Talk about an eventful, and satisfying, meet.

Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian won the 50-meter freestyle by .01 seconds over George Bovell at the Indianapolis Grand Prix Friday afternoon.

Adrian touched the wall in 22.88 seconds. It’s the fourth-fastest time in the world so far this year. Bovell had the lead coming into the wall, but Adrian had a great finishing kick to just out-touch Bovell at the wall. Former Olympic champion Anthony Ervin was third in 22.24.

Adrian beat Michael Phelps in the 100 freestyle Thursday, despite his swim trunks ripping in the back as he bent over on the blocks. Thanks to the rip, Adrian has been all over the internet, garnering plenty of attention.

Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian managed to come up all smiles after winning the 100 freestyle at the Indy Grand Prix Thursday afternoon, despite his jammer suit ripping in the back.

Adrian joins a none-too-illustrious group that have had their suits rip during competition — most notable Texas product Ricky Berens at the 2009 World Championships and Italy’s Flavia Zoccari at the Mediterranean Games also in 2009 — but those were in the now-banned, full-body polyurethane (rubber) suits.

Adrian’s suit is a textile suit and goes from his waist to his knees.

After touching the wall in a time of 48.62 to set a meet record (Michael Phelps held the record at 48.89) and was laughing when a meet official handed him a towel. Adrian put the towel on before getting out of the pool and gave a thumbs-up sign to his fans, flashing a big grin.

The towel slipped off during an on-deck, post-race interview and Adrian could do nothing but re-wrap the towel, laugh again, and finished the interview.

Phelps finished a close second in 48.74 and Darian Townsend was third in 49.14.

Adrian will be back in the pool Friday in the 50 free.

USAswimming is live streaming the grand prix with prelims at 5:30 a.m. and finals at 3 p.m.

Also, here’s a link to a video and story referring to Nathan at the Indy meet by Channel 13 in Indiana.

Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian was the fastest qualifier in the 100-meter freestyle Thursday morning at the Indianapolis Grand Prix.

Adrian’s time of 49.04 seconds put him ahead of Darian Townsend, 49.52, and David Walter, 49.76. Also qualifying for the finals was Michael Phelps, who slid into the seventh spot in 50.16.

Notable names who did not qualify for the finals include Ryan Lochte, Cullen Jones, Anthony Ervin, who is on the comeback trail, Josh Schneider and Adrian’s former California teammate William Copeland.

Most of the big names are competing at the event, which could be one of the fastest grand prix meets to date as the Olympic swim trials are just about three months away.

Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian is one of several Team USA headliners that will compete today-Saturday at the Indianapolis Grand Prix.

Adrian is seeded No. 1 in the 100-meter freestyle, just .03 seconds ahead of Michael Phelps, and is the second seed in the 50 free. The 100 free is Thursday and the 50 free is Friday.

USAswimming.org will be livestreaming the prelims and finals. Prelims begin at 5:30 a.m. with finals at 3 p.m.