2019 US Open Championships: Leah Smith Scratches 200 IM B-Final

Torrey Hart
by Torrey Hart 1

December 05th, 2019 National, News

2019 U.S. OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Thursday finals heat sheet

Only two swimmers scratched out of A or B-finals on night 2 of the 2019 U.S. Open Championships in Atlanta.

  • Tucson Ford Dealer Aquatics’ Leah Smith finished 15th in prelims of the 200 IM, going 2:15.23, and scratched the final. She is already the No. 2 seed behind Katie Ledecky in the 400 free after going 4:08.77, and will remain in that event Thursday night.
  • Florida senior Khader Baqlah scratched out of the 400 free final after finishing 15th in 3:54.31. He does not have any other finals Thursday night. In his stead, Marcelo Acosta will swim in the B-final after going 3:54.64.

Notable scatches from C finals include Ryan Held and Townley Haas.

  • Haas was slated to swim in the C final after going 3:54.86 in the 400 free this morning.
  • Held went 22.88 for 23rd overall in 50 free prelims and scratched out of the C final.

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Sunny Cal
4 years ago

I hate when these pro swimmers think they are to great to swim anything but the A final, and scratch out.

About Torrey Hart

Torrey Hart

Torrey is from Oakland, CA, and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College, where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team. Outside of SwimSwam, she has bylines at Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, SB Nation, and The Student Life newspaper.

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