Madisyn Cox Posts Season Best in 200 IM at TYR Pro Swim Series in Richmond

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

American Madisyn Cox posted her fastest time of the season in the 200 IM on Saturday night at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Richmond with a 2:10.27. Cox was a 2:10.29 in January and currently sits seventh in the world rankings for 2019. Cox will not be swimming at a major meet later this summer after she served a doping suspension last year that ended up being overturned.

Cox was well in front of the American Record holder in yards in Ella Eastin, who just finished her senior year at Stanford. Eastin was second tonight with a 2:11.68. Eastin was second at NCAAs last month in the 200 IM and has now entered the professional world of swimming.

There were four total Stanford swimmers in the A-Final tonight with Katie Ledecky (2:14.45), Katie Drabot (2:14.46) and Brooke Forde (2:14.91) placing third, fourth and fifth behind Eastin in second. Drabot and Eastin will be returning in the fall for their senior and junior years respectively while Eastin and Ledecky will be swimming pro this coming year.

Emily Escobedo (2:15.24), Bethany Galat (2:16.47) and Lauren Barber (2:17.63) also swam in the A-Final.

Results:

Madisyn Cox, USA, 2:10.27
Ella Eastin, USA, 2:11.68
Katie Ledecky, USA, 2:14.45
Katie Drabot, USA, 2:14.46
Brooke Forde, USA, 2:14.91
Emily Escobedo, USA, 2:15.24
Bethany Galat, USA, 2:16.47
Lauren Barber, USA, 2:17.63

2019 World Rankings:

Yui Ohashi, JPN, 2:07.57
Hiroko Makino, JPN, 2:08.17
Katinka Hosszu, HUN, 2:08.55
Sydney Pickrem, CAN, 2:08.71
Ye Shiwen, CHN, 2:09.24
Rika Omoto, JPN, 2:09.91
Madisyn Cox, USA, 2:10.27
Melanie Margalis, USA, 2:10.43

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