2023 US OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Preliminaries on day three of the 2023 US Open consist of five events: 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.
American record holder in the women’s 100 fly Torri Huske is the highest seeded participant in the event. Huske had a great start to the competition yesterday, setting PBs in both the 200 IM and 50 free within 25 minutes. Gretchen Walsh (56.34) and Claire Curzan (56.61) will also compete in the event, while Kate Douglass scored in favor of the 100 breaststroke.
World record holder Summer McIntosh will lead the 400m IM field in Greensboro after breaking the US Open meet record in the 400m free yesterday. Regan Smith is also involved in the event as it is a new addition to their typical line-up. Smith will swim heat three and is seeded with a time of 4:51.00.
100 back world champion from Fukuoka, Ryan Murphy, is seeded first in the 100 with a time of 52.02. His training partner and World Championships bronze medalist Hunter Armstrong will also be lighting the field this morning.
Regan Smith (400 IM/100 back), Carson Foster (400 IM/200 free) and Shaine Casas (100 Fly/100 Back) are ready to swim doubles this morning. Last night, Casas set a US Open meet record (1:56.06) in the B final of the 200 IM.
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Women’s 400 IM – Heats
- World record: 4:25.87 – Summer McIntosh (2023)
- American Record: 4:31.12 – Katie Hoff (2008)
- US Open meet record: 4:28.61 – Summer McIntosh (2022)
- US Open record: 4:28.61 – Summer McIntosh (2022)
Top 8:
Swimming out of heat 3, Regan Smith achieved a best time of 4:43.93. Smith got off to a strong start, posting a time of 1:01.39 in the butterfly and turning the 200m in 2:12.27. Smith will compete in the 100m backstroke later in the session, an event in which she holds the American record.
Florida Emma Weyant He then posted a time of 4:43.11 in the following run to take the top spot with one run to go.
Summer McIntosh achieved a time of 4:41.95 in the final run, taking over the best qualifying time. McIntosh holds the world record (4:25.87) and the US Open record (4:28.61) in the event. McIntosh won the 400m free last night, a time faster than she swam in the final of the Fukuoka World Championships.
Canada Ella Jansenwho won the silver medal in the event at the Junior World Championships in September, qualified 5th with a time of 4:48.61. Anastasia Gorbenko, who is currently training with Tom Rushton, was a few seconds ahead and took third place (4:44.44). Gorbenko set a lifetime best of 4:40.76 in the Mare Nostrum series last May.
MEN’S 400 IM – PREMIUMS
- World record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand (2023)
- American record: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008)
- US Open meet record: 4:10.09 – Chase Kalisz (2022)
- US Open record: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps (2008)
Top 8:
ASUs Chase Kalisz And Jay Litherland In the penultimate round it was 1:2. Kalisz scored the touchdown in a time of 4:18.54, while Litherland stopped the clock a few tenths behind at 4:18.87. Kalisz was the US Open champion in this event a year ago and broke the meet record in 4:10.09 en route to his win. Litherland recently won the gold medal in this event at the Pan American Games with a time of 4:15.44, winning by nearly 2 seconds.
Texas pro Carson Foster took victory in the last run (4:18.35), narrowly overtaking the time that Kalisz had set in the previous run. Foster will advance to the A final tonight as the top seed and is also scheduled to compete in the 200 free in about 20 minutes.
A pair of NCAA athletes tied for 4th and 5th place Tristan Jankovics from OSU (4:19.08) and Tommy Bried of Louisville (4:19.74) and advanced to the A final later that evening.
Canadian Lorne Wigginton qualified sixth for today’s championship final (4:20.37). Wigginton was a bronze medalist at the World Juniors last September and posted a best time of 4:12.81 in that final.
Baylor Nelson (4:20.51) and Brandon Miller (4:21.70) round out the top eight swimmers for today’s championship final. Nelson is having a great year in the pool, as he helped Team USA to a silver medal in the 4×200 freestyle relay in Fukuoka last summer.
