Danas Rapsys Downs Lithuanian Record at Nationals
Danys Rapsys downed his own Lithuanian record during the Lithuanian Winter Championships this week in Alytus.
Rapsys lowered his own Lithuanian record in the men’s 200-meter free with a 1:47.39. That swim jumped him to third in the world rankings behind only James Guy (1:46.94) and Yannick Agnel (1:47.11) and downed his national mark of 1:47.90 from January.
Rapsys then moved to 12th in the world in the men’s 100-meter back with a 54.42 to win the finale.
He captured a third title with a 1:58.31 in the men’s 200-meter back, just off his sixth-ranked season best of 1:58.04 from the Speedo Flanders Cup.
Andrius Sidlauskas moved to 12th in the world with a 28.05 in the men’s 50-meter breast. He also won the 200-meter breast in 2:16.90. Sidlauskas then won the men’s 100-meter breast in 1:02.02.
Greta Gataveckaite won the women’s 400-meter free in 4:31.29. Her second win came by way of a 9:21.96 in the women’s 800-meter free. She then won a third title with a 2:09.88 in the women’s 200-meter free.
Povilas Strazdas touched in 54.18 to win the men’s 100-meter fly. He also won the men’s 200-meter IM in 2:03.35. His third victory came by way of the men’s 100-meter free with a 51.08. A fourth title happened for Strazdas with a 25.25 in the men’s 50-meter fly.
Vikte Labanauskaite claimed the women’s 50-meter breast in 32.92. She doubled up with a 1:12.45 in the women’s 100-meter breast. Her third triumph came with a 2:33.72 in the women’s 200-meter breast as she swept the stroke.
Ugne Mazutaityte clocked a 1:05.81 to win the women’s 100-meter back. She picked up a second title with a 2:21.59 in the women’s 200-meter back. She swept the backstroke with a 30.24 in the women’s 50-meter back.
Nastassia Karakouskaya claimed the women’s 50-meter free in 26.46. She then doubled up with a 57.73 in the 100-meter free.
Meanwhile, Jevgenij Rogozin topped the men’s 50-meter free in 23.37, while Grantas Dapkus turned in a 4:05.49 to win the men’s 400-meter free.
Gytis Stankevicius posted a 26.38 to win the men’s 50-meter back, while Artur Kudelko claimed a 2:13.31 to win the men’s 200-meter fly.
Marius Mikalauskas won the men’s 400-meter IM in 4:45.10.
Giedre Grigonyte won the women’s 50-meter fly in 28.81, while Bena Sarapaite took the women’s 100-meter fly in 1:04.16 and Alina Taran topped the women’s 200-meter fly in 2:30.18.
Agne Sorakaite took home the women’s 200-meter IM in 2:26.43, while Erika Martisuite won the women’s 400-meter IM in 5:13.39.
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