Ricky Berens occupies Men’s 200 yards freestyle gold – AT&T Winter National Championships
Ricky Berens of UN02ST occupied gold medal of the Men’s 200 yards freestyle on day two of the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships in Austin, TX, USA on Friday, November 30.
With his astonishing pace in the 200 yard discipline, Berens remained clearly ahead of his challengers and secured the title.
He showed no leniency to his opponents from the start and cruised his way towards the finishing blockade for gold medal by producing a time of 1 minute and 31.96 seconds.
The champion was followed by Joao de Lucca of UOFLKY, who stayed 0.61 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and reached the wall for silver medal by producing an effort of 1 minute and 32.57 seconds.
Third position of the race was obtained by Ryan Lochte of DBS-FL, who was 0.70 seconds apart and reached the finishing blockade by submitting a time of 1 minute and 33.26 seconds.
The bronze medallist was followed by Nikita Lobintsev of TROJCA, who stayed 0.40 seconds slower from securing his spot on the medal rostrum and ended fourth in the race by reporting a time of 1 minute and 33.66 seconds.
Lobintsev was followed by Clay Youngquist of UT-ST, who was 0.23 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and reached the wall for fifth position by posting a time of 1 minute and 33.89 seconds.
Sixth fastest spot of the event was obtained by Dax Hill of UT-ST, who stayed 0.30 seconds apart and surfaced on the wall by clocking an effort of 1 minute and 34.19 seconds.
Similarly, Hill enjoyed an advantage of two body lengths over Chad Bobrosky of USC-CA, who managed to secure seventh position of the race by posting a time of 1 minute and 35.92 seconds.
Bobrosky was trailed by Ryan Murphy of BSS-FL, who was only one stroke apart and surfaced on the finishing wall for eighth position with a timing of 1 minute and 36.23 seconds.
In addition, Berens received huge appreciation from the audience for his commendable form in the butterfly discipline and said that he would try his best to accomplish the same in future events.
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