2017 Phillips 66 US National Swimming Championships and selection Trials for the FINA World Championships, Budapest

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2017 Phillips 66 US National Swimming Championships: June 29, 2017:

Tuesday, June 27

Women’s 200m Butterfly
1. Hali Flickinger (Spring Grove, Pa./Athens Bulldog Swim Club), 2:07.60
2. Dakota Luther (Austin, Texas/Austin Swim Club), 2:08.71
3. Sarah Gibson (San Antonio, Texas/Texas A&M), 2:08.75

Race Notes

Flickinger won her second national title in the 200m fly (2015) and claimed the first spot on the Team USA’s 2016 world championships roster. Her time is currently the ninth-fastest in the world in 2017.
17-year-old Luther is coached by six-time Olympic medalist Brendan Hansen.

Quotes

Hali Flickinger: “I want to have that race, where I hit the wall and jaws drop … to have a very strong 200 fly, I want to do that for our country to make that a strong event for us.”

Men’s 200m Butterfly
1. Jack Conger (Rockville, Md./Nation’s Capital Swim Club), 1:54.47
2. Pace Clark (Memphis, Tenn./Athens Bulldog Swim Club), 1:54.58
3. Chase Kalisz (Bel Air, Md./North Baltimore Aquatic Club), 1:54.79

Race Notes

Conger claimed his first national time and made the world championships roster for the first time.
Conger’s time is the fourth-fastest time in the world this year.
Clark and Kalisz followed with the fifth and sixth fastest times in the world this year, all three swims were personal bests.

Quotes

Jack Conger: “It was just a really good feeling … With Michael [Phelps] gone that butterfly is completely wide open, and I wanted to stamp my ticket and make a statement.”

Women’s 100m Freestyle
1. Mallory Comerford (Kalamazoo, Mich./University of Louisville), 52.81
2. Simone Manuel (Sugar Land, Texas/Stanford Swimming), 53.05
3. Lia Neal (Brooklyn, N.Y./Stanford Swimming), 53.59

Race Notes

Comerford broke the U.S. Open record and lowered her national championships record from this morning; her time is also the third fastest in the world this year.
Tonight’s win claimed the first national title and first spot on the world championships roster for Comerford.
With a runner-up finish, Manuel earned a spot on the world championships roster for the third time.
Neal and Kelsi Worrell (Westampton, N.J./University of Louisville) have qualified for the world championships roster in the women’s 4x100m free relay.

Quotes

Mallory Comerford: “I was training hard and racing my own race. I’ve been working hard and trying to figure out long course – it’s nice for it to be clicking. I just love to race, so to get out there and compete against this field was a blast.”

Men’s 100m Freestyle
1. Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash./California Aquatics), 47.96
2. Caeleb Dressel (Green Cove Springs, Fla./Bolles School Sharks), 47.97
3. Townley Haas (Richmond, Va./NOVA of Virginia Aquatics), 48.20

Race Notes

Adrian won his eighth national title in the 100m free.
This win marks Adrian’s fourth time being named to the world championships roster; Dressel also earned a spot on the world championships roster with his runner-up finish.
Adrian’s time is the third fastest in the world this year, while Dressel is now ranked fourth.
Haas and Zachary Apple (Trenton, Ohio/Auburn) also have been named to the world championships roster for the men’s 4x100m free relay. This will be the first world championships for Dressel, Haas and Apple.

Quotes

Nathan Adrian: “We’re in a good place. For so long I had to answer all these … questions about what happened to American sprinting, and I don’t have to answer those questions anymore. I’m happy about that.”

Women’s 800m Freestyle
1. Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md./Stanford Swimming), 8:11.50
2. Leah Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa./Cavalier Swimming), 8:20.46
3. Hannah Moore (Cary, N.C./NC State Swimming), 8:27.58

Race Notes

Ledecky notched her 11th national title and fifth win in the 800m free.
Ledecky has qualified for her third world championships roster.
Ledecky’s time is the fastest in the world this year.
Smith’s time was the second-fastest mark in the world this year.

Quotes

Katie Ledecky: “I didn’t rest too much for this [meet]. Compared to other trials and selection meets, this might be the least tapered that I’ve been over the past couple of years. I’m getting in and racing. I have confidence from training that I can get up and go times like that.”

Men’s 1500m Freestyle
1. True Sweetser (Hernando, Fla./Stanford Swimming), 14:59.73
2. Robert Finke (Tampa, Fla./St. Pettersburg Aquatics), 15:01.31
3. P.J. Ransford (Pittsford, N.Y./University of Michigan), 15:01.82

Race Notes

Sweetser notched the ninth-fastest time in the world this year in the 1500m free.
This victory is Sweetser’s first national title and first spot on the world championships team.

Quotes

True Sweetser: “I knew going into the final that a lot of guys get excited and like to go out fast, and I just wanted to make sure that I went out as controlled as I could and have a really strong back half. I had a lot of confidence from the training that I’ve put in, I’m so happy with how it panned out – I can’t believe it!”

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