Kelsey Floyd captures Women’s 200m butterfly gold – US Open Swimming Championships
Kelsey Floyd of University of Tennessee captured gold medal of the Women’s 200m butterfly on opening day of the 2012 US Open Swimming Championships at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis on Tuesday, August 7.
Floyd faced tough competition from Jasmine Tosky of the Palo Alto Stanford, who qualified into the playoff as top contender for gold medal, but failed to sustain her pace in the playoff.
The 21-year-old Floyd, who entered the playoff as second best swimmer, elevated her pace in the final round and proved her mettle for top spot on the podium by clocking a time of 2 minutes and 08.74 seconds.
Her gold winning effort remained 0.17 seconds ahead of Tosky, who followed her on the victory stand for second position by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 08.91 seconds.
Tosky was followed by Kimberly Vandenberg of New York Athletics, who remained two body lengths away from her preceding swimmer and occupied bronze medal of the discipline by reporting an effort of 2 minutes and 10.93 seconds.
The third position holder was chased by Emma Nunn of NOVA of Virginia, who stayed considerably slower and settled on the finishing end for fourth best finisher with a timing of 2 minutes and 12.70 seconds.
Fifth fastest spot of the race was secured by Merritt Krawczyk of Penn State University, who was only 0.03 seconds away from improving her position and concluded her race in a time of 2 minutes and 12.73 seconds for fifth position.
Krawczyk enjoyed a lead of 0.21 seconds over Alison Haulsee of Unattached, who secured sixth finest spot of the race by reporting a time of 2 minutes and 12.94 seconds.
Subsequently, Haulsee was trailed by Anna Senko of Bluefish Swim Club, who stayed 0.23 seconds behind and clocked a time of 2 minutes and 13.17 seconds for seventh position.
Senko was followed by Courtney Otto of Star Swimming, who ended her swim in eighth place as she touched the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 14.00 seconds.
In addition, Floyd received huge appreciation from the crowd for her mind-blowing pace in the 200m discipline.
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