2024 SPEEDO Atlanta Classic Driver Jim Ellis Cadillac
3rd day final heat sheet
Happy Friday everyone, and welcome to night three of the 2024 Speedo Atlanta Classic Finals. There were many fast swims throughout the 2.5 day race and we saw new Japanese record and word ranking times swam. Tonight's session is a short one with just three events: 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 400 IM, and 100 tap fly, but given the past two days, you can definitely expect faster swims.
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By: Swim Atlanta
That effort begins with the women's 200-meter freestyle. katie ledecky He almost broke the 1 minute 58 second time in the qualifying round (1 minute 58.09 seconds) and became the top seed. She showed the best form she has been in this season, finishing first in the world in the 1500 freestyle and tied for third in the 400 freestyle. She also has Gator teammates in the pool. Isabel Ivy (3rd place, 1:59.52) bella sims (7th place, 2:01.48) Maddie Mintenko and camille spink.
The men's 200 freestyle will be the first double swim of the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly. caleb dressel. Dressel fell back to 7th place (1:49.08) after qualifying, but thomas koski He locked down in lane 4 and set a lifetime best of 1:46.43. Jorge Iga and Kieran Smithwon silver medals last night and will be on either side of Koski in his bid to advance to victory.
phoebe bacon She appears to be in complete control of the women's 200 backstroke. She was the only athlete to break 2:10 this morning, clocking a time of 2:09.33, more than two seconds ahead of the second place qualifier. josephine fuller (2:11.44). Fuller got his own double tonight. She is the No. 2 seed here and the No. 1 seed in the 100 butterfly. Bacon ran a season-best 2:07.24 at the San Antonio Pro Series, so expect her to chase that tonight. Similarly, emma weyant Won the women's 400 IM preliminaries. She recorded her fastest time of the morning, clocking in at 4:42.28, beating her teammate by 8.67 seconds. zoe dixon.
To conclude the session, Dressel will take on the second race of the night and then move on to the next race. Yusef Ramadan With 100 butterflies. Ramadan took lane 4 in 51.92 and Dressel touched in 52.17 for the second fastest qualifying time.
Women’s 200 Freestyle — Finals
- Olympic A Standard: 1:57.26
- U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time: 2:00.89
Top 10:
- katie ledecky (GSC) — 1:55.71 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Isabel Ivey (GSC) — 1:58.19 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- bella sims (Florida) — 1:58.43 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Maddie Mintenko (PPA) — 1:58.71 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Gabby DeRoof (NYAC) — 2:00.02 *US Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- Shay Firth (ABSC) — 2:00.24 *US Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- Camille Spink (UN) — 2:00.73 *US Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- Sloan Reinstein (PASA) — 2:00.91
- Helena Jones (LOSC) — 2:01.00
- Julia Burrows (United Nations) — 2:02.27
The Gators picked up where they left off. After closing out the second day's finals with a sweep of the podium in the men's 400 freestyle, day three began with the women's 200 freestyle sweep.
katie ledecky It was his third win of the tournament, adding to his 400/1500 freestyle wins. She led the race from wire to wire, and along the way she split 27.30/28.99/29.73/29.69 for a winning time of 1:55.71. This is 0.74 seconds off her season best of 1:54.97 at the San Antonio Pro Series.
Isabel Ivy He maintained second place throughout the race, setting a new personal record of 1:58.19. This is her first best time in this event since she ran 1:58.94 at the Junior Pampax in 2016. Here in Atlanta, she beat her previous record by 0.75 seconds.
bella sims He maintained 3rd place throughout the race, moving up from 7th place after qualifying.Unlike her 400 freestyle yesterday, she was able to hold on. Maddie MintenkoIn a late push, he hit the wall first in 1:58.43.
Men's 200 Freestyle — Finals
- Olympic A standard: 1:46.26
- U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time: 1:49.99
Top 10:
- Kieran Smith (RAC) — 1:47.10 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Jorge Iga (PRVT) — 1:47.15 *US Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- Thomas Koski (ABSC) — 1:47.30 *US Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- caleb dressel (GSC) — 1:47.38 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Charlie Hawk (BAMA) — 1:47.93
- Jake Mitchell (Florida) — 1:48.29 *U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- Michael Cotter (TAC) — 1:48.48 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Jack Dahlgren (TRI) — 1:49.05 *US Olympic Trial Qualifying Time*
- Alfonso Mestre (GSC) — 1:49.10
- Owen McDonald (UN-DYN) — 1:53.46
The top three swimmers were all added from the qualifying swims, but it was still a great race in the middle of the pool. Kieran Smith, Jorge Iga, and thomas koski.
Koski, who qualified first, took the lead at the first corner (24.87 seconds). However, Iga didn't let him get too far forward. He ran a time of 24.89/26.94 and took the lead from Koski at the 100m mark. However, Kosky was just 0.14 seconds behind, with Smith still in the mix, and 0.41 seconds off Iga's lead.
