From Jared Anderson
MEN’S 100 BACK
Club Wolverine’s Junya Koga pulled off a big 100 backstroke win, topping reigning Olympic champ Matt Grevers and last year’s series backstroke dominator Arkady Vyatchanin.
Koga, a Japanese speedster who excels in the 50 and is still a major threat in the 100, went 53.97, blasting to the win by a couple tenths over Vyatchanin. Vyatchanin, who is on the verge of joining Serbia for international competition after Olympic appearances with Russia in the past, went 54.23, just touching out Grevers’ 54.29.
Grevers looked a bit more tired than he did in Austin, when he was 53.3, though he was still right in the hunt for the win.
Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich took fourth, going 54.81 before there was a bit of a dropoff. Australian Bobby Hurley led the next group with a 55.62, followed by Omar Pinzon (56.20), American 16-year-old Michael Taylor (56.68) and Club Wolverine’s Geoff Cheah (56.96).
