2020 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE: MATCH 1
- Friday, October 16: 4 PM-6 PM Local Time (10 AM-12 noon U.S. Eastern, 11 PM-1 AM J+1 Japan)
- Saturday, October 17: 8 PM-10 PM Local Time (2 PM-4 PM U.S. Eastern, 3 AM-5 AM J+1 Japan)
- Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- 2020 ISL Scoring Format
- 2020 ISL Prize Money and Bonuses
- How To Watch
- Teams: Energy Standard, Cali Condors, LA Current, NY Breakers
Melanie Margalis is the first swimmer to break a major record during the second season of the International Swimming League, knocking off her own mark in the women’s 200 individual medley (SCM).
Margalis, 28, rattled off a time of 2:04.06 to win the event by close to two seconds, resetting her mark of 2:04.18 set at last season’s match in Indianapolis. Prior to that swim, Margalis had held the record at 2:04.62 from the 2018 Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China.
Comparative Splits:
| 2020 American Record | 2020 ISL – Match 1 | 27.63 | 31.59 | 35.41 | 29.43 | 2:04.06 |
| 2019 American Record | 2019 ISL – Indy | 27.62 | 31.39 | 35.38 | 29.79 | 2:04.18 |
| 2018 American Record | 2018 World SC | 27.53 | 31.61 | 35.68 | 29.80 | 2:04.62 |
Competing for the Cali Condors, Margalis won the 200 IM in three of her four appearances last season, only falling to the London Roar’s Sydney Pickrem during the 2019 final in Las Vegas.
The time for Margalis registers as the 12th-fastest of all-time, with Hungarian Katinka Hosszu holding down the 11 fastest performances. Hosszu’s world record sits at 2:01.86 from 2014.
Abbie Wood of the New York Breakers was the runner-up in today’s event in a time of 2:05.89, while the LA Current’s Anastasia Gorbenko lowered her Israeli National Record for third in 2:06.46. The 17-year-old held the previous mark at 2:07.64 set last season in Budapest.
She is incredible, especially in a format like this. She just never seems to get tired!
Thank Fred Lewis
Georgia Bulldawg! Way to go Melanie!