{"id":138521,"date":"2015-06-21T18:01:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T01:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=138521"},"modified":"2015-06-21T18:01:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T01:01:31","slug":"yuliya-efimova-sweeps-breaststrokes-with-2nd-best-50-in-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yuliya-efimova-sweeps-breaststrokes-with-2nd-best-50-in-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuliya Efimova Sweeps Breaststrokes With 2nd-Best 50 in World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trojan’s Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> swept the breaststroke titles at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara with the second-fastest women’s 50-meter breast of the year.<\/p>\n

Efimova clocked a time of 30.37 for the victory, moving under her previous second-best time of 30.39 from Russian Nationals. \u00a0Only Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> has been faster this year with\u00a0a 29.88.<\/p>\n

Trojan’s Jessica Hardy<\/strong> also cleared 31 seconds with a second-place time of 30.94 tonight, a bit off her fourth-ranked season best of 30.61 from the Charlotte stop of the Series.<\/p>\n

SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong>, the third-ranked swimmer in the world with a 30.54 from Charlotte, took third tonight in 31.01.<\/p>\n

Canton City’s Laura Lindsay<\/strong> placed fourth in 31.26 with Stanford’s Sarah Haase<\/strong> earning fifth in 31.42.<\/p>\n

Clovis’ Danielle Herrmann<\/strong> (31.97), Argentina’s Julia Sebastian<\/strong> (32.55), BlueFish’s Laura Sogar<\/strong> (32.69) and Tucson Ford’s Emma Schoettmer<\/strong> (33.14) also swam in the A final.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin’s Anna Meinholz<\/strong> clipped Jordan Surhoff<\/strong> for the B final win, 33.05 to 33.07.<\/p>\n

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