See us jive with Madison Kennedy for 2.5 minutes (Video)
Madison Kennedy comments on the new Pro swim schedule, Dana Vollmer’s start, and her homemade wedding dress (among other similarly enticing topics)
Mary-Sophie Harvey: “I got a virus during trials last week” (Video)
17 year-old Harvey finished with a 4:38.05 just ahead of Katie Ledecky, who swam a 4:38.16.
Pebley: “You’d think I’d have it down by this point” (Video)
Jacob Pebley held on to his top seed from this morning winning the 200 backstroke by nearly two seconds.
Dana Vollmer: “It’s not about medals, it’s not about records” (Video)
A green suit meant she was having a boy, and a pink meant girl, and today in Mesa Vollmer walked out to the blocks in the green suit.
Simone: “I usually don’t have that speed at this point” (Video)
SImone Maunel blasted a 24.66 en route to a convincing victory in the 50 free in Mesa
Chase Kalisz: “I got back in the water Monday after NCAA’s” (Video)
At finals Kalisz completely separated himself from the field, swimming in clear water most of the race
Ledecky: “400 IM gives my lungs a feeling that doesn’t leave” (Video)
Olympian Katie Ledecky didn’t let a tough double stop her tonight
Kelsi Worrell: “Nothing was easy about that” (Video)
Coming off of a fifth place finish in the 100 freestyle just an hour or so earlier, Kelsi Worrell swam to her first individual win at Mesa in the 100 Fly
Prenot: “I don’t know where I max out, but I want to hit it” (Video)
Tonight, Josh Prenot dropped 4.25 seconds in finals as he swam to a first place finish with a 2:10.47 – nearly a second faster than anyone else
Simone: “I’m fixing some things that weren’t so good in Rio” (Video)
Coming off of a fast morning swim of 54.02 in the 100 freestyle, Simone Manuel didn’t disappoint in finals
Tom Shields: “I haven’t been on my own like that since 2009” (Video)
It was Tom Shields‘ underwater coming off of the 50m mark of the 100 fly that separated him from the field. He won the event with a 52.42.
Katie Ledecky: “I’m not worried about time at this meet” (Video)
Katie Ledecky moved to #1 in the world ranks in the 400 freestyle today in Mesa
When does Nathan Adrian stop breathing in the 100 Free? (Video)
Entering tonight as the third seed, 2012 Olympic champ Nathan Adrian took the victory over Joao De Lucca by a second and a half
Katie Meili: “That was my first 200 Breast since Trials” (Video)
Katie Meili used her easy speed to get out front early and hold off a late charge from Melanie Margalis and Madisyn Cox to take the 200 Breast in Mesa
Coleman’s Carpool: Meet Nathan Adrian’s Cat, Ash
I found out that Nathan and I were on the same page about a lot of topics last week, but perhaps the most important was the never ending argument of cats and dogs