Jack Conger Swims Strong 100 Fly to Win at TYR Pro Swim Series Austin

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Swimming in his home pool, Jack Conger is in his first full season as a postgrad swimmer and he got his 2018 started with a win in the 100 fly in his home pool at the TYR Pro Swim Series. Conger swam a 51.80 to be the only swimmer to break 53 seconds in the event. Conger has not been known as a good in-season swimmer but swam a strong 100 fly to finish ahead of fellow Texas teammate Tripp Cooper (53.02).

Masayuki Umemoto (53.09), Bryce Bohman (53.36), Paul Le (54.26), Michael Andrew (54.30), Jacob Peters (54.53) and Ryan Held (54.81) also competed in the championship final.

Conger picked up points representing Kaitlin Sandeno‘s swim squad, as Andrew is also a swimmer on that team. Held represents Lenny Krayzelburg‘s swim squad.

 Event 4  Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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        World: W 49.82  8/1/2009  Michael Phelps
     American: A 49.82  8/1/2009  Michael Phelps
         Meet: M 51.34  2017      Li Zhuhao
         Pool: P 50.96            Joseph Schooling
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals       Points 
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                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Conger, Jack     23 Nation's Capital    52.58      51.80        
             24.25        51.80 (27.55)
  2 Cooper, Tripp    24 Longhorn Aquatic    53.64      53.02        
             24.74        53.02 (28.28)
  3 Umemoto, Masayu  24 RQ-ZZ               53.22      53.09        
             24.94        53.09 (28.15)
  4 Bohman, Bryce    27 Longhorn Aquatic    53.61      53.36        
             25.11        53.36 (28.25)
  5 Le, Paul         25 Missouri State U    54.15      54.26        
             25.25        54.26 (29.01)
  6 Andrew, Michael  18 Race Pace Club-M    54.09      54.30        
             24.81        54.30 (29.49)
  7 Peters, Jacob    17 GBR-ZZ              54.35      54.53        
             25.40        54.53 (29.13)
  8 Held, Ryan       22 NC State Univers    54.20      54.81        
             25.10        54.81 (29.71)

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