Only time will tell if history repeats itself when Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) swims in lane four of the men's 200 fly finals tomorrow. Last year, the two-time Olympian lowered his own world record in the event in this pool just one month before the World Championships.
World-record holder Aaron Peirsol (Irvine, Calif.) made his return to American waters in the 200 backstroke with the only sub-two minute race of the evening to sit more than a second ahead of the competition. However, all bets are off as National Teamer Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), who broke Peirsol's seven-year winning streak in the 100 back at Worlds in March, is slated to compete in the finals.
Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.), who holds the American record in the 100 free, is the event heading into finals. Coming off a successful Southern California Grand Prix in January, Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.) looks primed to score even more points on the Toyota Grand Prix leaderboard with a first-place seed heading into the finals of the 100 free.
Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) and Kim Vandenberg (Moraga, Calif.) will go head-to-head in the finals of the 200 butterfly, with only a half second separating the National teammates. Two-time Olympians Erik Vendt (North Easton, Mass.) and Klete Keller (Phoenix, Ariz.) occupy the top two spots in the men's 400.
Full Results of the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix from the Mizzou Aquatic Center
