Saturday, December 3, 2022
Diehl Sets NAG Record, Smith Doubles on Friday Night's Toyota U.S. Open
Daniel Diehl rewrote the 17-18 National Age Group record books, Regan Smith picked up her second and third wins of the meet, Katie Ledecky won her third event and Chase Kalisz won his second during the third night of finals at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.
Smith added the 100-meter fly and 100m back titles to her win in the 200m IM last night. Her 57.65 was good enough to take down Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson (58.93) and Louisville’s Gabi Albiero (59.06) in the 100m fly. Meanwhile, in the 100m back, she lowered the meet record with a 57.95, better than Phoebe Bacon’s 58.63 from 2019. NC State’s Katharine Berkoff (59.87) and Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller (1:00.00) took second and third.
Ledecky also added to her win total in Greensboro, sweeping the mid and distance freestyle events with a win in the 400m free, 800m free and tonight in the 200m free in 1:56.74. She held off a hard-charging Erin Gemmell from Nation’s Capital, who hung with Ledecky the whole race and wound up second in 1:57.16. Sarasota’s Addison Sauickie took home third place honors in 1:59.76.
In the men’s 400m IM, defending Olympic champion Chase Kalisz of Sun Devil lowered the meet record of 4:11.11 by Sebastien Rousseau with a 4:10.09 for the win, his second of the meet. Texas A&M’s Baylor Nelson (4:18.38) and Tennessee’s Landon Driggers (4:20.85) rounded out the podium.
The highlight of the night may have come from Canada’s Summer McIntosh, however, who put on show in the women’s 400m IM with a sub-4:30 performance that lowered the U.S. Open, U.S. Open meet record and world junior records in the event. Her 4:28.61 beat her own world junior record of 4:29.01, Katinka Hosszu’s U.S. Open record of 4:31.07 and the previous meet record of 4:37.34 set by Melanie Margalis. Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant of Florida finished second in 4:41.85, while North Coast Aquatics’ Kathryn Hazle grabbed third in 4:47.56.
Jake Mitchell, a 2020 Olympian in the 400m free who is now training at Florida, cruised to victory in the men’s 200m free. Mitchell led from start to finish and won convincingly in 1:47.38, with Boulder City Henderson’s Zane Grothe (1:48.15) and two-time winner in Greensboro Guilherme Costa of Brazil (1:48.34) taking second and third.
After turning fourth at the halfway point, NC State’s Luke Miller charged home to win the men’s 100m fly in 52.06, with Florida’s Josh Liendo (52.48) and Cardinal’s Zach Harting (52.52) touching second and third, respectively.
Ireland’s Mona McSharry was the class of the field in the women’s 100m breast final as her 1:07.06 propelled her to first, in front of Duke’s Kaelyn Gridley (1:08.46) and Brazil’s Ana Carolina Veira (1:08.50).
Florida’s Aleksas Savickas took home the men’s 100m breast win in 1:00.54 with Tennessee’s Lyubomir Epitropov (1:00.94) and Auburn’s Reid Mikuta (1:00.96) not far back.
Cumberland’s Daniel Diehl closed out the evening with a win in the men’s 100m back with a 53.07, comfortably in from of Evangelos Makrygiannis (54.41) and Notre Dame’s Tommy Janton (54.96). The time gave Diehl a new 17-18 National Age Group record, lowering his own mark that he set in prelims by .04. Going into today, the record was 53.38, which had been held by Olympian Ryan Murphy since 2013.
The meet wraps up tomorrow with prelims at 9 a.m. ET and finals at 6 p.m. ET.
Smith added the 100-meter fly and 100m back titles to her win in the 200m IM last night. Her 57.65 was good enough to take down Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson (58.93) and Louisville’s Gabi Albiero (59.06) in the 100m fly. Meanwhile, in the 100m back, she lowered the meet record with a 57.95, better than Phoebe Bacon’s 58.63 from 2019. NC State’s Katharine Berkoff (59.87) and Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller (1:00.00) took second and third.
Ledecky also added to her win total in Greensboro, sweeping the mid and distance freestyle events with a win in the 400m free, 800m free and tonight in the 200m free in 1:56.74. She held off a hard-charging Erin Gemmell from Nation’s Capital, who hung with Ledecky the whole race and wound up second in 1:57.16. Sarasota’s Addison Sauickie took home third place honors in 1:59.76.
In the men’s 400m IM, defending Olympic champion Chase Kalisz of Sun Devil lowered the meet record of 4:11.11 by Sebastien Rousseau with a 4:10.09 for the win, his second of the meet. Texas A&M’s Baylor Nelson (4:18.38) and Tennessee’s Landon Driggers (4:20.85) rounded out the podium.
The highlight of the night may have come from Canada’s Summer McIntosh, however, who put on show in the women’s 400m IM with a sub-4:30 performance that lowered the U.S. Open, U.S. Open meet record and world junior records in the event. Her 4:28.61 beat her own world junior record of 4:29.01, Katinka Hosszu’s U.S. Open record of 4:31.07 and the previous meet record of 4:37.34 set by Melanie Margalis. Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant of Florida finished second in 4:41.85, while North Coast Aquatics’ Kathryn Hazle grabbed third in 4:47.56.
Jake Mitchell, a 2020 Olympian in the 400m free who is now training at Florida, cruised to victory in the men’s 200m free. Mitchell led from start to finish and won convincingly in 1:47.38, with Boulder City Henderson’s Zane Grothe (1:48.15) and two-time winner in Greensboro Guilherme Costa of Brazil (1:48.34) taking second and third.
After turning fourth at the halfway point, NC State’s Luke Miller charged home to win the men’s 100m fly in 52.06, with Florida’s Josh Liendo (52.48) and Cardinal’s Zach Harting (52.52) touching second and third, respectively.
Ireland’s Mona McSharry was the class of the field in the women’s 100m breast final as her 1:07.06 propelled her to first, in front of Duke’s Kaelyn Gridley (1:08.46) and Brazil’s Ana Carolina Veira (1:08.50).
Florida’s Aleksas Savickas took home the men’s 100m breast win in 1:00.54 with Tennessee’s Lyubomir Epitropov (1:00.94) and Auburn’s Reid Mikuta (1:00.96) not far back.
Cumberland’s Daniel Diehl closed out the evening with a win in the men’s 100m back with a 53.07, comfortably in from of Evangelos Makrygiannis (54.41) and Notre Dame’s Tommy Janton (54.96). The time gave Diehl a new 17-18 National Age Group record, lowering his own mark that he set in prelims by .04. Going into today, the record was 53.38, which had been held by Olympian Ryan Murphy since 2013.
The meet wraps up tomorrow with prelims at 9 a.m. ET and finals at 6 p.m. ET.