2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – PLAYOFFS MATCH 3, DAY 2
- Thursday, November 18th – Friday, November 19th
- 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm local time; 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
- Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Short Course Meters (25m – SCM) Format
- ISL Season 3 Schedules, Start Times, & More
- Omega Results
- Day 1 Live Recap
- Teams Competing: Energy Standard, Toronto Titans, Aqua Centurions, DC Trident
Just a few events after her Energy Standard teammate Ilya Shymanovich broke his own world record in the men’s 100 breaststroke, Siobhan Haughey blasted her way to a 1:50.66 in the women’s 200 freestyle, rattling Sarah Sjostrom‘s 2017 World Record of 1:50.43.
Haughey’s swim now stands as the second-fastest swim of all time and broke her own ISL and Hong Kong National Record of 1:51.11 set during the ISL Season 2 in Budapest last year.
The 24-year-old now owns five of the 10-fastest swims ever.
All-Time Performances, Women’s 200 Freestyle (SCM)
- Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 1:50.43 – 2017
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:50.66 – 2021
- Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 1:50.78 – 2014
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:51.11 – 2020
- Federica Pellegrini (ITA) / Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:51.17 – 2009 / 2021
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- Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 1:51.18 – 2014
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:51.19 – 2020
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:51.36 – 2020
- Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 1:51.38 – 2018
Split Comparison
| Old PB (2020): 1:51.11 | New PB: 1:50.66 | Sjostrom WR (2017): | |
| 50 | 25.88 | 26.22 | 25.99 |
| 100 | 54.09 (28.21) | 54.14 (27.92) | 54.45 (28.46) |
| 150 | 1:22.46 (28.37) | 1:22.61 (28.47) | 1:22.61 (28.16) |
| 200 | 1:51.11 (28.65) | 1:50.66 (28.05) | 1:50.43 (27.82) |
Looking at her splits, Haughey made a clear effort to control her first 50 speed more than she did a year ago. Her opening 50 of 26.22 is almost 4 tenths slower than her opening 50 from last year, though she almost made up the difference entirely on the second 50 as she split a 27.92 today. She flipped a little behind her pace at the 150, but had significantly more left in the tank for the final 50, out-splitting her former lifetime best by a full 6 tenths en route to a half-second best time.
Her race strategy also brings her more in line with Sarah Sjostrom‘s splitting from her 2017 world record, which prioritized back half speed over early-race speed.
Both Haughey and Sjostrom represent Energy Standard during the ISL season, giving them the most intimidating freestyle 1-2 punch in the league. In addition to her freestyle duties, Haughey has also been racing some breaststroke for Energy Standard as they look to take the ISL team title back from the Cali Condors in Season 3.
Nice!!!!
If Energy had been swimming like this last week they would have beat Cali.
I think the final is anyone’s game at this point. Will all depend who shows up on the day.
More commonly known as wether or not Cali has dressel. Don’t forget, he has sw for over 100 points multiple times in his career
Roar beat Cali when they had Dressel for half a match. Then Energy beat Roar three times, but couldn’t beat Cali even without Dressel.
There is so much more to it than Caeleb Dressel. Yes he’s Cali’s strongest swimmer but he’s not the deciding factor.
Not with Dressel jackpotting.
WR in the finals
Can’t wait for her to get that WR!