Zane Grothe Pulls Away From Clark Smith in 200 Free Final in Austin

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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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
=========================================================================
        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 
=========================================================================
                       === 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)
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