{"id":200117,"date":"2016-05-03T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=200117"},"modified":"2016-05-03T08:43:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T15:43:35","slug":"performance-of-the-week-katie-mclaughlins-comeback-200-freestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/performance-of-the-week-katie-mclaughlins-comeback-200-freestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance of the Week: Katie McLaughlin\u2019s Comeback 200 Freestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s performance of the week doesn\u2019t go to a swim that has shook up the world rankings. Instead, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming World <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wants to highlight <\/span><b>Katie McLaughlin\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">return to competition \u00a0this past weekend at the TYR Fran Crippen Meet Of Champions following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-mclaughlin-pan-pacs-bronze-medalist-heading-home-to-finish-rehab\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a brief hiatus to rehab a neck injury sustained on the Cal Bears training trip<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>McLaughlin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pan-pacs-medalist-katie-mclaughlin-commits-to-california\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lauded as one of the top recruits entering her freshman year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. An individual medalist at the Pan Pacific Championships and a gold medalist as a part of the 800 free relay at World Championships in Kazan, <\/span><b>McLaughlin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had significant versatility and experience for her age. However, she struggled following an injury sustained in January, and returned to competition only right before Pac-12\u2019s, where she ultimately finished outside of qualifying for NCAA\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The TYR Fran Crippen Meet Of Champions was her first competition since Pac-12\u2019s, and <\/span><b>McLaughlin <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-mclaughlin-tops-200-free-at-tyr-fran-crippen-swim-meet-of-champions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grabbed first in the 200 freestyle in 1:59.74<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, just two seconds off her lifetime best <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-mclaughlin-notches-lifetime-best-in-200-free\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that she recorded at this meet last year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Again, while that doesn\u2019t have any major impact on the world rankings (or even the top four Americans this year), it shows a tremendous resiliency from the freshman following a less than ideal year. If <\/span><b>McLaughlin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can continue her return to form, she may be able to challenge for a relay spot next month at U.S. Trials. 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