{"id":420998,"date":"2020-03-05T19:23:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T02:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=420998"},"modified":"2020-03-06T11:31:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T18:31:28","slug":"tyr-pro-series-record-setting-duel-for-hali-flickinger-regan-smith-in-200-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tyr-pro-series-record-setting-duel-for-hali-flickinger-regan-smith-in-200-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"TYR Pro Series: Record-Setting Duel for Hali Flickinger (2:06.1), Regan Smith in 200 Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hali Flickinger<\/strong> and Regan Smith<\/strong> put together an epic showdown to highlight Thursday’s finals of Day 2 of the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series in Des Moines.<\/p>\n

In the 200 butterfly, Flickinger held off Smith for victory, finishing in 2:06.11, a Pro Swim Series record. It was the No. 1 time in the world this year and faster than her time that won the silver at Worlds last summer (2:06.95, though she went 2:05.96 in prelims in Gwanju). The meet record had stood to Cammile Adams<\/strong> at 2:06.76 since 2012.<\/p>\n

Flickinger’s effort follows a switch of programs<\/a> from Jack Bauerle<\/strong>‘s University of Georgia to Bob Bowman<\/strong> at Arizona State that appears to working well for the ‘fly ace. In need of a change of scene, not the type of coaching or program, she said she had decided on Bowman because of the similarities of approach to excellence.<\/p>\n

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Hali Flickinger – Photo Courtesy: Dan D’Addona<\/p><\/div>\n

After World Championships, she told Swimming World that she felt she had learned a valuable lesson in a 2:05.9 in the rounds, a second slower in the final – it was all about mental strength<\/a> and confidence in the physical strengths she had already proven she was capable of executing:<\/p>\n

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Hali Flickinger – Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt stunk to get out of that pool, knowing what I had in me.\u00a0I learned what I needed to stop doing what I do in my head. I was the most physically prepared athlete in that race.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today, Flickinger noted:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cI was hoping to be close to [Adams’ time]. We\u2019re working on different things with Bob [Bowman], I\u2019m trying to learn how to swim my own race and not let other people effect the way I swim. I\u2019m really happy that I was able to control that race the way that I needed to, so yeah I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On her last lap inside 32sec, she\u00a0said: \u201cI usually try to control the first 100 and a lot of these competitors don\u2019t, so it\u2019s kind of hard for me because I\u2019m not always the first out. It\u2019s really hard to tell myself that\u2019s okay. So usually the first part is controlled and then the last 100 is where I thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Smith broke the 17-18 National Age Group Record to finish second in 2:06.39. The previous mark was set by Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> in 2015 (2:07.68).<\/p>\n

Remedy Rule<\/strong> finished third in 2:10.99, breaking her own Filipino national record.<\/p>\n

TYR Pro Swim Series, Des Moines<\/h4>\n