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The final knockout race of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series Santa Clara included Markus Thormeyer, Kyle Decoursey, Tate Jackson, Aleksandr Loginov, Zach Apple, Michael Chadwick, Meiron Cheruti, Josh Fleagle and Dean Farris.
Competing in his second knockout of the day, Thormeyer won the first round after posting a time of 22.80 during prelims. Decoursey (22.87), Jackson (22.89) and Loginov (22.91) also secured their spots in the semifinals.
Apple (22.93), Chadwick (22.94), Cheruti (23.04), Fleagle (23.04) and Farris (23.11) also raced during prelims.
Thormeyer again finished first during semifinals, touching the wall in 22.97. Jackson wasn’t too far behind in 23.13. Decoursey (24.00) and Loginov (24.33) rounded out that heat.
Thormeyer won the event, posting a time of 23.06 during finals. Jackson finished with a time of 23.37.
Event 235 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle Knockout
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World: W 20.91 12/18/2009Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA
American: A 21.15 7/29/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
Pro Swim: M 21.56 2015 Nathan Adrian
Name Age Team Semis Finals
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Thormeyer, Markus 20 HPC Vancouver 22.97 23.06
r:+0.70
2 Jackson, Tate 21 Una TXLA 23.13 23.37
r:+0.66
=== Semi-Finals ===
3 Decoursey, Kyle 21 Una TNAQ 24.00
r:+0.69
4 Loginov, Oleksandr 25 Swim Ontario 24.33
r:+0.72
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