After earning the first victory of the meet in the 800 Freestyle on night one, Leah Smith grabbed another win in the 200 distance.
Women’s 200 Freestyle
Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford and Emily Overholt battled it out until the end in the first event of the night. Comerford had the lead at the halfway point (57.44), but Smith had a strong third fifty (29.91) to take command of the lead. She took the gold in 1:57.40, a season-best swim.
Overholt out-split the field on the final fifty (29.73) but just ran out of room in running down Comerford who took second in 1:57.93. Overholt raced to a 1:57.97. Comerford’s time was also a season-best and maintains her rank as the sixth-fastest American in this event so far this year.
Catie Deloof broke the two-minute barrier for the first time this season for fourth (1:59.95). 14-year-old Claire Tuggle was fifth in 2:01.15. She was followed by Mackenzie Padington (2:01.29), Remedy Rule (2:01.41) and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (2:01.49).
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