Ryan Murphy. Photo Courtesy: JD Lasica
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Top-seeded Ryan Murphy cruised to victory in the men’s 100 back at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series in Santa Clara on Saturday. The former California national champion held off the rest of the field with a strong finish.
Murphy finished in 53.26, holding off Ryosuke Irie by about a half second.
Iris finished in 53.78, followed by Jacob Pebley (54.14), Markus Thormeyer (54.66), Matt Grevers (54.74), Javier Acevedo (55.26), Daniel Carr (55.33), Austin Katz (55.90) and Chris Staka (56.71).
=== Championship Final ===
1 Murphy, Ryan 22 California Aquat 54.86 53.26
r:+0.56 25.86 53.26 (27.40)
2 Irie, Ryosuke 28 Team Elite 55.29 53.78
r:+0.51 26.24 53.78 (27.54)
3 Pebley, Jacob 24 California Aquat 55.45 54.14
r:+0.68 26.35 54.14 (27.79)
4 Thormeyer, Markus 20 HPC Vancouver 56.02 54.66
r:+0.67 26.63 54.66 (28.03)
5 Grevers, Matt 33 Tucson Ford Deal 55.40 54.74
r:+0.67 26.40 54.74 (28.34)
6 Acevedo, Javier 20 Swim Ontario 55.60 55.26
r:+0.84 27.21 55.26 (28.05)
7 Carr, Daniel 19 California Aquat 55.57 55.33
r:+0.62 26.85 55.33 (28.48)
8 Katz, Austin 19 Una TXLA 56.07 55.90
r:+0.68 27.34 55.90 (28.56)
9 Staka, Chris 20 Unattached 56.38 56.71
r:+0.84 27.90 56.71 (28.81)
=== Consolation Final ===
10 Lasco, Destin 16 Pleasantville Aq 57.60 56.85
r:+0.73 28.16 56.85 (28.69)
11 Main, Corey 23 Gator Swim Club 56.78 57.10
r:+0.58 27.95 57.10 (29.15)
12 Farris, Dean 20 Harvard Universi 56.80 57.19
r:+0.64 28.12 57.19 (29.07)
13 Ho, Benjamin 20 Unattached Stanf 56.85 57.21
r:+0.66 27.79 57.21 (29.42)
14 Song, Andy 19 Mexico 57.56 57.64
r:+0.67 27.79 57.64 (29.85)
15 Novinski, Matthew 19 Wisconsin Aquati 57.68 57.84
r:+0.65 27.95 57.84 (29.89)
16 Cespedes, David 24 Scarlet Aquatics 57.83 58.45
r:+0.71 28.85 58.45 (29.60)
17 Anderson, Thomas 20 King Aquatic Clu 58.08 58.54
r:+0.85 28.45 58.54 (30.09)
18 Puczkowski, David 21 California Aquat 57.62 58.88
r:+0.71 28.27 58.88 (30.61)
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