2020 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET
- Friday, March 13th – Sunday, March 15th
- Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 50m (LCM)
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The 2020 Edinburgh International Swim Meet roared on its first day, with Tom Dean, Laura Stephens, James Guy, Duncan Scott and Freya Anderson all putting up some impressive in-season outings to echo across the empty pools throughout Europe.
Another attendee at the meet, Cesar Castro, made his presence known as well, producing a new Spanish national record in the men’s 200m free.
Entering this meet, Castro’s lifetime best and Spanish standard stood at the 1:47.85 he registered at the 2018 European Championships. He earned that mark as lead-off on his nation’s men’s 4x200m free relay there in Glasgow, with the squad ultimately finishing 5th.
After establishing himself as the top-seeded swimmer in the morning heats here in Edinburgh with a time of 1:49.04, Castro, who represents Santa Olaya, busted out a time of 1:47.45 to ultimately finish in 4th place. Tom Dean took the gold in a new lifetime best of 1:46.03, James Guy took silver in an in-season best of 1:46.79 and Duncan Scott stepped up for bronze in 1:47.39.
As for Castro, his splits tonight included 52.63/54.82 to give him the 1:47.45 new national record.
