Michael Andrew Lowers U.S. Open Record, Grabs Second National Title In 50 Breast

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Michael Andrew dropped .02 off his U.S. Open record from this morning to grab his second National title of the meet. Touching the wall in 26.84, Andrew blew away the rest of the field as the only swimmer under 27 seconds in the final and earned himself a second event swim at Worlds in 2019. Even more impressive, that swim came a little over 20 minutes after his third place finish in the 100 fly final earlier in the session.

In second was Devon Nowicki out of lane 6 in 27.17, which was .07 off his prelims swim. He was followed by short course American record holder Ian Finnerty (27.19) in third and American record holder Kevin Cordes in fourth (27.21).

Connor Hoppe (27.31), Nic Fink (27.49), Max McHugh (27.66), and Jacob Montague (27.80) rounded out the rest of the A-final.

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Thomas A. Small

5 years ago

Congratulations