Geoff Huegill dominates Men’s 50m butterfly semi-final – EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships
Geoff Huegill of SOPAC dominated the semi-final of Men’s 50m butterfly on day one of the 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide on Thursday, March 15.
The 33-year-old Huegill, who is the prime hope of Australian team for the butterfly disciplines, impressed the aquatic crowd by sustaining his position in the semi-final. He stayed prominently ahead of his challengers from the beginning of the race.
With his impressive struggle, he faced no trouble in upsetting his strongest challenger, Christopher Wright of Southport Olympic Swimming Club in the shortest butterfly discipline. Huegill stayed prominently away from his challengers throughout the race
and emerged on the finishing end by clocking a time of 23.58 seconds for first position.
His top qualification effort remained 0.23 seconds ahead of Wright, who settled on the finishing end as second best swimmer by posting a time of 23.81 seconds. The third spot of the race was secured by Ryan Pini of PNG, who was 0.20 seconds slower from his
former finisher and clocked an effort of 24.01 seconds.
In the meantime, Andrew Lauterstein of Melbourne proved his mettle for the fourth best spot of the race as he was just 0.04 seconds slower from Pini and ended his race in a time of 24.05 seconds.
The 24-year-old Lauterstein was chased by Daniel Lester of Lawnton, who remained just a touch behind and submitted a time of 24.10 seconds for fifth position. Nie Varoy of New Zealand also stayed 0.05 seconds behind his former swimmer and reported a time
of 24.15 seconds for sixth position.
Subsequently, Nick D’Arcy of St Peters Western Swim Club snatched seventh finishing spot of the butterfly event as he remained just 0.01 seconds behind and produced a time of 24.16 seconds. He was followed by Wright’s teammate, Sam Ashby, who stayed 0.05
seconds away and completed his swim in a time of 24.21 seconds for eighth position.
Furthermore, the crowd acknowledged dazzling swims of all contestants whereas Huegill articulated his desire of ensuring his berth in the Australian to the 2012 London Olympic Games by winning gold medal of the event.
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