Ryan Murphy Smashes 200 Back in Austin

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Ryan Murphy finished within a second of his season best from last year in the men’s 200-meter back at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Austin.

Murphy dominated the finale in 1:55.99, off his 1:55.00 that ranked him fifth in the world last year.

NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin powered his way into second overall with a time of 1:57.51, while Jacob Pebley placed third overall in 1:58.52.

Tucson Ford’s Matt Grevers (1:59.31), NC State’s Hennessey Stuart (2:00.00), UBC’s Mark Thormeyer (2:00.83), St. Thomas’ Rex Tullius (2:00.88) and Great Britain’s Jay Lelliott (2:03.42) rounded out the top eight.

Missouri’s Carter Griffin won the B final in 2:01.11. Connor Green touched second in 2:02.27 with Calgary’s Russell Wood earning third in 2:03.47.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Murphy, Ryan     20 UN                1:56.37    1:55.99 OLY    
             27.58        56.51 (28.93)
        1:26.09 (29.58)     1:55.99 (29.90)
  2 Vyatchanin, Ark  31 New York Athleti  2:00.84    1:57.51 OLY    
             27.80        57.70 (29.90)
        1:27.97 (30.27)     1:57.51 (29.54)
  3 Pebley, Jacob    22 UN                1:57.83    1:58.52 OLY    
             28.41        58.45 (30.04)
        1:28.44 (29.99)     1:58.52 (30.08)
  4 Grevers, Matt    30 Tucson Ford Deal  2:00.19    1:59.31 OLY    
             28.27        58.21 (29.94)
        1:28.66 (30.45)     1:59.31 (30.65)
  5 Stuart, Henness  20 NCS               2:00.18    2:00.00 OLY    
             28.01        58.16 (30.15)
        1:28.97 (30.81)     2:00.00 (31.03)
  6 Thormeyer, Mark  18 Ubc Dolphins      2:02.54    2:00.83 OLY    
             28.87        59.37 (30.50)
        1:30.27 (30.90)     2:00.83 (30.56)
  7 Tullius, Rex     28 St. Thomas Swimm  2:01.49    2:00.88 OLY    
             27.90        58.24 (30.34)
        1:29.67 (31.43)     2:00.88 (31.21)
  8 Lelliott, Jay    20 Great Britain     2:02.37    2:03.42 OLY    
             29.16      1:00.24 (31.08)
        1:32.17 (31.93)     2:03.42 (31.25)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Griffin, Carter  20 U. of Missouri    2:02.93    2:01.11 OLY    
             29.07        59.33 (30.26)
        1:30.33 (31.00)     2:01.11 (30.78)
 10 Green, Connor    19 UN                2:02.99    2:02.27 OLY    
             28.84        59.20 (30.36)
        1:30.63 (31.43)     2:02.27 (31.64)
 11 Wood, Russell    21 Univ. of Calgary  2:04.39    2:03.47 OLY    
             28.54        59.94 (31.40)
        1:31.75 (31.81)     2:03.47 (31.72)
 12 Omana, Carlos    22 Gator Swim Club   2:04.49    2:03.76 OLY    
             29.29      1:00.30 (31.01)
        1:32.44 (32.14)     2:03.76 (31.32)
 13 Gemmell, Andrew  24 Nation's Capital  2:03.80    2:03.97 NAT    
             30.30      1:01.64 (31.34)
        1:33.17 (31.53)     2:03.97 (30.80)
 14 Park, Jason      15 Metroplex Aquati  2:04.11    2:04.08 NAT    
             28.85        59.69 (30.84)
        1:31.70 (32.01)     2:04.08 (32.38)
 15 Quah, Zheng Wen  19 Singapore         2:04.51    2:04.61 NAT    
             28.60      1:00.34 (31.74)
        1:32.91 (32.57)     2:04.61 (31.70)
 16 Boratto, Alessa  16 Unattached        2:04.19    2:08.35 JRS    
             29.47      1:01.08 (31.61)
        1:33.73 (32.65)     2:08.35 (34.62)

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John J. Coan

9 years ago

Awesome!

Rachel Jordan

9 years ago

Ryan Murphy is an amazing swimmer1

Rachel Jordan

9 years ago

I enjoyed watching the swimmers in Austin last weekend, its so cool to see how good everyone is doing.