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Stanford’s Maya DiRado put down Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu in the women’s 200-meter back at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Austin.
DiRado used the advantage of being towards the outside lanes to win in 2:08.19. That swim cleared her previous personal best by a tenth, and would have ranked seventh in the world last year.
DiRado’s time came up a bit short of Missy Franklin’s record for a January 200 back of 2:07.31 from 2013.
Hosszu failed to turn on the jets enough to pick up a win down the stretch as she had to take a silver in 2:08.63.
Franklin, meanwhile, powered by California’s Kathleen Baker with a third-place time of 2:09.21.
Baker, who had been up with the leaders at the 150-meter mark, faded to fourth in 2:09.36.
Oakville’s Dominique Bouchard (2:09.70), SwimMAC’s Kirsty Coventry (2:10.05), Texas’ Quinn Carrozza (2:12.79) and Cascade’s Brooklynn Snodgrass (2:13.35) also competed in the championship heat.
Texas A&M’s Lisa Bratton claimed the B final in 2:11.90. Nashville’s Alex Walsh, just 14, took second in 2:12.38. Great Britain’s Jessica Fullalove picked up third in 2:12.56.
=== A - Final ===
1 DiRado, Maya 22 Stanford Swimmin 2:10.61 2:08.19 OLY
30.74 1:02.82 (32.08)
1:35.41 (32.59) 2:08.19 (32.78)
2 Hosszu, Katinka 26 HUN 2:08.32 2:08.63 OLY
30.49 1:03.12 (32.63)
1:36.26 (33.14) 2:08.63 (32.37)
3 Franklin, Missy 20 Colorado Stars 2:10.25 2:09.21 OLY
30.75 1:03.34 (32.59)
1:36.74 (33.40) 2:09.21 (32.47)
4 Baker, Kathleen 18 Univ California, 2:10.09 2:09.36 OLY
30.15 1:02.49 (32.34)
1:35.71 (33.22) 2:09.36 (33.65)
5 Bouchard, Domin 24 Oakville 2:10.48 2:09.70 OLY
31.58 1:04.13 (32.55)
1:36.57 (32.44) 2:09.70 (33.13)
6 Coventry, Kirst 32 SwimMAC Carolina 2:10.31 2:10.05 OLY
30.86 1:04.02 (33.16)
1:37.54 (33.52) 2:10.05 (32.51)
7 Carrozza, Quinn 19 Univ of Texas 2:12.79 2:12.79 OLY
31.30 1:04.43 (33.13)
1:38.52 (34.09) 2:12.79 (34.27)
8 Snodgrass, Broo 21 Cascade 2:11.88 2:13.35 OLY
30.99 1:03.86 (32.87)
1:38.40 (34.54) 2:13.35 (34.95)
=== B - Final ===
9 Bratton, Lisa 19 Texas A & M Univ 2:13.18 2:11.90 OLY
31.69 1:05.51 (33.82)
1:39.00 (33.49) 2:11.90 (32.90)
10 Walsh, Alexandr 14 Nashville Aquati 2:13.48 2:12.38 OLY
31.57 1:05.28 (33.71)
1:39.22 (33.94) 2:12.38 (33.16)
11 Fullalove, Jess 19 Great Britain 2:13.22 2:12.56 OLY
30.90 1:04.04 (33.14)
1:38.45 (34.41) 2:12.56 (34.11)
12 Lau, Yin Yan 23 Club Wolverine 2:14.38 2:13.52 OLY
32.14 1:06.37 (34.23)
1:40.26 (33.89) 2:13.52 (33.26)
13 Gonzalez, Maria 25 Colorado Stars/M 2:14.00 2:14.26 OLY
31.06 1:05.14 (34.08)
1:39.89 (34.75) 2:14.26 (34.37)
14 Beisel, Elizabe 23 Bluefish Swim Cl 2:12.80 2:14.75 OLY
32.07 1:06.13 (34.06)
1:40.49 (34.36) 2:14.75 (34.26)
15 Karosas, Tasija 20 Univ of Texas 2:13.59 2:15.94 OLY
31.40 1:05.52 (34.12)
1:40.88 (35.36) 2:15.94 (35.06)
-- Laemmler, Nadin 21 U. of Missouri 2:13.86 DQ
31.47 1:05.43 (33.96)
1:40.12 (34.69) DQ (33.40)
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What’s the advantage of the outside lanes then?
I thought everyone competed for the centre lanes.
The swimmers in the lane 3,4,5 sometimes do not look at the outside lanes, so the swimmers on the outside can sneak up on the wall unnoticed. We love it when our swimmer ends up in the outside lanes. I think it is more of a psychological than technical thing…….