Katie Meili With Another Lifetime Best Scorcher in 100 Breast

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SwimMAC’s Katie Meili set yet another lifetime best in the 100-meter breast with a win at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Meili, who broke 1:07 for the first time this morning with a fourth-ranked time of 1:06.79, blasted her way to a sizzling 1:06.50 this evening.

That swim broke a tie with Alia Atkinson for fourth in the world, and put her in sole possession of the spot. Only Yuliya Efimova (1:05.89), Ruta Meilutyte (1:05.99) and Kanako Watanabe (1:06.45) have been faster.

Also of note: Meili’s time tonight would have won the 2014 USA Swimming national title by one hundredth of a second, and would have put her on the world championship team if she had swum that time last summer. Meili was fifth in the event in Irvine last August with a 1:07.44.

Trojan’s Jessica Hardy turned up the heat with a time of 1:06.97 to claim second and stand sixth in the world rankings. SwimMAC’s Micah Lawrence snared third in 1:07.42.

Atkinson wound up in fourth in 1:07.99.

Melanie Margalis (1:08.38), Newburgh’s Lilly King (1:09.08), Tennessee’s Molly Hannis (1:09.77) and BlueFish’s Laura Sogar (1:10.03) put up the rest of the times in the finale.

Meanwhile, Breeja Larson held off a hard-charging Andee Cottrell, 1:08.72 to 1:09.17, for the B final win.

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Women’s 200 free
Men’s 200 free
Women’s 100 breast
Men’s 100 breast
Women’s 50 back
Men’s 50 back
Women’s 100 fly
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM

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Bill Bell

8 years ago

She’s an Ivy Leaguer. for goodness sakes, a Columbia graduate. She’s supposed to be making a zillion dollars on Wall Street or going to Harvard Law or writing the next great American romance novel — NOT vying for a spot on the plane to Rio.