The swim of the Austin Grand Prix so far for me has been Matt Grevers stunning 53.05 in the 100 Back. Grevers' time is just 0.07 seconds outside of Aaron Peirsol's textile best time set at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne. Grevers had an outstanding start and was even ahead of underwater maestro Nick Thoman at 15m.
Comparison of Peirsol's 52.98 from Melbourne and Grevers' 53.03 from last night.
Peirsol - 50m Split 25.80, second 50m time 27.18
Grevers - 50m Split 25.57, second 50m time 27.48
Despite missing out on the 100m Back, Grevers didn't have to wait long to set a textile best time. He returned later in the evening to lead off the Men's 200 Medley Relay with a split of 24.72. This breaks Thomas Rupprath's 24.80 set at the 2003 World Championships.
A full list of pre-techsuit times can be found here.
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