FINA CHAMPIONS SWIM SERIES 2019 #3 – INDIANAPOLIS
- May 31 – June 1, 2019
- Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50m)
- 7 pm ET
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- Entry List
- Live Stream (NBC Sports)
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- Live Results (Omega)
Recent Texas A&M graduate Sydney Pickrem has had a hold on the Canadian 200m IM record for years now, and she only has continued to lower the mark as a professional.
In April at Canadian Trials, she lowered the mark to 2:08.71, down from 2:09.07 from the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships. She dropped another tenth Saturday night in Indianapolis at the final stop of the 2019 FINA Champions Swim Series, going 2:08.61.
Taking second place by just .11 behind world record holder Katinka Hosszu (2:08.50), Pickrem split 28.17/32.65/37.08/30.71.
Pickrem has continually switched up the pacing of her race over the past two years; her most recent swim had the fastest opening split by over her past four attempts, and her second-fastest back leg. However, the record-breaking swim included her slowest breast split by at least two tenths, and her free split tied her 2017 FINA World Championships swim for the fastest of her last four attempts.
| PICKREM, 2017 WORLDS | PICKREM, 2018 PAN PACS | PICKREM, 2019 TRIALS |
PICKREM, 2019 CSS
|
| 28.65 | 28.48 | 28.39 | 28.17 |
| 1:01.58 (32.93) | 1:01.47 (32.99) | 1:00.83 (32.44) | 1:00.82 (32.65) |
| 1:38.46 (36.88) | 1:38.33 (36.86) | 1:37.66 (36.83) | 1:37.90 (37.08) |
| 2:09.17 (30.71) | 2:09.07 (30.74) | 2:08.71 (31.05) | 2:08.61 (30.71) |
Pickrem took sixth in the 200 IM in Rio, then bronze in the 400 IM at Worlds and silver in the 200 IM at Pan Pacs. Her newest record keeps her ranked at No. 2 in the world this season, behind Hosszu.
2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 200 IM
HOSSZU
2.07.02
| 2 | Ye SHIWEN | CHN | 2.08.60 | 07/22 |
| 3 | Sydney PICKREM | CAN | 2.08.61 | 06/01 |
| 4 | Rika OMOTO | JPN | 2.08.64 | 05/10 |
| 5 | Yui OHASHI | JPN | 2.08.80 | 08/04 |
Pickrem is a little faster this year in the backstroke. She swam a strong race, and Katinka dug deep to beat her. It was one of the best races of the night.
She’s clearly been focusing on her two weaker strokes a lot this past year. That’s probably a good thing in the long run.
Pickrem took bronze in the 400m IM at the 2017 Worlds, not the 200m IM. In the 200m, Pickrem stopped swimming at the completion of the first 50m.
True, but that time shown is from the semi-final, not the final.