24-year-old Annie Lazor posted a world leading time in the 100 breaststroke as she swam a 1:06.66 on Thursday night in Des Moines at the TYR Pro Swim Series. Lazor improved on her best time of 1:06.89 from Knoxville earlier this year as she still holds on to the number one ranked time in the world this year.
“I feel like an age group swimmer again, after taking time off after the 2016 Olympic Trials,” Lazor said about her newfound energy.
“Every time I swim, I get a little better. Not just getting better but learning something new every time I swim. It’s great to have that fun element back again and not just be focused on going fast every time. I have a great training environment. I have awesome coaches and following their plan is paying great dividends so far.”
Lazor finished ahead of Bethany Galat (1:07.13) and Melanie Margalis (1:07.20) as they now sit second and fourth in the world rankings for 2019. Japan’s Reona Aoki (1:07.18) is in between those two.
Micah Sumrall, the top seed coming into the night, finished in fourth at 1:07.40 as she is now sixth in the world rankings.
Kierra Smith (1:08.49), Rachel Bernhardt (1:09.10), Jhennifer Conceicao (1:09.40) and Molly Renshaw (1:09.50) also swam in the A-Final.
Event 5 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 1:04.13 7/25/2017 Lilly King, USA
American: A 1:04.13 7/25/2017 Lilly King, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:04.45 8/7/2009 Jessica Hardy, Trojan
Jr World: J 1:05.39 8/20/2014 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU
Pro Swim: P 1:05.57 2011 Rebecca Soni
Trial Cut: T 1:10.99
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Annie Lazor 24 Mission Viejo Na 1:08.08 1:06.66T 890
r:+0.71 31.23 1:06.66 (35.43)
2 Bethany Galat 23 Una Ags 1:08.17 1:07.13T 871
r:+0.61 31.59 1:07.13 (35.54)
3 Melanie Margali 27 Saint Petersburg 1:08.94 1:07.20T 869
r:+0.68 31.92 1:07.20 (35.28)
4 Micah Sumrall 28 Chattahoochee Go 1:07.99 1:07.40T 861
r:+0.76 31.79 1:07.40 (35.61)
5 Kierra Smith 25 Hpc-Ontario 1:09.75 1:08.49 820
r:+0.83 32.34 1:08.49 (36.15)
6 Rachel Bernhard 23 Gamecock Aquatic 1:09.84 1:09.10T 799
r:+0.75 32.54 1:09.10 (36.56)
7 Jhennifer A Con 21 Pinheiros 1:09.35 1:09.40 789
r:+0.67 32.66 1:09.40 (36.74)
8 Molly Renshaw 22 Great Britain 1:09.51 1:09.50 785
r:+0.70 32.86 1:09.50 (36.64)
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Interesting how elite swimmers that do not live in California or go to college in California keep turning up with Nadadore caps
Mission Viejo helps pay for the IU pros pretty sure.
Mission Viejo helps pay for IU pros pretty sure.