Sophie Smith and Te Haumi Maxwell dominate swimming events: Day two – 2011 Commonwealth Games
Sophie Smith England and Te Haumi Maxwell of Australia dominated the finals of Women’s 200m Individual Medley (IM) and Men’s 100m freestyle respectively, on the second day of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on September 10, in Isle of Man.
The 17-year-old Smith presented a noteworthy swim in the final of Women’s IM discipline by producing a fantastic time of 2 minutes and 12.49 seconds. Her effort was nearly 1.48 seconds ahead of her closest competitor, Sycerika McMahon of Northern Ireland,
who reached the podium for silver medal by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 13.97 seconds. Similarly, the Irish swimmer stayed 1.15 seconds ahead of her following swimmer, Kotuku Ngawati of Australia, who reported a time of 2 minutes and 15.12 seconds for
bronze medal.
In the meantime, Emily Jones of Scotland remained only 0.49 seconds slower than the bronze medallist and earned fourth spot of the swim, by posting a time of 2 minutes and 15.61 seconds. Subsequently, Molly Renshaw of England emerged as the fifth fastest
swimmer of the event and completed her IM sprint by clocking a time of 2 minutes and 16.75 seconds. The sixth spot of the race was secured by Justine Macfarlane of South Africa, who remained 0.49 seconds behind her preceding swimmer and concluded her swim
in a time of 2 minutes and 17.24 seconds.
In the Men’s 100m freestyle, Maxwell touched the wall in a top ranked time of 48.48 seconds for gold medal. He was in a lead of 1.11 seconds over Ieuan Lloyd of Wales, who ended his swim in a second fastest time of 49.59 seconds and occupied silver medal.
The third position of the swim was secured by Alisdair Stirling of Scotland, who stepped on the podium for bronze medal, with a timing of 49.94 seconds.
Meanwhile, Joshua Romany of Trinidad and Tobago was only 0.08 seconds slower than his former finisher and clocked a fourth best time of 50.02 seconds. He was only 0.18 seconds ahead of his following competitor, Adam Rowe of England, who settled as the fifth
position holder of the freestyle discipline by reporting a time of 50.20 seconds. He was followed by Luke Pendock of South Africa, who remained only 0.25 seconds behind Rowe and concluded his two-lap sprint in a sixth fastest time of 50.45 seconds.
The arena applauded the commendable efforts of all participants who competed against each other in a superb manner to claim podium finishes. Furthermore, the winners received medals for their laudable swims after the session ended.
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