Kotuku Ngawati claims Women’s 100m IM gold – EnergyAustralia SC Championships
Kotuku Ngawati of Melbourne VIC claimed gold medal of the Women’s 100m Individual Medley (IM) on day three of the 2012 EnergyAustralia Short Course Championships at Challenge Stadium in Perth on Friday, September 14.
Ngawati met expectations of her supporters in the four-lap IM event, where she smothered hopes of her fellow swimmers and proved her eligibility for the crown of the event.
With her alluring pace, Ngawati faced no threat from her strongest competitor and captured gold medal of the event by submitting a time of 1 minute and 00.18 seconds.
The champion was followed by Samantha Wilkins of Waterlions, who was 1.08 seconds behind and hit the wall for silver medal by reporting an effort of 1 minute and 01.26 seconds.
The second position holder was traced by Aisling Scott of Nudgee Brothers, who stayed 0.09 seconds slower from her preceding swimmer and stepped on the podium for bronze medal by clocking an effort of 1 minute and 01.35 seconds.
Fourth best spot of the discipline was followed by Emily Thorn of Norwood, SA, who stayed 0.67 seconds apart and completed her swim in a time of 1 minute and 02.02 seconds.
Subsequently, Thorn enjoyed an advantage of Hayley Baker of Melbourne VIC, who remained 0.01 seconds apart and finished fifth in the race by producing a time of 1 minute and 02.03 seconds.
Baker was traced by Emily Nicol of North-West, who stayed 0.64 seconds behind and tapped the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 02.67 seconds for sixth position.
Seventh position of the race was obtained by Sarah Katsoulis, who tried hard to prove her mettle but failed to match the ruthless efforts of her challengers in the second half. Katsoulis stayed 0.47 seconds away from her foregoing finisher and clocked a
time of 1 minute and 03.14 seconds.
Katsoulis was chased by Chris Licciardi of Melbourne VIC, who was 0.30 seconds behind and clocked a time of 1 minute and 03.44 seconds for eighth position.
In addition, Ngawati was overjoyed with her victory in the event and collected accolade after the event.
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