Thiago Pereira Clinches 200 IM Title in Orlando

Jul 16, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Thiago Pereira of Brazil competes in the men's swimming 400m individual medley preliminary heats during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

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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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