2021 US Open: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | SwimSwam

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2021 US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, December 1 – Saturday, December 4, 2021
• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Info
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live stream
• Live Results (Omega)

The Day 3 three prelims of the 2021 US Open kick off in Greensboro at 10 AM EST with several stars scheduled to swim. Leah Smith, fresh off a massive lifetime best in the 200 IM last night, will race the 400 IM this morning where she is the top seed by almost 8 seconds. The women’s 200 free will be highlighted by Katie Ledecky, who has broken the US Open meet record in both the 800 and 400 free in her first meet since switching her training base to Gainesville, Florida. Regan Smith, who also recently changed her training home to Ledecky’s former home, Stanford University, will make her Cardinal long course debut in the women’s 100 fly and 100 back.

On the men’s side, Olympic gold medalist Bobby Finke will venture away from the freestyle as he comes in as the top seed in the 400 IM, while his Florida teammate Trey Freeman enters as the top seed in the 200 free after winning the 400 free last night.

Women’s 400 IM

1. Leah Smith (TXLA): 4:43.64
2. Julia Podkoscielny (PCS): 4:47.63
3. Ella Jansen (ESWIM): 4:48.07
4. Summer Smith (TENN): 4:49.17
5. Emily Thompson (GSCY): 4:49.84
6. Abby Hay (UOFL): 4:49.85
7. Kayla Han (RMDA): 4:52.44
8. Kathleen Golding (FLOR): 4:53.68

After winning the 200 IM last night, Longhorn’s Leah Smith cruised to the top spot for tonight’s final in 4:43.64. She used a quick freestyle split 1:03.67 to pull away from Julia Podkoscielny and Ella Jansen, who both swam in her heat and qualified third and fourth, respectively.

Qualifying fourth was the University of Tennessee freshman Summer Smith, who finished second in the 200 IM last night. 15 year old Emily Thompson of Greater Somerset County Y posted a lifetime best to finish in 5th in 4:49.84, while 13 year old superstar Kayla Han of La Mirada qualified 7th in 4:52.44, about three seconds off of her lifetime best.

Men’s 400 IM

1. Collyn Gagne (SFU): 4:23.15
2. Baylor Nelson (MAC): 4:23.98
3. Bobby Finke (FLOR): 4:25.32
4. Minseop Kim (KOR): 4:26.85
5. Josh Parent (ABF): 4:28.37
6. Logan Zucker (MAC): 4:29.53
7. Devyn Caples (PLS): 4:29.69
8. Brennan Gravley (FLOR): 4:30.16

Simon Fraser University’s Collyn Gagne took the top seed heading into finals, winning the final heat in 4:23.15 over Florida’s Bobby Finke. Finke, who came in as the top seed, will swim in lane 3 tonight after qualifying third.

Winning the second-to-last hear was SwimMac’s Baylor Nelson, who posted a massive swim last night to win the 200 IM in Top 10 All Time swim for 17-18 boys. He will be joined by his club teammate Logan Zucker, who qualified 6th.

Three other teenagers also qualified for the final, with 17 year old Korean Minseop Kim finishing 4th, Bluefish’s Josh Parent finishing 5th and 15 yearh old Devyn Caples from the Pleasanton Seahawks qualifying 7th.

Women’s 100 fly

1. Regan Smith (Unattached): 59.22
2. Autumn D’Arcy (CSUB): 1:00.42
3. Sydney Lu (PLS): 1:00.59
4. Mallory Comerford (CARD): 1:00.68
5. Mabel Zavaros (FLOR): 1:00.69
6. Kyleigh Tankard (CGBD): 1:00.88
7. Mendy De Rooi (DUQU): 1:01.06
8. Yeonkyung Hur (KOR): 1:01.20

Stanford freshman Regan Smith comfortably swam to the top seed by over a second in the women’s 100 fly this morning, posting a 59.22. Her lifetime best sits at 57.63. Autumn D’Arcy from Cal State Bakersfield dropped six tenths from her lifetime best to qualify second in 1:00.42.

High schooler Sydney Lu from the Pleasanton Seahawks qualified in third in 1:00.59. Another high school, Kyleigh Tankard for the Coast Guard Blue Dolphins, also qualified for the final after posting a 1:00.88 to finish 6th.

Men’s 100 fly

Women’s 200 free

Men’s 200 free

Women’s 100 breast

Men’s 100 breast

Women’s 100 back

Men’s 100 back

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