2020 U.S. Open Swimming Championships

The 2020 Toyota U.S. Open Swimming Championships were contested from November 12 to 14, 2020 in a virtual competition format at nine locations in the United States with medalists determined from the merged results across all nine locations.[1][2][3][4] Competition was conducted in long course (50 meter) pools.[1][5]

2020 Toyota U.S. Open Championships
Date(s)November 12–14
Events28
2019
2021

Venues edit

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the Championships was changed from its normal one in-person venue competition format to a virtual format, marking the first USA Swimming Championships contested in a virtual format and the second USA Swimming competition of any type, Championships or non-Championships, in a virtual format.[6] Individual sites of competition included the following nine venues (cities):

  1. Blossom Athletic Center (San Antonio, Texas).[7]
  2. Greensboro Aquatic Center (Greensboro, North Carolina).[8]
  3. Huntsville Aquatic Center (Huntsville, Alabama).[9]
  4. Indiana University Natatorium (Indianapolis, Indiana).[10]
  5. Selby Aquatic Center (Sarasota, Florida).[11]
  6. SwimRVA (Richmond, Virginia).[12]
  7. Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center (Beaverton, Oregon).[13]
  8. Wellmark YMCA (Des Moines, Iowa).[14]
  9. William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center (Irvine, California).[15]

Results edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Santo Condorelli 22.27 Ryan Held 22.35 Yusuke Legard 22.59
100 m freestyle Andrej Barna 48.75 Ryan Held 49.00 Santo Condorelli 49.39
200 m freestyle Kieran Smith 1:47.29 Patrick Callan 1:47.38 Alexei Sancov 1:48.46
400 m freestyle Kieran Smith 3:48.78 Marwan Elkamash 3:48.87 Patrick Callan 3:49.34
800 m freestyle Marwan Elkamash 7:52.19 Robert Finke 7:53.05 Kieran Smith 8:00.05
1500 m freestyle Robert Finke 15:09.14 John Gallant 15:18.39 Jack Collins 15:22.05
100 m backstroke Jack Aikins 54.59 William Grant 54.69 Gabriel Fantoni 54.96
200 m backstroke William Grant 1:59.52 Clark Beach 2:00.21 Wyatt Davis 2:00.30
100 m breaststroke Andrew Wilson 59.58 Cody Miller 59.65 Ilya Evdokimov 1:00.47
200 m breaststroke Andrew Wilson 2:09.83 Cody Miller 2:10.22 Brandon Fischer 2:13.60
100 m butterfly Luis Martínez 51.50
CR
Miles Smachlo 52.54 Zach Harting 52.62
200 m butterfly Zach Harting 1:57.82 Matthew Fenlon 1:58.41 Antani Ivanov
Miles Smachlo
1:58.51
200 m
individual medley
Chase Kalisz 1:59.72 Carson Foster 1:59.82 Ryan Lochte 2:01.05
400 m
individual medley
Carson Foster 4:16.51 Robert Finke 4:18.08 Jake Foster 4:19.44

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Gretchen Walsh 24.65 Kate Douglass 24.99 Farida Osman 25.10
100 m freestyle Torri Huske 54.04 Gretchen Walsh 54.37 Claire Curzan 54.93
200 m freestyle Paige Madden 1:57.64 Madisyn Cox 1:58.97 Joanna Evans 1:59.26
400 m freestyle Emma Weyant 4:10.38 Paige Madden 4:10.42 Joanna Evans 4:11.28
800 m freestyle Bella Sims 8:27.01 Ally McHugh 8:29.36 Erica Sullivan 8:31.38
1500 m freestyle Erica Sullivan 16:04.37 Ashley Twichell 16:18.11 Ally McHugh 16:30.40
100 m backstroke Kathleen Baker 59.82 Regan Smith 59.95 Phoebe Bacon 1:00.18
200 m backstroke Phoebe Bacon 2:09.16 Katharine Berkoff 2:10.12 Kathleen Baker 2:11.38
100 m breaststroke Anna Elendt 1:07.50 Lydia Jacoby 1:07.57 Rachel Bernhardt 1:07.67
200 m breaststroke Madisyn Cox 2:27.55 Isabelle Odgers 2:28.69 Anna Keating 2:29.38
100 m butterfly Claire Curzan 56.61
CR
Torri Huske 57.36 Kate Douglass 57.43
200 m butterfly Regan Smith 2:08.61 Olivia Carter 2:10.52 Charlotte Hook 2:10.90
200 m
individual medley
Madisyn Cox 2:10.49 Torri Huske 2:11.18 Kathleen Baker 2:12.97
400 m
individual medley
Emma Weyant 4:40.84 Ally McHugh 4:43.00 Genevieve Pfeifer 4:45.14

Championships records set edit

Day Event Stage Time Name Country Date Ref
2 100 m butterfly (Women's) Final 56.61 Claire Curzan   United States November 13, 2020 [5][16][17]
2 100 m butterfly (Men's) Final 51.50 Luis Martínez   Guatemala November 13, 2020 [5][17][18][19]

References edit

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  2. ^ Ross, Andy (October 6, 2020). "USA Swimming Announces Nine Regional Sites For Toyota US Open". Swimming World. November 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Goh, ZK (November 13, 2020). "U.S. Open swimming: 15-year-old Sims sets fifth-fastest age group time in 800m free". Olympics.com. November 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Maese, Rick (November 13, 2020). "One meet, nine cities, lots of rules: How top U.S. swimmers finally returned to the pool". The Washington Post. November 22, 2022.
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  10. ^ "Hounds Deliver Fast Times at U.S. Open". Indianapolis Greyhounds. November 14, 2020. November 22, 2022.
  11. ^ "2020 U.S. Open: Sarasota". USA Swimming. 2020. November 22, 2022.
  12. ^ Gibbs, Robert (November 12, 2020). "2020 U.S. Open – Richmond Thursday PM Recap: McKenna and Parent Take the 800s". SwimSwam. November 22, 2022.
  13. ^ Lepesant, Anne (November 12, 2020). "2020 U.S. Open – Beaverton Thursday PM Recap: Noah Brune Wins 2-Man 800 Free". SwimSwam. November 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Birch, Tommy (October 6, 2020). "Des Moines one of nine national sites to host swimming's Toyota U.S. Open". The Des Moines Register. November 22, 2022.
  15. ^ "Seven Swimmers to Compete at US Open Swimming Championships". UC San Diego Tritons. November 10, 2020. November 22, 2022.
  16. ^ OlympicTalk (November 13, 2020). "Claire Curzan, 16, flies into the Olympic swimming picture". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  17. ^ a b Ross, Andy (November 13, 2020). "US Open Friday Night Times Report: Curzan, Martinez Enter Top Five World Rankings; Baker Beats Stacked Virtual Field". Swimming World. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  18. ^ Johnson, Annika (November 13, 2020). "Luis Martinez Breaks Tom Shields' 100 Fly U.S. Open Meet Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  19. ^ Merrill, Lawrence (July 13, 2021). "'Fight for it': Luis Martinez sets bar high for second Olympics". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved January 24, 2023.

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