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Brazil’s Thiago Pereira raced his way to victory in the men’s 200-meter IM at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Pereira cranked out a time of 1:59.82 to touchout fellow Brazilian Henrique Rodrigues, who placed second in 1:59.97. Pereira moved up to ninth in the world with Rodrigues finishing 12th in the world.
Trojan’s Conor Dwyer took third overall in 2:00.03 for 13th in the world, while Gator’s Eduardo Solaeche finished fourth in 2:01.20.
Gator’s Sebastien Rousseau (2:03.45), California’s Marcin Tarczynski (2:03.97), Wisconsin’s Michael Weiss (2:05.18) and NBAC’s Austin Surhoff (2:06.30) also swam in the final heat.
Gator’s Dan Wallace wins the B final in a time of 2:02.53. Club Seminole’s Pavel Sankovich placed second in 2:03.56.
=== A - Final ===
1 Pereira, Thiago 30 Brazil-US 2:04.37 1:59.82 OLY
25.75 55.71 (29.96)
1:30.61 (34.90) 1:59.82 (29.21)
2 Rodrigues, Henr 25 Brazil-US 2:03.08 1:59.97 OLY
26.16 56.42 (30.26)
1:31.22 (34.80) 1:59.97 (28.75)
3 Dwyer, Conor 27 Trojan Swim Club 2:03.32 2:00.03 OLY
26.05 57.08 (31.03)
1:32.01 (34.93) 2:00.03 (28.02)
4 Solaeche, Eduar 22 Gator Swim Club- 2:02.24 2:01.20 OLY
26.30 57.03 (30.73)
1:31.99 (34.96) 2:01.20 (29.21)
5 Rousseau, Sebas 25 Gator Swim Club- 2:04.85 2:03.45 OLY
26.43 57.42 (30.99)
1:33.98 (36.56) 2:03.45 (29.47)
6 Tarczynski, Mar 25 California Aquat 2:05.09 2:03.97 OLY
26.27 57.80 (31.53)
1:34.40 (36.60) 2:03.97 (29.57)
7 Weiss, Michael 24 Wisconsin Aquati 2:04.52 2:05.18 NATS
26.38 58.32 (31.94)
1:35.46 (37.14) 2:05.18 (29.72)
8 Surhoff, Austin 25 North Baltimore- 2:04.59 2:06.30 JRS
26.91 58.74 (31.83)
1:36.56 (37.82) 2:06.30 (29.74)
=== B - Final ===
9 Wallace, Dan 22 Gator Swim Club- 2:06.31 2:02.53 OLY
26.24 57.93 (31.69)
1:32.77 (34.84) 2:02.53 (29.76)
10 Sankovich, Pave 25 Club Seminole-FL 2:05.88 2:03.56 OLY
25.34 58.20 (32.86)
1:33.84 (35.64) 2:03.56 (29.72)
11 Sequera, Juan 22 Metro Aquatic Cl 2:05.60 2:03.80 OLY
26.28 58.56 (32.28)
1:34.17 (35.61) 2:03.80 (29.63)
12 Hinshaw, Adam 22 California Aquat 2:05.77 2:05.17 NATS
26.60 58.92 (32.32)
1:35.83 (36.91) 2:05.17 (29.34)
13 Darragh, Macken 22 U. of Missouri-M 2:06.81 2:05.19 NATS
26.50 58.44 (31.94)
1:34.80 (36.36) 2:05.19 (30.39)
14 Carbone, Christ 21 Bolles School Sh 2:05.88 2:05.65 JRS
26.90 1:00.00 (33.10)
2:05.65 (1:05.65)
15 Doyle, Connor 17 Eastern Express- 2:06.07 2:06.09 JRS
27.56 59.56 (32.00)
1:36.13 (36.57) 2:06.09 (29.96)
16 Cassidy, Quinn 20 Unattached 2:06.96 2:07.56 JRS
27.58 1:00.13 (32.55)
1:37.29 (37.16) 2:07.56 (30.27)
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