruck scored silver in 59.84. Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu rounded out the top 3 in a time of 1:00.65.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Toussaint Continues Dutch Record-Breaking Assault With New 100 Mark

By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

FINA WORLD CUP – BERLIN

• 11. bis Friday, October 11th – Sunday, October 13th
• Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE), Berlin
• 50 m Bahn
• Meldeergebnis/Ergebnis

Am Freitag holte sich Florian Wellbrock Silber über 400 m Freistil (3:48,98) hinter dem Litauer Danas Rapsys  (3:47,65). Nach seinem Rennen sagte Florian Wellbrock: „Natürlich wäre es schön gewesen, das Rennen hier vor heimischem Publikum zu gewinnen, aber ich glaube, wenn man gegen Danas Rapsys über 400m Kraul verliert, ist das keine Schande. Auch auf die nächsten Tage freue ich mich. Erstmal war ich auf die 400m Kraul fokussiert, die 1500 Meter machen natürlich immer Spaß, gerade hier in Berlin. Das ist ein schnelles Becken, man muss schauen was da morgen geht.“

Am heutigen Finalabend war niemand schneller als Florian Wellbrocküber 1500 m Freistil, er siegte in 15:10,82 Minuten. Anna Elendt holte sich Bronze über 100 m Brust in 1:08,87 Minuten. Gleich drei Damen belegten den dritten Platz über 50 m Schmetterling mit derselben Zeit von 26,14 Sekunden, darunter auchAliena Schmidtke.

Ramon Klenz schnappte sich die Silbermedaille über 200 m Schmetterling in 1:57,34 Minuten.

Leonie Kullmann wurde Sechste über 200 m Freistil in 2:01,57 Minuten. Den vierten Platz erreichte Nadine Laemmlerüber 100 m Rücken in 1:01,22 Minuten, Jenny Lahl wurde Siebte in 1:02,77 Minuten.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: World Cup Berlin: Medaillen für Wellbrock, Klenz, Elendt und Schmidtke