16-Year-Old Jo Jo Ramey Gushes About Racing Backstroke Idols | SwimSwam

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2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS

• When:
  • Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
  • Wave II Dates: June 13-20, 2021
• Prelims: 10am CDT | Finals: 7pm CDT (8PM finals on Friday & Saturday)
• Where: CHI Health Center / Omaha, Nebraska
• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifying Cuts
• Wave I & II Event Order
• LCM (50m)
• Day 6 Finals Live Stream
• Psych Sheets
• Wave II Live Results
• Day 6 Finals Heat Sheet

Reported by James Sutherland.

WOMEN’S 200 BACK SEMI-FINALS

• World Record: Regan Smith (USA) – 2:03.35 (2019)
• American Record: Regan Smith – 2:03.35 (2019)
• US Open Record: Missy Franklin (USA) – 2:05.68 (2013)
• World Junior Record: Regan Smith (USA) – 2:03.35 (2019)
• 2016 Olympic Champion: Maya DiRado (USA) – 2:05.99
• 2016 US Olympic Trials Champion: Maya DiRado – 2:06.90
• Wave I Cut: 2:14.69
• Wave II Cut: 2:12.94
• FINA ‘A’ Cut: 2:10.39

1. Regan Smith (RIPT), 2:07.23
2. Phoebe Bacon (WA), 2:07.46
3. Rhyan White (BAMA), 2:08.39
4. Kathleen Baker (TE), 2:08.58
5. Jo Jo Ramey (FASTIN), 2:08.90
6. Lisa Bratton (AGS), 2:09.09
7. Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 2:09.20
8. Hali Flickinger (SUN), 2:09.61

Regan Smith and Phoebe Bacon won their respective semi-finals in the women’s 200 backstroke quite comfortably, producing near-identical splits en route to qualifying first and second overall for the final.

Smith was locked in a tight battle with Rhyan White, Katharine Berkoff and Kathleen Baker through the 150 in the second semi, but turned on the jets coming home to touch first by over a second in 2:07.23. That’s just over three-tenths slower than Smith’s season-best of 2:06.90.

White took second in the heat in 2:08.39, qualifying her third for the final, while Baker had a huge swim with her back against the wall, advancing in the fourth position in 2:08.58. Berkoff faded on the last 50 and ended up ninth in 2:09.76.

Bacon clocked 2:07.46 from the first semi, her second-fastest swim ever, and 16-year-old Jo Jo Ramey lowered her best time down to 2:08.90 in second, moving up from 11th to sixth in the 15-16 age group.

Also qualifying for the final was workhorse Hali Flickinger, who has already qualified in the 200 fly and 400 IM, clocking 2:09.61 for eighth.

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