by USA Swimming
Night two of competition at the 2023
TYR Pro Swim Series Mission Viejo finished with four National Team members –
Abbey Weitzeil, Lilly King, Nic Fink and Justin Ress – winning their third
titles in their respective events in this year’s TYR Pro Series. All four
athletes won their events in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Westmont, Ill. and Mission
Viejo, Calif.
Racing started with Abbey Weitzeil
(Santa Clara, Calif./California Aquatics) winning her third 2023 TYR Pro Swim
Series 100m freestyle title with a time of 54.27. Torri Huske (Arlington,
Va./Alto Swim Club) was second with a time of 54.27 while Claire Curzan (Cary,
N.C./Alto Swim Club) and Simone Manuel (Sugar Land, Texas/Sun Devil Swimming)
tied for third with times of 54.50.
“I’m super excited (about winning her
third TYR Pro Series title),” Weitzeil said. “Seeing that time up there, it’s
what I’ve gotten at past major meets before so knowing that I’ve done that in
season with the rest coming, we have like five to six weeks until (World
Championships) team trials. I’m super excited for what’s happening this season.
I know I can go a best time.”
The 100m freestyle continued with
Ryan Held (Springfield, Ill./New York Athletic Club) winning with a time of
48.74. Hunter Armstrong (Dover, Ohio/New York Athletic Club/California
Aquatics) finished third with a time of 49.13.
“The race was good,” Held said. “This
morning I was in control of what was going on and I knew for tonight, I just
had to put down the gas a little more. Go out faster, and if you go out fast,
you just have to come back. It doesn’t matter how tired you are, you have to
come back faster.”
Olympic gold medalist Lilly King
(Evansville, Ind./Indiana Swim Club) brought home her third-straight TYR Pro
Swim Series win in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:06.67.
“I thought I’d be a little bit faster
today,” King said. “It’s kind of out of my control at this point. I’m still
happy with the win and to be here getting some good racing in.”
Nic Fink (Morristown, N.J./Metro
Atlantic Aquatic Club) clocked a 59.77 to win the 100m breastroke, the No. 10
time in the world this season. He also collected his third-straight TYR Pro
Swim Series title. Jake Foster (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mason Manta Rays) was just one
second behind with a time of 1:00.81.
“I didn’t know exactly how I would
feel coming out of this one,” Fink said. “This morning wasn’t super sharp.
Knowing that I can have one that isn’t great and bounce back for my fastest one
of the season is a good feeling. It was a good race and I’m definitely happy
with it.”
Winning her first 2023 TYR Pro Swim
Series title, Isabelle Stadden (Blaine, Minn./California Aquatics) clocked a
27.88 in the 50m backstroke (27.88). Rhyan White (Herriman, Utah/University of
Alabama) went 28.13 and Curzan touched third with a 28.14.
“I’m not too out of breath, just
because it’s a 50,” Stadden said. “I’ve really been enjoying the sprint races
to get my heart rate up, especially when it’s before my 200 and 100 back.”
Winning his third-straight TYR Pro
Series title in the 50m backstroke with a time of 24.79, Justin Ress (Cary,
N.C./Mission Viejo Nadadores) out-touched Armstrong (24.91) by .12.
“It was really solid,” Ress said of
his race. “It’s really important to give it to the home crowd here. I
challenged myself tonight with the double. I don’t train for doubles anymore,
so it was tough.”
Kelly Pash (Carmel, Ind./Longhorn
Aquatics) clocked a 2:08.20 in the 200m butterfly, winning her first 2023 TYR
Pro Series title. She edged out teammate Dakota Luther (Austin, Texas/Longhorn
Aquatics) by .05.
“I’m really tired,” Pash said. “I had
a double with the 100 freestyle before this. I was just thinking back to my
younger years of swimming when I would swim every event, so I was taking my
confidence from that; using my 100 free as a warmup for my 200 fly. I
definitely felt it in that race.”
Trenton Julian (Glendale,
Calif./Mission Viejo Nadadores) picked up a win in the 200m butterfly (1:56.51)
in front of his home crowd.
“I love swimming at home,” Julian
said. “Swimming in the sun was a little misty in the morning but we have the
sun right now. I think (my time) was fine for right now. I felt really loose on
that first 100 fly and in the last 100, I tightened up a lot.”
The women’s 400m freestyle was
dominated by athletes under 18 years old. Olympian Bella Sims (Las Vegas,
Nev./Sandpipers of Nevada) clocked a new best time of 4:06.41, beating out
Wednesday’s 1500m freestyle winner Jillian Cox (Cedar Park, Texas/Longhorn
Aquatics) who finished in 4:10.22. Fourteen-year-old and 1500m freestyle
runner-up Kayla Han (La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada Armada) placed third with a
time of 4:10.56.
“That was really good for me,” Sims
said. “It’s really cool to see everyone gradually get better and have younger
people take over the older kids. It’s inspiring.”
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