{"id":138042,"date":"2015-06-20T18:06:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T01:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=138042"},"modified":"2015-06-20T18:06:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T01:06:40","slug":"yuliya-efimova-dominates-field-in-200-breast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yuliya-efimova-dominates-field-in-200-breast\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuliya Efimova Dominates Field in 200 Breast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial content for the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara is sponsored by Arena<\/a>. For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Trojan’s Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> turned on the jets down the stretch to win the women’s 200-meter breast at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

Efimova, who stunned many by cruising into finals with a 2:30 this morning, dominated the finale in a time of 2:23.64. \u00a0That’s not near her season best of 2:22.12 from Russian Nationals that ranks fifth in the world, but was nearly two full seconds clear of the field.<\/p>\n

Gator’s Hilda Luthersdottir<\/strong> claimed second tonight in a time of 2:25.61, while BlueFish’s Laura Sogar<\/strong> snared third overall in 2:27.04.<\/p>\n

Auburn’s Annie Lazor<\/strong> (2:28.10), Minnesota’s Haley Spencer<\/strong> (2:28.39), Stanford’s Sarah Haase<\/strong> (2:31.37), SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong> (2:31.47), Mexico’s Melissa Rodriguez Villanueva<\/strong> (2:31.53) and Tucson Ford’s Emma Schoettmer<\/strong> (2:32.88) rounded out the championship nine.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s Julia Sebastian<\/strong> dropped six seconds from her prelim swim to win the B final in a time of 2:30.70.<\/p>\n

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