{"id":300341,"date":"2018-03-15T04:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=300341"},"modified":"2018-03-14T19:00:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T02:00:37","slug":"the-strategic-sprint-how-kathleen-baker-ella-eastin-sydney-pickrem-will-attack-ncaa-200-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-strategic-sprint-how-kathleen-baker-ella-eastin-sydney-pickrem-will-attack-ncaa-200-im\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strategic Sprint: How Baker, Eastin and Pickrem Will Attack NCAA 200 IM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/commentary\/morning-splash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morning Splash<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kathleen Baker<\/strong> is one of the world\u2019s best backstrokers. <strong>Ella Eastin<\/strong> is best known for her IM abilities, particularly in the 400 IM, and her 200 fly. Different swimmers from very different backgrounds\u2014Baker from North Carolina, Eastin from Southern California\u2014but there\u2019s one event where they have developed an intense rivalry: The 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the duo raced in that event, they actually could not be separated at the touch. At the USA College Challenge in October, Baker and Eastin tied for the win in the 200 IM at 1:53.24. Baker\u2019s Cal Bears and Eastin\u2019s Stanford Cardinal met twice last month, but Baker opted out of the 200 IM at the dual meet, and Eastin passed on the event at the Pac-12 championships.<\/p>\n<p>When the two were freshmen in 2016, Eastin won the 200 IM at the NCAA championships and set a new American record. She trailed Baker after 50 yards of butterfly, made up ground on the backstroke, took the lead on the breaststroke and pulled away on the free. Baker settled for second, a full 1.3 seconds behind.<\/p>\n<pre>  1 Eastin, Ella     FR Stanford          1:54.20    1:51.65N        20  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.81        52.19 (27.38)\r\n        1:24.71 (32.52)     1:51.65 (26.94)\r\n  2 Baker, Kathleen  FR California        1:54.62    1:52.95         17  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.27        52.00 (27.73)\r\n        1:25.21 (33.21)     1:52.95 (27.74)<\/pre>\n<p>One year later, Baker turned the tables. She took the lead after butterfly, maintained the lead on backstroke and then, in a surprising development, pulled away on the breaststroke. On the free, there was nothing Eastin could to do keep up. Baker finished in 1:51.69, four hundredths off Eastin\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"300342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-strategic-sprint-how-kathleen-baker-ella-eastin-sydney-pickrem-will-attack-ncaa-200-im\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017.png\" data-orig-size=\"890,101\" 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=\"baker-eastin-200-im-2017\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;baker-eastin-200-im-2017&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017-700x101.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-300342\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017.png\" alt=\"baker-eastin-200-im-2017\" width=\"700\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017.png 890w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017-533x60.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/baker-eastin-200-im-2017-280x32.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this year\u2019s 200 IM final, it\u2019s worth expecting just about the same thing: Baker jumping out to be a big lead and Eastin chasing her home. But there\u2019s a third swimmer who could jump into this mix, and that\u2019s <strong>Sydney Pickrem<\/strong>, the Canadian Olympian and Texas A&amp;M Aggie who won bronze in the 400 IM at the World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Pickrem doesn\u2019t have much pure speed and is not much of a butterflier. She will lose more ground on backstroke. But she will the best breaststroker in the final and one of the best at the entire meet.<\/p>\n<p>At the SEC championships last month, Pickrem split 32.09 for her breaststroke split of the 200 IM, faster than Baker or Eastin have ever gone. Her 26.84 free split was also excellent. Her time from that meet was 1:52.69, a lifetime best but still a second behind the career bests of both Eastin and Baker. But for whatever it\u2019s worth, Pickrem does enter the NCAA championships as the top seed in the event.<\/p>\n<pre>  1 Sydney Pickrem   JR Texas A&amp;M         1:53.72    1:52.69PA       32  \r\n    r:+0.76  25.44        53.76 (28.32)\r\n        1:25.85 (32.09)     1:52.69 (26.84)<\/pre>\n<p>Baker is seeded second and Eastin fifth, but it\u2019s tough to see anyone but this trio finishing in the top three spots in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most 200s, the 200-yard IM is very much a sprint, with two quick bursts of energy for each stroke. But it\u2019s still long enough for the lead to change multiple times as swimmers switch between strokes where they excel and strokes where they struggle. That\u2019s what makes it such a compelling race for fans.<\/p>\n<p>No two of Baker, Eastin and Pickrem swim the 200 IM the same way. Baker will inevitably out have the lead after both the butterfly and backstroke legs, but that won\u2019t matter. This race will be decided by execution\u2014who pulls off her own race plan and has enough left in the tank for the final 50 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morning Splash\u00a0by David Rieder. Kathleen Baker is one of the world\u2019s best backstrokers. 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