23-year-old Alex Kunert from Germany and Queens won the 200 fly final on Thursday night at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Des Moines with a 1:57.80 as he held off a charging Mack Darragh from Canada (1:58.64). Kunert will swim for Queens next week at the NCAA Division II Championships and he had a nice tune-up tonight with his 200 fly.
Kunert held off a hard charging Darragh, who came home in a 30.28 on the final 50, which was the quickest in the field. Darragh finished second ahead of Luiz Melo (1:58.98) from Brazil.
American postgrads Gunnar Bentz (1:59.80), Justin Wright (1:59.87) and Tom Shields (2:02.59) finished in fourth, fifth and seventh as the Americans are still searching for their face in the 200 butterfly. Wright was the national champion this past summer and will swim it this summer at World Championships.
Bence Szabados (2:02.01) and Jacob Peters (2:02.58) also swam in the A-Final.
Event 10 Men 200 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 1:51.51 7/29/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
American: A 1:51.51 7/29/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:52.20 7/2/2008 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
Jr World: J 1:53.79 6/30/2017 Kristof Milak, HUN
Pro Swim: P 1:55.29 2017 Li Zhuhao
Trial Cut: T 2:01.19
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Alex Kunert 23 Una QU 1:57.36 1:57.80 848
r:+0.64 25.97 56.18 (30.21)
1:26.51 (30.33) 1:57.80 (31.29)
2 Mack Darragh 25 Hpc-Ontario 2:01.30 1:58.64 830
r:+0.68 26.97 57.14 (30.17)
1:28.36 (31.22) 1:58.64 (30.28)
3 Luiz Melo 22 Pinheiros 1:59.34 1:58.98 823
r:+0.64 25.65 55.48 (29.83)
1:26.49 (31.01) 1:58.98 (32.49)
4 Gunnar Bentz 23 Dynamo Swim Club 2:00.79 1:59.80T 806
r:+0.72 26.71 57.92 (31.21)
1:29.25 (31.33) 1:59.80 (30.55)
5 Justin Wright 22 Tucson Ford Deal 2:02.10 1:59.87T 805
r:+0.61 26.58 56.44 (29.86)
1:27.55 (31.11) 1:59.87 (32.32)
6 Bence Szabados 17 Chicago Wolfpack 2:02.43 2:02.01 763
r:+0.73 26.84 57.60 (30.76)
1:29.45 (31.85) 2:02.01 (32.56)
7 Jacob Peters 18 Great Britain 2:01.94 2:02.58 752
r:+0.66 26.09 56.84 (30.75)
1:29.17 (32.33) 2:02.58 (33.41)
8 Tom Shields 27 California Aquat 2:02.66 2:02.59 752
r:+0.76 26.43 57.18 (30.75)
1:29.30 (32.12) 2:02.59 (33.29)
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