Daxon Hill conquers Men’s 200yard freestyle heats: Day two – NCAA Division 1 Championship Meet
Daxon Hill of Texas conquered the preliminary rounds of Men’s 200yard freestyle on day two of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 Championship Meet at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Seattle, Wash on Friday, March
23.
Hill confronted strong battle from his subsequent swimmer, Frank Dyer of Notre Dame but with his impressive pace, he managed to out-touch him over the finishing end for first position by posting a time of 1 minute and 33.43 seconds.
Dyer remained 0.51 seconds slower from his former finisher and ended his race in a time of 1 minute and 33.94 seconds to occupy second finest spot of the event. With his alluring effort, he remained slightly ahead of Dimitri Colupaev of Southern California,
who suffered a loss of 0.18 seconds and posted a time of 1 minute and 34.12 seconds for third position.
The fourth qualifying position of the discipline was earned by Joao De Lucca of Louisville, who stayed just 0.02 seconds behind and completed his swim with the timing of 1 minute and 34.14 seconds.
In the meantime, the crowd witnessed remarkable struggle of Arizona’s Kevin Cordes in Men's 100yard breaststroke prelims, who remained almost half body length ahead of his strongest challenger and clocked an effort of 51.32 seconds for first position. His
effort remained 0.53 seconds ahead of Louisville’s Carlos Almeida, who finished his swim in second place by producing an effort of 51.85 seconds.
Almeida stayed just 0.01 seconds lucky from his subsequent swimmer, Carl Mickelson of Arizona, who ended his race in 51.86 seconds and reached the playoff as third position holder. He was chased by Martin Liivamagi of California, who was just an inch away
from his foregoing competitor and hit the wall with the timing of 51.88 seconds.
The fifth position of the discipline was secured by Eric Friedland of Texas, who remained 0.58 seconds behind and tapped the wall with the timing of 52.46 seconds.
Furthermore, the arena appreciated phenomenal efforts of all participants in the qualification rounds of their respective events while the session came to an end after the completion of all events.
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