Sebastiaan Verschuren Rockets To Sixth In 200 Free World Rankings At 2016 Euro Champs
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Men’s 200 Free Semi-finals:
Sebastiaan Verschuren of The Netherlands turned in the top time in semi-finals of the men’s 200 free, stopping the clock at a 1:45.87. Verschuren’s time vaults him into the world rankings for 2016, landing at sixth.
Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic grabbed the second place seed with a final time of 1:46.04, bettering upon his 2016 best of 1:46.10 from the Euro Meet in Luxembourg.
Third was picked up by James Guy of Great Britain, who clocked a final 1:46.59. Guy’s best time for 2016 sits at a 1:45.19 from the British Championships, good for first in the world rankings.
Belgium’s Glenn Surgeloose finished fourth in semis with a time of 1:46.91, just ahead of Poland’s Kacper Majchrzak’s 1:46.95.
The sixth place seed fell to Italy’s Andrea Mitchell D’Arrigo and his time of 1:47.56, while Finald’s Matias Koski finished seventh in semis with a 1:47.58.
Maarten Brzoskowski of The Netherlands earned the final spot in tomorrow’s finals with a 1:47.62.