Peter Vanderkaay earns Men’s 200m freestyle title – 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships
Peter Vanderkaay of Oakland Live Y’e earned the title of Men’s 200m freestyle meet on day two of the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships on Wednesday, August 3, in Palo Alto, California. The National championship is the Long Course
USA swimming competition, being held at the Avery Aquatic Centre of Stanford University.
The 27-year-old Vanderkaay was prominently away from the second finest swimmer and ended his swim in a time of 1 minute and 46.45 seconds for gold medal. With his gold winning effort, he remained 1.22 seconds faster than his closest competitor, Matthew McLean
of Snow Swimming-PV, who captured the silver medal of the event, by submitting a time of 1 minute and 47.77 seconds. McLean was trailed by Richard Berens of Una Troj-CA, who stayed only 0.55 seconds behind the second finisher and reported in a third fastest
time of 1 minute and 48.32 seconds.
Peter Vanderkaay is the bronze medallist of 200m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, whereas, the American swimmer also owns the gold medal of 4*200m freestyle relay at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.
The fourth finest spot was secured by Scott Robison of New South Swimming, as he was just 0.17 seconds behind the third position holder and posted a time of 1 minute and 48.49 seconds. Michael Klueh of Fast Swim Team-C transpired as the fifth best swimmer
of the four-lap swim, as he was just 0.01 seconds behind Robison and clocked a time of 1 minute and 48.50 seconds.
Klueh maintained a lead of 1.67 seconds over his subsequent swimmer, Daxon Hill of Longhorn Aquatic, who obtained the sixth position, by ending his swim in a time of 1 minute and 49.17 seconds. He was followed by Matthew Patton of Club Wolverine-M and Tyler
Clary of Fast Swim Team-C, who surfaced as seventh and eighth fastest finishers, with timings of 1:49.28 and 1:49.30 minutes, respectively.
In addition, the crowd was contented with the breath-taking efforts of all swimmers, while the podium finishers collected medals for their unmatchable swims in the respective meet.
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