By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
2019 International Swimming League Finale
- Friday, December 20 – Saturday, December 21, 2019
- 1:00 – 3:00 PM Local Time (U.S. Pacific Time)
- Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino – Las Vegas, NV
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- Top 4 qualifying franchises: Energy Standard, London Roar, LA Current, Cali Condors
- Live Stream (ESPN3)
- Day 1 complete results
Men’s 400 IM
- Daiya Seto – ENS – 3:54.81
- Duncan Scott– LON – 3:59.81
- Max Litchfield– ENS – 4:01.31
- Andrew Seliskar – LAC – 4:06.01
- Chase Kalisz – LAC – 4:06.27
- Anton Ipsen – CAC – 4:09.09
- Mark Szarnek – CAC – 4:10.52
- Finlay Knox – LON – 4:13.23
In the same race at the International Swimming League Finale in which Daiya Seto took down the World Record, Duncan Scott became the first British swimmer in history to break the 4-minute barrier in the 400 SCM IM. The previous mark of 4:00.18 was set by Max Litchfield in December 2018 at Sheffield.
Swimming for London Roar in the ISL finale, Scott finished in second place behind Seto, 1.5 seconds ahead of third-place Litchfield. Scott beat his own Scottish National Record of 4:01.20, which he established at European Short Course Championships. In just over a month, he has gone from a PB of 4.06.00 at BUCS to 4.04.55 at the ISL European Derby in London, to 4:01.20 at Euros, to 3:59.81 in Las Vegas.
The 400 IM record marks the third British and Scottish SCM marks for Scott in the last two weeks. He also broke the 200 SCM freestyle British and Scottish Records and the 200 SCM IM British and Scottish Records at European Short Course Championships in December. Earlier this year he broke the LCM British Records in the 100 free (47.87) and 200 free (1:44.91).
2019 has been a busy year for the Scottish record books. In SCM, Scott has lowered the 50 free record twice; it now stands at 21.25. He broke his own 100 free (46.58), 200 free (1:40.92), 200 fly (1:54.43), and 100 IM (52.15) records. And he registered new national marks in the 200 IM (1:52.33), and now the 400 IM (3:59.81). In LCM he owns the 100/200 free records, as well as the 100 fly (52.25).
Scott split his record-breaking 400 SCM IM as follows:
- Fly – 25.52 / 29.15 = 54.67
- Back – 30.43 / 30.42 = 1:00.85
- Breast – 34.13 / 34.85 = 1:09.00
- Free – 27.83 / 27.48 = 55.31
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