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Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu powered her way to her second win of the night with a title in the women’s 200-meter back at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Hosszu had to hold off a hard-charging Maya DiRado, but she remained composed and managed to touch in 2:07.93 for the win. That swim is off her second-ranked season best time of 2:06.81 from the Golden Tour in Nancy, but is still among the top five times swum this year.
With the win, she’s now captured five gold medals here in Santa Clara.
Hosszu had been gunning for the final old-school Hungarian record left of a 2:06.62 from Krisztina Egerszegi from back in 1991. But, she’s been unable to cross that goal off her list just yet.
DiRado destroyed her personal best of 2:10.40 from the BHP Super Series with a second-place time of 2:08.50 to vault to eighth in the world rankings.
Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin rounded out a loaded podium with a third-place time of 2:09.84 as she continues to find her form after three months away from racing.
California’s Elizabeth Pelton (2:11.26), Mexico’s Fernanda Gonzalez Ramirez (2:11.36), Meryn McCann (2:13.53), Guatemala’s Gisela Morales (2:14.32), Erin Voss (2:14.36) and Grand Canyon’s Iryna Glavnyk (2:14.43) snatched the rest of the championship finishes.
Club Wolverine’s Gabby Deloof clipped Emily Meilus, 2:13.59 to 2:13.73, for the B final victory. Both swimmers cut more than two seconds from their preliminary swims.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 50 breast
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 100 free
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 1500 free
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