Eric M Ress secures Men’s 200yard backstroke gold – Indiana vs. Virginia vs. Penn State Tri Meet
Eric M Ress of Virginia-VA pocketed gold medal of the Women’s 200yard backstroke at the 2012 Indiana vs. Virginia vs. Penn State Tri Meet in Bloomington, Indiana on Friday, November 16.
The 22-year-old Ress dictated terms to his opponents in the 200yard discipline and proved his mettle for the title. He faced tough competition from Luke A Papendick of Virginia-VA throughout the race but managed to secure the title.
Ress remained just an inch ahead of his toughest contender and surfaced on the finishing end for gold medal with a fantastic timing of 1 minute and 45.68 seconds.
He was followed by Papendick, who stayed 0.30 seconds slower and transpired on the finishing end for silver medal by producing a fascinating time of 1 minute and 45.98 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Nate R Savoy of Penn State-MA, who stayed 1.29 seconds slower but secured third position of the race by clocking a time of 1 minute and 47.27 seconds.
Savoy was chased by Sean P Grier of Penn State-MA, who stayed 1.20 seconds apart and transpired on the finishing end for fourth position by submitting a time of 1 minute and 48.47 seconds.
Fifth fastest spot of the race was obtained by Parker E Camp of Virginia-VA, who was 0.32 seconds behind and settled on the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 48.79 seconds.
Camp was followed by Matthew R Murray of Virginia-VA, who was half a body length slower from Camp for sixth position by reporting an effort of 1 minute and 49.31 seconds.
Seventh position of the race was obtained by Nathan Vredeveld of Virginia-VA, who was more than one and a half body length apart and clocked a time of 1 minute and 50.92 seconds.
Last position of the event was obtained by Jeff F Gomez of Penn State-MA, who reached the finishing end with the timing of 1 minute 51.09 seconds.
Furthermore, Ress expressed contentment over his victory and claimed that he would try to please his fans by working hard and accomplishing the same at higher levels of swimming.
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