Markus Thormeyer Edges Own Canadian Record In 200 Back

2020 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – SEMIFINAL #1

In a session full of jaw-dropping performances, Markus Thormeyer reset the Canadian Record in the men’s 200 backstroke (SCM) for the second time this ISL season during the opening day of Semi-Final 1.

Thormeyer, who competes for the Tokyo Frog Kings, swam to a time of 1:50.27 in the event, placing sixth overall while knocking .03 off the National Record of 1:50.30 he set back in Match 5.

When the 23-year-old had set that record, he took out the mark previously held by Toronto Titan Cole Pratt by a full second (1:51.30). Prior to Pratt setting the record last December, Thormeyer held the mark from the ISL’s first season in 1:51.57.

Pratt, who will race with the Titans in Semi-Final 2 beginning Sunday, has a best of 1:51.95 so far this ISL season.

Split Comparison

Thormeyer ended up being slightly slower on the last three 50s relative to his Match 5 swim, but it didn’t matter as the gap created on the opening two lengths was enough to keep him under the record.

Thormeyer, Match 5 Thormeyer, Semi 1
26.00 25.83
27.27 (53.53) 27.49 (53.32)
28.01 (1:21.54) 28.16 (1:21.48)
28.76 (1:50.30) 28.79 (1:50.27)

A 2016 Olympian, Thormeyer has been knocking on the door of another Canadian Record this season in the 100 backstroke, where his swim of 50.61 in Match 9 falls just .01 shy of the super-suited mark set by Jake Tapp back in 2009. Thormeyer will likely have a shot at the record on day two.

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Swim mom Canada
4 years ago

Have fun and swim fast, keep chopping off seconds,

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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