Dynamo 16-year old Michael Taylor nabbed the top seed in the men’s 200-meter back prelim at USA Nationals. Taylor entered the meet seeded fourth, but dropped nearly a second to claim to top slot. Taylor’s 1:58.41 was comprised of fairly solid splitting:
Taylor: 27.91/30.13/30.58/29.79
Griffin Carter is now slated second after his 1:58.51, followed by Jack Conger at 1:58.54. Conger, who has been vocally disappointed with his swims could pull off a win tonight from lane three. Jack Mahoney took fourth with a 1:58.90, while the favorite Jacob Pebley clinched fifth in 1:58.91.
Robert Owen (1:58.92), Austin Katz (1:59.35), and Austin Surhoff (1:59.37) also qualified for the tonight’s top heat.
Christopher Reid (1:59.92), Tristan Sanders (1:59.69), Austin Byrd (1:59.77), Hennessey Stuart (1:59.80), Luke Papendick (2:00.32), Eric Ress (2:00.42), Craig McNally (2:00.46), and Corey Okubo (2:00.50) made it into the B Final.
2015 USA Swimming Long Course Summer Nationals: Live Results – Results
Nice :/