Brianna Throssell clinches Women’s 100m butterfly gold – EnergyAustralia SC Championships
Brianna Throssell of Perth City clinched gold medal of the Women’s 100m butterfly on last day of the 2012 EnergyAustralia Short Course Championships at Challenge Stadium in Perth on Sunday, September 16.
The 16-year-old Throssell served notice of her relentless efforts in the four-lap butterfly discipline and proved her eligibility for the crown of the event.
She continued her gruelling efforts in the playoff of the butterfly discipline and cemented her place on the victory stand for the crown.
Throssell remained just a stroke ahead of her closest competitor and surfaced on the finishing end for gold medal by submitting a time of 58.46 seconds.
The champion was followed by Jemma Schlicht of Surrey Park, VIC, who remained only 0.20 seconds away from her foregoing finisher and tapped the wall for silver medal with a timing of 58.66 seconds.
Schlicht was chased by Brittany Elmslie of Nudgee Brothers and Madeline Groves of St Peters Western Swim Club, who engaged each other in a neck-to-neck battle for third position.
Both swimmers tried hard to prove their mettle over each other but they failed to do so and ended in a joint finish for bronze medal. They remained 0.15 seconds away from their preceding swimmer and tapped the wall with an effort of 58.81 seconds
Fifth best qualification spot of the event was obtained by Chris Licciardi of Melbourne VIC, who remained 0.31 seconds behind and settled on the wall as fifth best finisher by reporting an effort of 59.12 seconds.
Sixth best position of the race was secured by Nicole Mee of Cranbrook, who stayed 0.19 seconds apart and tapped the wall for sixth position with an effort of 59.31 seconds.
Mee was trailed by Amy Smith of St Peters Western Swim Club, who stayed just 0.06 seconds apart and clocked a time of 59.37 seconds for seventh place.
Smith enjoyed an advantage of one body length over Megan Gianotti of Waterworx, QLD, who was nearly one body length behind and clocked an effort of 1 minute and 00.29 seconds for eighth position.
Furthermore, Throssell was overjoyed with her title claiming effort and received medal after the event.
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