Missy Franklin Breaks Winning Slump With 100 Back Triumph at 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis

Jun 21, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Missy Franklin at the start of the Women's 200M Backstroke final where she placed third during the Championship Finals of day four at the George F. Haines International Swim Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports

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Colorado Stars’ Missy Franklin won her first individual gold since NCAAs with a win in the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.

Franklin turned in a top time of 1:00.18 as she claimed victory for the first time since missing gold at the 2015 Santa Clara Arena stop, 2015 Worlds as well as several stops on the 2015 FINA World Cup circuit.

That’s a good sign for Franklin as she still adjusts to being a full time professional swimmer with the weight of an entire country on her shoulders.

Toronto’s Kylie Masse took second in 1:00.31 with Oakville’s Dominique Bouchard placing third in 1:00.66.

California’s Rachel Bootsma (1:01.02), Stanford’s Maya DiRado (1:01.07), SwimMAC’s Kirsty Coventry (1:01.15), California’s Amy Bilquist (1:01.39) and California’s Kathleen Baker (1:01.47) finished fourth through eighth.

Regan Smith, 13 out of Riptide Aquatics, won the B final in a time of 1:01.49. Kendyl Stewart finished second in 1:01.95.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Franklin, Missy  20 Colorado Stars-C  1:00.63    1:00.18 OT     
             29.85      1:00.18 (30.33)
  2 Masse, Kylie     19 Univ of Toronto-  1:00.49    1:00.31 OT     
             29.61      1:00.31 (30.70)
  3 Bouchard, Domin  24 Oakville-US       1:01.07    1:00.66 OT     
             29.88      1:00.66 (30.78)
  4 Bootsma, Rachel  21 Univ California,  1:01.57    1:01.02 OT     
             29.32      1:01.02 (31.70)
  5 DiRado, Maya     22 Stanford Swimmin  1:01.64    1:01.07 OT     
             29.94      1:01.07 (31.13)
  6 Coventry, Kirst  32 SwimMAC Carolina  1:01.14    1:01.15 OT     
             30.10      1:01.15 (31.05)
  7 Bilquist, Amy    18 Univ California,  1:01.56    1:01.39 OT     
             30.34      1:01.39 (31.05)
  8 Baker, Kathleen  18 Univ California,  1:01.81    1:01.47 OT     
             29.77      1:01.47 (31.70)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Smith, Regan     13 Riptide Swim Tea  1:02.10    1:01.49 OT     
             30.00      1:01.49 (31.49)
 10 Stewart, Kendyl  21 Una Troj-CA       1:02.99    1:01.95 OT     
             30.24      1:01.95 (31.71)
 11 Pelton, Elizabe  21 Univ California,  1:02.45    1:02.44 OT     
             30.42      1:02.44 (32.02)
 12 Leclair, Ashley  19 Univ Louisville-  1:03.26    1:02.86 OT     
             30.41      1:02.86 (32.45)
 13 Kendzior, Alina  17 Univ Louisville-  1:02.93    1:03.00 OT     
             30.51      1:03.00 (32.49)
 14 Klaren, Melanie  22 California Aquat  1:03.46    1:03.19 OT     
             30.75      1:03.19 (32.44)
 15 Sumner, Alex     15 Suburban Seahawk  1:03.78    1:03.89 WN     
             30.41      1:03.89 (33.48)
 16 Medeiros, Etien  24 Sesi-Sp-US        1:02.28    1:03.91 WN     
             30.29      1:03.91 (33.62)

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 200 fly
Men’s 200 fly
Women’s 50 free
Men’s 50 free
Women’s 100 back
Men’s 100 back
Women’s 200 breast
Men’s 200 breast
Women’s 400 free
Men’s 400 free

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Niles Keeran

8 years ago

Going Pro, dropping out of CAL, and you expect her to excell!!