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2025 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The fifth seed in the Men’s 400 IM, Kieran Smith, has scratched out of the event. Smith, who trains with the Florida Gators, finished 6th in last night’s 200 free, and while he could book a spot to Singapore as a reserve on the 4×200 free relay, with the addition of the 50s of stroke and the change in priorities, its much harder than it once was.
Smith, who anchored the silver medal winning 4×200 free in Paris last Summer, still has the 400 free, where he is seeded 2nd, and the 200 IM where he is the 3rd seed on his schedule.
Smith wasn’t the only fifth seed to drop an event today as Lucy Bell (5th – 400 IM) and Kate Douglass (5th – 50 Breast) also scratched. Bell, the NCAA champion in the 200 breast, finished 7th in that final last night, an event which Douglass won. Douglass, for her part, has opted out of the 50 breaststroke this morning after having added another individual event to her line-up courtesy of her 2nd place finish in the 50 butterfly.
After having pulled off a come-from-behind win the 200 fly, Bell’s Stanford teammate, Caroline Bricker has opted not to swim the 100 fly. Instead, Bricker will look to a second event to her Singapore schedule as she is now seeded 7th in the 400 IM, an event which she won at NCAAs and coincidentally beating this morning’s top three seeds.
See below for a full list of scratches:
Women’s 400 IM
#5 Lucy Bell (Alto Swim Club) – 4:40.79 #22 Kelsey Zhang (Palo Alto Stanford) – 4:48.82 #31 Emerson Callis (Quest Swimming) – 4:51.14 #52 Mia Su (Santa Clara Swim) – 4:14.71 Y #58 Nikki Nixon (Tac Titans) – 4:15.51 YMen’s 400 IM
#5 Kieran Smith (Ridgefield Aquatic) – 4:15.10 #22 Gabe Manteufel (Sandpipers of Nevada) – 4:21.93 #43 William Savarese (Univ. Of Michigan) – 3:44.01 YWomen’s 100 Butterfly
#12 Caroline Bricker (Alto Swim Club) – 58.74 #41 Ellis Stanley (Tennessee) – 1:00.59 #49 Nikki Nixon (Tac Titans) – 51.84 Y #52 Ella Jo Piersma (Univ. Of Michigan) – 52.19 YMen’s 100 Butterfly
#42 Maximus Williamson (Lakeside Aquatic) – 45.94 Y #58 Collin Holgerson (SwimAtlanta) – 47.58 YWomen’s 50 Breaststroke
#5 Kate Douglass (New York Athletic Club) – 1:06.51 #39 Grace Rabb (Longhorn Aquatic) – 1:10.84Men’s 50 Breaststroke
Women’s 50 Backstroke
#17 Bella Sims (Sandpipers of Nevada) – 1:00.88 #24 Grace Rabb (Longhorn Aquatics) – 1:01.43 #49 Annie Jia (Upper Dublin Aquatics) – 53.07Men’s 50 Backstroke
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