Plummer, who finished third in the 100 back in 2012 and sixth in 2008, accepted Murphy\u2019s time as a challenge and turned up the heat, battling the world record line and turning in a new world leading time of 52.12.<\/p>\n
Cruising right alongside Plummer, however, was\u00a0Matt<\/strong>\u00a0Grevers<\/strong>, the reigning Olympic gold medalist. Grevers\u2019 strong and smooth swim of 52.64 moved him to fourth in the world rankings and showed the world that the U.S. will head to the Olympics ready to defend the gold medal.<\/p>\n At the 50 it was Plummer in the lead battling, yet again, the World Record line, but laying in wait was Murphy, ready to turn on the heat. Murphy and Plummer dueled the whole way to the finish to post times a slim .02 seconds apart. Murphy got his hand to the wall first, stopping the clock at a 52.26 over Plummer’s 52.28.<\/p>\n Matt<\/strong>\u00a0Grevers<\/strong>\u00a0delivered a valiant fight staying in the mix until the very end. Grevers posted a third-place finish of 52.76, adding just slightly to his semi-finals time of 52.64.<\/p>\n Cal bear\u00a0Jacob<\/strong>\u00a0Pebley<\/strong>\u00a0turned in a fourth place finish of 52.95, just ahead of\u00a0Michael\u00a0Taylor’s<\/strong>\u00a054.04.<\/p>\n John<\/strong>\u00a0Shebat<\/strong>\u00a0grabbed sixth with a time of 54.20, while\u00a0Sean<\/strong>\u00a0Lehane<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jake Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0tied for seventh with a 54.72.<\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Omega Timing<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Men’s 100 Back FINAL: The U.S. men have continually thrown down the gauntlet in the 100 back throughout the last month. It began with\u00a0David\u00a0Plummer\u2019s\u00a052.40 at the Arena Pro Series stop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":209686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[56855],"class_list":["post-209869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-usa","tag-2016-us-olympic-swimming-trials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n<\/h3>\n
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