Reported by Chelsea Howard.
MEN’S 200 BREAST – FINALS
Josh Prenot, who was a Rio Olympian in this event, cruised to a fourth place finish in prelims with a 2:14.72. Tonight, he dropped 4.25 seconds in finals as he swam to a first place finish with a 2:10.47 – nearly a second faster than anyone else. Chase Kalisz who was top seed after this morning finished second with a 2:11.29 and Olympic breaststroker Kevin Cordes was just .4 behind Kalisz with a 2:11.50.
Daniel Roy held his own in finals as a high school junior going a 2:12.84. He swam just over two seconds faster than this morning and was part of the U.S Junior Pan Pacs last summer.
Top 8:
- Pernot, 2:10.47
- Kalisz, 2:11.29
- Cordes, 2:11.50
- Claverie, 2:11.92
- Roy, 2:12.84
- Schroder, 2:14.28
- Yang, 2:17.48
- Bornstein, 2:17.68
Money, money…I’m tellin you, it’s gotta be the shoes.