Jay Litherland Surprises in 200 Free 20 Minutes After 400 IM Win

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Just 20 minutes after posting a solid 4:13 in the 400 IM, Jay Litherland used a stellar last 50 in the 200 free to win the race at 1:49.28 to just out-touch Long Gutierrez (1:49.49) and Conor Dwyer (1:49.53). Litherland, as well as the rest of the Georgia distance squad, has been known to pull off impressive doubles like this in the past, and no one is surprised at Litherland’s closing speed.

Conor Dwyer was also in the field and is swimming in his first meet since Rio where he was the bronze medalist in this event. Gunnar Bentz (1:49.54), Dion Dreesens (1:49.78), Jack Conger (1:49.96), Chase Kalisz (1:50.47), Jorge Iga (1:50.69) and Michael Weiss (1:50.88) also swam in the A-final.

 Event 14  Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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    Name                  Age Team              Prelims     Finals        
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Litherland, Jay Y      21 Dynamo Swim Club  1:49.76    1:49.28  
                 26.06        54.09 (28.03)
        1:21.81 (27.72)     1:49.28 (27.47)
  2 Gutierrez, Long M      22 Cal-PC-           1:49.62    1:49.49  
                 25.84        53.67 (27.83)
        1:22.08 (28.41)     1:49.49 (27.41)
  3 Dwyer, Conor J         28 Trojan Swim Club  1:49.47    1:49.53  
                 25.87        53.61 (27.74)
        1:21.47 (27.86)     1:49.53 (28.06)
  4 Bentz, Gunnar G        21 Georgia-GA-       1:49.96    1:49.54  
                 26.71        54.83 (28.12)
        1:22.65 (27.82)     1:49.54 (26.89)
  5 Dreesens, Dion         24 Una MAC-NC-       1:49.67    1:49.78  
                 25.87        53.87 (28.00)
        1:21.91 (28.04)     1:49.78 (27.87)
  6 Conger, Jack P         22 Una Ncap-PV-      1:50.54    1:49.96  
                 25.78        53.85 (28.07)
        1:22.22 (28.37)     1:49.96 (27.74)
  7 Kalisz, Chase T        23 North Baltimore-  1:50.47    1:50.47  
                 26.50        54.35 (27.85)
        1:23.08 (28.73)     1:50.47 (27.39)
  8 Iga, Jorge A           20 Mexico-           1:50.32    1:50.69  
                 26.28        54.33 (28.05)
        1:22.71 (28.38)     1:50.69 (27.98)
  9 Weiss, Michael T       26 Wisconsin Aquati  1:50.32    1:50.88  
                 26.04        54.04 (28.00)
        1:22.63 (28.59)     1:50.88 (28.25)

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Suzanne Johnson

8 years ago

It was awesome!

Thomas A. Small

8 years ago

Congratulations