Alabama’s Rhyan White Takes Fourth in the 200 Backstroke at Youth Olympic Games
10/9/2018 6:40:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
The freshman has now picked up a pair of top-four finishes in Argentina after earning Team USA’s first swimming medal of the Games earlier in the week, a bronze in the 100-meter backstroke
BUENOS AIRES – Alabama swimmer Rhyan White took fourth place in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games Tuesday night.
White's 2:10.95 in finals was a career-best swim and a new Alabama school record, bettering the UA mark of 2:12.21 she set in prelims. Altogether, the Herriman, Utah native shaved more than four seconds off the previous Tide mark.
The Crimson Tide freshman was less than a quarter of a second out of earning the bronze medal in the race and less than a second out of the gold on the third day of the games being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina this week.
Earlier in the week, White earned Team USA's first swimming medal of the games after winning bronze in the 100-meter backstroke. She will also swim the 50-meter backstroke at these games, which feature athletes that are between the ages of 15 to 18.
Fellow Tide freshman Kalia Antoniou is competing for her native Cyprus at the Youth Olympics. After taking 12th in the preliminaries, she moved up two spots in the semifinals of the 100-meter freestyle to finish 10th overall with a time of 56.63.
Antoniou also has two more events left in Argentina. She is slated to compete in the 50-meter freestyle and will join White in the 50-meter backstroke.
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