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2016 Olympic Champion Ryan Murphy out-dueled longtime teammate Jacob Pebley in Mesa in the 200 back final on Thursday night. Murphy used a solid back half to swim away from Pebley as Murphy swam a 1:56.51 to Pebley’s 1:58.30. Those two Cal swimmers were the only ones under two minutes in the final as Arizona State’s Zachary Poti was third at 2:02.35.
Murphy’s time was just off of Mitch Larkin’s gold medal winning time in the 200 back at the Commonwealth Games as Larkin won that final last week with a 1:56.10. Murphy would have been second in that final in the Gold Coast as Australia’s Bradley Woodward won the silver at 1:56.57.
Joey Reilman (2:04.13), Nicolas Albiero (2:04.23), Isaac Stump (2:04.26), Kevin Kalember (2:06.58) and Yeziel Morales (2:06.65) also swam in the A-final.
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