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The first round of the men’s 50 back knockout in Santa Clara was a race between Markus Thormeyer, Matt Grevers, Javier Acevedo, Ryosuke Irie, Chris Staka, Austin Katz, Destin Lasco, Yuri Kisil and Jack Alexy.
In the first round, Thormeyer (25.50) held off Grevers (25.55). Acevedo was third in 25.69 and Irie took third in 25.76.
Staka (25.87), Katz (26.28), Lasco (26.39), Kisil (26.67) and Alexy (27.18) rounded out the heat.
Irie dropped just over three-tenths of a second to take the top spot during the semifinals, stopping the clock in 25.42. Thormeyer finished second in 25.50, followed by Grevers (25.53) and Acevedo (25.67).
Moments later, Irie and Thormeyer would get their hands to the wall at the same time to share the 50 back knockout title. They each finished with a time of 25.68.
Event 230 Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke Knockout
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World: W 24.04 8/2/2009 Liam Tancock, GBR
American: A 24.33 12/5/2008 Randall Bal, USA
Pro Swim: M 24.74 2015 Junya Koga
Name Age Team Semis Finals
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Thormeyer, Markus 20 HPC Vancouver 25.50 25.68
r:+0.67
1 Irie, Ryosuke 28 Team Elite 25.42 25.68
r:+0.56
=== Semi-Finals ===
3 Grevers, Matt 33 Tucson Ford Deal 25.53
r:+0.66
4 Acevedo, Javier 20 Swim Ontario 25.67
r:+0.62
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