Swimmers shine in swimming events: Santa Clara International Grand Prix – Part 2
After the conclusion of first day of the 2012 Santa Clara International Grand Prix, the arena was eager to see the gruelling efforts of their national swimmers, competing with their international challengers.
The second day of the championship was subject to include the playoffs of 100m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 400m freestyle and 100m butterfly in Men and Women’s category.
The first event of the session was Women’s 100m freestyle, where Dana W Vollmer of California Aquatics stunned the aquatic crowd with her blistering performance.
The 24-year-old Vollmer sustained her fastest qualification spot of the event and made her way to the finishing wall for gold medal by submitting a time of 54.38 seconds.
Her commendable effort remained 1.08 seconds slower from the US Open Mark of 53.30 seconds, owned by Cate Campbell of Australia in 2008. She remained 1.36 seconds slower from the American record of 53.02 seconds, set by Amanda Weir of USA in 2009.
Her gold winning effort was almost two seconds slower from the world record of 52.07 seconds, made by Britta Steffen of Germany during 2009 Rome World Championships.
The gold medallist remained nearly two strokes faster from her following swimmer and team-member, Natalie A Coughlin, who stepped on the finishing blockade for silver medal with the timing of 54.77 seconds.
Coughlin was followed by Madison J Kennedy of SwimMAC Carolina, who stayed almost full body length apart and tapped the finishing blockade for bronze medal by reporting a time of 55.39 seconds.
Next was the equivalent event in Men’s corner, where the Olympic gold medallist, Park Tae Hwan of Korea stifled hopes of his opponents for gold medal.
The 22-year-old Tae Hwan, who captured gold medal of the 400m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, destroyed hopes of his competitors for gold medal of the double lap freestyle discipline.
With his stupendous efforts, he faced no trouble in sustaining his fastest qualification spot of the discipline and finished first in the event with the timing of 48.85 seconds.
His gruelling effort remained nearly two seconds slower from the world mark of 46.91 seconds, made by Cesar Cielo of Brazil at the 2009 Rome world titles.
He was also nearly 1.50 seconds slower from the American record of 47.33 seconds, made by David Waters of USA in 2009. Tae Hwan was also 1.27 seconds slower from the US Open record of 47.58 seconds.
The gold medallist remained nearly one second ahead of Anthony L Ervin of California Aquatics, who secured silver medal of the discipline by producing a time of 49.95 seconds.
Third position of the discipline was secured by Aaron M Wayne of Una Tera-PC, who stayed just a touch away and posted a time of 50.04 seconds.
Third event of the session was Women’s 200m breaststroke, where Caitlin A Leverenz snared gold medal of the event with the timing of 2 minutes and 26.46 seconds.
Her title-claiming effort remained nearly one second ahead of her following swimmer, Katlin N Freeman of Santa Barbara Aquatics, who finished second in the event with an effort of 2 minutes and 27.83 seconds.
The silver medallist was followed by Sarra Lajnef of Una Gsc-Fl, who secured bronze medal of the discipline by posting a time of 2 minutes and 30.09 seconds.
To be continued in Part 3.
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