Kylie Stewart dominates Women’s 200m backstroke prelims – Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Kylie Stewart of USA dominated the top qualification spot of Women’s 200m backstroke on day three of the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday, August 25.
Stewart smothered hopes of her challengers in the distant backstroke discipline as she showed her urgency towards the finishing end in a fastest qualification time. With her commendable pace, Stewart managed to outperform exhausting efforts of her strongest
challenger and made her way to the wall as top contender for gold medal.
Stewart demonstrated her scintillating efforts in the four-lap event and made her way to the final round as top contender for gold medal by producing a time of 2 minutes and 11.56 seconds.
She was followed by Kaitlyn Jones of USA, who stayed 0.41 seconds slower from her and occupied second position of the race by reporting a time of 2 minutes and 11.97 seconds.
Jones was trailed by Kana Ozeki of Japan, who stayed half body length behind and qualified into the final round as third fastest swimmer by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 12.46 seconds.
Fourth best qualifying position of the race was secured by Mikkayla Sheridan of Australia, who was 0.70 seconds away from overpowering her former finisher and clocked a time of 2 minutes and 13.16 seconds.
Sheridan was trailed by Sydney Pickrem of Canada, who suffered a loss of 0.30 seconds from her and finished fifth in the event by clocking an effort of 2 minutes and 13.46 seconds.
Pickrem was chased by Keryn McMaster of Australia, who stayed nearly half body length behind and posted a time of 2 minutes and 14.21 seconds.
Seventh position of the race was obtained by Yuriko Saito of Japan, who stayed 0.46 seconds behind and touched the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 14.67 seconds.
Subsequently, Saito stayed almost 0.70 seconds ahead of Cynthia Pammett of Canada, who ended her swim in eighth best place by producing a time of 2 minutes and 15.38 seconds.
Stewart was contented with her top qualifying effort and articulated her desire of dominating the playoff for gold medal.
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