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Ryan Murphy isn’t scheduled to swim the men’s 100-meter back tapered this year at the World Championships, but he plans on trying to talk the coaches into letting him on a mixed 400 medley relay as the leadoff during prelims.
Original 200 back report:
California’s Ryan Murphy smoked the men’s 200-meter back final for the win at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Murphy, ranked ninth in the world with a 1:56.91 from the Austin stop of the Series, wound up just off that time with a 1:57.06 this evening.
SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary hit the wall second tonight in 1:59.32, while California’s Jacob Pebley snared third in 1:59.82 to close out the sub-2:00 times.
Omar Pinzon finished fourth in 2:00.02 with Club Wolverine’s Tristan Sanders taking fifth in 2:01.60.
Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers, who ranks 10th in the world with a 1:57.43 from Austin, took sixth this evening in 2:01.89.
BlueFish’s Connor Green (2:01.99) and Dynamo’s Michael Taylor (2:03.56) placed seventh and eighth.
NBAC’s Michael Phelps, shortly after winning the 200 IM tonight, still decided to swim in the A final after a ninth-seed swim this morning instead of scratching like many other did this evening. He took ninth tonight in 2:04.11 to give the fans another chance to watch.
Just minutes after taking third in the 200-meter IM, NBAC’s Chase Kalisz nearly popped a lifetime best in the B final with a 2:02.84 to win the consolation heat. That’s just off his 2:02.33 from the 2014 Bulldog Grand Slam.