Reported by James Sutherland.
WOMEN’S 200 BREAST FINAL
- Junior World: 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (TUR), 2015
- Meet: 2:26.35, Allie Szekely, 2012
- Anna Keating, MACH, 2:28.44
- Isabelle Odgers, NOVA, 2:29.44
- Claire Donan, TS, 2:30.67
15-year-old Anna Keating of Machine Aquatics led the women’s 200 breast final wire-to-wire, maintaining a slight edge over Irvine Novaquatics’ Isabelle Odgers throughout to win in a time of 2:28.44. That lowers her previous best of 2:30.03 set at Nationals last week, and puts her 11th all-time in the 15-16 age group.
Odgers took 2nd in 2:29.44, .04 off her best from Nats, and Claire Donan (2:30.67) held off Noelle Peplowski (2:31.06) for 3rd.
16-year-old Brynn Curtis dropped over three seconds from her best time to win the B-final in 2:31.75, and 13-year-old Grace Rainey had an impressive 2:33.55 from the C-final, lowering her best time by a second and a half. Both had initially set their best times in the prelims.
about a one and a half second drop from last week!
Brynnyy boo!