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At the start of this morning the YMCA National record in the men’s 200 breaststroke stood at 1:55.46, set by Max McHugh in 2016. This morning the 18 year old from Door County lowered his own National mark, touching in 1:54.23. The University of Minnesota commit returned at night to post a 1:53.59, winning the event by nearly six full seconds.
At night, McHugh was a little bit faster on all but the third 50, with the biggest drop coming in the last split.
Earlier this year McHugh set the National High School record in the 100 breaststroke.
Splits:
Prelims
25.39
54.17 (28.78)
1:23.64 (29.47)
1:54.23 (30.59)
Finals
25.34
54.00 (28.66)
1:23.51 (29.51)
1:53.59 (30.08)
That was the second of three National Records set tonight, on the second day of the 2018 Championships.
Event 206 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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National: * 1:54.23 4/4/2018 Maxwell McHugh, Door County-WI
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Maxwell McHugh 18 Door County-WI 1:54.23 1:53.59* 20
25.34 54.00 (28.66)
1:23.51 (29.51) 1:53.59 (30.08)
2 Matt Fallon 15 SomersetValleyNJ 2:00.94 1:59.23 17
26.73 57.10 (30.37)
1:28.34 (31.24) 1:59.23 (30.89)
3 Brett Riley 18 Sarasota-FL 2:00.87 2:00.30 16
27.82 58.17 (30.35)
1:29.28 (31.11) 2:00.30 (31.02)
4 Colby Prouty 18 Old Town-ME 2:02.67 2:01.18 15
27.06 57.88 (30.82)
1:28.80 (30.92) 2:01.18 (32.38)
5 Dan Cashell 18 Powel Crosley-OH 2:02.70 2:01.83 14
27.49 58.11 (30.62)
1:29.58 (31.47) 2:01.83 (32.25)
6 James Doromal 15 B R Ryall-IL 2:03.58 2:03.89 13
28.20 59.31 (31.11)
1:31.55 (32.24) 2:03.89 (32.34)
7 Gary Sun 18 LakelandHills-NJ 2:02.80 2:04.37 12
27.97 59.53 (31.56)
1:31.64 (32.11) 2:04.37 (32.73)
8 Noah Nouchi 15 Northwest-NC 2:04.65 2:06.37 11
28.42 1:00.19 (31.77)
1:32.78 (32.59) 2:06.37 (33.59)
Austin Mack
He’s amazing.
That was fun to watch