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The two posted matching times of 2:06.43, which stands as a World Junior Record for Smith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the full race, courtesy of USA Swimming, below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qx9p30CPpno\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Read the original report below:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Olympian\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Baker\u00a0<\/strong>and 16-year-old\u00a0<strong>Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>tied for first in the 200 backstroke with matching 2:06.43. That is just off of Baker\u2019s best of 2:06.38 from last summer, when she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Budapest. For Smith, that time will stand as a new world junior record and is the first time the young swimmer has broken 2:07.<\/p>\n<p>The two were neck and neck through the entire race, with Baker having the edge at each wall through the 150 before Smith made it up with a killer last 50 split of 32.59.\u00a0Finishing in third was 16-year-old\u00a0<strong>Isabelle Stadden\u00a0<\/strong>(2:08.24), who just clipped her best time of 2:08.37 from earlier this year at the Mel Zajac International meet. Rounding out the top 4 was\u00a0<strong>Lisa Bratton\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:08.37.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s <strong>Olivia Smoliga\u00a0<\/strong>was fifth in 2:08.58, which was her first time under 2:09 and a best by about a second, which bodes well for her 100 backstroke later in the meet. 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