Josh Schneider clinches Men’s 50m freestyle gold: Day three – 2012 NC Charlotte UltraSwim
Josh Schneider of SwimMAC Carolina clinched gold medal of the Men’s 50m freestyle on day three of the 2012 NC Charlotte UltraSwim at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte on Saturday, May 12.
The 24-year-old Schneider, who qualified into the playoff as top contender for gold medal, met expectations of his supporters by completing his swim in first place.
With his astounding efforts, Schneider remained almost two body lengths ahead of his closest challenger and tapped the wall for gold medal with the timing of 22.10 seconds.
His gold winning effort remained 0.27 seconds faster from Matthew Targett of Australia, who stepped on the medal rostrum for silver medal by producing a time of 22.37 seconds.
Third spot of the race was secured by Gideon Louw of Auburn Aquatics, who remained 0.24 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing wall with the timing of 22.61 seconds.
The bronze medallist was followed by Nick Brunelli of SwimMAC Carolina, who remained marginally slower from securing his spot on the medal rostrum and ended fourth in the event by clocking a time of 22.73 seconds.
Following that, the crowd witnessed a tremendous effort of Jessica Hardy, who captured gold medal of the Women’s 50m freestyle. The 25-year-old Hardy, who previously won gold medal of the 50m breaststroke, went full throttle in the single lap freestyle event
and snared top position.
With her superb efforts, she ensured her top place on the medal rostrum by clocking a time of 24.83 seconds. She remained 0.18 seconds faster from her strongest competitor, Madison Kennedy of SwimMAC Carolina, who finished her swim in second place by posting
25.01 seconds.
Kennedy was followed by Kara Lynn Joyce of Una MAC-NC, who stayed 0.08 seconds slower from her preceding swimmer and submitted a time of 25.09 seconds for bronze medal.
Fourth position of the event was secured by Jane Trepp of Unattached-LA, who completed her swim with an effort of 25.46 seconds.
Furthermore, the position holder received awards and accolades for their immaculate efforts at the prize ceremony of the championship while the session came to an end after the event.
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