Reported by Mitch Bowmile.
MEN’S 100M BACKSTROKE FINALS
Top seed: David Plummer (52.12)
World record: 51.94 – Aaron Peirsol
American record: 51.94 – Aaron Peirsol
U.S Open record: 51.94 – Aaron Peirsol
U.S Nationals record: 51.94 – Aaron Peirsol
JR World record: 53.67 – Javier Acevedo (Canada)
2012 Winning Time: 52.08 – Matt Grevers
With all the buzz around the pool deck centered around the men’s 100m backstroke and the possibility of a world record, stakes were high. David Plummer‘s been amazing this year, Ryan Murphy has been amazing this year, Matt Grevers is the reigning Olympic champion.
Flying across the pool on the first 50 with the fastest turnover in the entire field, Plummer took the lead turning under world record pace. Right with him was Murphy who also turned under world record pace as the two churned for home.
Plummer and Murphy began to distance themselves in the final stretch from Grevers as Jacob Pebley began to creep up. Murphy got his hand on the wall first securing his spot on the Olympic roster in 52.26 with Plummer second just two one-hundredths behind him in 52.28.
Grevers finished third in 52.76 with Jacob Pebley also dipping under 53-seconds in 52.95.
- Ryan Murphy (52.26)
- David Plummer (52.28)
- Matt Grevers (52.76)
- Jacob Pebley (52.95)
- Michael Taylor (54.04)
- John Shebat (54.20)
- Sean Lehane (54.72) – TIE
- Jake Taylor (54.72) – TIE
For official results click here.
My hero. Congrats man and good luck in rio. Bring back some medals!
What drive —- to chase a dream like that. If anyone was going to displace a great guy like Grevers as the old guard in backstroke, I’m glad it was Plummer.
Ditto! And heaviest kudos, Plummer! Sticking with it until 2016, finally knocking those critical tenths off in the last many months. A first-time Olympian in men’s swimming over the age of 30! Nearly incomprehensible, even today. That smile from the picture immediately after his 52.4 in Santa Clara says everything!
Oh, uh, yeah, Plummer’s picture was from Indy. All that excitement in one weekend: Austin, Santa Clara, Indy. Note to self: check facts, why don’t ya? The men’s 100 back in Rio is going to be epic, and America, as has been historically so since at least Adolf Kiefer, will be right in the thick of the roaring pack!
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very goood man so nice swim