Watch All Race Videos From Day 2 of the 2018 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships

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Day two of the 2018 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships continued to showcase exciting upsets in multiple races. Re-live all of the action and excitement before splashing into day three!

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Arguably, one of the best swims in the evening was Kelsi Dahlia tying her own American Record in the women’s 50 fly with a time of 25.48. Her time did knock down Dara Torres’ 2009 meet record of 25.50.

The other major record-breaking swim of the evening took place in the women’s 200 back when 16-year-old Regan Smith tied for first with Olympian Kathleen Baker. The two posted matching times of 2:06.43, which doubles as a new World Junior Record (WJR) for Smith. This marks Smith’s second time qualifying for a major international meet with Team USA.

Sevearl of Team USA’s veteran swimmers earned redemption on day two, qualifying for the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo after not qualifying for Budapest or the Rio Olympic Games. Allison Schmitt was the first to earn a new spot with Team USA’s roster after finishing second overall in the women’s 200 free behind the ever-dominant Katie Ledecky.

Micah Sumrall joined Schmitt in the redemption category when she delivered the fastest time of the evening in finals of the women’s 200 breast, clocking a final time of 2:22.06. She won the final by more than a second and earned her ticket to Pan Pacs after missing out on a chance to represent Team USA in Rio.

Josh Prenot continued the redemption streak with a top showing in the men’s 200 breast. He posted a time of 2:07.28 to finish just .11 seconds off his American Record and rocket to the top of the world rankings for 2018. The win is a major form of redemption for Prenot as he won the silver medal in the 200 breast at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but did not qualify to represent Team USA at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest.

Catch up on all of the event recaps, race videos, video interviews, features, predictions and photos by visiting Swimming World’s 2018 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships meet page. 

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Chuck
5 years ago

FYI – winning time in Women’s 200BR FInal was 2:22.06 not 2:28.06 for Micah Sumrall. Those 6 seconds really matter. 🙂

Brent Rutemiller
5 years ago
Reply to  Chuck

Thanks for the correction!

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