Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian helped Team USA keep its unbeaten record intact as it won its
seventh Duel in the Pool on Saturday at Indianapolis, Indiana, 155 to 107.
“But really, it was an incredible job done by pretty much everyone around,” Adrian said of the U.S. effort. “We won a lot of close races and if those wouldn’t have gone our way, this meet would be completely different and it could be the other way around.
“Hats off to the people that got their hand on the wall (first) and the score shows it.”
Adrian won the 50-meter freestyle in the short-course meter event that billed some of the top American swimmers versus some of the best swimmers from Europe. Adrian touched the wall in the 50 in 20.95 seconds. His win gave the U.S. a 139-91 lead and clinched the team title.
“I certainly knew that I didn’t want to be part of the first team that ever lost this so, you know, glad to not do that,” Adrian said.
Adrian then teamed with Matt Grevers, Josh Schneider, Michael Chadwick, to win the 4×100 freestyle relay in 3:05.42.
On Friday, Adrian won the 100 free in 46.57 seconds. Adrian jumped out to a quick lead and was under world-record pace at the 50 split in 21.68. Josh Schneider finished second in 46.66 and Vladimir Morozov of Russia was third in 46.68. Adrian also anchored the men’s 4×100 medley relay team, which included Matt Grevers, Kevin Cordes and Tom Shields, to an American record in 3:20.91.
