Here’s a small sample of our shots, featuring Swim Stars, from the second day of the 2009 Santa Clara International.

The North Baltimore duo of Katie Hoff and Courtney Kalisz claimed the top 2 seeds for the 200 Fly finals with times of 2:11.91 and 2:12.94 from each. Club Wolverine’s Kaitlin Sandeno qualified 3rd in 2:14.86. Kathleen Hersey (2:15.58), Teresa Crippen (2:15.70), and Alicia Aemisegger (2:16.48) also advanced. Felicia Lee posted a 2:16.94 swim and just missed out on a spot in the ‘A’ final.

Auburn’s Cesar Cielo clocked an impressive 48.64 in the 100 Free to lead all qualifiers. Cielo is joined in the ‘A’ final by teammates Alexei Puninski (49.94) and Fred Bousquet (50.34) who qualified 2nd and 4th, respectively. Club Wolverine will have 2 swimmers in the Championship final, led by Michael Phelps’ 50.0 (3rd). Peter Vanderkaay qualified 5th with a 50.52 swim.

Swimming in the final heat of the women’s 100 Free prelims, Katie Hoff’s 55.34 earned her the top seed for tonight’s Championship final. The Bolles School’s Ariann Vanderpool-Wallace advanced next with her 56.42 finish. Northwestern’s Andrea Human rounded out the top 3 qualifiers in 56.67. After a 58.87 race, Megan Romano also moved on. She will race in the ‘C’ final.