FINA CHAMPIONS SWIM SERIES 2019 #3 – INDIANAPOLIS
- May 31 – June 1, 2019
- Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50m)
- 7 pm ET
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Reported by Nick Pecoraro.
MEN’S 200 BACK
- Jacob Pebley, USA, 1:56.35
- Ryan Murphy, USA, 1:56.51
- Matt Grevers, USA, 1:59.47
- Danas Rapsys, LTU, 2:14.02
The Americans were bunched together throughout the first 100 of the race, with Lithuanian Danas Rapsys falling off pace early on. Soon into the final 50, Grevers too was off pace as the Rio Olympians in this event were dueling to the finish. Into the finish, Pebley defeated his former Cal teammate by 16/100.
Pebley’s time now bumps him to #9 in the world. Murphy remains at #7 with his 1:56.16 from the Knoxville PSS. In Budapest, Pebley took second with a 1:56.67 behind Russion Evgeny Rylov‘s 1:55.92. Rylov current holds the world #1 with his 1:54.00 from Russian Nationals.
Jacob swam a smart race. He was well ahead of Ryan going into the last lap and then Ryan couldn’t close the gap.
That’s probably the only way he can beat Ryan because Ryan is so good the last 50.
Rylov won the 2017 Worlds the same way.
He tried it the last Tyr pro series meet and Murphy killed him the last 50. A bit more rested now. That event will be one of the better races at Worlds.
Happy for Pebs. I’m sure that was a great monkey to get off of his back
Am I the only one who doesn’t mind them getting $5k for getting last whether they swam fast or slow? I know some swimmers were just asked at last minute to swim an extra event or two. And if they have another prime event coming up, I would do the same. Ask any of these elite swimmers and I am sure they understand.
Maybe the wanna be elite swimmers don’t agree! Next time, you can take his or her place and try and beat Murphy or Pebley or Grevers!
If would have swum it to his best ability, he’d still be out of the mix by a mile, and then people would’ve been bitching that he swam poorly in the 400 free. $5K is a small bone to toss to these elites who have been crushing themselves for years without much compensation.
Sounds fair. So long as the pro athletes then remember that the suit companies, FINA, the ISL, and the fans don’t owe them anything, either. That’s a two way street (and not a two way street upon which professional athletics is built).
2:14??? Did something happen?
Most likely threw the race to save for the others as it was his first of the session
He loafed it the whole way
And gets $5k for it…
error in the selection process. No incentives to try once selected. People can just settle for fourth and get 5k. A rules change should be made to fix this. If you aren’t going to try in an event, don’t swim it.