2019 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET
- Friday, March 15th – Sunday, March 17th
- Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Day 1 Prelims Highlights
Commonwealth Games champion Alys Thomas kicked off her Edinburgh International Swim Meet campaign with a strong swim in the women’s 200m fly heats. The 28-year-old powered her way to the top seed in a solid 2:09.80, beating the morning filed by well over 2 seconds to claim lane 4 for tonight’s final.
Her time tonight already checks-in as her season best and lands Thomas in the 10th spot among the world’s fastest thus far.
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 |
6 | Yui OHASHI | JPN | 2.07.03 | 11/21 |
7 | Suzuka HASEGAWA | JPN | 2.07.21 | 04/05 |
8 | Regan SMITH | US | 2.07.26 | 07/31 |
9 | Hiroko MAKINO | JPN | 2.07.32 | 04/06 |
10 | Yufei ZHANG | CHN | 2.07.36 | 04/27 |
Olympians James Guy, Stephen Milne and Duncan Scott were all represented in the men’s 200m free heats, with Guy taking the top spot in the only sub-1:50 outing of the morning. Registering a time of 1:49.95, Guy will be the man to beat this evening, with Milne and Scott flanking him with morning efforts of 1:50.13 and 1:50.50, respectively.
Breaststroking ace James Wilby was also in the water this morning, taking the men’s 200m breast pole position in a time of 2:11.46. Wilby has already been as fast as 2:09.71 this season, breaking the British Universities & Colleges Championships Record just last month.