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Men’s 200 IM
The race for first existed between World Champion Chase Kalisz and World Junior Champion Michael Andrew for the men’s 200 IM. Turning from the back to the breast leg, Andrew was leading Kalisz by a slim .02 seconds, however Kalisz turned up the heat in the breaststroke leg to swim away from Andrew and the competition for an easy win of 1:57.86. His time sits just off his 2018 world fastest time of 1:57.70 from the Austin stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series.
Josh Prenot and Will Licon demonstrated their closing speeds to move up to second and third overall in the final with times of 1:59.47 and 2:00.11 respectively.
Andrew slipped to fourth overall with a time of 2:00.61, followed by HP Center Victoria’s Mack Darragh’s 2:04.12.
Missouri State’s Uvis Kalnins (2:04.51), Dynamo Swim Club’s Raunak Khosla (2:04.96), and SwimMAC Carolina’s Tim Connery (2:05.13) took home sixth through eighth place finishes.
=== A - Final ===
1 Chase Kalisz 23 ABSC/UGA 2:02.38 1:57.86 904
r:+0.73 25.66 56.05 (30.39)
1:29.01 (32.96) 1:57.86 (28.85)
2 Josh Prenot 24 California Aquat 2:03.34 1:59.47 868
r:+0.72 25.79 57.31 (31.52)
1:30.65 (33.34) 1:59.47 (28.82)
3 Will Licon 23 Longhorn Aquatic 2:03.88 2:00.11 855
r:+0.68 25.98 57.40 (31.42)
1:31.27 (33.87) 2:00.11 (28.84)
4 Michael Andrew 18 Race Pace Club 2:02.83 2:00.61 844
r:+0.74 24.97 56.03 (31.06)
1:30.03 (34.00) 2:00.61 (30.58)
5 Mack Darragh 24 HPCenterVictoria 2:03.41 2:04.12 774
r:+0.69 26.30 58.46 (32.16)
1:34.69 (36.23) 2:04.12 (29.43)
6 Uvis Kalnins 24 Missouri State U 2:03.92 2:04.51 767
r:+0.72 26.70 58.52 (31.82)
1:34.94 (36.42) 2:04.51 (29.57)
7 Raunak Khosla 17 Dynamo Swim Club 2:04.78 2:04.96 759
r:+0.69 26.58 59.23 (32.65)
1:35.50 (36.27) 2:04.96 (29.46)
8 Tim Connery 15 SwimMAC Carolina 2:04.82 2:05.13 756
r:+0.74 27.60 58.73 (31.13)
1:36.39 (37.66) 2:05.13 (28.74)
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