23 October 2019 News Sports

LEWISVILLE BY THE NUMBERS: MOROZOV, MCKEON TOP SCORERS

Over 100 Olympians are represented by the ISL, including 41 Olympic gold medals from the 2016 Olympic Games.

 

LEWISVILLE BY THE NUMBERS: MOROZOV, MCKEON TOP SCORERS

 

Over 100 Olympians are represented by the ISL, including 41 Olympic gold medals from the 2016 Olympic Games.

 

The third match of the International Swimming League’s opening season in Lewisville didn’t feature the razor-thin team battles we saw the previous weekend in Naples, but it was still incredibly entertaining with plenty of upsets and tight races.

 

The London Roar opened up a lead of 19 points over the LA Current through Day 1, and managed to maintain it on Day 2 as they came out on top by 27.5 points.

 

Overall the Roar won 18 out of 37 events, including four of the five relays which score double points in the ISL. The LA Current had outstanding team depth, but ultimately only had eight wins which hurt their chances of catching the Roar for the victory.

 

Iron and the NY Breakers were firmly lodged in third and fourth place after the first day, though Iron did perform much better on Day 2 and almost scored the same number of points as London and LA.

 

CLUB STANDINGS - GROUP B

Place 

Club 

Matches Played 

Match Points 

Standings Points 

London Roar 

484.5 

LA Current 

457.0 

Iron 

402.0 

NY Breakers 

278.5 

 

London was led by Australians Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell, Minna Atherton and Kyle Chalmers, who were all among the top-10 point scorers in the match. They had eight individual wins between them, and factored into all four of the Roar’s winning relays.

 

McKeon led the club with 42 points, winning the 200 freestyle and the 100 butterfly on Day 1 and then finishing as the runner-up in the skins to Iron’s Ranomi Kromowidjojo. The skins are a three-round 50 freestyle eliminator, worth up to triple the points of an individual event should you advance to the final. Campbell, who won the women’s 50 and 100 free, was the favorite coming into the event, but ended up placing third and thus lost out on earning match MVP, awarded to the swimmer who scores the most points.

That honor went to Iron’s Vladimir Morozov, who followed up wins in the men’s 50 free and 50 breaststroke on Day 1 with a title in the men’s skins on Day 2 for 43.5 points. In all three ISL matches so far, the eventual MVP has won individual events in two different strokes as well as the skins event.

His teammate Katinka Hosszu matched him with three individual victories, giving her 39 points to rank third overall.

 

MVP Table

Rank 

Athlete 

Club 

Points 

Vladimir Morozov 

Iron 

43.5 

Emma McKeon 

London Roar 

42.0 

Katinka Hosszu 

Iron 

39.0 

Cate Campbell 

London Roar 

37.5 

Ranomi Kromowidjojo 

Iron 

36.0 

T-6 

Tom Shields 

LA Current 

35.0 

T-6 

Minna Atherton 

London Roar 

35.0 

Michael Andrew 

NY Breakers 

34.0 

Kyle Chalmers 

London Roar 

30.5 

T-10 

Szebastian Szabo 

Iron 

27.0 

T-10 

Kristof Milak 

Iron 

27.0 

T-10 

Nathan Adrian 

LA Current 

27.0 

T-10 

Andrew Seliskar 

LA Current 

27.0 

 

 

Rank Athlete Club Points 1 Vladimir Morozov Iron 43.5 2 Emma McKeon London Roar 42.0 3 Katinka Hosszu Iron 39.0 4 Cate Campbell London Roar 37.5 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Iron 36.0 T-6 Tom Shields LA Current 35.0 T-6 Minna Atherton London Roar 35.0 8 Michael Andrew NY Breakers 34.0 9 Kyle Chalmers London Roar 30.5 T-10 Szebastian Szabo Iron 27.0 T-10 Kristof Milak Iron 27.0 T-10 Nathan Adrian LA Current 27.0 T-10 Andrew Seliskar LA Current 27.0

 

The London Roar women scored the most points of any gender on one club with 256.5, edging out the LA Current men by five (251.5). Similarly, the Roar men narrowly out-pointed the Current women by 6.5 (200-193.5).

Iron and the NY Breakers had more of a balanced attack, as Iron’s men outscored their women by 12 points and the Breaker women put 7.5 more on the board than their men.

 

Scoring Breakdown by Gender

Club Female Points Male Points Mixed Points Total London Roar 256.5 200.0 28.0 484.5 LA Current 193.5 251.5 12.0 457.0 Iron 190.0 202.0 10.0 402.0 NY Breakers 133.0 125.5 20.0 278.5

Morozov was the only swimmer to eclipse $10K in prize money by virtue of his points scored, and added an additional $5,000 for winning MVP to give him a total of $15,500. This is the first match of the season where three different clubs were represented in the top-10 earners, demonstrating the parity in Group B as compared to Group A.

 

Prize Money Rankings (USD)

Rank Athlete Club Prize Money 1 Vladimir Morozov Iron $15,500 2 Emma McKeon London Roar $9,900 T-3 Cate Campbell London Roar $8,100 T-3 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Iron $8,100 5 Minna Atherton London Roar $6,900 6 Katinka Hosszu Iron $6,300 7 Nathan Adrian LA Current $5,700 T-8 Tom Shields LA Current $5,400 T-8 Kyle Chalmers London Roar $5,400 10 Ryan Murphy LA Current $4,800

 

For a full breakdown on how the point scoring and prize money system works in the ISL, click here. 

 

About the ISL: The International Swimming League is a global professional swimming competition launching in 2019 with teams in both Europe (Italy-based Aqua Centurions, France-based Energy Standard, Hungary-based Iron, and London Roar) and the United States (Cali Condors, DC Trident, LA Current, NY Breakers). The inaugural season will include matches in Indianapolis IN, Naples ITA, Lewisville TX, Budapest HUN, College Park MD, London GBR, and the championship finale at the 12,000-seat Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. The ISL aims to create groundbreaking projects, in both form and content, exploring the full potential of competitive swimming while securing sustainable commercial growth in the sport.

Key Dates: 5-6 October 2019 – IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, USA 12-13 October 2019 – Aquatic Swimming Complex, Naples, Italy 19-20 October 2019 – The LISD Westside Aquatic Center, Lewisville, Texas, USA 26-27 October 2019 – Duna Area, Budapest, Hungary 16-17 November 2019 – Natatorium at the Eppley Recreation Center, Maryland, USA 23-24 November 2019 – London Aquatic Centre, Great Britain 20-21 December 2019 – Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, USA

 

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23 October 2019