Second session of the 2011 Telstra Australian Swimming Championship: Day six - Swimming News
Second session on day six of the 2011 Telstra Australian Swimming Championship features the stupendous swims of national swimmers in the semi-finals and finals of eight events. The championship has the aim of selecting national swimmers to represent Australia
at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships in July.
The session started with the Women’s 100m freestyle final, where Alicia Coutts earned the gold medal clocking a time of 53.80 seconds. Her marvellous timing qualified her for the Australian team to the World Championships in July. Coutts was followed by
Yolane Kukla and Bronte Barratt, who touched the wall for second and third in a time of 54.59 and 54.67 seconds, respectively.
Moments later, Ashley Delaney won the hearts of crowd by clocking 1:58.50 minutes to earn the top spot on the podium for the Men’s 200m backstroke. Mitch Larkin and Braiden Camm followed him on the podium for the silver medal and bronze medal in 1:59.09
and 2:00.42 minutes, respectively.
Next was the Women’s 50m butterfly semi-final, where Louis Mitchell earned the fastest qualification spot into the finals with a timing of 26.91 seconds and was followed by Alice Mills and Marieke Guehrer, who touched the wall in 26.97 and 27.02 seconds,
respectively.
The Men’s 50m freestyle semi-final appeared as the toughest event of the championship, as the top 13 swimmers clocked a time between 22.00 and 23.00 seconds. Matt Targett, who qualified as the fastest swimmer into the semi-final ended in a draw with the
Matthew Abood, clocking a time of 22.15 seconds. They were followed by Cameron Prosser, who touched the wall in 22.30 to earn the third fastest qualification.
In the Women’s 200m breast-stroke final, Sally Foster earned the gold medal but failed to qualify for China, as she clocked 2:24.65 seconds. Sarah Katsoulis and Rebecca Kemp followed her on the podium for the second and third spot in 2:24.74 and 2:26.71
minutes, respectively.
After a while, the arena witnessed Geoff Huegill sustaining his fastest qualification spot into the Men’s 100m butterfly final, when he touched the wall in 52.44 seconds. Sam Ashby and Jayden Hadler remained slightly away from him and clocked 52.78 and 52.88
seconds, respectively.
In the Women’s 100m backstroke, Belinda Hocking earn the crowd’s respect after she presented a heart-winning swim of 2:08.86 minutes that was comfortably under the FINA time qualification criteria. She was followed by Meagen Nay and Mikka Sheridan, who qualified
as the second and third fastest swimmers into the final in a time of 2:09.56 and 2:11.22 minutes, respectively.
The Women’s 200m breast-stroke was the last event of the session that sighted Brenton Rickard dominating the swim with his timing of 2:11.84 minutes. Craig Calder and Craig Tucker earned the silver and bronze medal behind Rickard in 2:13.12 and 2:13.84 minutes,
respectively.
The championship will continue for two more days with the aim of selecting the Australian squad to feature in the Shanghai Aquatic Centre, this July.
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