Australian World Championship Time Trials: Day two - Recap
Day two of the Australian World Championship Time Trials witnessed several impressive performances from swimmers in the packed arena at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre, in Adelaide, Australia, on June 30, 2011.
Initially, David Mckeon of New South Wales won the Men’s 200m freestyle meet with a sterling time of 1 minute and 48.74 seconds, while Ned Mckendry of ST Peters Western secured second spot in 1 minute and 49.01 seconds. Robert Hurley of SOPAC settled third in 1 minute and 49.58 seconds.
FFrost earned the fourth spot in 1 minute and 49.90 seconds, whereas, Mcevoy grabbed the fifth place in 1 minute and 50.16 seconds. Kerswell finished sixth in a time of 1 minute and 50.49 seconds.
Murphy wound up seventh in 1 minute and 50.80 seconds, while Taylor settled eighth in 1 minute and 51.28 seconds. Dixon earned the ninth position in a time of 1 minute and 51.52 seconds, whereas, Roberts finished tenth in 1 minute and 53.50 seconds.
In another event, Ellen Fullerton of Queensland grabbed the Women’s 200m freestyle meet with a sterling time of 2 minutes and 00.42 seconds, while Mikkayla Sheridan wound up second in 2 minutes and 01.77 seconds. Brittany Elmslie of Brothers earned third place honours with a time of 2 minutes and 01.92 seconds. Darthea Clydesdale of Brothers finished fourth in a time of 2 minutes and 03.06 seconds.
Justin James clinched the Men’s 200m freestyle race with a winning time of 1 minute and 52.47 seconds. Kirk Palmer of Barker Aquatic rounded out the top two in 1 minute and 52.66 seconds.
While speaking about the meet, Australian head coach, Leigh Nugent commented, “It's been an interesting couple of sessions really. Last night in the 100m freestyle events there was some pretty sharp swimming and to see Marieke Guehrer go 54.2 seconds was a good performance.”
Nugent said that both Kyle Richardson and Guehrer have equal chances of qualifying for the Shanghai World Championships. He added that it was no doubt going to be a tricky task for Libby Trickett to post the fastest time under 55 seconds, despite her outstanding effort of 55.6 seconds.
He further spoke about Trickett’s effort and said, “It won't be that long, once she gets used to racing again, that she'll be able to reduce her times and start getting under that 55 barrier again, and she has a great chance to do that here over the next three days at the Short Course championships."
The Australian World Championship Time Trials is a great opportunity for Australian swimmers to confirm their places for the upcoming FINA World Championships in Shanghai, this July.
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