Iga maintained his lead going into the final corner, with Smith 0.27 seconds ahead and Kosky 0.28 seconds ahead. The three pressed each other against the wall, and the moment they touched, Smith took the win in 1 minute, 47.10 seconds. He stopped the clock just five-hundredths of a second ahead of Iga (1:47.15), and Kosky was just two-tenths of a second behind Smith at 1:47.30.
caleb dressel He was also active in the final stages of the race. He soared with a close split of 26.89 in the final 50 meters, chasing the top three and nearly touching the wall in front of Koski. In his first 200m freestyle final since the 2022 San Antonio Pro Swim, Dressel touched in 1:47.38, marking the third-fastest swim of his career.
Women’s 200 Backstroke — Finals
- Olympic A Standard: 2:10.39
- U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time: 2:13.59
Top 10:
- phoebe bacon (WISC) — 2:09.10 *US Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- Josephine Fuller (United Nations) — 2:11.08 *US Olympic Trials Qualifying Time*
- Katherine Choate (Florida) — 2:11.20 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Carmen Weiler Sastre (Vermont) — 2:11.64 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Lila Bogner (TG) — 2:13.85
- Zoe Hartman (ABSC) — 2:14.57
- Sophie Bryson (United Nations) — 2:15.66
- Ella Menea (BAMA) — 2:15.81
- Jo Jo Ramey (Florida) — 2:16.89
- Phoebe Wright (GW) — 2:17.08
phoebe bacon She won the 200 backstroke preliminaries this morning and tonight's finals. The Tokyo Olympian and 2022 World Championship silver medalist started the race in 30.01 seconds, leading the University of Tennessee by 0.33 seconds. josephine fuller. Bacon continued to expand his lead from there. She led by about a second in the 100 and 1.64 seconds into the final corner.
At the final wall, Bacon won by almost two seconds in 2:09.10. Her season best was 2 minutes, 0,724 seconds at the San Antonio Pro Swim, ranking her 7th fastest in the world this season.
Fuller maintained control of second place throughout the race. She felt fatigued towards the end of the race and scored a 33.94 on her final split, which satisfied both of them. katherine choate and carmen weiler sastre There is room to benefit her. However, her efforts early in the race proved to be enough and she took second place in 2:11.08 with her hands on the wall. This is just below her season-best time of 2:10.94 at the Tennessee Invitational in April.
Men's 200 Backstroke — Finals
- Olympic A Standard: 1:57.50
- U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time: 2:01.69
Top 10:
- Jack Akins (UNAT) — 1:57.52 *US Olympic Trial Qualifying Time*
- Eziel Morales Miranda (MVN) — 1:58.76
- Anthony Rincon (VS) — 2:00.52
- Christopher Thames (MAAC) — 2:01.31 *U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time*
- Caleb Maldari (Florida) — 2:01.76
- Sam O’Brien (UNAT) — 2:02.48
- Baylor Stanton (Georgia) — 2:02.55
- Landon Kaiser (BSS) — 2:03.27
- Jensen Nelson (SPAC) — 2:04.34
DNF: Marcus Gentry
Like bacon in the women's race, jack akins He easily won the men's 200 backstroke. Akins ran a time of 1:57.52, his fastest time since finishing fourth at the 2024 World Championships. He took the win with a time of 56.51/1:01.01, shaving 2.30 seconds off his qualifying time.
However, he did not lead the entire race. marcus gentryIt looked like he was aiming for the 100m, and he did indeed reach the 100m wall first, setting a personal best time of 54.68 seconds. This record cleared the U.S. Olympic Trials cut, but fell short of the Olympic “A” cut (54.01 seconds).
Eziel Morales Miranda He added nearly half a second to the record Puerto Rico swam in the preliminaries for second place. Despite this, he was the only swimmer to join Akins over the two-hour barrier.
Anthony Rincon He improved his second personal best of the day and finished in 3rd place. He represented Colombia internationally, improving his personal record of 2:00.52 from 2:00.81 in qualifying. His best to date was 2:01.51, which he swam in March 2020.
Women’s 400IM — Finals
- Olympic A Standard: 4:38.53
- U.S. Olympic team selection time: 4:49.89
Top 10:
This race was everything emma weyant. She held the lead from start to finish and had more than a second advantage at the halfway point, but it was the breaststroke that really decided the race for her. Through that leg of the race, she increased her lead to 5.33 seconds.
Wyant set a season-best time of 4:39.00, bettering the 4:42.11 he swam at the U.S. Open last December.
Men’s 400IM — Finals
- Olympic A Standard: 4:12.50
- U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time: 4:25.19
Top 10:
Women's 100 Butterfly — Final
- Olympic A standard: 57.92
- U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time: 1:00.19
Top 10:
Men's 100 Butterfly — Finals
- Olympic A Standard: 51.67
- U.S. Olympic Team Selection Time: 53.59
Top 10:
