Murphy, Armstrong finish first and second in 100 backstroke in U.S. Olympic Trials
Two swimmers with Cal affiliations will be going to the Olympics based on their 1-2 finish in the 100-meter backstroke finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis on Monday night.
Ryan Murphy, a 2017 Cal graduate, will be going to his third Olympics after finishing first by a sizable margin in the 100 backstroke in a time of 52.22 seconds. Hunter Armstrong, a member of the Cal postgrad training group, finished second in a time of 52.72. The top two finishers in each event at the U.S. Swimming Trials traditionally earn berths to the Olympics, and Armstrong made it my the skin of his teeth. He finished just 0.02 of a second ahead of third-place finisher Jack Aikins. They were so close that it required the electronic timer to determine which one finished second.
He was the No. 1 seed in the 100-meeter backstroke at these trials, and he is not done. He is also the No. 1 seed in the 200-meter backstroke events and is seeded No. 6 in the 100-meter butterfly. Also Monday, Brooks Curry, a member of Cal's post-grad training group, finished fifth in the 200 freestyle final. He was 0.51 of second behind the second-place finisher and 1.00 second behind the winner..Find Cal Sports Report on Facebook by going to https://www.facebook.com/si.
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