Morning session of day two of the 2011 Eric Namesnik Grand Prix – Swimming News
Morning session of day two of the 2011 Eric Namesnik Grand Prix concluded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the preliminary rounds of the 200m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke and the 200m breast-stroke in the Men’s and Women’s category.
The session started with the preliminary rounds of the Women’s 200m butterfly, where the arena witnessed a glazing swim from the Una Palo-PC’s Jasmine Tosky, in a time of 2:13.37 minutes. Brazilian SF’s Joann Maranhao and Unattached’s Caitlin Leverenz followed
her into the finals as the second and third fastest qualifying swimmers with a timing of 2:13.85 and 2:14.14 minutes, respectively.
In the Men’s corner, Marcin Cieslak captured the equivalent event with a stupendous swim of 1:57.13 seconds that placed him ahead of the Una Uofl-KY’s Pedro Oliveira and North Baltimore’s Michael Phelps. Oliveria qualified as the second fastest swimmer into
the finals with a timing of 1:59.80 minutes. Following him was the crowd’s favourite Phelps, who appeared as the third fastest swimmer in a time of 1:59.81 minutes.
In the Women’s 50m freestyle, California Aquatic’s Dana W Vollmer dominated the heats with a beautiful timing of 25.42 seconds. Her time was well under the pool record and 2012 London Olympics FINA time qualification standard of 25.63 seconds and 26.39 seconds,
respectively. Vollmer out-touched Una Fast-CA’s Kara Lynn Joyce and Puerto Pico’s Vanessa Garcia, who touched the wall in 25.57 and 25.76 seconds respectively, to qualify as the second and third fastest swimmers into the final.
Moments later, Brazilian Bruno Fratus displayed an unreachable swim of 22.52 seconds in the Men’s 50m freestyle. His timing was comfortably under the Pool Record and FINA time qualification standard for the London Olympics. He was followed by his team-member,
Cesar Cielo Filho and All Russian SF’s Andrey Seryy, who touched the wall in 22.64 and 22.69 seconds, respectively.
Later on, North Baltimore’s Elizabeth Pelton secured the fastest qualification spot in the Women’s 100m backstroke with a timing of 1:00.83 minutes. California Aquatic’s Natalie Coughlin and Brazilian SF’s F Pulga Molina followed her into the finals as the
second and third fastest swimmers in a time of 1:01.31 and 1:01.95 minutes, respectively.
After a while, Phelps dominated the Men’s 100m backstroke in an astonishing time of 55.13 seconds, ahead of the David J Nolan and Vyt Janusaitis, who followed him into the finals with a timing of 55.66 and 56.02 seconds, respectively.
Caitlin Leverenz dominated the Women’s 100m breast-stroke in a time of 2:30.92 minutes and was followed by Ariana Kukors and Ram Dvariskyte in a time of 2:33.12 and 2:34.31 minutes, respectively.
The last event of the session was the Men’s 100m breast-stroke, where Jorge Murillo touched the wall first in 2:16.75 minutes, ahead of Oussama Mellouli and Scott W Spann, who touched the wall in 2:16.90 and 2:17.38 minutes, respectively.
Phelps and Mellouli claim to provide more to the audience in the finals of their respective events. The competition is considered crucial as it precedes the next two stops of the 2011 USA Grand Prix Series and the upcoming 2011 World Championships, in July.
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