Australian swimmers shine at the 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships – Part 14
The commendable sprints of Alice Tait and Benjamin Treffers in the Women’s 50m butterfly and Men’s 50m backstroke respectively, played a vital role in elevating hopes of the Australian crowd.
The last day of the 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships was subject to conclude after the finals of 50m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 4*100m medley relay, 50m backstroke, and 50m breaststroke in Men’s and Women’s category.
The opening event of the session was Women’s 50m freestyle final, where the crowd experienced unimaginable efforts of Campbell sisters, Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell.
Cate and Bronte, who dominated their way in the preliminary round and then occupied top positions in the semi-final, exceeded expectations of their supporters by achieving the same in the playoff.
The 19-year-old Cate stayed almost two strokes ahead of her team-member and sister, Bronte and proved her mettle for gold medal. With her astounding effort of 24.44 seconds, she not only captured the gold medal but also booked her spot in the Australian
team to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Her effort remained, almost 0.70 seconds slower from the world record of 23.73 seconds, set by German swimmer, Britta Steffen in 2009. Furthermore, she stayed 0.47 seconds away from improving the Australian record of 23.97 seconds, owned by Libby Trickett
in 2009.
Nonetheless, the silver medal of the discipline was obtained by Bronte, who stayed 0.17 seconds slower and stepped on the victory stand by clocking a time of 24.61 seconds. The 17-year-old Bronte was chased by Yolane Kukla, who stayed just one-stroke away
and posted a time of 24.76 seconds for bronze medal.
In the meantime, the audience saw a sluggish effort of Trickett, who failed to book her spot to London Games as she finished fourth with an effort of 24.77 seconds.
Next was the Women’s 4*100m Medley Relay, where Melbourne’s VIC’s team stifled their challenging teams by seizing gold medal of the discipline with the timing of 4 minutes and 07.55 seconds.
Their gold winning effort remained almost fifteen seconds slower from the world record of 3 minutes and 52.19 seconds, made by China at the 2009 Rome World Championships.
They also remained almost fifteen seconds slower from the Australian mark of 3 minutes and 52.58 seconds, set by Australian veterans in 2009. The Australian team, which made the relay mark, comprised of Emily Seebohm, Sarah Katsoulis, Jessicah Schipper,
and Libby Trickett.
The second best position of the discipline was obtained by relay team of Nunawading that stayed nearly two seconds slower from their former squad and ended their sprint in a time of 4 minutes and 09.69 seconds.
The third fastest spot of the race was secured by relay squad of Norwood, SA, which stayed nearly three seconds slower from the second position holders and tapped the wall with the timing of 4 minutes and 12.65 seconds.
In the meantime, Prue Watt S13 occupied gold medal of Women’s 12 & Over 50m breaststroke Multi-Class title. The 25-year-old Watt posted a time of 36.27 seconds for gold medal.
Her tremendous effort remained prominently ahead of, Made Scott S9, who ended second with the timing of 39.96 seconds. The 19-year-old Scott was chased by TA Huebner S6, who ended third with the timing of 47.62 seconds.
To be continued in Part 15.
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