{"id":340407,"date":"2018-12-01T17:09:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T00:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=340407"},"modified":"2018-12-03T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:05:58","slug":"nic-fink-slingshots-by-kevin-cordes-in-200-breast-final-at-winter-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nic-fink-slingshots-by-kevin-cordes-in-200-breast-final-at-winter-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nic Fink Slingshots By Kevin Cordes in 200 Breast Final at Winter Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nic Fink\u00a0<\/strong>used a great back half to run down\u00a0Kevin Cordes\u00a0<\/strong>in the 200 breast final on Saturday night at the 2018 US Winter Nationals in Greensboro. Fink swam a 2:10.24 thanks to a 1:06.4 second 100, compared to Cordes who came home in a 1:08.64. Cordes finished in second at 2:11.34.<\/p>\n

Fink, who was probably extra motivated after watching Georgia lead the SEC football championship game, won his first national title of the weekend.<\/p>\n

Fink and Cordes both swam in this event at the World Championships last summer where Fink was fifth and Cordes was sixth. Both swimmers also did not make the Pan Pac team this summer and are looking to gain momentum into 2019 to get back on to the team.<\/p>\n

Aggie’s\u00a0Jonathan Tybur\u00a0<\/strong>(2:13.77) finished in third, just out-touching\u00a0Chuck Katis\u00a0<\/strong>(2:13.95) and Canada’s\u00a0Eli Wall\u00a0<\/strong>(2:14.04).<\/p>\n

Alex Evdokimov\u00a0<\/strong>(2:15.15),\u00a0Matt Fallon\u00a0<\/strong>(2:15.25) and\u00a0Scott Tolman\u00a0<\/strong>(2:15.58) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n