Produced by Coleman Hodges.
Reported by Anne Lepesant.
ARENA PRO SWIM SERIES AT MESA
- Thursday, April 14 – Saturday, April 16, 2016
- Skyline Aquatic Center
- Mesa, Arizona (same as Pacific Daylight Time, GMT -7 hours)
- Prelims 9AM / Finals 5PM (12PM/8PM Eastern Daylight Time)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Stream
- Live Results
- Meet Central
- Friday Finals Program
WOMEN’S 100 METER BACKSTROKE – FINAL
- FINA A: 1:00.25
- U.S. Olympic Trials: 1:03.39
Kaitlin Harty of YMCA of the North Shore charged out with the leading split at the 50, but she couldn’t hold onto her pace and was outsplit over the back half by all but two swimmers. Stanford’s DiRado, second at the 50, held off a fast-charging Kirsty Coventry to earn the win with 1:00.71. Coventry even-split her race and touched second with 1:00.74.Katinka Hosszu went 1:00.84 for third, getting past Harty over the last 10 meters. Harty wound up fourth in 1:01.11, her best time by nearly half a second.
Lisa Bratton even-split her race, coming back from fourth at the 50 to win the B final with 1:02.67. Matea Samardziccame in second with 1:02.84, ahead of Cal’s Melanie Klaren (1:03.10).
Top 8:
- Maya DiRado 1:00.71
- Kirsty Coventry 1:00.74
- Katinka Hosszu 1:00.84
- Kaitlin Harty 1:01.11
- Missy Franklin 1:01.28
- Felicia Lee 1:02.10
- Ella Eastin 1:02.17
- Fernanda Gonzalez 1:03.80