Produced by Coleman Hodges.
Reported by Karl Ortegon.
MEN’S 200 IM FINALS
Top 3
- Thiago Pereira, Brazilian Swimming, 1:57.77
- Max Williamson, Unattached, 2:02.38
- Alex Liang, PASA, 2:04.81
Thiago Pereira did not play around, jumping out to a huge lead right off the bat. He absolutely decimated the field, swimming a very strong 1:57.77 for the win. Pereira dropped almost nine seconds from prelims.
The Brazilian Olympian touched first ahead of Max Williamson, who swam a 2:02.38 for 2nd. Williamson took four seconds off of his prelims time. Third went to PASA’s Alex Liang in 2:04.81, just ahead of Australian Jared Gilliland(2:04.85).
Winning the B final was Pleasanton Seahawks’ Lyon Zhang in 2:06.79.
He gave a shout out to Cseh too which is super cool – crazily underrated athlete with Phelps and Lochte are in the conversation!
Agreed, impressive and competitive guy.
Great interview With Perreira to – Very cool guy – Impressed