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Trojan’s Yuliya Efimova swept the breaststroke titles at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara with the second-fastest women’s 50-meter breast of the year.
Efimova clocked a time of 30.37 for the victory, moving under her previous second-best time of 30.39 from Russian Nationals. Only Ruta Meilutyte has been faster this year with a 29.88.
Trojan’s Jessica Hardy also cleared 31 seconds with a second-place time of 30.94 tonight, a bit off her fourth-ranked season best of 30.61 from the Charlotte stop of the Series.
SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson, the third-ranked swimmer in the world with a 30.54 from Charlotte, took third tonight in 31.01.
Canton City’s Laura Lindsay placed fourth in 31.26 with Stanford’s Sarah Haase earning fifth in 31.42.
Clovis’ Danielle Herrmann (31.97), Argentina’s Julia Sebastian (32.55), BlueFish’s Laura Sogar (32.69) and Tucson Ford’s Emma Schoettmer (33.14) also swam in the A final.
Wisconsin’s Anna Meinholz clipped Jordan Surhoff for the B final win, 33.05 to 33.07.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 50 breast
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 100 free
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 1500 free