KU’s Miller 37th in 200-meter IM at nationals

Kansas University swimmer Chelsie Miller lowered her Olympic Trials time in the 200-meter IM and moved up 10 spots from her seeded position at the 2016 Phillips 66 National Championships with a runner-up finish in her heat and 37th-place overall.

Miller, who swam a 2:17.68 earlier this summer at Speedo Sectionals in Athens, Georgia, trimmed nearly four-tenths of a second off her time Thursday to finish second in 2:17.34 behind Texas A&M’s Lisa Bratton in heat 10 at Northside Swim Center. Madisyn Cox, of Texas, turned in the fastest time in prelims with a 2:11.61.

Lawrence native Emma Reaney, a Notre Dame swimmer with whom Miller trained at SwimMAC in Charlotte this summer, finished 22nd in the field of 108 entrants with a time of 2:16.08.