Erika Erndl pockets Women’s 100m butterfly title – US Open Swimming Championships
Erika Erndl of T2 Aquatics-FL pocketed gold medal of the Women’s 100m butterfly on third day of the 2012 US Open Swimming Championships at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis on Thursday, August 9.
The 34-year-old Erndl exceeded expectations of her supporters as she went on a rampage to capture gold medal of the double lap butterfly event. She faced tough competition from Kelsey Floyd in the first half but with her unrelenting efforts, she touched
the wall for the crown of the event.
Erndl remained just a stroke ahead of her following rival and proved her mettle for gold medal with a timing of 58.75 seconds.
Her gold winning effort remained 0.23 seconds faster from Floyd, who stepped on the victory stand for silver medal by submitting a time of 58.98 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Jasmine Tosky of Palo Alto Stanford, who was 0.47 seconds away from her former finisher and finished third in the event by producing a time of 59.45 seconds.
Similarly, Tosky was chased by Olivia Scott of Auburn University, who stayed only 0.05 seconds slower and finished fourth in the race by touching the wall with a timing of 59.50 seconds.
The 20-year-old Scott was trailed by Bianca Casciari of Team Bruin-CA, who was only 0.03 seconds slower from improving her position and transpired on the finishing wall as fifth fastest swimmer by reporting a time of 59.53 seconds.
Casciari enjoyed an advantage of exactly one second over Anna Senko of Bluefish Swim Club, who made her way to the finishing end as sixth fastest swimmer by reporting a time of 1 minute and 00.53 seconds.
Senko was followed by Lyndsay De Paul of Una MVN-CA, who was 0.08 seconds slower and finished her race in seventh place by posting a time of 1 minute and 00.61 seconds.
Last spot of the event was obtained by Merritt Krawczyk of Penn State University, who failed to overpower any of her fellow swimmers and submitted an effort of 1 minute and 00.82 seconds.
In addition, Erndl was happy with her gold claiming effort at the medal ceremony of the event.
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