2019 BLOOMINGTON PRO SWIM SERIES
- Thursday, May 16 – Sunday, May 19, 2019
- Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center, Bloomington, Indiana
- Long course meters (LCM) format
- Eastern Time zone
- Prelims 9 AM / Finals 6 PM (Thursday timed finals 4 PM)
- Meet site
- Live Stream:
- Psych sheets
- Live results
Reported by James Sutherland.
WOMEN’S 200 FREE FINAL
- PSS Record: 1:54.43, Katie Ledecky, 2016
- Katie Ledecky, NCAP, 1:55.80
- Simone Manuel, ALTO, 1:57.24
- Madisyn Cox, TXLA, 1:58.52
Katie Ledecky was dominant en route to the victory in the women’s 200 freestyle, posting a time of 1:55.80. Ledecky’s 2018-19 season-best stands at 1:55.32 from the U.S. Winter Nats, which ranks her 2nd in the world, but this was just .02 off of her fastest swim in 2019 (1:55.78 at the Knoxville PSS).
Simone Manuel established a season-best of her own in second, clocking 1:57.24, which stands up as the fastest swim she’s ever had outside of a U.S. Summer National Championship meet. Her lifetime best is 1:57.01.
In third, Madisyn Cox set a new PB in 1:58.52, taking out her 1:58.76 from the Richmond stop last month.
She never seems to have a bad meet. She’s one of the most consistent swimmers in competition.
Titmus from AUS could challenge her in the 200 and 400 free. Katie wins so many races by just swimming away from the field right from the gun. For a change, I’d like to see her have to battle down to the wire with another freestyler.
I’m excited to see go faster than some dudes at world’s
Hitting 1:55 non rested, I’m predicting a 1:53 low or maybe even 1:52 high this summer.
She always goes fast not rested. Most females do because they are suited up which makes a huge difference.
I’ll bet the over on any Ledecky projection around here. You guys still seem to think she is 18 and on the rise