Olympic Trials Day 6 Prelims: Isabelle Stadden Claims Top Seed in Women’s 200 Backstroke

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Olympic Trials Day 6 Prelims: Isabelle Stadden Claims Top Seed in Women’s 200 Backstroke

The strong women’s backstroke tradition continues with the 200 backstroke on Thursday at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The way Regan Smith has been swimming, it could be a slew of contenders competing for that second Olympic spot.

But they are seasoned contenders. Katie Grimes, Phoebe Bacon, Claire Curzan and Rhyan White are Olympians, while Kennedy Noble was third in the 100 backstroke earlier in the week and Isabelle Stadden is always in contention in the 200 back.

In the first circle-seeded heat, Stadden took the early lead. She reached the 100 at 1:02.25 just ahead of White. That trend continued as Stadden touched the wall in 2:08.53. White was just behind at 2:09.66.

The second circle-seeded heat saw Josephine Fuller take the lead at the 50. But at the 100, it was Curzan at 1:02.26 in front. Curzan touched in 2:08.90 ahead of Bacon (2:09.14).

The final heat saw Noble lead at the 50. Grimes took the lead at the 100 and the 150. Grimes won the heat in 2:08.68. Smith was second in 2:09.30.

But it was Stadden that had the top seed overall at 2:08.53.

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