Santa Clara International Grand Prix

The 43rd annual Santa Clara International meet takes place today, Thursday, June 17, through Sunday, June 20. An annual stop on the Grand Prix circuit, this meet attracts high quality competition from all around the U.S., specifically the West Coast, as well as foreigners, most notably Canadians and Aussies. Natalie Coughlin and Dana Vollmer are back from Mare Nostrum, Stanford's dynamic duo of Julia Smit and Elaine Breeden will make the short drive from Palo Alto, and 200 IM world champion Ryan Lochte makes his return to the event for the first time since Rome. Lochte suffered a knee injury in October, and he has yet been able to swim even a 50 of breaststroke in a race. However, he has been strong already in his other main events, the 200 free and 200 back, so look forward to an interesting race. Sprint star Nathan Adrian will compete in Santa Clara, along with Texas graduates Dave Walters and Ricky Berens and University of Arizona-trained Matt Grevers and Christine Magnuson. Recent high school grads Dagny Knutson and Elizabeth Beisel also make the trek to Santa Clara after posting strong swims at the Charlotte UltraSwim. Additionally, Canadian Olympic medalist Ryan Cochrane will be in Santa Clara, as will top Aussies Robert Hurley, Marieke Guehrer, Yolane Kukla, and more. Note that Island and UCB Dolphins are both Canadian teams. Check out both the psych sheet and live results. Meanwhile, take a look at my predictions.

Thursday, June 17:

Women's 1,500 Free

1 - Charetzeni Escobar Torres, Mexico

2 - Samantha Vanden Berge, UCLA

3 - Tanya Nanfria, Crow Canyon

Men's 800 Free

1 - Ryan Cochrane, Island

2 - Robert Hurley, Australia

3 - Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Australia

Friday, June 18:

Women's 100 Free

1 - Dana Vollmer, Cal

2 - Natalie Coughlin, Cal

3 - Julia Smit, Stanford

Men's 100 Breast

1 - Mike Alexandrov, Tucson Ford

2 - Marcus Titus, Tucson Ford

3 - Damir Dugonjic, Cal

Women's 200 Breast

1 - Keri Hehn, Trojan

2 - Megan Jendrick, KING

3 - Laura Sogar, Bluefish

Men's 200 Free

1 - Ricky Berens, Longhorn

2 - Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach

3 - Dave Walters, Longhorn

Women's 400 Free

1 - Dagny Knutson, A.S.K.

2 - Meagan Nay, Australia

3 - Kelsey Ditto, Stanford

Men's 400 IM

1 - Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Australia

2 - Brian Johns, UCB Dolphins

3 - Clark Burckle, Tucson Ford

Women's 100 Fly

1 - Dana Vollmer, Cal

2 - Christine Magnuson, Tucson Ford

3 - Elaine Breeden, Stanford

Men's 200 Fly

1 - Kaio Almeida, Brazil

2 - Mark Dylla, Athens Bulldogs

3 - David Mosko, Cincinnati Marlins

Saturday, June 19:

Women's 400 IM

1 - Elizabeth Beisel, Bluefish

2 - Julia Smit, Bluefish

3 - Dagny Knuston, A.S.K.

Men's 100 Fly

1 - Masayuki Kishida, Tucson Ford

2 - Kaio Almeida, Brazil

3 - David Russell, Cal

Women's 100 Breast

1 - Kasey Carlson, Walnut Creek

2 - Katy Freeman, Santa Barbara

3 - Keri Hehn, Trojan

Men's 400 Free

1 - Robert Hurley, Australia

2 - Ryan Cochrane, Canada

3 - Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Australia

Women's 200 Free

1 - Dagny Knutson, A.S.K.

2 - Julia Smit, Stanford

3 - Sara Isokovic, Cal

Men's 200 Back

1 - Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach

2 - David Russell, Cal

3 - Matt Grevers, Tucson Ford

Women's 100 Back

1 - Julia Wilkinson, Island

2 - Elizabeth Beisel, Bluefish

3 - Meagan Nay, Australia

Men's 50 Free

1 - Nathan Adrian, Cal

2 - Jimmy Feigen, Longhorn

3 - Adam Brown, Auburn

Sunday, June 20:

Women's 200 Fly

1 - Kathleen Hersey, Longhorn

2 - Jasmine Tosky, Palo Alto

3 - Dagny Knutson, A.S.K.

Men's 200 Breast

1 - Sean Mahoney, Cal

2 - Mike Alexandrov, Tucson Ford

3 - Adam Klein, Auburn

Women's 50 Free

1 - Yolane Kukla, Australia

2 - Marieke Guehrer, Australia

3 - Lara Jackson, Tucson Ford

Men's 100 Free

1 - Nathan Adrian, Cal

2 - Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach

3 - Dave Walters, Longhorn

Women's 200 IM

1 - Julia Smit, Stanford

2 - Dagny Knutson, A.S.K.

3 - Julia Wilkinson, Island

Men's 200 IM

1 - Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach

2 - Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Australia

3 - Brian Johns, UCB Dolphins

Women's 200 Back

1 - Meagan Nay, Australia

2 - Elizabeth Beisel, Bluefish

3 - Madison White, Crow Canyon

Men's 100 Back

1 - Matt Grevers, Tucson Ford

2 - David Russell, Cal

3 - Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach

Women's 800 Free

1 - Kelsey Ditto, Stanford

2 - Savannah King, UCB Dolphins

3 - Alexa Komarnycky, Island

Men's 1,500 Free

1 - Robert Hurley, Australia

2 - David Mosko, Cincinnati Marlins

3 - Ryan Hinshaw, Santa Clara