Carson Foster had quite the weekend at the TYR Pro Swim Series at Knoxville. He hoped to add one more win to the list in the 200m IM on Sunday night. Will Licon would prove to be a worthy challenger.
American Will Licon and Anton McKee of Iceland led the field in the men's 200m breaststroke final at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville on Saturday night.
Also picking up win number three of the meet, Jay Litherland broke free from the group in the backstroke leg to win the 200 individual medley in 2:00.64. Will Licon was second and Vini Lanza was third.
“I’m pretty happy,” Litherland said. “I definitely did what I want to do. I definitely wanted to be under, but it’s exciting to race these guys… I just had to go for it and it’s always fun racing. ...
Cody Miller continued his comeback from a knee injury that plagued him most of 2018 to add the 200 breaststroke to his win total for the weekend. His time of 2:08.98 was the 12th fastest of the year and beat Will Licon and Daniel Roy, who were second and third.
Nic Fink captured the men's 200m Breaststroke A Final at the 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series at San Antonio in 2:11.92. The win gave Fink the 11th TYR Pro Swim Series win of his career. Will Licon and Josh Prenot finished second and third respectively.