Melanie wins women’s 200-meter title at US nationals

After winning the women’s 200-meter individual medley title and claiming a spot on the American world championship team Saturday night, she reached over to the next lane, hugged Stanford swimmer Ella Eastin and mouthed some encouraging words.

In time, Margalis’ memorable actions may help ease the pain Eastin felt after missing out on the big swimming party next month in Budapest, Hungary.

[...] on the final day of the U.S. National Championships, everyone seemed to leave with the same emotions.

The crowd responded with a loud ovation — a stark contrast from the resounding boos heard Thursday night when it was announced that Eastin, the second-place finisher in the women’s 400 IM, had been disqualified.

[...] like Eastin, he was disqualified for the same violation — swimming more than a quarter of the race on his back, a FINA provision that has been tightened up because of a technique Ryan Lochte used on one turn.

DeVine broke his previous personal best by nearly two seconds, became the fifth swimmer in the world this year to crack the 1:57 mark and, most important, got that ticket to Budapest.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel of Stanford won the women’s 50 freestyle in 24.27 seconds, the No. 3 time in the world this year.