Dana Vollmer pockets Women’s 100m butterfly title: Day two – 2011 USA Swimming Winter Nationals, Atlanta
Dana Vollmer of California Aquatics pocketed the title of Women’s 100m butterfly on day two of the 2011 USA Swimming Winter Nationals in Atlanta on Friday, December 2nd.
The 24-year-old Vollmer qualified into the playoff as the fourth finest swimmer but with her gruelling efforts, she managed to make her way to the top of podium for gold medal.
She posted a wonderful time of 58.04 seconds to step on the podium for gold medal. With her remarkable performance, she remained 0.46 seconds ahead of Alex Forrester of Yale University.
The 20-year-old Forrester remained almost a stroke behind the gold medallist and acquired silver medal of the event with a timing of 58.50 seconds. She managed to out-touch her competitor, Kathleen Hersey of Longhorn Aquatics, who grabbed bronze medal of the event with an effort of 58.59 seconds.
The 21-year-old Hersey was 0.45 seconds ahead of Tucson Ford Deal’s Chris Magnuson, who reported a time of 59.04 seconds for fourth position. She was followed by Jasmine Tosky of Palo Alto Stanford as he was 0.39 seconds behind and touched the finishing wall with a timing of 59.43 seconds for fifth position.
In the meantime, Jason Dunford of Unattached-PC seized gold medal of the Men’s 100m butterfly. The 25-year-old Dunford outperformed his competitors with a wonderful timing of 52.13 seconds for gold medal.
He was chased by Tyler McGill of Auburn Aquatics, who was just 0.28 seconds slower on the finishing wall and clocked a time of 52.41 seconds for silver medal. The third finest spot of the race was secured by Alex Coci of University of Alabama, who completed his double-lap sprint in a time of 52.96 seconds.
He was followed by Timothy Phillips of SwimMAC Carolina, who emerged on the finishing end with a fourth fastest timing of 52.99 seconds. Thomas Shields of University of California settled on the finishing wall as fifth best swimmer with a timing of 53.19 seconds.
In addition, the arena appreciated breath-taking efforts of all winners while the podium finishers were awarded medals and prizes for their wonderful swims after the completion of session.
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