Nathan Adrian of Bremerton won the 100-meter freestyle at the Arena Pro Swim series event at Austin, Texas, on Friday afternoon.
Adrian led from the start, turning at the 50-meter mark with the lead in 23.10 seconds and out-touched France’s Jeremy Stavius 48.91 to 48.96 at the finish. Jimmy Feigen finished third in 49.20.
Adrian will swim the 50 free on Saturday. The prelims are at 7 a.m. with the finals at 4 p.m. local time. The meet is being shown via livestream at usaswimming.org.
Nathan Adrian of Bremerton will swim Friday and Saturday at the Duel in the Pool, Friday and Saturday in Indianapolis.
The 100-meter freestyle is Friday and the 50 freestyle is Saturday. The U.S. roster also includes Missy Franklin, Simone Manuel, Jessica Hardy, Tyler Clary, Conor Dwyer, Matt Grevers and Ryan Lochte.
The meet is being livestreamed at usaswimming.org.
After waiting around for the other events in the first morning session of the U.S. Winter Nationals, Nathan Adrian won his heat of the 50-meter freestyle rather convincingly Thursday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
Adrian touched the wall in 22.29 seconds, second overall and tied with Brad Tandy. The finals will include Josh Schneider, Anthony Ervin, Paul Powers, Geoff Cheah, Matt Grevers, Cullen Jones and Santo Condorelli.
The finals are at 6 p.m. If you’re unable to attend the nationals you can watch the lifestream via usaswimmin.org here.
It’s been a long time since Nathan Adrian of Bremerton has delighted his hometown fans by competing locally, but his appearance at the U.S. Winter Nationals Dec. 3-5 will end that drought. It’s the first time the Olympic champion will race in Washington since December of 2009 when he swam at the short-course nationals at the King County Aquatic Center in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, winning both.
Adrian is scheduled to swim the 50 free on Thursday and the 100 free on Saturday.
Adrian is just one of the USA Swimming headliners to compete next week. Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Anthony Ervin, Matt Grevers, Allison Schmitt and Missy Franklin are also scheduled to compete. In total, more than 40 national team members are among the nearly 700 swimmers slated to swim.
Tickets are on sale now for the three-day event, which includes preliminaries at 9 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. All-session adult passes are $60 with single day and single-session passes available.
A live webcast of the entire meet will be available at usaswimming.org and NBC will tape-delay the nationals on NBC Sunday, Dec. 6 from 10-11 a.m.
Nathan Adrian is scheduled to compete in the L.A. Invite this weekend in what is likely a final tune-up for next month’s World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
The meet is Thursday-Sunday at Southern California’s Uytengsu Aquatic Center. Preliminaries are at 8:30 a.m.
Adrian is the top seed in the 100-meter freestyle, which is Friday. He’ll be competing against California Aquatics teammate Anthony Ervin and Vlad Morozov (USC) as well as Matt Grevers and Conor Dwyer.
Adrian is seeded third in the 50 free, behind Ervin and Morozov, which is Saturday.
Nathan Adrian of Bremerton is slated to swim in the Arena Pro Swim Series event later this week in Santa Clara, California. The meet begins Thursday with a timed-final distance session. Friday-Sunday prelims begin at 9 a.m. followed by finals at 5 p.m.
Also expected to swim are gold medalists Natalie Coughlin, Anthony Ervin, Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin, Matt Grevers and Allison Schmitt.
Adrian, the defending Olympic champion in the 100 freestyle, is seeded second in that event with a time of 47.84 seconds. Russia’s Vladimir Morozov is the top seed with a time of 47.62. The 100 free is Sunday.
Adrian is also swimming the 50 freestyle. He’s the third seed with a time of 21.47. Bruno Fratus of Brazil is the top seed in 21.41 followed by Ervin in 21.42. Ervin and Adrian are teammates at California Aquatics.
The meet is being televised at Universal Sports Network. A webcast of the meet can be found at usaswimming.org.
