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After coming back from a recent hand injury, the Cal-Berkeley swimmer demonstrated resilience as she not only earned herself a first place finish, but also shaved a little less than half a second off of her prelim swim. Bilquist was the only one to split under a 29 in the first 50 of the race. She came back just as strong as she also had the fastest split of the second half of the race, splitting a 30.73.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OGgs0hXeg7o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At only 15-years-old, TAC Titans swimmer <strong>Claire Curzan<\/strong> earned a silver medal in the event, finishing with a time of 1:00.39. That time marked a new personal best for Curzan and she also maintained her second place seed.<\/p>\n<p>More meet coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2019-phillips-66-us-national-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Check out results <a href=\"http:\/\/omegatiming.com\/2019\/phillips-66-national-champs-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking home a bronze medal in the event was <strong>Caitlin Brooks<\/strong>. The University of Kentucky swimmer also swam a best time in the event, hitting the touchpad at 1:00.46.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing behind Brooks was Tennessee Aquatics swimmer, <strong>Erika Brown<\/strong>. Brown was the slowest off the blocks splitting a 29.50, but came strong in a 31.14 to cop fourth place with a time of 1:00.64.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kylee Alons<\/strong>, Wolfpack Elite swimmer, hit the wall at 1:00.71, finishing in fifth place. The NC State sophomore not only swam a personal best, but also moved up one spot from her seed going into finals.<\/p>\n<p>Sixth place finisher with a time of 1:00.71 was L<strong>ucie Nordmann<\/strong>, representing Alto Swim Club. The Stanford University swimmer also finished in 5th in the 200 back at this years 2019 national championships.<\/p>\n<p>It was a close race between California Aquatics swimmer <strong>Isabel Ivey<\/strong> and Lakeside Swim Team member <strong>Annabel Crush<\/strong>. Despite, Crush being ahead of Ivey within the first 50 of the event, Ivey pulled ahead towards the final stretches of the race, out-touching Crush with a time of 1:00.85. 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