Dressel set for both 200 FR/100 FL in Atlanta Classic day three finale, Weyant focuses on 400 IM

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Friday Finals Heat Sheet

Tonight’s second full finals session of the 2024 Atlanta Classic will feature the 18&U bonus D finals, bonus C finals, consolation B finals and championship A finals in the women’s and men’s 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 400 IM and 100 m. fly.

Live broadcast of the Friday finals

Gator Swim Club Caeleb Dressel should swim the two A finals of the 200 freestyle and a key event, the 100 fly. Dressel comes in 7th seed in the 200m freestyle, with Georgia Thomas Koski take first place and last year’s winner Kieran Smith from Florida, third seed. All top 30 qualifiers for the final will return tonight in the men’s 100 butterfly, where Dressel is seeded just behind Egypt. Youssef Ramadan.

Notably, the transfer from Indiana Owen Mcdonald Dynamo will swim its 9th seed in the A final of the 200m freestyle, but will be eliminated from the B final of the men’s 200m backstroke. On a different note, Georgia Sam Power by McCallie GPS favored its 15th seed in the 200 freestyle B final and lost its 7th seed in the men’s 200 backstroke. The lead in the men’s A final will be Yeziel Moraleswho set a new Puerto Rican national record during the preliminaries.

that of Florida Mason Laur notably eliminated the B final of the men’s 200 freestyle in favor of the 400 IM, where he is ranked 7th in this A final. Withdrawals from the long IM race were 4th seed Munzer Kabbarawho set a new Lebanese national record, and 7th seed Giovanni Linscheer from Florida. Florida will lead the men’s 400 individual medley. Bobby Finkewho won the 1500 freestyle on Wednesday.

Another Florida Gator will focus solely on its top seed in the women’s 400 individual medley, Emma Weyant, who chose this event over her 4th seed in the women’s 200m freestyle A final. Headlining the women’s 200 free will be the Gator Swim Club. Katie Ledeckyfeaturing Florida Bella Sims. Making an opposite decision was the 6th seed in the preliminaries Carli Cronk of Alamo Area, which will instead compete for its 14th seed in the B final of the women’s 100 fly. All top ten A finalists in the women’s 100 butterfly will swim tonight, headlined by the top seed Josephine Fuller of Tennessee.

Caroline Bentz withdrew from the A final of the women’s 200 backstroke, after finishing third in the preliminary round. from Wisconsin Phoebe Bacon has the easy seed, but Tennessee’s Fuller is also spotted second right behind Bacon.

TOP-30 SCRATCH REPORT FROM DAY 3 FINALS — 2024 ATLANTA CLASSIC

• Women’s 200m freestyle: #4 Emma Weyantn°18 Emma Reiser#21 Bri Robertson
• Men’s 200m freestyle: #14 Macguire McDuffn°15 Mason Laurn°18 Reese Branzell
• Women’s 200m backstroke: #3 Caroline Bentz#14 Helene Jones#19 Shea Fur
• Men’s 200m backstroke: #7 Sam Powern°11 Sean Sullivann°15 Joey Tepper#19 Owen Mcdonald
• Women’s 400m IM: #6 Carli Cronk#7 Anna Auld#15 Natalia Amescua#17 Portia Brown#19 Katie Mitchell#21 Laurel Blase#23 Molly Blanchard
• Men’s 400m IM: #4 Munzer Kabbara#7 Giovanni Linscheer#12 Joey Tepper#14 Carter Freudenstein#29 Cohen Chiam#34 Louis Joos
• Women’s 100m butterfly: #21 Emma Norton#24 Charlotte Choaten°28 Cadence Vincent
• 100 men’s fly: no scratch in the top 30