TUCSON, Arizona, June 6. TUCSON’s own Matt Grevers powered his way to a pair of quick wins at the Southwest Classic tonight.<\/p>\n
He kicked off his succesful night in the men’s 100-meter free with a win as he clocked a 50.53. Santa Clara’s Sam Shimomura placed second to the Olympic gold medalist with a 52.11, just off his personal best of 52.08 from the Arena Grand Prix stop in Mesa. Tucson Ford’s Trey Cashion claimed third in 53.21<\/p>\n
Grevers returned for more gold, this time in the men’s 200-meter back when he clocked a 2:03.52 for the win. He downed French backstroker Eric Ress, now representing the Santa Clara Swim club, who took second overall in 2:03.96. It was a friendly in-season battle for the two, considering both have been in the 1:57 range in their careers. Michael Meyer of Tucson Ford rounded out the top three in 2:06.93.<\/p>\n
Tucson Ford’s Margo Geer lit up the women’s 100-meter free finale with a 56.54, winning the race by more than a second. Meanwhile, Sarah Shimomura, 16, of Santa Clara Swim Club nearly posted a lifetime best with a second-place time of 57.65. That’s just off her personal record of 57.37 clocked at the Arena Grand Prix stop in Mesa. Teammate Courtney Monsees took third overall in 57.90.<\/p>\n
Tucson Ford’s Elizabeth Pepper edged out FAST’s Bailey Nero, 2:17.40 to 2:17.70, for the women’s 200-meter fly crown, while WETT’s Sydney Hirschi hit the wall in 2:18.32 for third overall in the event. In another close contest, Michael Messner clipped Gold’s Mark Jurek, 2:06.11 to 2:06.35, in the men’s 200-meter fly in a battle of the teens. Messner, 17, dropped three seconds from his personal best of 2:09.89, while 16-year-old Mark Jurek has already been 2:04.63 in his career. Santa Clara’s Aidan Burns grabbed third in 2:08.51.<\/p>\n
A day after winning the men’s 1500-meter freestyle, Burns collected his second freestyle victory in Tucson with a 4:02.64 to top the men’s 400-meter free. Michael Nunan checked in with a second-place 4:02.66, while Michael Messner snagged third in 4:03.73.<\/p>\n
Full results are available on Meet Mobile. The women’s 200 back and 400 free, however, are not accurate. We will update this article when those results are complete.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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