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Kathleen Baker has been on fire in the 2017 calendar year after she won the silver medal in the 100 back in Rio last summer. She won her first NCAA individual title in March and won swimmer of the meet in the process. She returned in June in the same pool with a spot on her second straight World Championship team with a 2:06.38 in the 200 back final, the fastest time in the world this year.
Baker moves ahead of Australia’s Emily Seebohm (2:06.66) in the world rankings list and will be joined in Budapest by 15-year-old Regan Smith from Riptide Aquatics in Minnesota. Smith was second at 2:08.55 and makes her first major international meet. Smith held off a hard charge from Lakeside’s Asia Seidt at 2:08.99.
Kentucky’s Bridgette Alexander (2:10.10), Suburban’s Alex Sumner (2:11.18), Georgia’s Hali Flickinger (2:11.29), Lisa Bratton (2:12.06) and Georgia’s Kylie Stewart (2:13.29) also competed in the A-final.
Smith moves up to seventh in the world rankings as we head to Budapest.
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