2021 Pro Swim Series – San Antonio (March): Day 3 Finals Live Recap | SwimSwam

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2021 PRO SWIM SERIES – SAN ANTONIO (MARCH)

• March 3-7, 2021
• North East ISD Blossom Athletic Complex, San Antonio, TX
• LCM Format
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Session Timelines
• Live Stream (USA Swimming)
• Live Stream (Olympic Channel)
• Start Times (Central Time): Women’s Prelims: 10 AM / Men’s Prelims: 90 minutes after women’s prelims (between 11:30-12:00) / Finals: 7 PM

Friday Finals Heat Sheet

The third day of the 2021 Pro Swim Series in San Antonio continues with the finals of the men’s and women’s 200 free, 200 back, 400 IM, and 100 fly. Starting the evening off will be Katie Ledecky in the 200 free, where she is seeded two seconds ahead of #2 seed Cal’s Katie McLaughlin. On the men’s side, Longhorn’s Jeff Newkirk same the only sub-1:50 swim over top 3 seeds Jorge Iga and Marwan El Kamash.

Flipping onto the 200 back, Aggie’s Lisa Bratton is seeded ahead of world record-holder Regan Smith and Olympic runner-up Kathleen Baker. Olympic champion Ryan Murphy headlines the men’s backstroke over Wolfpack Elite training mates Alex Gliese and Chris Reid.

In the longest race of the session, the 400 IM, teen Emma Weyant will go against Olympian Melanie Margalis, featuring Worlds finalist Ally McHugh and 15-year-old Katie Grimes. The men’s race will feature Team Elite’s Abrahm DeVine in lane four, followed by Olympian Chase Kalisz and German native Jacob Heidtmann.

Regan Smith will return in the 100 fly A-final, where she will race Olympian Kelsi Dahlia and Wolfpack Elite’s Aly Tetzloff. For the men, Guatemalan Luis Martinez holds a slight lead over Olympian Tom Shields and Pleasanton’s Maxime Rooney.

WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE FINALS

• World Record: 1:52.98 – Federica Pellegrini (2009)
• American Record: 1:53.61 – Allison Schmitt (2012)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:54.40 – Allison Schmitt (2012)
• Junior World Record: 1:55.43 – Junxuan Yang (2019)
• Pro Swim Record: 1:54.43 – Katie Ledecky (2016)

1. Katie Ledecky (Nation’s Capital), 1:56.62
2. Katie McLaughlin (Cal Aquatics), 1:57.48
3. Leah Smith (Unattached), 1:58.54

MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE FINALS

• World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann (2009)
• American Record: 1:42.96 – Michael Phelps (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:44.10 – Michael Phelps (2008)
• Junior World Record: 1:46.13 – Elijah Winnington (2018)
• Pro Swim Record: 1:44.82 – Sun Yang (2016)

WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE FINALS

• World Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith (2019)
• American Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:05.68 – Missy Franklin (2013)
• Junior World Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith (2019)
• Pro Swim Record: 2:05.94 – Regan Smith (2020)

MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE FINALS

• World Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol (2009)
• American Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol (2009)
• U.S. Open Record:  1:53.08 – Aaron Peirsol (2009)
• Junior World Record: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnikov (2017)
• Pro Swim Record: 1:55.04 – Xu Jiayu (2017)

WOMEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY FINALS

• World Record: 4:26.36 – Katinka Hosszu (2016)
• American Record: 4:31.12 – Katie Hoff (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 4:31.07 – Katinka Hosszu (2015)
• Junior World Record: 4:35.94 – Yiting Yu (2020)
• Pro Swim Record: 4:31.07 – Katinka Hosszu (2015)

MEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY FINALS

• World Record: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008)
• American Record: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps (2008)
• Junior World Record: 4:11.50 – Ilya Borodin (2020)
• Pro Swim Record: 4:08.92 – Chase Kalisz (2018)

WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY FINALS

• World Record: 55.48 – Sarah Sjostrom (2016)
• American Record: 55.98 – Dana Vollmer (2012)
• U.S. Open Record: 56.38 – Sarah Sjostrom (2016)
• Junior World Record: 56.46 – Penny Oleksiak (2016)
• Pro Swim Record: 56.38 – Sarah Sjostrom (2016)

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY FINALS

• World Record: 49.50 – Caeleb Dressel (2019)
• American Record: 49.50 – Caeleb Dressel (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 50.22 – Michael Phelps (2009)
• Junior World Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak (2017)
• Pro Swim Record: 50.92 – Caeleb Dressel (2020)

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