The U.S. women's 400m free relay team of Lauren Thies (Portland, Ore.), Emily Kukors (Auburn, Wash.), Maritza Correia (Valrico, Fla.) and Michele King (York, Pa.) topped their heat and qualified for Thursday’s final in 3:45.76. Team Canada won the other heat but finished behind Team USA in 3:47.18. Following day three of competition, Team USA kept their streak alive, advancing each preliminary swimmer in their respective event.
Notes from Tuesday's preliminaries:
Women's 200m free:
Ohlgren and Katie Carroll (Toledo, Ohio) both advanced to the women’s 200m free semifinal. Ohlgren claimed the top qualifying time in the prelims, qualifying in 2:02.24. Carroll was second in her heat to come in fifth overall with a time of 2:04.12.Men's 200m free:
Team USA’s Robert Margalis (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Matthew Owen (Scottsdale, Ariz.) advanced in the men’s 200m free. The pair qualified sixth and seventh for Thursday’s semifinals, with Owen coming in at 1:52.46 and Margalis at 1:52.71.Women’s 200m IM:
The women’s 200m IM preliminary swim was cancelled Wednesday night as no more than 16 swimmers are scheduled to compete in the event. All swimmers entered in the event will swim in the semifinal on Thursday, including Team USA’s Emily Kukors and Julia Smit (Mount Sinai, N.Y.).Men’s 200m IM:
Margalis and Rathberger rounded out Team USA’s strong night in the pool by qualifying for the men’s 200 IM semifinals. Rathberger won his heat in 2:01.61 and claimed the top qualifying spot in Thursday’s semis. Margalis, coming off his swim in the 200m free, also qualified eighth for the semifinal in 2:04.56.Competition will continue tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time and will feature finals in the women’s 100m breast, 100m back, and 400m free relay, and the men’s 200m back, Semifinals will be swum in the men’s 200m free and 200m IM, and the women’s 200m free and 200m IM.
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