2011 Arafura Games: Day two, 13 – 14 yrs Swimming events
Morning session of day two of the 2011 Arafura Games concluded after the preliminary rounds of swimming events in the 13 to 14 yrs age category.
The session included the preliminary rounds of the 100m freestyle and 100m back-stroke for the Girl’s and Boy’s of 13-14yrs age group.
The session started with the Girl’s 100m freestyle, where Queensland’s Rachael Gilholm emerged as the fastest swimmer to enter the finals with a timing of 1:04.83 minutes. NT’s Nakita Pollock was only a second away from Gilholm and touched the wall for second,
clocking a time of 1:05.99 minutes. Pollock was followed by her team member Lara Whitehouse who cruised her way to the final as the third fastest swimmer with a timing of 1:08.25 minutes.
Next was the equivalent event in the Boy’s category, where Ayrton Innes of NT occupied the fastest seat into the finals, clocking a wonderful time of 58.66 seconds. His astounding timing placed him comfortably ahead of the Philippines-AK’s Marc Artemius
Paderon, who qualified as the second fastest swimmer into the finals, posting a time of 59.42 seconds. Paderon’s team member Rafael Sta. Maria followed them into the finals as the third fastest swimmer, touching the wall in a time of 59.76 seconds.
In the Girl’s 100m back-stroke, West Australia’s Jade Macdonald-Razvi claimed the fastest qualification spot by touching the wall first in a time of 1:14.86 minutes. She was followed by Queensland’s Gilholm and NT’s Zoe Nibbs, who transpired as the second
and third fastest sprinters, posting a time of 1:15.05 and 1:17.08 minutes respectively.
Moments later, James Parry of Queensland claimed the fastest berth into the Boy’s 100m back-stroke final by completing his swim in a wonderful time of 1:05.31 minutes. His miraculous timing placed him 0.69 seconds ahead of his following swimmer Paderon who
touched home in 1:06.00 minutes. Emanuel Limozin followed them into the final as the third fastest swimmer, posting a time of 1:08.58 minutes.
These swimmers will compete with each other in Monday’s finals, where the winners will be awarded medals for their spectacular swims.
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