Plummer pen Stravius

He dreamed of being a firefighter, but he fired Thursday by building the world's best performance of the season in the 50m back. At 27, 52 and 24'', David Plummer and stole the head of global balance sheet Jeremy Stravius ​​(24'' 61), while Camille Lacourt (24'' 68) is third.

The American is expected Friday in the 100m back, facing the Olympic champion of the specialty, Matt Grevers (second in the 50m back 24'' 77), but got rid of Ryan Lochte, who decided to zap the test, as the 100m breaststroke at the initial menu of the day. Thursday, the day after his grueling doubled 200m - 200m backstroke, the star of the eleven Olympic medals finished second in the 100m butterfly (51'' 71), behind the unexpected Eugene Godsoe (51'' 66). He still has to swim the 200m medley 4 Saturday to add to his already busy program for the World Championships in Barcelona (July 28-August 4): Spain, Lochte is already assured to compete in the 200m, 200m backstroke, 100m butterfly, without forget the 4x100m relay (he finished fourth Tuesday) and 4x200m or 4x100m medley 4 ...


Victorious even doubled the day, Missy Franklin suffered his first defeat Thursday, beaten on 50m backstroke by Rachel Bootsma, who signed a U.S. record for the distance (27'' 27'' 68 against 80 in 2008 Hayley McGregory , 27'' and 98 in Franklin). It will still competing Friday in the 100m back, who had offered him one of his four Olympic titles in London last summer.

Also sacred games, Dana Vollmer has become the 100m butterfly (57'' 53), while Jessica Hardy, double world champion (2007 and 2011), won his race the 50m breaststroke (30'' 24). However, the Olympic silver medalist in the 400m medley 4, Elizabeth Beisel (4'34'' 50), was accelerated to the key by Maya DiRado (4'34'' 34).

Finally, men, if Kevin Steel has won his first national title in the 50m breaststroke against Kevin Cordes, the winner before the 200m breaststroke (27'' 27'' 26 against 38), the logic was followed 400m 4 strokes. In the absence of Lochte, Olympic champion and two-time defending world title, it's Chase Kalisz who won. Between 2010 and 2012, he had the opportunity to learn in Baltimore, skirting daily Michael Phelps, the world record of specialty (4'3'' 84). Since Kalisz (19) assumes its potential through quality of his brews. In the final, the student Bob Bowman and showed nearly four seconds behind Tyler Clary after the butterfly and back. But he did not panic and melted on the Olympic champion in the 200m back, which must be satisfied in 4'14'' 62 a third second place this week.