Tom Shields wins 100 butterfly at Swim Meet of Champions

Posted May 01, 2016 7:00 am

The Associated Press

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - Tom Shields won the 100-meter butterfly Sunday on the last night of the Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions.

Shields, a member of the national team, touched first in 52.15 seconds in the tune-up meet for the U.S. Olympic trials in June.

Kendyl Stewart, another national team member, won the women's 100 fly in 58.84. National team member Katie McLaughlin, who won the 200 freestyle Friday, finished third. Stewart later finished second behind national team member Amy Bilquist in the 100 backstroke. Bilquist won in 1 minute, 1.15 seconds and Stewart touched in 1:02.51.

Riley Scott, who won the 200 breaststroke on Friday, added the 200 individual medley in 2:17.03.

Other winners were Kirsten Vose in the 100 breast; Erica Sullivan in the 1,500 free; Dylan Carter of Trinidad & Tobago in the 100 back; Azad Al-barazi of Syria in the 100 breast; Nick Norman in the 800 free; and Rafa Alfaro of El Salvador in the 200 IM.

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