For a minute there I thought Nathan Adrian had set a new American record in a Masters meet. Instead, it turns out that he equaled his American record in a Masters meet. Ummm. Wow.
Event 22 Men 25-29 100 Yard Freestyle
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NATL: N 42.13 12/7/2013 DARIAN TOWNSEND
Name Age Club Seed Finals
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1 Adrian, Nathan 25 TOC 42.00 41.08N
19.74 41.08 (21.34)
2 Townsend, Darian R 29 ARIZ 42.13 43.13
20.43 43.13 (22.70)
NCAA: 40.76 N 3/30/2013 Vlad Morozov Southern Cal
American: 41.08 A 3/28/2009 Nathan Adrian Cal
U. S. Open: 40.76 O 3/30/2013 Vlad Morozov Southern Cal
Championship: 40.76 C 3/30/2013 Vlad Morozov Southern Cal
21.3 on the back half of a 100 free is just sick. Just about as crazy as taking out the first 50 in a 19.7 with a foot touch.
If you figure 1.5 sec for the start, the two 50s were pretty much evenly split.