Bremerton Olympic champion Nathan Adrian is one of several headliners that is scheduled to compete in the Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin, Jan 15-17. The series was formally known as the Arena Grand Prix. Also scheduled to swim are Katie Ledecky, Ryan Lochte, Tyler Clarey, Ntalie Coughlin, Anthony Ervin and Matt Grevers.
The three-day meet will take place at the University of Texas’ swimming center. Prelims are at 7 a.m. with finals at 4 p.m. Pacific time.
Universal Sports Network will air TV coverage of the meet Jan. 16 and 17 (check local listings for time). Also, USA Swimming will webcast the complete meet.
Nathan Adrian of Bremerton was nominated for a Golden Goggle award as part of the 4×100 medley relay team from the Pan Pacific Championships in August. The race is under the relay performance of the year category. Also on the team were Matt Grevers, Kevin Cordes and Michael Phelps. The foursome finished with a meet record of 3:29.94 to claim the gold.
The complete list is below and here’s the link to vote. You can vote as often as you like until Nov. 14.
Breakout Performer of the Year
Maya DiRado
Katie McLaughlin
Ryan Murphy
Cierra Runge
Kendyl Stewart
Perseverance Award
Open Water Gold Medalists: Haley Anderson & Andrew Gemmell
Kevin Cordes
Missy Franklin
Michael Phelps
Tom Shields
Coach of the Year
Bob Bowman
Dave Durden
Bruce Gemmell
David Marsh
Relay Performance of the Year
Women’s 4x200m Free Relay – 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Men’s 4x200m Free Relay – 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay – 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Female Race of the Year
Cammile Adams – 200m Fly, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Maya DiRado – 200m IM, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Jessica Hardy – 100m Breast, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Katie Ledecky – 400m Free, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Katie Ledecky – 1500m Free, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Male Race of the Year
Tyler Clary – 200m Back, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Nic Fink – 200m Breast, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Connor Jaeger – 1500m Free, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Michael Phelps – 100m Fly, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Female Athlete of the Year
Elizabeth Beisel
Maya DiRado
Missy Franklin
Katie Ledecky
Male Athlete of the Year
Tyler Clary
Connor Jaeger
Michael Phelps
Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian made the medal podium in each of the events he swam this week at the Pan Pacific Championships at Gold Coast, Australia.
Adrian started out with a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle on the first day, and ended the meet with a gold medal anchoring the 400 medley relay to a Pan Pacs record of 3 minutes, 29.94 seconds. In between he earned a silver in the 400 free relay and a bronze in the 50 free, also on Sunday.
Bruno Fratus won the sprint race in 21.44 seconds with Anthony Ervin second in 21.73 and Adrian third in 21.80.
As for the medley relay, Adrian’s swim was almost anticlimactic after the lead he received from Michael Phelps in the butterfly leg. Adrian’s split time in the 100 was 47.60, proving once again how much he likes to race in the relay. It’s one of his best non-start splits and makes them the favorites heading into Rio 2016. The relay included Matt Grevers in the backstroke and Kevin Cordes in the breaststroke.
Adrian said in a post-race TV interview said it’s always nice to get the lead from Phelps.
“It’s always nice to know that Michael, the fastest 100 butterflyer is going in,” Adrian said. “He always gets the lead for me so I get a little bit of clean water and just try and figure it out.”
Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian announced his partnership with USA Swimming Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming this week.
Adrian will be a part of the upcoming Make A Splash Tour, along with Olympic champions Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans and Rowdy Gaines. The tour is a national, child-focused water safety campaign.
Also, be sure to subscribe to Nathan’s YouTube channel, as well as Google+ account, Twitter (@Nathangadrian), and his Instagram account. Nathan and Matt Grevers were at the Arizona School for the Blind and Deaf for its play-day initiative.
I’ll have updates Thursday and Friday from the Mesa Grand Prix as well.
