Sun Yang Vaults to Top of 200 Free World Rankings; Conor Dwyer Now Third

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Sun Yang vaulted to first in the world rankings, touching in 1:44.82 to win the 200 freestyle at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series in Santa Clara. James Guy now sits second in the world with his 1:45.19.

Conor Dwyer was second tonight in 1:45.41. That impressive swim moves him to third in the world this year.

Kyle Chalmers was back in 1:47.64 for third place. Zhi Yong Qian earned fourth in 1:48.08. Fifth went to Maxime Rooney (1:48.85).

Markus Thormeyer (1:50.29), Long Gutierrez (1:50.42), Liam Egan (1:50.86), and David McKeon (1:51.02) completed the A final.

Event 2  Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Sun, Yang              25 Zhejiang Sport-U  1:45.20    1:46.34  
                 25.32        52.33 (27.01)
        1:19.42 (27.09)     1:46.34 (26.92)
  2 Dwyer, Conor           27 Trojan Swim Club  1:46.45    1:48.90  
                 25.63        53.31 (27.68)
        1:21.10 (27.79)     1:48.90 (27.80)
  3 Rooney, Maxime         18 Pleasanton Seaha  1:47.10    1:49.66  
                 25.22        52.83 (27.61)
              45.40 ( )   1:49.66 (1:04.26)
  4 Qian, Zhi Yong         20 Zhejiang Sport-U  1:49.06    1:49.84  
                 25.77        53.98 (28.21)
        1:22.22 (28.24)     1:49.84 (27.62)
  5 McKeon, David          23 Chandler Swim-US  1:46.61    1:50.05  
                 25.53        53.30 (27.77)
        1:21.66 (28.36)     1:50.05 (28.39)
  6 Chalmers, Kyle         17 Marion Swimming-  1:47.23    1:50.31  
                 25.70        54.54 (28.84)
        1:22.51 (27.97)     1:50.31 (27.80)
  6 Gutierrez, Long        21 California Aquat  1:48.87    1:50.31  
                 26.17        54.56 (28.39)
        1:22.77 (28.21)     1:50.31 (27.54)
  8 Thormeyer, Markus      18 Ubc Dolphins-US-  1:48.17    1:50.54  
                 25.92        54.24 (28.32)
        1:22.76 (28.52)     1:50.54 (27.78)
  9 Egan, Liam             20 Unattached-NE-    1:49.88    1:51.15  
                 26.55        54.67 (28.12)
        1:23.10 (28.43)     1:51.15 (28.05)
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 10 Williams, Trent        22 California Aquat  1:49.21    1:51.18  
                 26.08        54.05 (27.97)
        1:22.73 (28.68)     1:51.18 (28.45)
 11 McLoughlin, Jack       21 Chandler Swim-US  1:49.25    1:51.27  
                 26.13        54.46 (28.33)
        1:23.17 (28.71)     1:51.27 (28.10)
 12 Cochrane, Ryan         27 Island Swimming-  1:48.98    1:51.37  
                 26.73        55.18 (28.45)
        1:23.55 (28.37)     1:51.37 (27.82)
 13 Bagshaw, Jeremy        24 Island Swimming-  1:47.48    1:51.58  
                 26.57        54.96 (28.39)
        1:23.47 (28.51)     1:51.58 (28.11)
 14 Hinshaw, Adam          22 California Aquat  1:53.75    1:52.21  
                 26.99        55.25 (28.26)
        1:23.85 (28.60)     1:52.21 (28.36)
 15 Liang, Alex            16 Palo Alto Stanfo  1:53.14    1:52.64  
                 26.31        54.93 (28.62)
        1:23.56 (28.63)     1:52.64 (29.08)
 16 Kao, Ryan              20 California Aquat  1:51.82    1:52.74  
                 26.76        55.45 (28.69)
        1:23.96 (28.51)     1:52.74 (28.78)
 17 Burns, Aidan           18 Santa Clara Swim  1:50.48    1:52.82  
                 26.50        55.03 (28.53)
        1:23.95 (28.92)     1:52.82 (28.87)
 18 Zyla, Michal           19 Terrapins Swim T  1:51.47    1:52.89  
                 26.75        55.27 (28.52)
        1:24.14 (28.87)     1:52.89 (28.75)

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