Johansen Benedi Aguilar, Monique Bacolod dominate 17 years and above Swimming events – Arafura Games
Johansen Benedi Aguilar and Monique Bacolod dominated the 17 years and above Swimming events on day three of the 2011 Arafura Games.
The morning session included the preliminary rounds of the 100m backstroke and the 50m breaststroke for the Girls and Boys of 17 years and above age category.
The session initiated with the Girl’s 100m backstroke, where only two swimmers participated. 21-year-old Monique Bacolod of Philippines-AK’s dominated the event to earn the fastest qualification spot from her team member, Roanne Florence YU. Bacolod presented
a tremendous swim in front of the arena, capturing the first position with her timing of 1:13.32 minutes. With her amazing effort, she was almost seven seconds ahead of YU, who touched the wall for second fastest qualification in 1:21.04 minutes.
Next was the Boy’s 100m backstroke event, where once again Philippines-AK’s pupil conquered the fastest qualification spot. Johansen Benedi Aguilar presented an astonishing swim of 1:02.14 minutes to earn the fastest qualification spot. Aguilar was almost
four seconds faster than his following swimmer, Michael Barker of NT, who touched the wall for second fastest qualification with a timing of 1:06.60 minutes. They were followed by Aguilar’s team member, Banjo Borja, who claimed the third fastest qualification
spot in a superb time of 1:07.26 minutes.
Moments later, Sarah Rouam-Sim of New Caledonia occupied the fastest qualification spot in the Girl’s 50m breaststroke. Rouam-Sim conquered the top qualification spot of the 50m event by producing an unmatchable time of 35.66 seconds. Monique Bacolod of
Philippines-AK failed to overwhelm Rouam-Sim’s fabulous effort and stayed two seconds away, clocking 37.48 seconds for the second fastest qualification. They were followed by Indonesia’s Ester Anokio, who touched the wall for third fastest qualification, producing
a time of 38.43 seconds.
The last event of the session was Boy’s equivalent event, where Ian Nakmai of Papua New Guinea transpired as the fastest swimmer into the finals, submitting a time of 32.23 seconds. He was followed by Philippines-AK’s Banjo Borja and Dhil Anderson Lee, who
occupied the second and third fastest qualification spots into the finals by clocking a time of 32.58 and 33.06 seconds respectively.
The finals of the same events will be conducted in the evening session, where these swimmers will battle each other to secure podium finishes.
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