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Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin met with the press following her victory in the 100-meter back at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Franklin powered her way past the 1:00 barrier to win in 59.80 as just one of five swimmers under a minute.
Original 100 back report:
Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin turned in a sizzler to win the women’s 100-meter back at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Franklin clocked a winning time of 59.80 to move to fourth in the world this year. Just five swimmers overall have broken 1:00, and this is the first for Franklin this year as her previous season best was a 1:00.03 in Austin.
Oakville’s Dominique Bouchard cranked out a second-place time of 1:00.70, while Brazil’s Etienne Medeiros took third in 1:01.43.
Italy’s Silvia Scalia (1:01.77), California’s Natalie Coughlin (1:01.81), Swim Ontario’s Danielle Hanus (1:02.32), Mexico’s Fernanda Gonzalez Ramirez (1:02.33) and Wolfpack’s Candace Cooper (1:02.53) finished fourth through eighth.
Ontario’s Madison Broad, 15, grabbed the B final win in a time of 1:01.97, while Argentina’s Andrea Berrino finished second in 1:02.09.
=== A - Final ===
1 Franklin, Missy 20 CO Stars-CO 1:00.67 59.80 NATS
29.40 59.80 (30.40)
2 Bouchard, Domin 24 Oakville-US 1:00.85 1:00.70 NATS
29.82 1:00.70 (30.88)
3 Medeiros, Etien 24 Brazil-US 1:01.59 1:01.43 NATS
29.67 1:01.43 (31.76)
4 Scalia, Silvia 20 Italy 1:02.34 1:01.77 NATS
29.82 1:01.77 (31.95)
5 Coughlin, Natal 33 California Aquat 1:01.87 1:01.81 NATS
29.54 1:01.81 (32.27)
6 Hanus, Danielle 17 Swim Ontario-US 1:01.93 1:02.32 NATS
30.86 1:02.32 (31.46)
7 Gonzalez Ramire 25 FINA-US 1:01.81 1:02.33 NATS
30.58 1:02.33 (31.75)
8 Cooper, Candace 26 Wolfpack Elite-N 1:02.27 1:02.53 NATS
30.33 1:02.53 (32.20)
=== B - Final ===
9 Broad, Madison 15 Ontario Swim Aca 1:02.65 1:01.97 NATS
29.46 1:01.97 (32.51)
10 Berrino, Andrea 22 Argentina-US 1:02.36 1:02.09 NATS
30.04 1:02.09 (32.05)
11 Lau, Yin Yan 23 Club Wolverine-M 1:03.49 1:02.97 NATS
30.64 1:02.97 (32.33)
12 Steins, Kristin 20 Unattached-NI 1:03.32 1:03.17 NATS
31.06 1:03.17 (32.11)
13 Brooks, Caitlin 15 Gator Swim Club- 1:03.49 1:03.48 JRS
30.17 1:03.48 (33.31)
14 Goodwin, Darby 19 Villanova Univer 1:03.73 1:03.53 JRS
30.70 1:03.53 (32.83)
15 Gonzalez, Carla 18 Venezuela-US 1:03.70 1:03.73 JRS
31.11 1:03.73 (32.62)
16 Nguyen, Vien 19 Unattached-FL 1:04.04 1:04.77
31.78 1:04.77 (32.99)
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Razan Yasser