2021 BRITISH SWIMMING INVITATION MEET
- Friday, March 12th – Sunday, March 14th
- Manchester Aquatic Center
- LCM (50m)
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Live Results
- Live Stream
Following up on her Scottish national record in the women’s 100m backstroke from earlier in this British Swimming Invitation Meet, Kathleen Dawson just fired off the fastest 200m backstroke time of her career.
Touching the wall in a time of 2:09.44, 23-year-old Dawson shaved .18 off of her own previous national standard of 2:09.62 from way back in 2016. In doing so, tonight the University of Stirling star just frog-hopped several swimmers to become Great Britain’s 5th fastest performer ever.
Splits for Dawson’s 2:09.44 stunner tonight included 1:02.65/1:06.79 to top the field in the only mark under 2:10. Although, runner-up Cassie Wild was impressive as well, posting a silver medal-worthy effort of 2:10.93. That blasted away over 1 1/2 seconds from Wild’s previous PB of 2:13.62 from 2017.
Dawson now ranks as the 12th fastest swimmer in the world this season, with the British Swimming Championships on the horizon for next month.
2020-2021 LCM Women 200 Back
McKeown
2:04.28
| 2 | Kylie Masse | CAN | 2:05.42 | 07/31 |
| 3 | Margherita Panziera | ITA | 2:05.56 | 03/31 |
| 4 | Rhyan White | USA | 2:05.73 | 06/19 |
| 5 | Emily Seebohm | AUS | 2:06.17 | 07/31 |
| 6 | Phoebe Bacon | USA | 2:06.40 | 07/31 |
| 7 | Regan Smith | USA | 2:06.79 | 06/19 |
| 8 | Isabelle Stadden | USA | 2:07.28 | 05/21 |
| 9 | Kathleen Baker | USA | 2:07.54 | 03/05 |
| 10 | Cassie Wild | GBR | 2:07.74 | 05/23 |
| 11 | Minna Atherton | AUS | 2:07.86 | 12/15 |
| 12 | Katalin Burian | HUN | 2:07.87 | 05/23 |
| 13 | Peng Xuwei | CHN | 2:08.01 | 01/03 |
| 14 | Kathleen Dawson | GBR | 2:08.14 | 04/17 |
| 15 | Lena Grabowski | AUT | 2:08.19 | 05/23 |
You can read more about Dawson’s earlier 200m backstroke record from this meet in Manchester here.
7 sub 1:50 swims for the men’s 200 free tonight, including Dean and Scott 1:46s and Guy a 1:47!! 4×200 looking really promising.