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Trojan’s Yuliya Efimova turned on the jets down the stretch to win the women’s 200-meter breast at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.
Efimova, who stunned many by cruising into finals with a 2:30 this morning, dominated the finale in a time of 2:23.64. That’s not near her season best of 2:22.12 from Russian Nationals that ranks fifth in the world, but was nearly two full seconds clear of the field.
Gator’s Hilda Luthersdottir claimed second tonight in a time of 2:25.61, while BlueFish’s Laura Sogar snared third overall in 2:27.04.
Auburn’s Annie Lazor (2:28.10), Minnesota’s Haley Spencer (2:28.39), Stanford’s Sarah Haase (2:31.37), SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson (2:31.47), Mexico’s Melissa Rodriguez Villanueva (2:31.53) and Tucson Ford’s Emma Schoettmer (2:32.88) rounded out the championship nine.
Argentina’s Julia Sebastian dropped six seconds from her prelim swim to win the B final in a time of 2:30.70.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 fly
- Men’s 200 fly
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 50 free
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 200 breast
- Men’s 200 breast
- Women’s 50 fly
- Men’s 50 fly
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 400 free