{"id":244757,"date":"2017-03-04T18:07:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T01:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=244757"},"modified":"2017-03-04T19:07:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T02:07:54","slug":"melanie-margalis-dominates-back-half-of-indy-200-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/melanie-margalis-dominates-back-half-of-indy-200-im\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Margalis Dominates Back Half of Indy 200 IM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Athens Bulldog&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>was behind Island&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sarah Darcel<\/strong> after the butterfly leg, but she pulled away after that on her way to a dominant, 3.55-second victory. Margalis finished in 2:10.43, just behind Japanese swimmers\u00a0<strong>Rikako Ikee\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ruma Imai<\/strong>. Margalis&#8217; previous season best had been a 2:11.06 from the Austin Pro Swim Series meet in January.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing second was Darcel in 2:13.98, and Great Britain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hannah Miley<\/strong> took fourth in 2:15.51. Just behind her was another Brit,\u00a0<strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong>, who touched in 2:15.72.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ye Shiwen<\/strong>, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the event, finished fifth in 2:15.78, and she was followed by three swimmers all competing in their second final of the night: Island&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hilary Caldwell<\/strong> (2:16.78), Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> (2:18.15) and Club Wolverine&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Miranda Tucker\u00a0<\/strong>(2:18.45).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"244791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/melanie-margalis-dominates-back-half-of-indy-200-im\/women-200-im-indy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy.png\" data-orig-size=\"1090,511\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"women-200-im-indy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;women-200-im-indy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy-1024x480.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244791\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy.png\" alt=\"women-200-im-indy\" width=\"597\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy.png 1090w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy-533x250.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy-280x131.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women-200-im-indy-1024x480.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2017-arena-pro-swim-series-indianapolis-day-2-finals-day-3-usa-senior-national-2017-03-02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Full results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athens Bulldog&#8217;s\u00a0Melanie Margalis\u00a0was behind Island&#8217;s\u00a0Sarah Darcel after the butterfly leg, but she pulled away after that on her way to a dominant, 3.55-second victory. 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