Ryan Murphy Cruised to New Pan Pac Record In 200 Back Heats; Austin Katz Second

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Ryan Murphy has quietly had a really good meet at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo. He swam his second best time ever in the 100 back, and became the first man to break 52 seconds more than once. Murphy followed that up with a solid time of 1:54.07 on Sunday morning in Tokyo for a new meet record.

Murphy broke the old record of 1:54.12 by Ryan Lochte from the 2010 meet in Irvine. Murphy is well ahead of the rest of the field as he could challenge a 1:52, which would be his best time.

Murphy won’t be joined in the final by his Cal teammate Jacob Pebley, who finished third in the heats behind Austin Katz. Katz ran down Pebley on the last 50 and swam a 1:55.69 to get the second spot in the final. Pebley was a 1:55.68 at Nationals and the second spot will be up for grabs tonight in the 200 back final. Pebley was third this morning at 1:55.95.

Japan’s Ryosuke Irie (1:56.83) and Keita Sunama (1:57.18) will represent Japan in the final while Australia will have Mitch Larkin (1:58.15) and Bradley Woodward (1:58.24).

Canada’s Javier Acevedo (1:58.74) and Brazil’s Leonardo De Deus (1:59.59) will also swim in the final.

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