Kyle Richardson secures Men’s 50m freestyle title: Day two – 2011 Australian University Games
QLD University of Technology’s swimmer, Kyle Richardson succeeded in Men’s 50m freestyle final on day two of the 2011 Australian University Games. The session concluded on Wednesday, September 28, at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Queensland.
Richardson acquired gold medal of the Men’s single-lap swim by submitting an effort of 22.69 seconds. With his spectacular effort, Richardson’s time was 0.25 seconds under his own mark of 22.94 seconds, held by him from 2009. Nevertheless, the champion failed
to improve his standing on the overall rankings table, where he is positioned as the 40th best 50m freestyle swimmer, as he posted a time of 22.40 seconds in April.
The champion was trailed by Gene Kubala of Bond University, as he was 0.66 seconds behind him and secured the podium for silver medal with a timing of 23.35 seconds. Kubala was 0.72 seconds ahead of his team-member, Bruce McGregor, who clinched the bronze
medal by reporting in a time of 24.07 seconds.
Moments later, University of New South Wales’s Matthew Spence surfaced on the finishing wall for fourth fastest spot. Spence completed his one-lap freestyle sprint in a time of 24.31 seconds. He was trailed by Hayden McEvoy of Griffith University, as he
was only 0.08 seconds behind Spence and hit the finishing wall in 24.39 seconds for fifth place.
Then, University of Melbourne’s Raymond Mak transpired as the sixth fastest swimmer of the event. Mak was 0.27 seconds slower than his preceding swimmer and clocked a time of 24.66 seconds. Meanwhile, University of Sydney’s Sam McConnell emerged on the finishing
end of the pool for seventh position, ending his sprint in 24.71 seconds. McConnell was trailed by Atte Liimatanien of Macquarie University, who completed his swim in the last place by posting a time of 24.91 seconds.
Richardson expressed contentment over his victory, while the Australian champion articulated his desire of reaching the podium at the upcoming Swimming World Cup in October. Being a valuable asset to Australian swimming, Richardson claimed that he will work
hard to move upwards in the overall Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) rankings.
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