Pan Pacs Predictions: The Screaming Viking!

Shawn Klosterman, better known as The Screaming Viking, has thrown his hat in the ring for the Pan Pacs prediction contest. He picks Olympic champs Natalie Coughlin (100 back) and Michael Phelps (200 IM) to beat out their challengers (Emily Seebohm and Ryan Lochte, respectively). He has Liu Zige winning the women's 100-200 fly double, and Kosuke Kitajima doing the same in the men's breastrokes, while finishing second to Felipe Silva in the 50 breast. He has Sally Foster winning the women's 50 free and her teammate Marieke Guehrer winning the women's 50 fly, along with podium finishes in the 50 and 100 free. Additionally, he has Ariana Kukors sweeping the women's IMs and Belinda Hocking beating Seebohm and Elizabeth Beisel in the women's 200 back. In his own words:

"I didn't have time to put much thought into it. It is almost like I threw darts at the psyche sheet and then added a few USA's because I just like to make my predictions USA heavy. I have Captain America's shield tattooed on my back. It is hard to not favor the red white and blue a little too much. as you'll notice, I didn't give them full benefit of the doubt though.

"My mom is pretty darn lucky at guessing, so I hope some of that rubbed off on me. She caught like a 45 pound salmon on the first day of her first derby. If I win, I demand that all of the losers pitch in a few bucks and buy me a kick ass Viking helmet to wear as my crown.

"I also have to say that the fact that some of the times in the psych sheet are suited and some of the times are bare skin, it makes predictions for this meet really challenging and I think that's a lot of fun.

"Congrats by the way on keeping the "swim geek" name as your own."

Women’s 50 Fly
1. Marieke Guehrer
2. Christine Magnuson
3. Yolane Kukla

Men’s 50 Fly
1. Roland Schoeman
2. Nicholas Santos
3. Geoff Huegill

Women’s 200 Free
1. Dana Vollmer
2. Allison Schmitt
3. Blair Evans

Men’s 200 Free
1. Ryan Lochte
2. Park Tae Hwan
3. Peter Vanderkaay

Women’s 100 Back
1. Natalie Coughlin
2. Emily Seebohm
3. Missy Franklin

Men’s 100 Back
1. Aaron Peirsol
2. Ashley Delaney
3. Nick Thoman

Women’s 200 Fly
1. Liu Zige
2. Jessicah Schipper
3. Kathleen Hersey

Men’s 200 Fly
1. Michael Phelps
2. Takeshi Matsuda
3. Wu Peng

Women’s 800 Free
1. Chloe Sutton
2. Katie Goldman
3. Kate Ziegler

Men’s 1,500 Free
1. Ous Mellouli
2. Park Tae Hwan
3. Chad LaTourette

Women’s 100 Free
1. Dana Vollmer
2. Jessica Hardy
3. Marieke Guehrer

Men’s 100 Free
1. Cesar Cielo
2. Nathan Adrian
3. Brent Hayden

Women’s 100 Breast
1. Rebecca Soni
2. Jessica Hardy
3. Leisel Jones

Men’s 100 Breast
1. Kosuke Kitajima
2. Mike Alexandrov
3. Brenton Rickard

Women’s 400 IM
1. Ariana Kukors
2. Caitlin Leverenz
3. Samantha Hamill

Men’s 400 IM
1. Ryan Lochte
2. Michael Phelps
3. Thiago Pereira

Women's 50 Back

1. Sophie Edington

2. Emily Seebohm

3. Shiho Sakai

Men's 50 Back

1. Junya Koga

2. Hayden Stoeckel

3. Nick Thoman

Women’s 4x200 Free Relay
1. USA
2. Australia
3. Japan

Men’s 4x200 Free Relay
1. USA
2. Australia
3. Japan

Women’s 400 Free
1. Katie Hoff
2. Bronte Barratt
3. Chloe Sutton

Men’s 400 Free
1. Park Tae Hwan
2. Ous Mellouli
3. Peter Vanderkaay

Women’s 100 Fly
1. Liu Zige
2. Christine Magnuson
3. Gabriela Silva

Men’s 100 Fly
1. Michael Phelps
2. Andrew Lauterstein
3. Geoff Huegill

Women’s 200 Back
1. Belinda Hocking
2. Emily Seebohm
3. Elizabeth Beisel

Men’s 200 Back
1. Ryan Lochte
2. Aaron Peirsol
3. Ryosuke Irie

Women’s 4x100 Free Relay
1. Australia
2. USA
3. Japan

Men’s 4x100 Free Relay
1. USA
2. Brazil
3. Australia

Men’s 800 Free
1. Ous Mellouli
2. Takeshi Matsuda
3. Ryan Cochrane

Women’s 200 IM
1. Ariana Kukors
2. Emily Seebohm
3. Caitlin Leverenz

Men’s 200 IM
1. Michael Phelps
2. Ryan Lochte
3. Thiago Pereira

Women’s 50 Free
1. Sally Foster
2. Kara Lynn Joyce
3. Marieke Guehre

Men’s 50 Free
1. Cesar Cielo
2. Nathan Adrian
3. Gideon Louw

Women’s 200 Breast
1. Rebecca Soni
2. Rie Kaneto
3. Annamay Pierse

Men’s 200 Breast
1. Kosuke Kitajima
2. Eric Shanteau
3. Brenton Rickard

Women’s 1,500 Free
1. Kate Ziegler
2. Kristel Kobrich
3. Emily Brunemann

Women’s 4x100 Medley Relay
1. Australia
2. USA
3. Japan

Men’s 4x100 Medley Relay
1. USA
2. Australia
3. Brazil

Women's Open Water 10k

1. Chloe Sutton

2. Christine Jennings

3. Stacey Hansford

Men's Open Water 10k

1. Fran Crippen

2. Chip Peterson

3. Allan Do Carmo