In yet another tight race on the men’s side, the 200 IM proved to be the closest of all. Michael Andrew of the Race Pace Club and Jay Litherland tied for first

Dropping nearly four seconds from her prelims swim, Texas’s Madisyn Cox finished first in the women’s 200 IM, touching in a time of 2:11.56. Finishing second behind Cox was Hong Kong’s Siobhan

The men’s 100 backstroke was a battle between two Olympic gold medalists in the event. However, Ryan Murphy of Cal-Berkeley got the win, beating out Tuscon Ford’s Matt Grevers. Murphy touched first in

2016 Olympic bronze medalist Kylie Masse of Canada claimed first place in the women’s 100 backstroke. With her time of 1:00.34, she finished over half a second ahead of the rest

The second men’s event of the evening proved to be a close one as well. 2016 Olympian Kevin Cordes got his hand on the wall first in the men’s 100 breast,

Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos claimed the women’s 100 breaststroke by nearly a second, finishing first in 1:08.02. Second place went to Riley Scott of the Marin Pirates. Scott touched in 1:09.00. Cal-Berkeley’s Marina Garcia Urzainqui

Chase Kalisz, representing North Baltimore, narrowly got the win in the men’s 200 butterfly. His time of 1:56.60 was just ahead of Georgia’s Pace Clark, who touched in 1:56.75. Third place

The first event on the final night in Santa Clara went to Cal-Berkeley’s Katie McLaughlin. McLaughlin won the 200 butterfly in 2:10.35, leading the race from start to finish. Texas teammates Lauren Case and Remedy