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Duel in the Pool Recaps: Day 2

Arizona

Arizona junior breaststroker Kevin Cordes shattered two American records to lead Team USA to a victory over Team Europe at the 2013 Speedo Duel in the Pool in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday.
 
After setting a new American record yesterday in the 200 breaststroke, Cordes came back on Saturday to win the 100 meter breaststroke in record fashion. His time of 56.88 broke the previous standard of 57.18 by Mike Alexandrov at the 2010 Short Course World Championships.
 
The time also moved Cordes up to third place in the world in 2013, behind European textile record holder Fabio Scozzoli (56.49) and multi-Olympic gold medalist Daniel Gyurta (56.79).
 
Meanwhile, Cordes took third place in the 200 breast yesterday with a time of 2:02.38. The American record time shattered Ed Moses’ previous record time of 2:02.92 from 2004.
 
Cordes now owns four American records as he is also owns the top spot in both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke events.
 
In addition to his individual performances in Scotland, Cordes was also part of the winning 400 medley relay team along with the clinching 200 mixed medley relay team. Team USA and Team Europe were tied at the end of the Dual in the Pool, which forced the tiebreaker.
 
The Speedo Duel in the Pool is a made-for-television event, designed to showcase the sport’s most exciting swimmers in a short-course meters format. This year’s event was the sixth Duel in the Pool in the history of USA Swimming, with past Duels held in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011. With the win, the U.S. remains undefeated in the event with perfect 6-0 record in the event’s history.
 
The Speedo Duel in the Pool featured 15 men’s and 15 women’s events - 13 individual races together with two relays for men and women. Teams were able to enter up to four athletes for each individual event and one team for relays. Each athlete could be entered in up to six events during the meet.
 
Fans can relive the action as the Duel in the Pool will air on NBC this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ET.


Indiana
Indiana University senior swimmer Cody Miller was part of Team USA this weekend as it posted a 132-131 victory over the European All-Stars at the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
 
On Friday Miller swam the 200 short-course meters breaststroke, placing sixth in 2:05.40. In Saturday’s final day of competition he competed in the 100-meter breaststroke, finishing seventh in 59.15, and the 200 individual medley where he was sixth in a time of 1:56.31.
 
The meet, featuring USA men’s and women’s teams vs. European men’s and women’s all-star teams, finished in a 131-131 tie after the scheduled 30 races, meaning a tiebreaker of a mixed 200 medley relay would be swum with one point going to the winner. The USA team of Eugene Godsoe, Kevin Cordes, Claire Donahue and Simone Manuel won the race with a world-record time of 1:37.17. The United States keeps its record unblemished in the competition at 6-0.
 
You can catch Miller and the rest of the swimmers in action tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET as NBC broadcasts the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool competition.


Stanford

Eugene Godsoe did it again. And again.

In the biggest moment in the history of the Duel in the Pool, the United States quartet of Godsoe, Kevin Cordes, Claire Donahue, and Simone Manuel came through when it mattered most Saturday, topping the European All-Stars by two tenths of a second to win the competition’s first ever mixed medley relay tiebreaker, breaking the previous world record in the process.

The Americans took an early lead with a world-leading 22.88 leadoff leg from Godsoe, a lead the European team would never quite close. The Americans touched first in a world-record 1:37.17.

Both teams were locked at 131-131 after 30 events over two days at the Tollcross Swimming Centre, after the United States fought back from a 68-54 deficit on Friday.

Godsoe, who won a pair of golds one day earlier in the 200 back and 4x100 medley relay, also claimed top honors in the 100 back (50.08).


Texas

Texas head women’s swimming and diving coach Carol Capitani and UT head men’s swimming and diving coach Eddie Reese led the United States to victory over their European counterparts Saturday in the two-day Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool. 
 
Capitani served as the head coach of the American women while Reese led the U.S. men, and the United States emerged with a 132-131 victory.  The made-for-television event was contested in the non-traditional short-course meters (SCM) format (25m pool).  NBC will air select races in a tape-delayed telecast Sunday from 3-5 p.m. Central.   
 
With the meet tied at 131 after 30 events, the outcome was settled by way of a 200m mixed medley relay, which the Americans claimed.  The U.S. finished in 1:31.17 to edged the European All-Stars’ effort of 1:31.37.  The Americans improve to 6-0 in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool series. 
 
Texas-Ex Michael McBroom set an American short-course meters (SCM) record in the 800m freestyle and won Saturday in 7:33.99.  Texas-Ex Michael Klueh took third in the event at 7:41.96.  Texas-Ex Jimmy Feigen added a win in the 50m freestyle in 21.20.  His lead-off leg in the meet’s final event, the 400m freestyle relay, helped the Americans tie the meet and force the deciding 200m mixed medley relay.  Feigen joined Anthony Ervin, Tom Shields and Cullen Jones to take the win in 3:06.66. 
 
Klueh added a win Friday for the Americans in the 400m freestyle at 3:39.94, just enough to edge Olympic gold medalist Yannick Agnel of France.  Feigen teamed up with Eugene Godsoe, Kevin Cordes and Shields to win the 400m medley relay on Friday in 3:23.24. 


Texas A&M

A trio of Texas A&M swimmers played a key role in Team USA’s victory over the European All-Stars in the 2013 Duel in the Pool last weekend.
 
The Aggies’ Cammile Adams, Sarah Henry and Breeja Larson helped Team USA to a 132-131 over Europe. The two teams were tied after the regularly scheduled 30 races, and the victory was decided by a mixed 200-meter medley relay.
 
Adams, a senior from Cypress, Texas, placed second in the 200 butterfly (2:04.61), sixth in the 100 fly (58.61) and seventh in the 400 IM (4:32.19). Henry, a redshirt junior from Garner, N.C., placed sixth in the 200 IM (2:10.35) and the 400 IM (4:31.19). Larson, a senior from Mesa, Ariz., took second in the 200 breaststroke (2:22.20) and fifth in the 100 breast (1:05.66), and she also swam the breaststroke leg on USA’s second-place 400 medley relay.

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