Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Ryosuke Irie Clips Matt Grevers for 100 Back Title
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 21. IN a bit of an upset following Matt Grevers’ Australian All-Comers and Pan Pacific record of 52.91 during prelims this morning, Japan’s Ryosuke Irie managed to touch out the giant, 53.02 to 53.09 this evening in the 100 back at the Pan Pacific Championships. Irie has been much faster this year with a second-ranked 52.57 from Japanese Nationals, but did not need that speed to hold off a hard-charging Grevers.
USA’s Ryan Murphy closed out the podium with a third-place time of 53.27, while Australia’s Mitch Larkin took fourth in 53.28.
Australia’s Ben Treffers (53.84), Japan’s Junya Koga (54.02), Brazil’s Thiago Pereira (54.38) and Brazil’s Guilhermo Guido (54.53) finished fifth through eighth to close out the finale field.
A Finals Results
1 IRIE, RYOSUKE 24 JAPAN 53.29 53.02. 940 r:+0.52 25.69 53.02 (27.33) 2 GREVERS, MATT 29 UNITED STATES 52.91 53.09. 936 r:+0.69 26.00 53.09 (27.09) 3 MURPHY, RYAN 19 UNITED STATES 53.24 53.27. 926 r:+0.54 25.70 53.27 (27.57) 4 LARKIN, MITCHEL 21 AUSTRALIA 53.49 53.28. 926 r:+0.51 25.99 53.28 (27.29) 5 TREFFERS, BEN 23 AUSTRALIA 54.34 53.84 897 r:+0.57 26.16 53.84 (27.68) 6 KOGA, JUNYA 27 JAPAN 54.30 54.02 888 r:+0.53 26.06 54.02 (27.96) 7 PEREIRA, THIAGO 28 BRAZIL 54.43 54.38 871 r:+0.59 26.52 54.38 (27.86) 8 GUIDO, GUILHERM 27 BRAZIL 54.50 54.53 864 r:+0.60 26.30 54.53 (28.23)
USA’s David Plummer took home the B final win in 53.19. That’s just off his fifth-ranked 53.12 from U.S. Nationals. Australia’s Josh Beaver took second in 54.05, while New Zealand’s Corey Main placed third in 54.70.
Brazil’s Fabio Santi (55.08), Canada’s Russell Wood (55.12), Japan’s Hayate Matsubara (55.57), South Africa’s Richard Ellis (55.68) and Venezuela’s Albert Subirats (55.83) also put up times in the consolation heat.
B Final Results
9 PLUMMER, DAVID 28 UNITED STATES 53.82 53.19. 931 r:+0.66 25.68 53.19 (27.51) 10 BEAVER, JOSH 21 AUSTRALIA 54.40 54.05 887 r:+0.56 26.36 54.05 (27.69) 11 MAIN, COREY 19 NEW ZEALAND 55.36 54.70 856 r:+0.59 26.72 54.70 (27.98) 12 SANTI, FABIO 25 BRAZIL 55.16 55.08 838 r:+0.62 27.03 55.08 (28.05) 13 WOOD, RUSSELL 20 CANADA 55.15 55.12 836 r:+0.57 26.78 55.12 (28.34) 14 MATSUBARA, HAYA 22 JAPAN 55.82 55.57 816 r:+0.50 27.14 55.57 (28.43) 15 ELLIS, RICHARD 26 SOUTH AFRICA 55.59 55.68 811 r:+0.68 26.89 55.68 (28.79) 16 SUBIRATS, ALBER 27 VENEZUELA 55.95 55.83 805 r:+0.69 26.55 55.83 (29.28)