Dana Vollmer secures Women’s 100m butterfly title – 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships
Dana Vollmer of California Aquatics won the title of Women’s 100m butterfly meet on the initial day of the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships in Palo Alto, California, at Stanford University’s Avery Aquatic Centre, on August 2.
Vollmer showered her expertise in the two-lap butterfly swim and won the title of the event, by submitting a time 57.26 seconds. The 23-year-old Vollmer, who entered the final as the top qualifying swimmer, won the hearts of her fans, by dominating her swim
in the final round.
Vollmer was followed by Claire Donahue of Western Kentucky, who stayed only 0.29 seconds behind her preceding swimmer and appeared on the podium for the second position, with a timing of 58.05 seconds. The 22-year-old Donahue maintained a reasonable lead
of 0.55 seconds over her closest competitor, Elaine Breeden of Stanford Swimming, who claimed the third fastest spot of the swim in 58.60 seconds.
A few days back, Vollmer clinched the title of same event at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. She also captured a gold medal in the Medley relay, along a silver medal in the 400m freestyle relay at the Shanghai titles.
Kathleen Hersey of Longhorn Aquatics was the fourth finest swimmer to complete her swim, as she remained just 0.18 seconds behind the third position holder and posted a time of 58.78 seconds. In the meantime, Olivia Scott of Auburn Aquatics ensured the fifth
fastest finish in the butterfly swim, as she was 0.16 seconds behind the fourth finisher and touched the wall to clock a time of 58.94 seconds.
Kendyl Stewart of North Coast Aqua was the sixth finest swimmer of the race, as she produced a time of 59.06 seconds. She was trailed by Lyndsay De Paul and Christine Magnuson of Tucson Ford Deal, who earned the seventh and eighth fastest spots of the swim,
with timings of 59.22 and 59.39 seconds, respectively.
The arena cherished the wonderful efforts of all finalists, whereas, the winners were granted awards and accolades for their commendable swims after the completion of the session.
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