Maya DiRado Puts Down Katinka Hosszu in 200 Back in Austin

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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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Tony

8 years ago

What’s the advantage of the outside lanes then?
I thought everyone competed for the centre lanes.

Marinda Stuiver

8 years ago

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…….