{"id":249063,"date":"2017-03-28T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T17:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=249063"},"modified":"2017-03-28T10:43:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T17:43:34","slug":"lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-clark-smiths-record-breaking-1650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-clark-smiths-record-breaking-1650\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Clark Smith\u2019s Record-Breaking 1650"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lumalanes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sponsored by LumaLanes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, goes to University of Texas senior <\/span><b>Clark Smith<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for his 1650 at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships. In that race, Smith overcame a tight field to not only win, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/clark-smith-overcomes-groin-injury-to-set-american-ncaa-record-in-1650-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but come away with new American and NCAA records<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to become the fastest short-course miler in history. Oh, and he did it all while suffering from a groin injury from two days earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Performance of the Week -- March 28, 2017 -- Clark Smith\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U4BMIXeXHrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith led the race early, leading a tight field that included Michigan\u2019s <\/span><b>Felix Auboeck<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Northwestern\u2019s <\/span><b>Jordan Wilimovsky<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Louisville\u2019s <\/span><b>Marcelo Acosta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Around the 500 mark, Michigan swimmer <\/span><b>PJ Ransford <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started throwing down 25.9\u2019s and 26 lows to take over the lead from lane 1 while South Carolina\u2019s <\/span><b>Akaram Mahmoud <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started working his way into contention from lane 8, making this a six man race for most of the middle 500. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Ransford and Acosta faded in the last third of the race, Auboeck, Mahmoud, and Wilimovsky battled to the end, with the top four finishers all finishing under <\/span><b>Connor Jaeger\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Open and American record of 14:23.52 to become the four fastest performers in history. While Smith came home in a ridiculous 23.75 to get a few tenths between him and Auboeck on the final 50, his face showed some obvious pain at the end of the race and he could not stand without assistance after getting out of the pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As any swimmer knows, the mile is one of the most grueling events in more ways than one. Not only is it the longest event on the program, but it is one of the most mentally demanding that also happens to come on the final day of a championship meet. To push through not only an injury, but also the next three fastest performers in history and come away with the victory and title fastest ever is an incredible feat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations Clark Smith on earning Swimming World\u2019s Performance of the Week!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Special Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lumalanes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LumaLanes <\/a>for sponsoring Swimming World&#8217;s Performance of the Week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn More About LumaLanes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1HTqQPBuCLQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to University of Texas senior Clark Smith for his 1650 at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships. 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