Katie Meili Snares 100 Breast Victory in Austin

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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SwimMAC’s Katie Meili won by nearly a second in the women’s 100-meter breast at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Austin.

Meili turned in a time of 1:06.75, a second off her personal best and just a second off the top 100 breast ever in January. Leisel Jones owns that record with a 1:05.71 at the 2006 Australian Commonwealth Games Trials.

SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson threw down a second-place time of 1:07.47, while Tennessee’s Molly Hannis earned third in 1:07.50.

NYAC’s Breeja Larson (1:08.09), Golden West’s Jessica Hardy (1:08.22), BlueFish’s Laura Sogar (1:08.43), Gator’s Hilda Luthersdottir (1:08.45) and LASC’s Rachel Nicol (1:09.21) finished fourth through eighth.

Saint Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis won the B final in 1:08.20. Missouri’s Katherine Ross clocked a second-place 1:08.59, just off her career best. Franko Jonker took third in 1:09.28.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Meili, Katie     24 SwimMAC Carolina  1:07.92    1:06.75 OLY    
             31.52      1:06.75 (35.23)
  2 Atkinson, Alia   27 South Florida Aq  1:07.38    1:07.47 OLY    
             31.47      1:07.47 (36.00)
  3 Hannis, Molly    23 Tennessee Aquati  1:08.72    1:07.50 OLY    
             31.74      1:07.50 (35.76)
  4 Larson, Breeja   23 New York Athleti  1:08.45    1:08.09 OLY    
             32.40      1:08.09 (35.69)
  5 Hardy, Jessica   28 UN                1:08.77    1:08.22 OLY    
             31.69      1:08.22 (36.53)
  6 Sogar, Laura     24 Bluefish Swim Cl  1:08.64    1:08.43 OLY    
             32.59      1:08.43 (35.84)
  7 Luthersdottir,   24 Gator Swim Club   1:08.96    1:08.45 OLY    
             32.47      1:08.45 (35.98)
  8 Nicol, Rachel    22 LASC              1:08.96    1:09.21 OLY    
             32.55      1:09.21 (36.66)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Margalis, Melan  24 Saint Petersburg  1:08.99    1:08.20 OLY    
             32.06      1:08.20 (36.14)
 10 Ross, Katharine  20 U. of Missouri    1:09.44    1:08.59 OLY    
             32.52      1:08.59 (36.07)
 11 Jonker, Franko   23 UN                1:09.37    1:09.28 OLY    
             32.67      1:09.28 (36.61)
 12 Anderson, Olivi  18 Univ of Texas     1:09.94    1:09.39 OLY    
             32.36      1:09.39 (37.03)
 13 Coates, Georgia  16 Great Britain     1:10.52    1:09.89 OLY    
             33.60      1:09.89 (36.29)
 14 Belousova, Anna  19 Nation's Capital  1:10.57    1:09.93 OLY    
             33.28      1:09.93 (36.65)
 15 Duncan, Abigail  22 U. of Missouri    1:10.40    1:10.04 OLY    
             32.80      1:10.04 (37.24)
 16 Garcia Urzainqu  21 Univ California,  1:10.57    1:10.32 OLY    
             33.15      1:10.32 (37.17)

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