{"id":375360,"date":"2019-06-15T18:26:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T01:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=375360"},"modified":"2019-06-15T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T01:26:27","slug":"markus-thormeyer-gets-200-back-win-at-tyr-pro-series-clovis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/markus-thormeyer-gets-200-back-win-at-tyr-pro-series-clovis\/","title":{"rendered":"Markus Thormeyer Gets 200 Back Win at TYR Pro Series Clovis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Markus Thormeyer<\/strong> earned his first win of the TYR Pro Swim Series Clovis with a 1:59.24 in the 200 backstroke.<\/p>\n

HEAT SHEET<\/a><\/p>\n

LIVE STREAM<\/a><\/p>\n

LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n

Men’s 200 Backstroke<\/h2>\n

Canada’s Markus Thormeyer<\/strong> raced to victory in the 200 back, coming in at 1:59.24. His season best is a 1:57.42 form earlier this year. Thormeyer was the only man under the two-minute barrier this time around.<\/p>\n

Mexico’s Andy Song<\/strong> was in the mix through the 100, as was Harrison Lierz<\/strong> who actually had a solid lead at the halfway point (58.57). In the end, Song took second in 2:02.73 with Lierz third (2:02.95). The latter dipped right under the Olympic Trials standard in this event by four one hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n

Also racing in the final heat were Josiah Binnema<\/strong> (2:06.35), Erick Gordillo<\/strong> (2:06.55), Robby Moseley<\/strong> (2:07.03), Nicolas Duke<\/strong> (2:07.04) and Zachary Tan<\/strong> (2:10.04).<\/p>\n