Steven Stumph snares Men’s 200 yard IM gold – Speedo Winter Junior Nationals
Steven Stumph of Orinda Aquatics snared gold medal of the Men’s 200 yard Individual Medley (IM) on day one of the 2012 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships at University of Tennessee, Knoxville on Thursday, December 6.
Stumph devastated hopes of his opponents in the eight-lap discipline as he showed his urgency towards the finishing blockade for gold medal.
The 18-year-old Stumph faced strong competition from his following swimmer throughout the race but with his alluring efforts in the last lap, he managed to ascend on the podium for gold medal.
Stumph remained two strokes ahead of his closest competitor as he tapped the wall for the title by posting a time of 1 minute and 46.79 seconds.
The champion was followed by Curtis Ogren of Palo Alto Stanford, who stepped on the victory stand for silver medal by producing a time of 1 minute and 47.11 seconds.
The silver medallist was chased by Harrison Thai of Crescenta-Canada, who was 0.54 seconds apart and surfaced on the finishing end for bronze medal by clocking a time of 1 minute and 47.65 seconds.
Thai was traced by William Glass of City of Mobile, who was only a stroke behind and completed his swim in fourth place by posting a time of 1 minute and 47.93 seconds.
Fifth spot of the race was secured by Zachary Lierley of Mount Pleasant Swim Club, who was almost a second slower and posted a time of 1 minute and 48.88 seconds.
Lierley was traced by Michael Duderstadt of Panama City Swim, who remained 0.22 seconds slower and ended his race in sixth place with an effort of 1 minute and 49.10 seconds.
Seventh position of the event was gained by Caeleb Dressel of Bolles School, who was 0.47 seconds slower and posted an effort of 1 minute and 49.57 seconds.
Dressel remained 1.34 seconds ahead of Dads Club Swim Team’s Patrick Miller, who ended eighth in the race by posting an effort of 1 minute and 50.91 seconds.
In addition, Stumph was extremely happy with his title claiming effort in the IM and raked medal after the event.
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