FINA CHAMPIONS SWIM SERIES 2019 #3 – INDIANAPOLIS
- May 31 – June 1, 2019
- Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50m)
- 7 pm ET
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- Entry List
- Live Stream (NBC Sports)
- Live Stream (FINA TV)
- Live Results (Omega)
American 20-year old Michael Andrew was the top money-earnner on day 1 of the 2019 FINA Champions Swim Series in Indianapolis, Indiana, racking up $28,000 in prizes, including his first 400 free relay title of the meet when matched up with Jacob Pebley, Kelsi Dahlia, and Dutchwoman Ranomi Kromowidjojo on the anchor.
He remains in 3rd place in the overall prize money at the series behind only Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu. The trio, who are all very versatile and have all attended the entire series, have won a combined $316,000 and have clearly separated themselves from the rest of the money tables with 1 day of competition to go.
Overall, in a very American-heavy stop of the series (the men’s 200 IM and the men’s 200 fly were both all-American races), out of the $440,000 in prize money awarded on Friday, Team USA took nearly half: $218,500. The next-highest earners were Russia ($50,500), with Canada ($32,000) after them.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Individual Prize Money | Relay prize money |
Total Prize Money
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| Michael Andrew | USA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 | $4,000 | $28,000 |
| Lilly King | USA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | $500 | $20,500 |
| Sarah Sjostrom | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Chase Kalisz | USA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Kylie Masse | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 | $3,000 | $18,000 |
| Yulia Efimova | Russia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 | $500 | $16,500 |
| Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $16,000 |
| Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 | |
| Katinka Hosszu | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | $13,000 | $13,000 | |
| Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | $3,000 | $13,000 |
| Ryan Murphy | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | $3,000 | $13,000 |
| Cody Miller | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | $2,000 | $12,000 |
| Kelsi Dahlia | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| Zach Harting | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $11,000 | $500 | $11,500 |
| Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $11,000 | $11,000 | |
| Bethany Galat | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Danas Rapsys | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Leah Smith | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Margherita Panziera | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Vlad Morozov | Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Jacob Pebley | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 |
| Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Justin Wright | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Matt Grevers | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Melanie Margalis | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Pernille Blume | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Townley Haas | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Hali Flickinger | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $2,000 | $8,000 |
| Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $8,000 |
| Jack Conger | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $2,000 | $7,000 |
| Josh Prenot | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $500 | $6,500 |
| Andrii Govorov | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Anton Chupkov | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Bruno Fratus | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Gabriele Detti | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Micah Sumrall | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Molly Hannis | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Anthony Ervin | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Farida Osman | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Kevin Cordes | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Oleg Kostin | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Robert Glinta | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
Total Money From FINA Champions Series After Day 1 in Indianapolis:
| Name | Country |
Total Money (After Indy Day 1)
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| Sarah Sjostrom | Sweden | $124,000 |
| Katinka Hosszu | Hungary | $100,000 |
| Michael Andrew | USA | $88,000 |
| Danas Rapsys | Lithuania | $48,000 |
| Chad le Clos | South Africa | $48,000 |
| Vlad Morozov | Russia | $47,000 |
| Molly Hannis | USA | $46,000 |
| Anton Chupkov | Russia | $42,000 |
| Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | $41,000 |
| Pernille Blume | Denmark | $41,000 |
| Kelsi Dahlia | USA | $40,000 |
| Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | $39,000 |
| Ben Proud | Great Britain | $38,000 |
| Emily Seebohm | Australia | $37,000 |
| Nicholas Santos | Brazil | $36,000 |
| Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | $35,000 |
| Li Bingjie | China | $34,000 |
| Penny Oleksiak | Canada | $32,000 |
| Yuliya Efimova | Russia | $32,000 |
| Georgia Davies | Great Britain | $31,000 |
| Xu Jiayu | China | $31,000 |
| Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | $30,000 |
| Pieter Timmers | Belgium | $29,000 |
| Chase Kalisz | USA | $28,000 |
| Matt Grevers | USA | $27,000 |
| Farida Osman | Egypt | $26,000 |
| Imogen Clark | Great Britain | $26,000 |
| Cate Campbell | Australia | $26,000 |
