2017 ART ADAMSON INVITATIONAL
- Live Results
- Psych Sheets
- Meet Central
- Hosted by Texas A&M (College Station, Texas)
- 25 Yards
- Invite Format
Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem dominated the 200 IM. She trailed Hawaii’s Franziska Weidner at the half, but came up with a breaststroke split that was over a second and a half faster than Weidner’s to take the lead. Pickrem continued to push ahead as she finished in 1:53.38. That was just 8 hundredths shy of her lifetime best.
Pickrem was gracious enough to speak with SwimSwam while on the massage table, and she discussed how integral the team energy is at a meet like this. Once the momentum got rolling with a relay win in the 200 free relay, the A&M women never looked back, throwing up swim after monster swim, including a school record. The night was capped with yet another exciting relay victory for the Aggies, as described above in juicy detail by Pickrem herself.
Guess Pickrem must’ve lost that energy after getting blown out by Ledecky in her 400 IM prelims heat the next day–she no-showed for the Final. Perhaps she got stuck on the massage table after the prelims.
So smiley! Great interview.
She’s a looker…wow