Thomas Shields snares Men’s 200 yards butterfly gold – AT&T Winter National Championships
Thomas Shields of UN02PC snared gold medal of the Men’s 200 yards butterfly on day three of the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships in Austin, TX, USA on Saturday, December 1.
Shields dictated terms to his challengers in the butterfly discipline as he remained considerably ahead of his opponents and tapped the wall for gold medal.
He remained in a prominent lead over his toughest challenger, Clark Smith of DSA-CO, and tapped the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 40.24 seconds.
His alluring effort was comfortably under the championship record of Hidemasa Sano of USA, who posted 1 minute and 41.07 seconds in 2008.
His title claiming effort remained 4.34 seconds slower from Smith, who touched the wall with a timing of 1 minute and 44.58 seconds for silver medal.
Smith was followed by Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or of ZONAAZ, who was 0.22 seconds apart and paved his way to the finishing end for bronze medal by producing a time of 1 minute and 44.80 seconds.
Fourth position of the race was obtained by Matthew Barber of ZONAAZ, who stayed 0.59 seconds apart and touched the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 45.39 seconds.
Similarly, Barber was followed by Andrew Seliskar of NCAPPV, who was 0.05 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and touched the wall with an effort of 1 minute and 45.44 seconds for fifth place.
Sixth position of the event was obtained by Dakota Hodgson of USC-CA, who was just 0.18 seconds slower and concluded his swim in sixth place by reporting a time of 1 minute and 45.62 seconds.
Hodgson was followed by Tripp Cooper of UT-ST, who was significantly slower from his and ended his swim in seventh place by posting a time of 1 minute and 47.03 seconds.
Eighth spot of the event was obtained by Justin Difederico of USC-CA, who was 0.93 seconds slower and surfaced on the finishing end by clocking a time of 1 minute and 47.96 seconds.
Furthermore, Shields received massive admiration from the aquatic crowd for his laudable efforts at the victory ceremony of the event.
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