Ryan Murphy swims the backstroke in 53.16 100 in Irvine (Club Excellence Challenge Men's Roundup)
veteran backstroker ryan murphy He continues to improve in preparation for this summer's Olympic Trials. The reigning world champion in the 100 back is looking to put himself in a position to regain the Olympic gold medal he won in 2016, clocking 53.16 seconds in his final appearance of the season, beating his closest competitor by more than two seconds. . The Southern California Invitational, held in Irvine, Calif., is part of the USA Swimming Club Excellence Challenge taking place this weekend.
Murphy remained ranked 13th in the world, but slightly improved on last season's best time of 53.23 seconds.The only American who ran fast this year was hunter armstrongwon the gold medal at the sparsely-attended world championships in February with a time of 52.68 seconds.
I swam in the 53 second range on Saturday as well. Shayne Casas, 2022 World Championship 200 back bronze medalist. At the Austin meet, Casas clocked 53.89 seconds, easily beating another Texas-trained swimmer. Will Modglin (54.74).Atlanta Classic 100 returned to Virginia swimmers jack akins Close game against North Carolina State University Kakper Stokowski54.40 to 54.48, with Marcus Reyes-Gentry (54.66) and Grant Bochenski (54.91) also exceeded 55.
Other events on Saturday included the 800m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m IM and 50m freestyle.
Men's 800 Freestyle
of florida Alfonso Mestre He had by far the fastest time of the night at the Atlanta Classic, winning in 7 minutes, 52.15 seconds, beating the other Gators by more than 13.5 seconds. Aryan Nera (8:05.74) And lamar taylor (8:08.13).A highly versatile athlete appeared in the 800m, which is rare in Irvine. Gabriel Jettwon in 8:04.79. conor fry He set the top time in Austin (8:14.70).
In Atlanta, Mexico Jorge Iga I used the 800 to get a 200 meter split. He recorded the fastest 200-meter time of the entire weekend at 1:46.86, bettering Friday's qualifying swim of 1:46.93 and final swim of 1:47.15.
Men's 200m breaststroke
What was the fastest time that night? Lyubomir Epitropov, a Bulgarian swimmer who trains at the University of Tennessee. Epitropov won in Atlanta in 2:10.23 over the Virginia Tech duo. miguel de lara (2:12.09) And Carles Col Marti (2:12.43). The second fastest time of the night was 2:11.24 posted by. Daniel Roy In Irvine.
Two American veterans face off in Austin; Nick Fink He won by less than a quarter of a second. Will Lycon. Fink, the 2021 Olympic Trials winner in this event, ran a time of 2:11.51, and Licon, who placed third in the past two trials, clocked a 2:11.77. jake foster I was 3rd place with a time of 2:12.55.
Men's 200IM
Nate Germon PreAfter a strong freshman season at the University of Texas, she won the short medley in Austin with a time of 2:00.16; Rex Maurer's Timing of 2:00.85. Patrick Groters We won in Atlanta with 3/100 overs. Munzer Kabbalah2:02.07 to 2:02.10, Irvine finished just as close. campbell mckean that's all Noah Seck (2:03.25 – 2:03.29).
Men's 50 Freestyle
michael andrew He capped off a strong weekend with his third win in three tries at Irvine. The 25-year-old veteran of one Olympic and three World Championship teams ran a time of 22.09 seconds, beating his closest competitor in the 50 free by half a second. Artem Serin (22.58) and Gregory Lichinsky (22.67) Ranking completed.
Santiago Grassi In Atlanta, he finished in fourth place with a time of 22.33 seconds, finishing in the top spot. lamar taylor (22.45), david curtis (22.55) and Yusef Ramadan (22.56).Protect the Olympic gold medalist caleb dressel Although he scored 22.62 points in the preliminary round, he withdrew from the final. camden taylor He won in Austin with a score of 22.91.