{"id":375055,"date":"2019-06-13T17:20:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=375055"},"modified":"2019-06-13T19:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T02:41:25","slug":"leah-smith-mallory-comerford-swim-200-free-season-bests-at-tyr-pro-series-clovis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-smith-mallory-comerford-swim-200-free-season-bests-at-tyr-pro-series-clovis\/","title":{"rendered":"Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford Swim 200 Free Season-Bests at TYR Pro Series Clovis"},"content":{"rendered":"

After earning the first victory of the meet in the 800 Freestyle on night one<\/a>,\u00a0Leah Smith grabbed another win in the 200 distance.<\/p>\n

DAY 2 RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n

Women’s 200 Freestyle<\/h2>\n

Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford<\/strong> and Emily Overholt<\/strong> battled it out until the end in the first event of the night. Comerford had the lead at the halfway point (57.44), but Smith had a strong third fifty (29.91) to take command of the lead. She took the gold in 1:57.40, a season-best swim.<\/p>\n

Overholt out-split the field on the final fifty (29.73) but just ran out of room in running down Comerford who took second in 1:57.93. Overholt raced to a 1:57.97. Comerford’s time was also a season-best and maintains her rank as the sixth-fastest American in this event so far this year.<\/p>\n

Catie Deloof<\/strong> broke the two-minute barrier for the first time this season for fourth (1:59.95). 14-year-old Claire Tuggle<\/strong> was fifth in 2:01.15. She was followed by Mackenzie Padington<\/strong> (2:01.29), Remedy Rule<\/strong> (2:01.41) and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson<\/strong> (2:01.49).<\/p>\n