{"id":256165,"date":"2017-05-16T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=256165"},"modified":"2017-05-16T08:56:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:56:01","slug":"lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-asia-seidts-200-backstroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-asia-seidts-200-backstroke\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Asia Seidt\u2019s 200 Backstroke"},"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 rising University of Kentucky sophomore <\/span><b>Asia Seidt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/asia-seidt-posts-world-ranked-200-back-to-close-out-atlanta-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who posted a huge best time in the 200 backstroke<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 2017 Atlanta Classic over the weekend. Seidt dropped more than two seconds from her previous best time of 2:11.96 to win the event in 2:09.82, setting a new meet record and moving her up to 12th in the world for 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LumaLanes Performance of the Week -- May 16, 2017 -- Asia Seidt\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rYM5620A7-4?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;\">Seidt\u2019s performance offers her a huge opportunity for World Championship Trials this summer. Despite laying claim to the last two Olympic gold medals in the 200 backstroke in London and Rio, this is a wide open event for the American women right now. With <\/span><b>Maya DiRado <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-can-fill-the-void-left-by-maya-dirado\/\" target=\"_blank\">retired<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Missy Franklin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on a break from competition <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missy-franklin-had-double-shoulder-surgery-out-of-competition-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as she recovers from shoulder surgery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there is plenty of room for newcomers to make their way onto the U.S. National Team. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seidt\u2019s time makes her the second fastest American this summer by just .03. Teenager <\/span><b>Regan Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rocked a 2:09.79 back in April, the current fastest time by an American and the tenth fastest in the world, which was also a personal best.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top three finishers at the Atlanta Classic were actually all Kentucky swimmers, with Seidt\u2019s teammates <\/span><b>Bridgette Alexander <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2:11.85) and <\/span><b>Ali Galyer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2:13.84) following her for second and third. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations Asia Seidt 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: 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