2015 AT&T U.S. WINTER NATIONALS
- Thursday, December 3rd – Friday, December 5th, 2015
- Federal Way, WA
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center
- Prelims 9:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM (U.S. Pacific Time)
- Psych Sheets
- Heat Sheets
- Live Video
- Live results
Women’s 400 Meter Freestyle – Prelims
Lindsay Vrooman secured the top seed in the women’s 400 freestyle with a quick 4:08.68. She led Allison Schmitt and Gillian Ryan under 4:10 to qualify in second and third with 4:09’s.
Haley Anderson and Sarah Henry both secured their spots in the A final with 4:10’s, finishing just ahead of Elizabeth Beisel and Cierra Runge at 4:11.02 and 4:11.71, respectively.
Kennedy Goss was the final swimmer to qualify for the A final with a 4:13.59. It took a 4:15.52 to make the B final and a 4:18.56 to make the C final.
The top 21 swimmers all finished under the Olympic Trial time standard.
Men’s 400 Meter Freestyle – Prelims
Conor Dwyer topped the field to earn the top seed in the men’s 400 freestyle with a 3:50.46. He finished just ahead of Michael McBroom at 3:51.46 and Ryan Feeley at 3:51.80.
Anton Ipsen, Jordan Harrison, Ryan Cochrane, and True Sweetser all qualified with 3:52’s.
The last swimmer to qualify for the A final was Takeshi Matsuda at 3:53.54. It took a 3:54.53 to qualify for the B final and a 3:57.81 to make the C final.
Australia’s Grant Hackett qualified 12th at 3:54.16.
The top 27 swimmers all finished under the Olympic Trial time standard.
Women’s 200 Meter Individual Medley – Prelims
Caitlin Leverenz posted the fastest time of the morning to earn the top seed in the 200 IM with a 2:13.30. The women’s 200 IM was very tight this morning. The top 8 swimmers all finished within 1.2 seconds of Levering.
Maya DiRado and Celina Li were the only other swimmers to finish under 2:14 this morning at 2:13.78 and 2:13.94, respectively.
Siobhan Haughty earned fourth at 2:14.04 finishing just ahead of Sarah Henry. Henry qualified for her second consecutive A final with her time of 2:14.17.
Kathleen Baker, Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, and Stina Gardell were the final three qualifiers. It took a 2:14.50 to make the A final, a 2:16.20 to make the B final, and a 2:17.92 to make the C final.
The top 27 swimmers all finished under the Olympic Trial time standard.
Men’s 200 Meter Individual Medley – Prelims
Michael Weiss ran away from the field this morning to earn the top seed in the men’s 200 IM. He was the only swimmer under two minutes this morning at 1:58.97.
Chase Kalisz, Eduardo Solaeche, Michael Phelps, and David Nolan all qualified for the A final with 2:00’s. Kalisz, Phelps, and Nolan all currently train together under Bob Bowman in Tempe, Arizona.
Uvis Kalnins, Patrick Mulcare, and Dan Wallace were the final three swimmers to qualify for the A final. It took a 2:02.18 to qualify for the a final, a 2:03.40 to qualify for the B final, and a 2:04.49 to qualify for the C final.
The top 27 swimmers all finished under the Olympic Trial time standard.
Women’s 50 Meter Freestyle – Prelims
Abbey Weitzeil posted the fastest time of the morning in the women’s 50 freestyle, nearly breaking 25 seconds with her time of 25.01. It will be a tight race tonight with the top 8 swimmers only separated by a half of a second.
Weitzeil finished just ahead of Simone Manuel and Ivy Martin, the two sprinters on the 2015 World Championship team. Manuel is qualified second at 25.08 and Martin is third with a 25.29.
Liz Li, better known as Li Zhesi, qualified fourth at 25.31. Natalie Coughlin, Farida Osman, and Amanda Weir finished fifth, sixth, and seventh with 25.4’s.
The last swimmer to qualify for the A final was Amy Bilquist with a final time of 25.52. It took a 25.92 to qualify for the B final and a 26.09 to make the C final.
The top 31 swimmers all finished under the Olympic Trial time standard.
Men’s 50 Meter Freestyle – Prelims
As always, the men’s 50 free final is set up to be a contentious one on Thursday evening, with the top 8 finals qualifiers separated by just .28 seconds. It will be a diverse, international final that will include in the least three of America’s best, Josh Schneider (22.23), Nathan Adrian (22.29) and Michigan sophomore Paul Powers (22.37).
Cullen Jones (22.49) and backstroke specialist Matt Grevers (22.43) also found themselves in the top 8 in the morning.
They will be joined by #2 qualifier Brad Tandy of South Africa, Geoff Cheah of Hong kong, and Santo Condorelli of Canada: all three of whom train in the United States.
Among those missing the final were Russian Vlad Morozov, the 2013 Worlds silver medalist in this race. He placed 10th and will be in the B-Final after a 22.57 in the morning.
The morning session was quite boring. Weitzell had a decent 50, Dwyer looked strong but cruised for the most part and Nolan had a decent swim. The rest was pretty Meh. Was hoping to see someone new breakout but seems like there is no one on the horizon. Hope some improvements happen tonight.
Quick predictions for tonight:
400 free: Allison Schmitt 4:06. Conor Dwyer 3:47
200 im: Di Rado 2:11. Phelps 1:57
50 free: Manuel 24.7. Adrian 21.6
What about Anthony Ervin?
DQd
I missed prelims for the men’s 50 as I had to commute to swim practice. I’m assuming he false started?
Awfully slow 50 times in the morning across the board. Adrian should be well under 22 tonight and Weitzeil/Simone need to be 24’s at a
Minimum.
Yeah, if they don’t go 24 mid I think they can rest assured to not have any impact individually or on relays in Rio.
Solid 1:58.9 for Weiss. Not sure what his PB is, but I think of him as more of a 400IM’er. Phelps will win the final though.
Vlad should have stayed with Salo.
Takeshi Matsuda going strong at 31 years old – is he training in the USA?
Vlad Morozov misses finals AGAIN. I hope he gets it together a bit before Rio.
Vlad is seemingly pulling a reverse Missy– ever since he’s left college, he can’t get back to his previous performances.
Consider his performances at SC Worlds:
2012 (in college)- double gold, very fast times
2014 (1.5 years since leaving)- 1 silver, in 100 IM
LC Worlds:
2013- silver in the 50, Morozoved the 100
2015- DQ and 4th, no individual medals
Just looking at his progressions is telling.
50 free
2013- 21.47
’14- 21.55
’15- 21.56
100 free
2013- 47.62
’14- 48.25
’15- 47.98
Since he went professional, Vlad has tended strongly downward in both times and medals won. Whatever Russian doping program there is, either Vlad’s not in it or it ain’t working too well.
Don’t know why you get thumbs down on your comment. I thought it was on point. While Missy’s made great short course improvement, she’s either remained static in LC (slight decline in 100 & 200 Free) or declined considerably (100, 200 back). Hopefully, she’ll snap out of it by Rio. Same for Morozov. It would be nice to see him something huge on the international scene.