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Zane Grothe had a very good finish to his 2017 where he broke two American records at the Winter Nationals in December. Grothe transferred that momentum to long course at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Austin to get his 2018 off to a good start. He won the 200 free final on Thursday night in Austin with a 1:48.18.
Grothe used his back half to pull away from Texas’ Clark Smith (1:49.34) and Georgia’s Matias Koski (1:49.91). Trey Freeman (1:50.15), Jeremy Bagshaw (1:50.52), Anton Ipsen (1:51.04), Andreas Vazaios (1:51.04) and Andrej Barna (1:51.91) also competed in the championship final.
Grothe picked up points for Kaitlin Sandeno while Smith represents Jason Lezak.
Event 10 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 1:42.00 7/28/2009 Paul Biedermann
American: A 1:42.96 8/12/2008 Michael Phelps
Meet: M 1:44.82 2016 Sun Yang
Pool: P 1:45.76 Yannick Agnel
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Grothe, Zane 25 Una Mvn-CA 1:49.11 1:48.18
25.72 53.46 (27.74)
1:21.18 (27.72) 1:48.18 (27.00)
2 Smith, Clark 22 Longhorn Aquatic 1:49.04 1:49.34
25.73 53.54 (27.81)
1:22.01 (28.47) 1:49.34 (27.33)
3 Koski, Matias 23 Athens Bulldog S 1:51.47 1:49.91
25.66 53.48 (27.82)
1:22.44 (28.96) 1:49.91 (27.47)
4 Freeman, Trey 17 Baylor Swim Club 1:49.94 1:50.15
25.91 53.89 (27.98)
1:22.29 (28.40) 1:50.15 (27.86)
5 Bagshaw, Jeremy 25 Island Swimming- 1:50.71 1:50.52
26.56 54.34 (27.78)
1:22.62 (28.28) 1:50.52 (27.90)
6 Ipsen, Anton Oe 23 NC State Univers 1:51.07 1:51.04
26.78 54.82 (28.04)
1:23.53 (28.71) 1:51.04 (27.51)
6 Vazaios, Andrea 23 NC State Univers 1:50.54 1:51.04
26.43 54.04 (27.61)
1:22.17 (28.13) 1:51.04 (28.87)
8 Barna, Andrej 19 Univ Louisville- 1:51.64 1:51.91
26.05 54.26 (28.21)
1:23.14 (28.88) 1:51.91 (28.77)
