South African swimmers astonish in swimming events: South African LC Nationals – Part 3
With the dazzling forms of South African swimmers on second day of the 2012 South African Long Course Nationals, the expectations of their fans reached new heights. With the remarkable swims of their national swimmers on day two of the seven-day competition, the audience was eager to see how their stars perform in their exclusive events.
The session concluded after the events of 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m butterfly and 200m Individual Medley (IM) in Men and Women’s corner.
The session started with the Women’s 200m freestyle semi-finals, where Leone Vorster impressed the aquatic crowd by earning fastest qualification spot of the race with the timing of 2 minutes and 02.12 seconds.
She was followed by Karin Prinsloo, who remained more than a body length slower and entered the playoff as second fastest swimmer with the timing of 2 minutes and 03.78 seconds.
Prinsloo was trailed by Wendy A Trott, who ended her swim in third best place by submitting a time of 2 minutes and 03.79 seconds.
Moments later, Darian Townsend proved his mettle for gold medal of the Men’s equivalent event. The 27-year-old Townsend remained significantly away from his fellow swimmers and reached the wall for first position with the timing of 1 minute and 47.88 seconds.
He was followed by Sebastien Rousseau, who reached the wall for second position by reporting a time of 1 minute and 48.69 seconds. The third position of the discipline was trailed by Jean Basson, who remained only 0.01 seconds slower from his former finisher and hit the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 48.70 seconds.
Afterwards, Karin Prinsloo won gold medal of the Women’s 100m backstroke as she touched the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 01.52 seconds.
The 22-year-old Prinsloo was trailed by Ashley-Cooper, who remained 0.95 seconds apart and touched the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 02.47 seconds. She was followed by Lehesta Kemp, who remained 1.60 seconds behind and clocked a time of 1 minute and 04.07 seconds.
Next was the Women’s 100m breaststroke final, where Suzaan van Biljon smothered her challengers by snaring gold medal of the discipline with the timing of 1 minute and 08.76 seconds.
Biljon was followed by Tara Nicholas, who was considerably slower from her foregoing finisher and hit the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 10.01 seconds.
The second position holder was trailed by Ronwyn Roper, who stayed nearly full body length behind and transpired on the finishing blockade with the timing of 1 minute and 10.85 seconds.
Following that, Chad Le Clos dominated the semi-finals of Men’s 200m butterfly. The 20-year-old Le Clos remained comfortably ahead of his competitors and touched the finishing wall with the timing of 1 minute and 55.30 seconds.
Le Clos was followed by Sebastien Rousseau and Dylan Bosch, who qualified in the playoff as second and third best finishers with timings of 1:57.63 and 2:01.95 minutes, respectively.
After a while, Kathryn Meaklim conquered the semi-finals of Women’s 200m IM as she reached the finishing end with the timing of 2 minutes and 13.33 seconds.
Meaklim was followed by Jessica Pengelly, who ended her swim in second best place with the timing of 2 minutes and 17.76 seconds. She was traced by Rene D Warnes, who seized third best qualifying spot of the event with the timing of 2 minutes and 19.52 seconds.
To be continued in Part 4.
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