Jack Conger Wins 100 Backstroke Bronze On Day 2 Of WUGS (Race Video)

2015 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES

• July 4th-July 11th, 2015 (Saturday-Saturday)
• Gwangju, South Korea
• Prelims 8:30AM/Finals 7PM (local time)
• Prelims 7:30PM (day before)/Finals 6AM (U.S. Eastern Time)
• Full meet preview
• Results
• Link to Day Two Prelims Coverage
• The official FISU feed: http://www.livefisu.tv
• In the United States: ESPN3.com
• Twitter: @swimswamlive

As reported by SwimSwam Contributor Robert Gibbs:

MEN’S 100 BACK FINAL

This was one of the tightest races we’ve seen yet, with at least four men who looked like they had a chance to win it at the 75 mark.  In the end, Japan’s Junya Hasegawa held onto his lead to take the gold with a time of 53.77.  That times moves him from 21st to tied for 12th in the world this year.  Christopher Ciccarese of Italy was only sixth at the wall, but had the fastest split in the second 50 to come in second with a 53.92.  Jack Conger of the USA took the bronze with a 54.09, just off his personal best from two years ago, while teammate Jacob Pebley finished just outside medal position with a 54.22.

Coming in fifth was Italy’s Matteo Milli (54.65), followed by Russia Andrei Shabasov (54.76).  Seonkwan Park of South Korea touched seventh (54.90), and France’s Eddie Moueddene rounded out the field with a 55.14.

After sweeping the gold medals on the first day of the competition, the USA has a total of one minor medal out of three medal races tonight.