Tyler Clary Keeps U.S. Unblemished Mark Intact in 200 Back (Pan Pacific Championships Results)
Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 23.
The U.S. has never lost the men’s 200-meter backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships, and Tyler Clary made sure it didn’t happen on his watch as he held off Japan’s Ryosuke Irie, 1:54.91 to 1:55.14, for the win. Neither time is the best for either swimmer this year, but tonight it was just about getting your hand on the wall first.
Clary came up just off his third-ranked 1:54.73 from U.S. Nationals, while Irie was not able to repeat his world-leading 1:53.91 from Japanese Nationals as he settled for silver.
The surprise on the podium went to Mitch Larkin, who took third in 1:55.27. That’s just off his 1:55.26 from the Australian Nationals, but the podium initially seemed to favor Japan’s Kosuke Hagino being in the top three. Hagino ranks second in the world with a 1:54.23 from Japanese Nationals, but faded badly tonight as he took eighth in 1:59.86.
USA’s Ryan Murphy (1:56.17), Australia’s Josh Beaver (1:57.70), Brazil’s Leonardo de Deus (1:57.78) and New Zealand’s Corey Main (1:59.63) were also part of the top eight.
A Final Results:
1 CLARY, TYLER 25 UNITED STATES 1:56.45 1:54.91C 923 r:+0.55 27.68 56.94 (29.26) 1:26.21 (29.27) 1:54.91 (28.70) 2 IRIE, RYOSUKE 24 JAPAN 1:55.10 1:55.14C 918 r:+0.53 27.22 56.18 (28.96) 1:25.73 (29.55) 1:55.14 (29.41) 3 LARKIN, MITCHEL 21 AUSTRALIA 1:56.86 1:55.27 915 r:+0.53 27.12 56.37 (29.25) 1:26.00 (29.63) 1:55.27 (29.27) 4 MURPHY, RYAN 19 UNITED STATES 1:55.73 1:56.17 894 r:+0.76 27.73 57.14 (29.41) 1:26.11 (28.97) 1:56.17 (30.06) 5 BEAVER, JOSH 21 AUSTRALIA 1:57.52 1:57.70 859 r:+0.58 27.66 57.77 (30.11) 1:28.02 (30.25) 1:57.70 (29.68) 6 DE DEUS, LEONAR 23 BRAZIL 1:59.60 1:57.78 858 r:+0.64 27.61 57.35 (29.74) 1:27.71 (30.36) 1:57.78 (30.07) 7 MAIN, COREY 19 NEW ZEALAND 1:59.85 1:59.63 818 r:+0.55 27.81 58.29 (30.48) 1:28.76 (30.47) 1:59.63 (30.87) 8 HAGINO, KOSUKE 20 JAPAN 1:56.94 1:59.86 814 r:+0.60 27.88 58.19 (30.31) 1:28.99 (30.80) 1:59.86 (30.87)
Japan’s Hayate Matsubara cruised to victory in the B final with a 1:57.94, off his 16th-ranked 1:57.13 from the Japan Open earlier this year. No one else came within two seconds of the Japanese swimmer.
Brazil’s Fabio Santi (2:00.17), Australia’s Matson Lawson (2:00.49), Canada’s Russell Wood (2:00.76), South Africa’s Richard Ellis (2:02.93), Canada’s Joe Byram (2:03.57) and South Africa’s Michael Meyer (2:03.77) also competed in the consolation heat.
B Final Results:
1 MATSUBARA, HAYATE 22 JAPAN 1:58.27 1:57.94 r:+0.52 27.44 56.97 (29.53) 1:27.24 (30.27) 1:57.94 (30.70) 2 SANTI, FABIO 25 BRAZIL 2:00.58 2:00.17 r:+0.55 28.10 58.44 (30.34) 1:29.38 (30.94) 2:00.17 (30.79) 3 LAWSON, MATSON 22 AUSTRALIA 2:00.60 2:00.49 r:+0.61 27.99 58.18 (30.19) 1:29.33 (31.15) 2:00.49 (31.16) 4 WOOD, RUSSELL 20 CANADA 2:01.43 2:00.76 r:+0.61 28.30 59.11 (30.81) 1:30.16 (31.05) 2:00.76 (30.60) 5 ELLIS, RICHARD 26 SOUTH AFRICA 2:02.40 2:02.93 r:+0.66 28.33 59.69 (31.36) 1:31.23 (31.54) 2:02.93 (31.70) 6 BYRAM, JOE 20 CANADA 2:05.48 2:03.57 r:+0.69 28.81 59.66 (30.85) 1:31.53 (31.87) 2:03.57 (32.04) 7 MEYER, MICHAEL 21 SOUTH AFRICA 2:02.89 2:03.77 r:+0.66 29.35 1:00.95 (31.60) 1:32.90 (31.95) 2:03.77 (30.87)