Michael Andrew Solidifies 1st Place 50 Fly World Ranking at Des Moines TYR Pro Swim

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Men’s 50 Fly

Michael Andrew of Race Pace Club improved upon his first place world ranking in the men’s 50 fly, stopping the clock at a time of 23.36.

Marius Kusch turned in a close second place finish of 23.38, shifting from eighth place in the world rankings to second.

Guatemala’s Luis Martinez grabbed a third place finish of 23.79, followed by Gator Swim Club’s Caeleb Dressel and his time of 23.99.

Cal’s Justin Lynch (24.16), Phoenix Swim Club’s Peter Holoda (24.38), and Brazil’s Marcelo Chierighini (24.59) rounded out the top eight.

 Event 18  Men 50 LC Meter Butterfly
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        World: W 22.27  7/1/2017  Andrii Govorov, UKR
     American: A 22.76  7/23/2017 Caeleb Dressel, USA
    U.S. Open: O 22.91  7/18/2009 Bryan Lundquist, RAYS
     Jr World: J 23.22  8/27/2017 Michael Andrew, USA
     Pro Swim: P 23.11  2012      Matt Targett
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals  FINA       
==================================================================
                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Michael Andrew   19 Race Pace Club      23.51      23.36   885  
         r:+0.67                       
  2 Marius Kusch     25 Una QU              23.77      23.38   882  
         r:+0.64                       
  3 Luis Martinez    23 Guatemala           23.98      23.79   838  
         r:+0.64                       
  4 Ryan Held        23 Unattached          23.85      23.97   819  
         r:+0.64                       
  5 Caeleb Dressel   22 Gator Swim Club     24.22      23.99   817  
         r:+0.64                       
  6 Justin Lynch     22 California Aquat    24.37      24.16   800  
         r:+0.65                       
  7 Peter Holoda     23 Phoenix Swim Clu    24.27      24.38   778  
         r:+0.70                       
  8 Marcelo Chierig  28 Brazil              24.31      24.59   758  
         r:+0.67

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