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.
Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian is nominated for two Golden Goggle awards, the mixed 4×100 free relay and the men’s 4×100 medley relay from the World Championships earlier this year in Russia.
The mixed relay included an all-star cast in Ryan Lochte (48.79 split), Adrian (47.29), Simone Manuel (53.66) and Missy Franklin (53.31). The quartet came in in a world-record time of 3 minutes, 24.51 seconds. The U.S. was behind at various times throughout the race, but Adrian and Manuel pulled the Americans even with Russia and it was Franklin who surged home for the gold.
In the men’s medley, Adrian anchored the team that included Ryan Murphy (53.05), Kevin Cordes (58.88) and Tom Shields (50.59) to a gold in 3:29.93, just .15 seconds in front of Australia. The Americans trailed Great Britain and Australia after the breaststroke, but Shields’ strong butterfly leg put the U.S. ahead as Adrian took over. Adrian’s anchor time of 47.41 held off Cameron McEvoy of Australia in the final 10 meters.
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It was a foregone conclusion, but USA Swimming made it official on Tuesday when it released it’s national team roster for 2015-16 which included Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian.
Here’s a link if you want to check out who else made the team and their Twitter handles. All the big names are there (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky, etc.) as well as plenty of fresh new faces. Among them is the only other Washingtonian — Lisa Bratton of Richland.
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.
While there was much ballyhoo surrounding Michael Phelps’ return to swimming, Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian left no doubt as to who really is the king of American sprinting on Wednesday. Adrian won the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. National championships in Irvine, California.
Adrian led at the 50, in 22.85 seconds, and won by a near half-body length in 48.31. Ryan Lochte was second and Jimmy Feigen third. Phelps was seventh. The win also gives Adrian his sixth national championship title.
The top four individuals are added to the national team for the next two-year cycle and will head to Australia later this month for the Pan Pacific Championships in Gold Coast.
Adrian wasn’t that impressed with his time.
“It’s about qualifying,” he said in a post-race webcast interview. “In a field like that it’s always an honor to get your hand on the wall first.”
Adrian said it was very important to not abandon his race strategy considering the amount of talent in the event. Of the eight competitors, seven are Olympians and all seven have won individual golds at the Olympics or
world championships.
“You work all year with a certain race strategy in mind and you really going to do your best if you execute it,” he said. “It’s an extraordinary field and it’s an honor to be a part of it.”
Adrian will swim in the 50 free prelims on Sunday.
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Bremerton gold medalist Nathan Adrian and a large Cal Aquatics contingent that includes gold medalists Natalie Coughlin and Anthony Ervin will head to Europe for the Mare Nostrum Series this week. Cash prizes are awarded, up to $20,000, plus bonuses for breaking series and world records.
The first meet will be in Monaco Saturday-Sunday, Canet, France, on June 11-12, and Barcelona, Spain, on June 14-15. The 100 freestyle in Monaco is Saturday and the 50 is Sunday. Adrian is seeded first in the 100 free in 47.84 seconds, and is seeded second in the 50 free behind Ervin.
The group includes Cal head coach Dave Durden and Tom Shields, Damir Dugonjic, Josh Prenot, Jacob Pebly and Ryan Murphy.
Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian won the 100-meter freestyle on Thursday at the Mesa Grand Prix.
Adrian led a fast first 50 meters and held off South Africa’s Roland Schoeman in 48.23 seconds. Adrian led by half a body length at the turn and pulled away from Schoeman, who touched the wall in 49.39, followed by North Baltimore’s Conor Dwyer in 49.57. Ryan Lochte of SwimMAC Carolina was fourth in 49.68.
Adrian said in an online post-race interview that he was pleased with the time, but is always looking to move forward.
“The goal is always to go best time,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate enough to go pretty fast so Iv’e got to put together a pretty good one to do that.”
Adrian will swim the 50 free Friday. Prelims are at 9 a.m. with finals at 5 p.m.
The psych sheets are available for the Mesa Grand Priz meet in Tucson. You can find them here.
The 100-meter freestyle reads like a who’s who of swimming’s best.
Olympic champion Nathan Adrian of Bremerton, who is ranked No. 3 in the world, is seeded first in the 100-meter freestyle in 47.52 seconds. Jimmy Feigen is second in 47.82 and France’s Yannick Agnel is third (47.84). Anthony Ervin (47.89), Ryan Lochte (48.58), Conor Dwyer (48.94), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (49.00) and Michael Phelps (49.05) round out the top eight.
That’s A LOT of international medals right there.
Ervins is ranked first in the 50 free in 21.42, followed by Nathan in 21.47, Schoeman (21.67), Josh Schneider (21.78), Feigen (21.88), Matt Grevers (22.09), Karl Krug (22.15), Alex Coville (22.19) and Shayne Fleming (22.35). Nathan is ranked No. 6 in the world in the event.
The 100 free is Thursday and the 50 free is Friday.
Swim fans are dying to get to this event and it’s quickly become a star-studded affair. Within 48 hours of the announcement that Phelps would be swimming, the event was sold out.
FUN PICTURE OF THE DAY: I really like this picture. It was shot from the World Championships in China in 2011. Would still like to find out what they’re laughing about. Wouldn’t you?
Bremerton gold medalist Nathan Adrian along with long-distance queen Katie Ledecky and Ryan Lochte are set to headline the next Arena Grand Prix meet in Mesa, Ariz.
There’s also this guy named Michael Phelps that will be swimming. Heard he’s pretty good.
The meet is April 24-26 at the Skyline Aquatic Center. Prelims are at 7 a.m. Pacific time and finals are at 3 p.m.
Also competing will be 2012 Olympic gold medalist Matt Grevers, multiple Olympic champion Natalie Coughlin, Anthony Ervin, Jimmy Feigen, Tyler Clary and more.
As for Phelps, his return to the pool is a welcome sight. His 22 Olympic medals are, of course, the most in history.
It’s no surprise that the meet will be televised. Universal Sports Network will show live coverage on April 25 and 26. A live webcast will be available through USA Swimming for the entire meet.
