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California’s Ryan Murphy cranked out a winning time in the men’s 100-meter back at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Murphy threw down a swift time of 53.47, just off his fourth-ranked season best of 53.46 from the Austin stop.
Grigory Tarasevich powered his way to second tonight in 53.84 to vault to sixth in the world rankings.
Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers, already second in the world with a 53.35 from Austin, took third in 54.20. NBAC’s Michael Phelps, swimming in an off event as part of a difficult double, took fourth in 54.42.
Brazil’s Guilherme Guido (54.59), Jacob Pebley (54.88), NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin (54.89) and Wolfpack’s Eugene Godsoe (55.11) placed fifth through eighth.
Israel’s Guy Barnea won the B final in a time of 55.49. Pavel Sankovich of Club Seminole took second in 55.78.
=== A - Final ===
1 Murphy, Ryan 20 Unattached 53.88 53.47JNATS
26.04 53.47 (27.43)
2 Tarasevich, Gri 20 Unattached 54.24 53.84 NATS
25.86 53.84 (27.98)
3 Grevers, Matt 30 Tucson Ford Deal 55.27 54.20 NATS
26.17 54.20 (28.03)
4 Phelps, Michael 30 North Baltimore- 55.19 54.42 NATS
26.72 54.42 (27.70)
5 Guido, Guilherm 29 Brazil-US 54.64 54.59 NATS
26.42 54.59 (28.17)
6 Pebley, Jacob 22 Unattached 54.81 54.88 NATS
26.45 54.88 (28.43)
7 Vyatchanin, Ark 31 New York Athleti 55.74 54.89 NATS
26.78 54.89 (28.11)
8 Godsoe, Eugene 28 Wolfpack Elite-N 55.15 55.11 NATS
26.77 55.11 (28.34)
=== B - Final ===
9 Barnea, Guy 28 Club Wolverine-M 56.10 55.49 NATS
26.69 55.49 (28.80)
10 Sankovich, Pave 25 Club Seminole-FL 56.03 55.78 NATS
26.99 55.78 (28.79)
11 Santi, Fabio 26 Brazil-US 56.23 56.04 NATS
27.07 56.04 (28.97)
12 Andrew, Michael 16 Indie Swimming-M 56.48 56.33 NATS
27.24 56.33 (29.09)
13 Katz, Austin 16 Sarasota YMCA Sh 56.60 56.53 NATS
27.73 56.53 (28.80)
14 Nolan, David 23 North Baltimore- 56.49 56.54 NATS
27.34 56.54 (29.20)
15 Tarczynski, Mar 25 California Aquat 56.53 56.58 NATS
27.86 56.58 (28.72)
16 Hokfelt, Gustav 21 Unattached-PV 56.39 56.74 NATS
27.34 56.74 (29.40)
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So this means Murphy is second in the world, RIGHT?