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Stanford’s Maya DiRado has a super successful meet with a trio of individual wins at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
She talked with the media following her third victory, the 200 IM, tonight.
Original 200 IM report:
Stanford’s Maya DiRado won her third title of the meet with a sizzler in the women’s 200-meter IM at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
DiRado hit the wall in a scorching 2:10.77 to move to third in the world behind Katinka Hosszu’s 2:07.69 from earlier today and Sakiko Shimizu’s second-ranked 2:10.51. DiRado’s previous best this year had been her prelim 2:13.65.
Saint Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis raced her way into second in the finale with a time of 2:11.72 to move to third in the world, while BlueFish’s Elizabeth Beisel took third in 2:12.43 for seventh in the world rankings in what was a truly fast final heat.
Trojan’s Yuliya Efimova, a breaststroke specialist, even moved into the action with a fourth-place 2:12.96 to move into the top 15.
NCAP’s Katie Ledecky smashed her lifetime best of 2:15.10 with a 2:14.36 for fifth overall.
Vietnam’s Vien Nguyen (2:16.36), Gator’s Hilda Luthersdottir (2:16.93) and Irish’s Emma Reaney (2:17.50) also competed in the finale.
SSST’s Stina Gardell won the B final in a time of 2:15.899. Theresa Michalak placed second in 2:16.44.
=== A - Final ===
1 DiRado, Maya 22 Stanford Swimmin 2:13.65 2:10.77 NATS
28.93 1:01.26 (32.33)
1:40.22 (38.96) 2:10.77 (30.55)
2 Margalis, Melan 24 Saint Petersburg 2:15.18 2:11.72 NATS
29.08 1:03.09 (34.01)
1:40.75 (37.66) 2:11.72 (30.97)
3 Beisel, Elizabe 23 ABF-NE 2:14.02 2:12.43 NATS
29.56 1:03.35 (33.79)
1:41.21 (37.86) 2:12.43 (31.22)
4 Efimova, Yuliya 23 Trojan Swim Club 2:15.84 2:12.96 NATS
29.42 1:03.82 (34.40)
1:39.80 (35.98) 2:12.96 (33.16)
5 Ledecky, Katie 18 Nation's Capital 2:15.90 2:14.36 NATS
29.25 1:04.69 (35.44)
1:44.81 (40.12) 2:14.36 (29.55)
6 Nguyen, Vien 19 Unattached-FL 2:17.08 2:16.36 NATS
29.38 1:04.21 (34.83)
1:44.37 (40.16) 2:16.36 (31.99)
7 Luthersdottir, 24 Gator Swim Club- 2:16.39 2:16.93 NATS
29.92 1:05.03 (35.11)
1:43.99 (38.96) 2:16.93 (32.94)
8 Reaney, Emma 23 Irish Aquatics-I 2:17.43 2:17.50 NATS
29.34 1:05.80 (36.46)
1:45.01 (39.21) 2:17.50 (32.49)
=== B - Final ===
9 Gardell, Stina 25 TeaSpårvägen-U 2:17.90 2:15.99 NATS
29.44 1:04.15 (34.71)
1:44.34 (40.19) 2:15.99 (31.65)
10 Small, Meghan 17 York YMCA-MA 2:17.45 2:16.44 NATS
29.83 1:04.34 (34.51)
1:44.48 (40.14) 2:16.44 (31.96)
10 Michalak, There 23 Unattached-SE 2:18.48 2:16.44 NATS
30.49 1:04.81 (34.32)
1:44.51 (39.70) 2:16.44 (31.93)
12 Bardach, Virgin 23 Argentina-US 2:19.59 2:18.16 NATS
29.85 1:06.40 (36.55)
1:45.26 (38.86) 2:18.16 (32.90)
13 Belousova, Anna 19 Nation's Capital 2:19.19 2:18.39 NATS
30.97 1:06.89 (35.92)
1:45.31 (38.42) 2:18.39 (33.08)
14 Teijonsalo, Fan 20 Una Swim-FL 2:19.11 2:19.89 JRS
28.97 1:06.05 (37.08)
1:46.17 (40.12) 2:19.89 (33.72)
15 Kastigar, Hanna 20 ASC-SD 2:20.87 2:20.30 JRS
30.76 1:06.50 (35.74)
1:47.69 (41.19) 2:20.30 (32.61)
16 Vreeland, Shann 24 Athens Bulldog S 2:19.26 2:21.19 JRS
29.72 1:06.01 (36.29)
1:49.36 (43.35) 2:21.19 (31.83)
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