{"id":47045,"date":"2014-01-18T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T18:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=47045"},"modified":"2015-08-22T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T18:12:13","slug":"video-micah-lawrence-closes-out-laura-sogar-in-200-breast-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-micah-lawrence-closes-out-laura-sogar-in-200-breast-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Micah Lawrence Closes Out Laura Sogar in 200 Breast in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUSTIN, Texas, January 18. SWIMMAC’s Micah Lawrence held off a hard-charging Laura Sogar of BlueFish to capture the women’s 200-meter breaststroke title in 2:25.73 at the Arena Grand Prix stop in Austin.<\/p>\n

Lawrence split the race 33.79, 37.38, 37.24, 37.32 as she made sure to get her hand to the wall first in the finale. Lawrence is coming off the fun-filled Duel in the Pool, where she made a name for herself by showing off her quirky personality with some of her public relations commitments.<\/p>\n

Sogar, meanwhile, just back in town after a 12-hour photo shoot with sponsor Arena in San Antonio yesterday, picked up silver with a time of 2:26.14. She split the race 33.84, 37.01, 37.99, 37.30 to take second overall. SMU’s Rachel Nicol pocketed bronze with a 2:28.09.<\/p>\n

The rest of the field finished well behind with Canada’s Tera Van Beilen taking fourth in 2:32.44. SMU’s Raminta Dvariskyte checked in with a fifth-place time of 2:33.70, while SwimMAC’s Katie Meili claimed sixth in 2:34.22.<\/p>\n

16-year-old Destiny Nelson of Frisco snared seventh in the finale with a 2:36.17, while T2’s Justine Muller wound up eighth overall in 2:36.86.<\/p>\n

Abbigail Duncan smoked the B final by nearly two seconds to win the heat in 2:33.34. That’s still two seconds back of the Missouri swimmer’s lifetime best of 2:31.80, but it was more than enough to torch the rest of the field.<\/p>\n