Sam Mcconnell conquers Men’s 100m butterfly title: Day one – 2011 Australian University Games
Sam Mcconnell of University of Sydney stunned the crowd due to his immaculate splash on day one of the 2011 Australian University Games, in Gold Coast, Australia, on Tuesday, September 27. The session of the meet conducted Men’s 100m butterfly race, in which
Mcconnell gave his best attempt and notched the gold crown on the podium by posting a fastest time of 55.46 seconds. Earlier, Sam won the preliminary heat with an impressive mark of 58.19 seconds.
In the corresponding race, Shane Kingsbury of University of New South Wales hit the finishing wall in 56.38 seconds to win silver medal on the podium. Grant Irvine of Queensland University of Technology powered the wall in a time of 58.10 seconds to retain
the bronze title of the platform. In the corresponding splash, Matthew Spence of University of New South Wales earned fourth place honours with a mark of 59.57 seconds.
Stephen Parkes of University of Sydney rounded out the top five with a mark of 59.72 seconds. Tim Halliday of University of Sydney was placed sixth with a time of 1 minute and 01.09 seconds, while Alexander Bouris of University of Western Sydney earned seventh
place honours in a time of 1 minute and 01.35 seconds. Last, but not the least, Ernest Lourens of University of South Australia settled eighth in a time of 1 minute and 01.48 seconds.
Earlier in the day, Kyle Richardson of Queensland University of Technology took home the Men’s 200m freestyle title by posting a winning time of 1 minute and 51.90 seconds. Donald Cameron of Macquarie University and Andrew Kennedy of University of New South
Wales grabbed silver with a matching mark of 1 minute and 56.47 seconds, while Mark O’Donnell of Monash University finished fourth in the respective meet with a time of 1 minute and 56.87 seconds.
All athletes of the meet took a huge round of applause from the crowd due to their impressive performances and the triumphant swimmers were awarded medals and accolades after the session’s completion.
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