Australian swimmers shine at the 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships – Part 2
The impressive performance of Australian swimmers on opening day of the Energy Australia Swimming Championships aroused expectations of the crowd, who were eager to see their favourite stars dominate their exclusive events and accordingly confirm their place
in the national team to London.
The second day of the Australian Selection Trials included 50m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 100m backstroke in Men and Women’s category.
The session started with the Women’s 50m backstroke playoff, where Emily Seebohm upset her rivals by winning gold medal of the event in a time of 28.03 seconds. With her immaculate struggle, she stayed ahead of Sophie Edington and Hayley Baker, who settled
on the finishing end as second and third position holders with timings of 28.04 and 28.87 seconds, respectively.
In the meantime, Alicia Coutts proved her mettle in the Women’s 100m butterfly final, where she tapped the finishing end with the timing of 57.59 seconds. Jessicah Schipper capitulated as she failed overpower her strongest competitor and ended second by
clocking a time of 57.88 seconds. Libby Trickett completed her swim in third place as she hit the wall with the timing of 58.64 seconds.
Next was the semi-final of Women’s 100m breaststroke, where Leiston Pickett qualified as the fastest swimmer into the final and posted 1 minute and 07.41 seconds. Leisel Jones and Lorna Tonks occupied second and third positions as they clocked 1:08.44 and
1:08.66 minutes, respectively.
Following that, Christian Sprenger stunned the aquatic crowd by winning gold medal of Men’s 100m breaststroke as he submitted an effort of 59.91 seconds. His impeccable effort was trailed by Brenton Rickard and Jeremy Meyer, who followed him on the victory
stand for silver medal by posting 1:00.13 and 1:01.82 minutes, respectively.
Afterwards, Ryan Napoleon devastated his challengers as he conquered the semi-final of Men’s 200m freestyle. Napoleon reached the finishing end with a top finest time of 1 minute and 47.15 seconds to qualify in the final round.
Thomas Fraser-Holmes remained marginally behind him and entered the playoff as second best swimmer by reporting 1 minute and 47.57 seconds. Kenrick Monk surfaced as the third best finisher of the discipline as he posted 1 minute and 47.92 seconds.
After that, the audience witnessed nerve-wrecking pace of Kylie Palmer, who seized gold medal of the Women’s 400m freestyle by producing a time of 4 minutes and 03.40 seconds.
Bronte Barratt emerged as the silver medallist of the race as she posted 4 minutes and 05.74 seconds for silver medal. Remy Fairweather was the bronze medallist of the swim as she clocked 4 minutes and 08.63 seconds.
Similarly, Christopher Wright claimed gold medal of Men’s 50m butterfly by submitting 23.79 seconds. He was trailed by Daniel Lester and Ryan Pini, who accomplished second and third positions with timings of 23.81 and 23.87 seconds, respectively.
Belinda Hocking snared top position in the Women’s 100m backstroke semi-final as she reported 59.39 seconds. She was followed by Emily Seebohm and Sophie Edington, who remained considerably behind her and reached the playoff with efforts of 1:00.06 and 1:00.64
minutes, respectively.
In addition, the selected swimmers will represent Australia at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and will try to secure the medal rostrum in their respective events.
To be continued in Part 3.
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