Amy Levings wins Women’s 400m freestyle heats: Day three - Oceania Swimming Championships
Amy Levings of Australia won the preliminary rounds of Women’s 400m freestyle on third day of the 2012 Oceania Swimming Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia on Thursday, May 31.
Levings served notice of her talent by snaring the top qualification spot of the race. With her immaculate efforts, she stifled hopes of her opponents and faced no trouble in occupying the fastest qualification spot of the event.
She continued her scintillating form throughout the discipline and sprinted her way towards the finishing end for first position with the timing of 4 minutes and 22.12 seconds.
She was followed by Emily Seymour of Australia, who stayed nearly thirteen seconds apart and tapped the finishing end with a second fastest timing of 4 minutes and 35.76 seconds.
Seymour was chased by Lena Hayakawa of Hawaii, who stayed almost eleven seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and transpired on the finishing end for third finest qualification spot of the race with the timing of 4 minutes and 46.63 seconds.
Fourth finest spot of the discipline was secured by Maeva Parayre of Nouvelle-Caledonie, who was nearly six seconds apart and hit the finishing end with the timing of 4 minutes and 52.14 seconds.
Similarly, Parayre was chased by Matelita Buadromo of Fiji Islands, who suffered a deficit of almost five seconds and settled on the finishing end with an effort of 4 minutes and 52.14 seconds.
Buadromo was chased by Parayre’s teammate, Alix Barrois, who was only a half body length behind and tapped the wall with the timing of 4 minutes and 58.39 seconds for sixth position.
Barrois was traced by Amanda Poppe of Guam, who stayed nearly fourteen seconds apart and secured seventh best position of the discipline by producing a time of 5 minutes and 12.66 seconds.
Similarly, Poppe enjoyed an advantage of 3.99 seconds over Kainsimere Naivalu of Fiji Islands, who finished eighth in the discipline by producing a time of 5 minutes and 16.65 seconds.
The competition will continue for one more day and will end on June 1 while these swimmers will face each other in the playoff of their respective event.
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