Maya DiRado Maintains Top Spot In 200 IM Semi-Finals

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Women’s 200 IM Semi-Finals:

Maya DiRado has been making quite a name for herself in the Individual Medley’s. After a strong prelims swim of 2:11.66 DiRado earned herself the top seed in tomorrow’s final with a 2:10.09. DiRado’s time shifts her to sixth in the world rankings and puts her in a good position to earn a second Olympic event.

Melanie Margalis continued to turn up the heat with yet another strong swim in the women’s 200 IM. Margalis, who delivered a stunning performance earlier in the night in the 200 free, posted a final 2:10.41 to grab the second-place seed.

Madisyn Cox earned the third-place seed with a time of 2:11.39, while Cal’s Caitlin Leverenz topped the first heat of semi-finals with a 2:11.42 to grab fourth overall.

Finishing fifth overall in semi-finals was Bethany Galat and a time of 2:12.29, just ahead of Stanford’s Ella Eastin (2:12.68).

Meghan Small (2:13.00) and Emily Cameron (2:13.36) complete the top eight qualifiers.

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