Madisyn Cox Surges to 200 Breast Victory at Santa Clara Pro Series

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Women’s 200 Breast

Madisyn Cox surged to victory in the women’s 200 breast, moving up from her fourth place seed to claim the win by more than a second. Cox stopped the clock at a strong 2:25.62, entering the top 20 world rankings for 2017.

Top seed Emily Escobedo slid to second with a final time of 2:26.91, while Marina Garcia Urzainqui grabbed third with a time of 2:28.11.

Melissa Rodriguez turned in a fourth place finish of 2:28.21, followed by Esther Gonzalez Medina’s 2:28.86.

Riley Scott collected sixth with a time of 2:28.97, just ahead of Zoe Bartel and her time of 2:30.92.

Stanford teammates Kim Williams and Allie Szekely completed the ‘A’ final with times of 2:31.79 and 2:32.97 respectively.

                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Cox, Madisyn L         22 Longhorn Aquatic  2:29.32    2:25.62  
                 33.71      1:10.86 (37.15)
        1:48.22 (37.36)     2:25.62 (37.40)
  2 Escobedo, Emily R      21 Un-Rac-MD-        2:26.91    2:26.91  
                 34.33      1:11.92 (37.59)
        1:49.41 (37.49)     2:26.91 (37.50)
  3 Rodriguez, Melissa M   22 Mexico-           2:30.02    2:28.21  
                 34.64      1:13.08 (38.44)
        1:51.03 (37.95)     2:28.21 (37.18)
  4 Gonzalez Medina, Esth  21 Mexico-           2:29.18    2:28.86  
                 34.57      1:12.33 (37.76)
        1:50.23 (37.90)     2:28.86 (38.63)
  5 Scott, Riley O         19 Marin Pirates-PC  2:30.53    2:28.97  
                 34.05      1:11.29 (37.24)
        1:49.58 (38.29)     2:28.97 (39.39)
  6 Bartel, Zoe E          16 Fort Collins Are  2:32.19    2:30.92  
                 35.25      1:13.84 (38.59)
        1:52.00 (38.16)     2:30.92 (38.92)
  7 Williams, Kim M        20 Un-Stanford-PC-   2:33.32    2:31.79  
                 34.98      1:13.38 (38.40)
        1:52.19 (38.81)     2:31.79 (39.60)
  8 Szekely, Allie E       19 Un-Stanford-PC-   2:31.32    2:32.97  
                 35.83      1:13.44 (37.61)
        1:53.15 (39.71)     2:32.97 (39.82)

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