2019 SANTA CLARA SWIM CLUB INTERNATIONAL MEET
- June 6-9, 2019
- George F. Haines International Aquatic Center
- Santa Clara, CA
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Katie Drabot of Alto Swim Club continues to progress in the 200 fly, as she won the event tonight with a lifetime best of 2:06.67. Cassidy Bayer of Cal took 2nd in 2:10.70.
Drabot split this race very well, going 28.5 on the first 50 and then holding 32’s the rest of the race. She was 1:00.80 going out, coming home in a 1:05.87.
Having never really focused on this race in long course until 2o18, Drabot got down to 2:07.18 to take 2nd at Nationals last summer and qualify for both 2018 Pan Pacs and 2019 Worlds. Tonight, she takes .51 off of that time, and she moves up to #4 in the world. The 200 fly is becoming much stronger for the American women, as they now have two swimmers ranked in the world’s top 5, both under 2:07 outside of championship season.
2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 200 FLY
FLICKINGER
2.05.96
| 2 | Katie DRABOT | USA | 2.06.59 | 07/24 |
| 3 | Franziska HENTKE | GER | 2.06.50 | 11/21 |
| 4 | Katinka HOSSZU | HUN | 2.06.62 | 05/12 |
| 5 | Boglarka KAPAS | HUN | 2.06.78 | 07/25 |
Katie McLaughlin of Cal had the swim of her life in the 200 free, going 1:56.48 to win by over two seconds over Alto’s Brooke Forde (1:58.94). She was 56.36 going out and then dropped two 30-low’s on the back end. That was McLaughlin’s second time under 1:57 ever, and it takes four tenths off of her old best of 1:56.88 from the 2018 Pan Pacs. She’s now tied for 6th in the world this season.
Katie Ledecky was a scratch after going 1:56.65 this morning.
2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 200 FREE
PELLEGRINI
1.54.22
| 2 | Ariarne Titmus | AUS | 1.54.27 | 07/25 |
| 3 | Emma McKEON | AUS | 1.54.55 | 06/11 |
| 4 | Sarah SJOSTROM | SWE | 1.54.78 | 07/24 |
| 5 | Siobhan HAUGHEY | HKG | 1.54.98 | 07/24 |
| 6 | Katie LEDECKY | USA | 1.55.32 | 11/30 |
Alto’s Allie Raab won the 100 breast on the women’s side in 1:08.78, her fastest since 2016. It’s not too far from her best, the 1:07.92 she went at the 2016 Jr Pan Pacs to win the silver medal there.
Ca’s Alicia Wilson swam to a win in the women’s 200 IM, going 2:12.18. That was less than a second off of her 2:11.60 best from 2019 British Champs this past April.
Aptos Cabrillo’s Chris Staka added a quarter of a second in the 50 back but still took the race by a huge margin, going 25.32 with nobody else under 27 seconds.
OTHER EVENTS
- Cristofer Gore, 17 years old, was 2:03.79 to win the men’s 200 fly.
- Alto Swim Club’s Hank Poppe posted a 1:02.86 to win the men’s 100 breast.
- Colby Mefford of Sierra Marlins Swim Team took the men’s 200 free with a 1:51.34.
- Christopher Jhong of Cal won the men’s 200 IM, going 2:04.40.
- The women’s 50 back went to Cal’s Keaton Blovad at 28.45.
I’m very happy to see Katie McLaughlin going best times. She’s come all the way back and more!
She is also back on the 800 free relay with that 1.56 ….
Hopefully she will break 1:56 secs barrier before Tokyo Olympic
200 m butterfly AR will be rewritten this summer…McLaughlin will break 1:56 secs barrier before Tokyo Olympic
Could be, could be….
Thats great for Katie D. However, the 200 fly ramkings seem wrong. Hali Flickinger should be number 1 since she has the fastest time woth a 2:06.40.
I think this meet may be a nice destressor for some of the swimmers. I know that after days of studying, it feels nice to just race. Granted, I am no professional swimmer.
Katie appears to have found the 200 fly as her specialty. Funny but only last year when she finished 2nd to Ledecky in the 500 at NCAA, it seemed like she might be the heir apparent.
Excited for Katie as a 200 flyer. Can’t wait to see what the Cardinal girls can do with a taper at the Nationals and World’s
Go Katie and Katie! And the other Katie who scratched!
I’m so old that I can remember back when the Santa Clara meet was a really big deal, when top swimmers from around the world came to.participate, when finals qualifiers didn’t bail for the evening session, and when the meet organizers posted the results moments after the races were swum!
It took a hit this year because of the TYR pro series pulling out and they didn’t know if the meet was going to happen for awhile. I assume a lot of the international people took the meet of their schedules when that happened. I’m expecting the meet to become a big deal again, just had one off year.
It’s called PROGRESS!
I see it as an absolute win!
But DO THEY STILL GIVE OUT PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST? The mark of a truly great meet.
I think Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong posted a 15605 at the Mare Nostrum Meet, so McLaughlin’s time tonight is the 6th fastest time in the world this year
Yes, thanks for catching that. Updated!