| Robert Glinta | Romania | $25,000 |
| Ye Shiwen | China | $25,000 |
| Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | $23,000 |
| Katie Meili | USA | $23,000 |
| Joao Gomes Junior | Brazil | $22,000 |
| Jacob Pebley | USA | $21,000 |
| Wang Jianjiahe | China | $21,000 |
| Wang Shun | China | $21,000 |
| Lilly King | USA | $20,500 |
| Margherita Panziera | Italy | $20,000 |
| Andrii Govorov | Ukraine | $20,000 |
| Fu Yuanhui | China | $20,000 |
| Sun Yang | China | $20,000 |
| Evgeny Rylov | Russia | $20,000 |
| Kylie Masse | Canada | $18,000 |
| Felipe Lima | Brazil | $18,000 |
| Masato Sakai | Japan | $18,000 |
| Kristof Milak | Hungary | $18,000 |
| Yulia Efimova | Russia | $16,500 |
| Ryosuke Irie | Japan | $16,000 |
| Qin Haiyang | China | $16,000 |
| Laszlo Cseh | Hungary | $16,000 |
| Anthony Ervin | USA | $15,000 |
| Andrei Minakov | Russia | $15,000 |
| Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan | $15,000 |
| Siobhan O’Connor | Great Britain | $15,000 |
| Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | $14,000 |
| Bruno Fratus | Brazil | $14,000 |
| Gabriele Detti | Italy | $14,000 |
| Yu Jingyao | China | $14,000 |
| Li Zhuhao | China | $14,000 |
| Ippei Watanabe | Japan | $14,000 |
| Federica Pellegrini | Italy | $14,000 |
| Jeremy Desplanches | Switzerland | $14,000 |
| Aleksandr Krasnykh | Russia | $14,000 |
| Justin Ress | USA | $14,000 |
| Ryan Murphy | USA | $13,000 |
| Cody Miller | USA | $12,000 |
| Dana Vollmer | USA | $12,000 |
| Ajna Kesely | Hungary | $12,000 |
| Zach Harting | USA | $11,500 |
| Josh Prenot | USA | $11,500 |
| Zhang Yuhan | China | $11,000 |
| Holly Hibbott | Great Britain | $11,000 |
| Bethany Galat | USA | $10,000 |
| Leah Smith | USA | $10,000 |
| Kevin Cordes | USA | $10,000 |
| Yufei Zhang | China | $10,000 |
| Mehdy Metella | France | $10,000 |
| Philip Heintz | Germany | $9,000 |
| Justin Wright | USA | $8,000 |
| Melanie Margalis | USA | $8,000 |
| Townley Haas | USA | $8,000 |
| Hali Flickinger | USA | $8,000 |
| Liu Xiang | China | $8,000 |
| Peng Xuwei | China | $8,000 |
| Kim Seoyeong | Korea | $8,000 |
| Eszter Bekesi | Hungary | $8,000 |
| Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | $8,000 |
| Franziska Hentke | Germany | $8,000 |
| Seoyeong Kim | South Korea | $8,000 |
| Jack Conger | USA | $7,000 |
| Micah Sumrall | USA | $6,000 |
| Li Guanguan | China | $6,000 |
| Wang Yizhe | China | $6,000 |
| Jack McLoughlin | Australia | $6,000 |
| Liu Yaxin | China | $6,000 |
| He Yun | China | $6,000 |
| Feng Junyang | China | $6,000 |
| Zhou Min | China | $6,000 |
| Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | $6,000 |
| Dominik Kosma | Hungary | $6,000 |
| Boglarka Kapas | Hungary | $6,000 |
| Veronika Andrusenko | Russia | $6,000 |
| Oleg Kostin | Russia | $5,000 |
| Wang Zhou | China | $5,000 |
| Mykhalo Romanchuk | Ukraine | $5,000 |
| Zhang Sishi | China | $5,000 |
| Katalin Burian | Hungary | $5,000 |
| Peter Bernek | Hungary | $5,000 |
| Alys Margaret Thomas | Great Britain | $5,000 |
| Piero Codia | Brazil | $5,000 |
| Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | $5,000 |
| He Junyi | China | $4,000 |
| Sydney Pickrem | Canada | $2,000 |
Why does MA waste his time swimming these short races that aren’t real events? He needs to focus on … oh wait. I see. That’s some major dough!
I find the format somewhat ridiculous. There are swimmers that have no reason to be competing in certain events. Yet they still get to pocket some good $$$ for pretty much just showing up and finishing last while swimming mediocre times. Also, relays need to go away especially when relay teams are pretty uneven. Why not give that money to the swimmers with the top 3 or top 5 swims at each stop?
Now that the prize money is good in swimming we will start seeing more minorities in the sport. Especially since the Andrews have pretty much written the book on how to avoid being attached to a swimming club and making money without spending money to swim for a college.
Anthony Ervin has done 3 50s and made $15,000, not a bad take
His races have been very cringy, like last by a mile just off the blocks. He will go down as a legend but I know everyone watching these FINA meets are thinking the same thing everytime he races.
Sjostrom didn’t win the relay it was Dahlia
I’m just glad that, provided an athlete is relatively competitive across multiple events, that their is a means to generate a reasonable amount of income now for these pro athletes. Aside from the lucky few who got sponsorship deals, everyone had to stress to make a high-tier international meet, TRY to medal and maybe they could get enough to keep them afloat without the help of parents (which believe it or not most tend to need in this sport).
That is how the media can be misleading. Yesterday Missy Franklin with her partner started their report with the statement that Sarah Sjostrom, Katinka Hosszu and MA are dominating in these Champions Series. They used the word DOMINATING meaning probably the prize money earned, but not the quality of the races. In this particular tournament it is not exactly the same. That actually usually happens with all FINA’s meets. MA got leadership yesterday without winning any events. Hosszu was a money leader after day 1 in Guangzhou showing less than acceptable performance in three of four swum events.
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Quantity over quality
I kind of agree but can’t think of a better option. It’s never going to be perfect, it these meets are really fun so I’m not going to complain. I’ll also say that one thing is for sure, Sjostrom is a total beast and absolutely IS dominating this series, she’s been amazing.
But MA will not be one of the ones with the most wins, just one with the most races!
I’m happy it is all working out.