Jacob Pebley Posts Fastest 200 Back of 2019 at Des Moines TYR Pro Swim Series

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Men’s 200 Back

Jacob Pebley of Team Elite propelled to the top of the men’s 200 back world rankings with a time of 1:57.12. His time makes him the first man in 2019 to break the 1:58 barrier and earned him an Olympic Trial cut.

Ryosuke Irie collected second overall with a time of 1:57.26, moving himself to second in the world rankings.

Cardinal Aquatics’ Grigory Tarasevich picked up a third place finish of 1:58.45, followed by Crimson Tide’s Christopher Reid’s 2:01.32.

16-year-old Cole Pratt posted a time of 2:01.87, while Swim Fort Lauderdale’s Nikita Tretyako was sixth with a 2:03.34.

Joonas Rooski and Ariel Andres turned in times of 2:04.83 and 2:08.16 respectively.

 Event 20  Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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        World: W 1:51.92  7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
     American: A 1:51.92  7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
    U.S. Open: O 1:53.08  7/11/2009 Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn
     Jr World: J 1:55.14  6/28/2017 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
     Pro Swim: P 1:55.04  2017      Xu Jiayu
    Trial Cut: T 2:02.99
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals  FINA       
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Jacob Pebley     25 Team Elite        2:01.64    1:57.12T  872  
    r:+0.60  27.14        56.71 (29.57)
        1:26.47 (29.76)     1:57.12 (30.65)
  2 Ryosuke Irie     29 Una TE            2:01.37    1:57.26   869  
    r:+0.54  27.38        56.74 (29.36)
        1:26.64 (29.90)     1:57.26 (30.62)
  3 Grigory Tarasev  23 Cardinal Aquatic  2:01.57    1:58.45   843  
    r:+0.53  27.43        57.49 (30.06)
        1:27.78 (30.29)     1:58.45 (30.67)
  4 Christopher Rei  23 Crimson Tide Aqu  2:02.28    2:01.32   785  
    r:+0.62  28.25        58.46 (30.21)
        1:29.35 (30.89)     2:01.32 (31.97)
  5 Cole Pratt       16 Cascade           2:04.44    2:01.87   774  
    r:+0.67  28.32        59.47 (31.15)
        1:31.04 (31.57)     2:01.87 (30.83)
  6 Nikita Tretyako  20 Swim Fort Lauder  2:03.97    2:03.34   747  
    r:+0.59  28.02        59.16 (31.14)
        1:31.09 (31.93)     2:03.34 (32.25)
  7 Joonas Koski     20 Una Gtch          2:05.28    2:04.83   720  
    r:+0.65  29.75      1:01.62 (31.87)
        1:33.18 (31.56)     2:04.83 (31.65)
  8 Ariel Andres Mo  20 Itesm Monterrey   2:05.25    2:08.16   665  
    r:+0.57  28.39        59.75 (31.36)
        1:32.89 (33.14)     2:08.16 (35.27)

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