The 2017 Eindhoven Swim Cup splashed into action and was highlighted by a new meet record and a Dutch record.<\/p>\n
Germany’s\u00a0Marco Koch\u00a0<\/strong>uncorked a 2:09.07 in the men’s 200 breast to post a new meet record. His time takes down the previous meet record of 2:11.24, set in 2016 by Great Britain’s\u00a0Nicholas Quinn<\/strong>. Koch’s time moves him up to second in the world rankings, behind\u00a0Ippei Watanabe’s\u00a0<\/strong>World Record swim of 2:06.67 from earlier in the year.<\/p>\n Racing Koch proved to be beneficial for\u00a0Arno Kamminga<\/strong> as he delivered a 2:10.34 finish to post a new Dutch record. Kamminga’s time lowers his own record of 2:10.98 from last winter.<\/p>\n Ranomi Kromowidjojo\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Maaike de Waard<\/strong>, both of the Netherlands, delivered a 1-2 punch in the women’s 50 fly to rocket up the world rankings. Kromowidjojo touched first with a 25.85, followed closely by de Waard’s 25.88. Their 1-2 finish moves them to third and fourth, respectively, in the world rankings for the 2017 season. Belgium’s\u00a0Kimberly Buys\u00a0<\/strong>touched third with a 26.16 to enter the top ten world rankings.<\/p>\n Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> of the Netherlands delivered a smooth finish in the women’s 200 free, finishing more than two seconds ahead of the competition with a 1:56.62. Heemskerk’s time moves her to fourth in the world rankings, where the top five athletes all sit within one second of each other. 15-year-old\u00a0Isabel Gose\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed the silver with a 1:59.12, followed closely by the Netherlands’\u00a0Robin Neumann’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:59.15.<\/p>\n Marek Ulrich\u00a0<\/strong>of Team Germany kicked off the men’s 50 back with a top showing of 24.90 for the gold. Teammate\u00a0Christian Diener\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a second place finish of 25.23, while Aquarijn’s\u00a0Jesse Puts\u00a0<\/strong>was third overall with a 25.58.<\/p>\n On the women’s side, it was\u00a0Kira Toussaint<\/strong> of the University of Tennessee who touched first. Toussaint turned in the only sub-28 second swim with a 27.96 finish. De Waard\u00a0<\/strong>posted second at a 28.06, followed by\u00a0Simona Baumrtova\u00a0<\/strong>of the Czech Swimming Federation and her time of 28.35.<\/p>\n Gergely Gyurta\u00a0<\/strong>of Hungary posted the top time in the men’s 400 IM, stopping the clock at a 4:18.98, however, Gyurta has been as fast as a 4:13.36 so far this season.\u00a0Patrick Staber\u00a0<\/strong>picked up second overall with a 4:19.31, followed by\u00a0Jacob Heidtmann’s<\/strong> 4:20.56.<\/p>\n The women’s 200 breast was a close race as Germany’s\u00a0Jessica Steiger\u00a0<\/strong>and Belgium’s\u00a0Fanny Lecluyse\u00a0<\/strong>edged each other to the finish. A strong third 50-meters was enough for Steiger to pull ahead and hold off Lecluyse for the victory and a time of 2:25.84. Lecluyse settled for silver and a 2:25.98. Czech Republic’s\u00a0Martina Moravclkova<\/strong> finished third overall with a 2:27.04.<\/p>\n Jeannette Spiwoks\u00a0<\/strong>posted the fastest time in the women’s 1500 free, finishing exactly ten seconds ahead of the competition with a 16:43.90.\u00a0Laura van Engelen\u00a0<\/strong>took second overall with a 16:53.90, followed by\u00a0Martina Elhenicka’s<\/strong> 16:57.09.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2017 Eindhoven Swim Cup splashed into action and was highlighted by a new meet record and a Dutch record. Germany’s\u00a0Marco Koch\u00a0uncorked a 2:09.07 in the men’s 200 breast to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":109425,"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":[10],"tags":[61074],"class_list":["post-250354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2017-eindhoven-swim-cup"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n