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NBAC’s Michael Phelps collected his second victory of the meet as he topped a loaded field in the men’s 200-meter IM at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Phelps was the only swimmer to clear 2:00 as he clocked a 1:59.39 to drop a second from his preliminary swim. It’s still a bit outside the top 10 in the world currently held by Daniel Tranter with a 1:58.73 from the Australian Nationals. But, the time is his first under 2:00 this year after dropping as long as a 1:56.04 to take silver at the 2014 Pan Pac Championships during his comeback.
That’s Phelps’ sixth time under 2:00 since returning from retirement last year.
Top Times Since Retirement
[table “” not found /]California’s Josh Prenot turned in a 2:00.43 to finish a comfortable second, while NBAC’s Chase Kalisz managed to take third overall in 2:02.33.
Stanford’s Max Williamson (2:02.55), Dynamo’s Gunnar Bentz (2:02.60), Alex Lebed (2:03.59), RAC’s Mohamed Hussein (2:03.67), Tucson Ford’s Michael Meyer (2:04.38) and Club Wolverine’s Dylan Bosch (2:04.52) also battled in the A final.
Wisconsin’s Michael Weiss hit the wall in front in the B final with a time of 2:04.41. NBAC’s Austin Surhoff wound up second in 2:05.27.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 50 breast
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 100 free
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 1500 free