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMINARY
- World record: 55.48 – Sarah Sjöström (2016)
- American Record: 55.64 – Torri Huske (2022)
- US Open meet record: 56.61 – Claire Curzan (2020)
- US Open record: 55.66 – Torri Huske (2021)
Top 8:
Two UVA-trained athletes took part Claire Curzan Leading in a time of 57.38. Curzan won the first seeded round with a strong score of 26.56 on the first 50 before finishing with 30.82. Gretchen Walsh won the penultimate heat with a time of 57.65. She split the race similarly to Curzan, starting at 26.79 before finishing at 30.86. The two Cavaliers will swim side by side in lanes 4 and 5 tonight.
Torri Huske qualified third for today’s final and clocked a time of 58.10 en route to victory in the final. Huske had a great night in Greensboro yesterday, recording two PRs: 200 IM (2:09.10) and 50 free (24.41). Her 50 free best was almost three years ago, so Huske is getting back into shape at the perfect time heading into the Trials.
Canadian Katherine Savard (59.23), Stanford’s Lillie Nordmann (59.36) and Wisconsin Beata Nelson (59.41) qualified for 4th, 5th and 6th place respectively.
50 Butterfly Junior World Champion Leah Shackley qualified for the A final in seventh place tonight and scored a score of 59.53 to secure Lane 1 this evening. Farida Osmanwho transferred from Virginia Tech to Cal to train for the Olympics, qualified 8th with 59.76.
Gabi Albiero of Louisville placed 9th this morning with a time of 59.78. Albiero is reportedly battling a minor illness for this meeting, which would shed light on why she secured the 50 vacant spots yesterday. She recently won the gold medal in the 50 free at the 2023 Pan American Games.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – HEATS
- World record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel (2021)
- American Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel (2021)
- US Open meet record: 51.65 – Tom Shields (2013)
- US Open record: 49.76 – Caeleb Dressel (2021)
Top 8:
Josh Liendo from Florida will move into the A final tonight as the top seed. He clocked a time of 51.71 this morning and won the final heat. Caeleb Dressel took 2nd place in the same run (51.83) and thus advanced to today’s final as 3rd overall. Dressel achieved a remarkable lead of 26.86 in the second 50, demonstrating his improved finishing speed.
A pair of ASU students, Ilya Kharun (51.75) and Hubert Kos (51.86), moves up to 2nd and 4th place.
Santo Condorelli achieved fifth place with a time of 51.90, just shy of his best time of 51.62 from 2021. Condorelli clocked a time of 21.99 in the 50 freestyle yesterday, just missing his best time (21.83) from Rio 2016.
For the second time in a row Shaine Casas finished 9th and missed the A final in one of his best events. Casas recorded a time of 52.24 (24.12/28.12), placing 2nd in heat 9. Watch for Casas in the B final tonight, as yesterday he set a US Open meet record (1:56.06) in the B final of the 200 IM.
WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – PREMIUMS
- World record: 1:52.85 – Mollie O’Callaghan (2023)
- American record: 1:53.61 – Allison Schmitt (2012)
- US Open meet record: 1:55.47 – Katie Ledecky (2021)
- US Open record: 1:54.13 – Summer McIntosh (2023)
MEN 200 FREESTYLE – PREMIUMS
- World record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann (2009)
- American record: 1:42.96 – Michael Phelps (2008)
- US Open meet record: 1:45.92 – Townley Haas (2019)
- US Open record: 1:44.10 – Michael Phelps (2008)
WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSWIM – PREMIUMS
- World record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (2017)
- American record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (2017)
- US Open meet record: 1:04.45 – Jessica Hardy (2009)
- US Open record: 1:04.45 – Jessica Hardy (2009)
MEN’S 100 BREASTSWIM – PREMIUMS
- World record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty (2019)
- American Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021)
- US Open meet record: 59.28 – Andrew Wilson (2019)
- US Open record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021)
WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – HEATS
- World record: 57.33 – Kaylee McKeown (2023)
- American record: 57.57 – Regan Smith (2019)
- US Open meet record: 57.95 – Regan Smith (2022)
- US Open record: 57.76 – Regan Smith (2022)
MEN’S 100 BACKSWIM – PREMIUMS
- World record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon (2022)
- American Record: 51.85 – Ryan Murphy (2016)
- US Open meet record: 52.51 – Nicholas Thoman (2009)
- US Open record: 51.94, Aaron Peirsol (2009)