Dana Vollmer wins Women’s 100m butterfly title – Swimming News
Dana Vollmer of California Aquatics won the title of Women’s 100m butterfly on third day of the 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships & World Championship Trials in Indianapolis on Thursday, June 27.
Undoubtedly, Vollmer had no trouble in securing the title of double lap butterfly discipline. With her incredible start, she gained a marginal lead over her opponents and earned her way towards the finishing end for the title.
She enjoyed a lead of 0.79 seconds over her toughest challenger and stepped on the victory stand for gold medal with the timing of 57.53 seconds.
Her title claiming effort remained more than half a body length faster from her following swimmer, Claire Donahue of Western Kentucky, who followed her on the podium for silver medal by producing a time of 58.32 seconds.
Donahue was chased by Felicia Lee of Stanford Swimming, who was 0.89 seconds slower and tapped the finishing end for bronze medal with an effort of 59.21 seconds.
The third best finisher was traced by Olivia Scott of Auburn University, who was 0.04 seconds away from upsetting the bronze medallist and concluded her swim in fourth place with the timing of 59.25 seconds.
Scott was followed by Chris Magnuson of Tucson Ford Deal, who stayed just 0.05 seconds away from her foregoing finisher and ended her race in fifth place by producing a time of 59.30 seconds.
Sixth finest spot of the event was obtained by Carol McElhany of Aggie Swim Club, who was only an inch apart and surfaced on the finishing end by clocking a time of 59.33 seconds.
Afterwards, the crowd witnessed gruelling efforts of Kendyl Stewart of North Coast Aqua and Erika Erndl of T2 Aquatics-FL, who engaged each other in a neck-to-neck race for seventh place.
Both swimmers tried hard to escape each other over the finishing end but failed to do so and ended in a joint finish for seventh position. Stewart and Erndl stayed 0.19 seconds slower and concluded their swims with the timing of
59.52 seconds.
Furthermore, Vollmer was thrilled with her gold securing effort and claimed that she will do the same at upcoming World Championship.
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