Swimming Video edit – Coleman Hodges
Video Capture – GMM
MEN’S 100 Backstroke – reported by Jared Anderson
Though German Yannick Lebherz was the top seed coming out of prelims, former Russian Olympian Arkady Vyatchanin denied him his second event win, dropping two full seconds from prelims to win in 54.07. That easily outdistanced the field, as second place Junya Koga of Club Wolverine finished in 55.64. Lebherz wound up third, just a few hundredths off his prelims swim. His German countryman Carl-Louis Schwarz finished right behind, going 56.21 for fourth place.
Gabor Balog was fifth for Hungary, followed by Auburn trainer Albert Subirats. 15-year-old Ethan Young out of Carpet Capital and Club Wolverine’s Miguel Ortiz rounded out the A field.
Hungarian David Foldhazi, who trains full-time with Katinka Hosszu, won the B final in 57.00, just edging out 14-year-old pro Michael Andrew‘s 57.13 and former Virginia Tech starZach McGinnis‘s 57.42. That time for Andrew breaks his old NAG record of 57.38 set at the Austin stop of the Grand Prix circuit.
