Marcos Lavado Grabs Upset Victory in 200 Free at 2017 Arena Pro Series Austin

Photo Courtesy: Maddie Kyler

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Men’s 200 Free

A mixed field of athletes from five different countries highlighted the men’s 200 free final. In the final 25-meters the race was between Japan’s Fuyu Yoshida and Venezuela’s Marcos Lavado. Lavado put his head down and powered his way to the wall to snag the gold with a final time of 1:48.90.

Yoshida settled for second with a time of 1:48.99, followed by teammate Tsubasa Amai’s 1:49.40.

Despite leading with some outside smoke throughout the middle portion of the race, Japan’s Naito Ehara slipped to fourth and a final time of 1:49.50.

NC State’s Soeren Dahl finished a close fifth with a time of 1:49.92, while UBC Thunderbirds’ Markus Thormeyer took sixth with a 1:50.21.

Jeremy Bagshaw of Island Swimming grabbed seventh with a 1:50.66, followed by North Texas’ Jack Levant and his time of 1:51.39.

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