Thomas Shields pockets Men’s 100 yards butterfly gold – AT&T Winter National Championships
Thomas Shields of UN02PC pocketed gold medal of the Men’s 100 yards butterfly on second day of the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships in Austin, TX, USA on Friday, November 30.
Shields devastated hopes of his opponents in the short butterfly discipline as he outperformed his opponents on the finishing wall for the title. He faced tough competition in the first half, but with his alluring efforts in the final lap of the race, Shields
secured the crown.
Shields remained prominently ahead of his following swimmer and reached the finishing wall for gold medal with an incredible timing of 44.88 seconds.
His stupendous effort placed him 0.44 seconds faster from Davis Tarwater of VOLSSE, who occupied silver medal of the race by touching the wall with a fascinating effort of 45.32 seconds.
The second best finisher was traced by Giles Smith of ZONAAZ, who stayed 0.49 seconds apart and stepped on the victory stand for bronze medal by clocking a time of 45.81 seconds.
The third position holder was followed by Jacob Jarzen of MSU-MI, who was 0.38 seconds slower and clocked a time of 46.19 seconds for fourth place.
Jarzen was traced by Chase Bloch of USC-CA, who stayed more than half a body length slower from his and clocked a time of 46.86 seconds for fifth position.
Sixth best position of the event was obtained by Tripp Cooper of UT-ST, who stayed 0.32 seconds behind and concluded his swim in a time of 47.18 seconds.
Subsequently, Cooper was followed by Bryan Williams of MSU-MI, who was 0.03 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and concluded his race in seventh place by touching the wall with an effort of 47.21 seconds.
Williams was traced by Wade Allen of UCSBCA, who stayed 0.35 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and was unable to upset any of his competitors as he finished eighth in the race by posting a time of 47.56 seconds.
Furthermore, Shields was overjoyed with his undisputed effort in the butterfly discipline and stressed that he would continue hard to accomplish the same in forthcoming swimming events.
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