Marieke Guehrer picks second gold in Women’s 50m butterfly: Day two – Australian University Games
Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Marieke Guehrer picked up her second gold medal of the evening in Women’s 50m butterfly on subsequent day of the 2011 Australian University Games. The event was held at Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Queensland, while
the session ended on Wednesday, September 28.
The 25-year-old Australian ended seventh in the butterfly discipline at the 2011 World Championships, while she ranks seventh on the Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) world rankings. This was her second dominating effort of the session as she
already captured the title of 50m freestyle.
Guehrer posted a time of 26.12 seconds at the Shanghai world titles. The Australian veteran clocked a time of 26.93 seconds for gold medal in the respective meet.
With her superb effort, Guehrer maintained a lead of 1.18 seconds over her following swimmer, University of Sydney’s Mel Houghton, who secured the podium for silver medal by clocking a time of 28.11 seconds. Houghton was followed by her team-member, Emma
Gray, who was 0.40 seconds slower and submitted a time of 28.51 seconds for third position.
In the meantime, Ashleigh McCleery of Griffith University claimed fourth finishing spot of the event. McCleery was 0.24 seconds slower than her former finisher and hit the finishing wall with a timing of 28.75 seconds. She was trailed by University of Melbourne’s
Grace Loh, who remained marginally away from McCleery and registered herself as fifth position holder in a time of 28.80 seconds.
University of Queensland’s Katrina Schieber gained sixth position of the single-lap butterfly swim as she reported a time of 29.64 seconds. Schieber was chased by her team-mate, Jessica Henshaw W, who lingered 0.33 seconds slower and claimed seventh position
of the event by submitting a time of 29.97 seconds. The last spot of the race was secured by University of Melbourne’s Julia Oakley, who finished her swim after a delay of 0.46 seconds and touched the finishing end in a time of 30.43 seconds.
Guehrer was in high spirits after obtaining her second gold medal of the evening, while her supporters gave her a huge round of applause for her scintillating efforts.
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