INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – MATCH 5
- Friday, October 30th: 3-5pm CET/9-11am U.S. Central
- Saturday, October 30th: 12-2pm CET/6-8am U.S. Central
- Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
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- Teams: London Roar/DC Trident/LA Current/Tokyo Frog Kings
Reported by Lydia Ferrari Kehoe.
WOMEN’S 100 FREE
Beryl Gastaldello delivered a huge 55.84 in the 100m butterfly on day 1, the fastest time in this ISL season so far. She continues her incredible run through the season, producing her fastest swim in 2020 and nearly the top swim of the season (Sarah Sjostrom was 51.17). She leads a 1-3 with Abbey Weitzeil for the Current, which they needed after having a sizeable deficit to the Roar coming in.
Freya Anderson backed up her 51.51 from yesterday’s 4×100 freestyle relay with a 51.43 here.
The Frog Kings, meanwhile, struggle with only four points on the board, as Gastaldello jackpotted the final two swimmers. They came in trailing LA by just 2.5 points for second
4×100 MIXED FREE RELAY
It’s a massive momentum swing in LA’s favor late in the match, as they go 1-4 to combined for 28 points. Abbey Weitzeil held off London’s Anna Hopkin down the anchor leg, splitting 51.12 (she was 51 flat yesterday), and the Current’s time of 3:17.19 is the second-fastest from any squad this season.
London had a pair of 51-second female splits as well, with Anderson going 51.39 (faster than her 51.51 relay split from yesterday), but they lose 10 points to the Current for the event as a whole. The lead is down to 22 points. Tokyo, going 5-6 in this race, now find themselves a distant 32.5 back of LA for second.
There were impressive performances all over the place, with five men going sub-47 and five women sub-52. Andi Murez had a standout split for LA’s ‘B’ team in 51.31.