Michael Andrew blasted the front half of the 200 IM turning at 53.85 as he was less than a second off world record pace, but did not have the back half speed, swimming a 1:57.98, which is the fastest an American has been in 2021. Andrew was a 1:27.5 at the 150 and was well in front of the rest of the field, but the piano came falling down on the freestyle leg, although his lead was big enough that he wasn’t caught by Andrew Seliskar (2:00.16) or Jay Litherland (2:00.20).
2019 Worlds finalist Abrahm DeVine finished in fourth at 2:00.74.
Andrew has one of the best first 150s in the world but will have a lot of people trying to chase him down on the final 50 as the 200 IM could be an event he could swim at his first Olympics if he is to qualify out of Trials.
Madisyn Cox swam a season best time in winning the 200 IM on Sunday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in April with a 2:10.00, just missing that barrier, but was under her 2021 best of 2:10.8 from March. Cox used a 37.4 breast split to pass Kathleen Baker on the third 50 and win at the finish as Baker was also passed by Melanie Margalis on the back half as Margalis was the runner-up at 2:11.03. Baker was third at 2:11.95 as she had the fastest time in the nation this year with a 2:10.3 in January.
Baker was out first at the 100 at 1:00.25, but could not hold on, splitting a 39.1 on breast and 32.5 on freestyle.
Meghan Small, who is in her first year of postgrad swimming at Tennessee, was fourth at 2:13.42 ahead of solid distance swimmers Brooke Forde (2:14.07) and Leah Smith (2:14.10).
Event 23 Women 200 LC Meter IM
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World: W 2:06.12 8/3/2015 Katinka Hosszu, HUN
American: A 2:06.15 7/27/2009 Ariana Kukors, USA
U.S. Open: O 2:08.32 7/29/2018 Kathleen Baker, Team Elite-NC
Jr World: J 2:09.98 1/29/2017 Rikako Ikee, JPN
Pro Swim: P 2:08.66 2015 Katinka Hosszu
2:15.26 W-II Oly Trials Wave II
2:17.39 W-I Oly Trials Wave I
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Madisyn Cox 25 Longhorn Aquatic 2:11.33 2:10.00
r:+0.69 28.19 1:01.28 (33.09)
1:38.68 (37.40) 2:10.00 (31.32)
2 Melanie Margali 29 Saint Petersburg 2:11.86 2:11.03
r:+0.68 29.00 1:02.28 (33.28)
1:40.01 (37.73) 2:11.03 (31.02)
3 Kathleen Baker 24 Team Elite-NC/NY 2:11.56 2:11.95
r:+0.68 27.84 1:00.25 (32.41)
1:39.38 (39.13) 2:11.95 (32.57)
4 Meghan Small 22 Tennessee Aquati 2:13.25 2:13.42
r:+0.71 28.68 1:04.25 (35.57)
1:41.67 (37.42) 2:13.42 (31.75)
5 Brooke Forde 22 Alto Swim Club-P 2:12.91 2:14.07
r:+0.70 29.15 1:04.58 (35.43)
1:42.66 (38.08) 2:14.07 (31.41)
6 Leah Smith 25 Unattached-AZ 2:13.19 2:14.10
r:+0.65 28.66 1:03.27 (34.61)
1:42.99 (39.72) 2:14.10 (31.11)
7 Katie Drabot 23 Alto Swim Club-P 2:14.78 2:16.35
r:+0.74 28.73 1:03.44 (34.71)
1:44.40 (40.96) 2:16.35 (31.95)
8 *Robin Neumann 23 Unattached-PC 2:15.49 2:17.01
r:+0.63 28.59 1:02.89 (34.30)
1:45.41 (42.52) 2:17.01 (31.60)
Event 24 Men 200 LC Meter IM
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World: W 1:54.00 7/28/2011 Ryan Lochte, USA
American: A 1:54.00 7/28/2011 Ryan Lochte, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:54.56 7/10/2009 Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach
Jr World: J 1:57.06 7/27/2017 Qin Haiyang, CHN
Pro Swim: P 1:56.32 2012 Michael Phelps
2:03.02 W-II Oly Trials Wave II
2:04.09 W-I Oly Trials Wave I
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Michael Andrew 21 Race Pace Club-S 1:58.23 1:57.98
r:+0.66 24.07 53.85 (29.78)
1:27.57 (33.72) 1:57.98 (30.41)
2 Andrew Seliskar 24 California Aquat 2:01.33 2:00.16
r:+0.62 25.74 57.19 (31.45)
1:31.88 (34.69) 2:00.16 (28.28)
3 Jay Litherland 25 Dynamo Swim Club 2:01.44 2:00.20
r:+0.70 25.69 55.67 (29.98)
1:31.30 (35.63) 2:00.20 (28.90)
4 Abrahm DeVine 24 Team Elite-NC 2:02.94 2:00.74
r:+0.71 25.99 56.53 (30.54)
1:31.78 (35.25) 2:00.74 (28.96)
5 *Tom Peribonio 25 Gator Swim Club- 2:01.59 2:01.55
r:+0.62 25.81 57.28 (31.47)
1:32.43 (35.15) 2:01.55 (29.12)
6 Sean Grieshop 22 Unattached-PC 2:01.76 2:02.55
r:+0.66 26.42 56.90 (30.48)
1:33.44 (36.54) 2:02.55 (29.11)
7 Tommy Cope 23 Club Wolverine-M 2:02.55 2:02.83
r:+0.68 26.01 58.84 (32.83)
1:32.84 (34.00) 2:02.83 (29.99)
8 Grant Sanders 23 Gator Swim Club- 2:03.28 2:04.59
r:+0.69 26.13 57.69 (31.56)
1:33.98 (36.29) 2:04.59 (30.61)
