2011 Australian Age Championships: Day Five - Boy’s events
2011 Australian Age Championships continued on its second last day on April 22, in Adelaide. The championship has been a successful event with the improvement of several age group records while more is expected from the national youth in the remaining events.
The session started with the qualification rounds of the 17-18 years' 200m back-stroke, where the Tiger Sharks’s Matson Lawson presented an aggressive swim in a time of 2:03.81 minutes. His fabulous swim in the 200m event placed him in the top qualification
spot, as he was considerably away from his team member Joshua Beaver and Brothers’s Nicholas Honey, who touched the wall second and third in 2:05.98 and 2:06.73 minutes.
13-year-old Damian Fyfe dominated his swim in the 12-13yrs 400m freestyle by touching the wall first in a time of 4:20.22 minutes. Fyfe was only 0.10 seconds away from Melbourne’s Davenport Wright, who touched the wall second in 4:20.32 minutes. The third
fastest spot was secured by Tss Aquatics’s Dom Richardson in 4:24.42 minutes.
Later, Andrew Jarvis of Wyndham City claimed his fastest qualification into the final of 100m back-stroke, clocking an astonishing 1:01.46 minutes. He was followed by Surrey Park’s Sebastien Cumins and MLC Marlins’s Edward Marks, who reported at the finishing
wall in 1:01.97 and 1:02.20 minutes.
In the 15 years' 200m freestyle, Kevins’s Alexander Graham proved his fastest qualification in the final by overwhelming his competitors. Graham, who touched the wall first in 1:53.40 minutes was in a comfortable lead from his closest swimmer, Jordan Harrison,
who posted 1:55.59 minutes on the board. They were followed by Cade Fasala of Peters Westers, who hit the wall in 1:55.75 minutes.
After a while, Brothers’s Zac Whenuaroa captured the fastest qualification spot of 100m butterfly by posting a time of 55.97 seconds. His time was comfortable ahead of the Woden’s Hugo Morris and Soutport’s Cameron McEvoy, who touched the wall for second
and third fastest qualification in 56.14 and 56.62 seconds.
Then, 12-year-old Kyle Chalmers ensured his fastest berth to the finals, clocking a time of 25.13 seconds. His time was 0.03 seconds under the last year’s champion, Paul Van Westing’s 25.16 seconds and was 0.08 seconds faster than his following swimmer,
Nick Groenewald, who posted 25.12 seconds for the second fastest spot. Vincent Dai of Cherrybrook followed them into the finals as the third fastest swimmer, clocking a time of 25.54 seconds. Nicholas Capomolla of Bayside failed to overcome Vincent’s effort
and remains 0.04 seconds slower, clocking 25.58 seconds for fourth spot.
The finals of the same events will be conducted in the next session, where the top swimmers will be placed on the podium for their tremendous efforts.
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