Yukiko Watanabe wins Girls 200m backstroke gold – 2012 NCSA/Itoman Allstar Meet
Yukiko Watanabe of Itoman won gold medal of the Girls 200m backstroke on concluding day of the 2012 NCSA/Itoman Allstar Meet at the Golden West Swim Club in Golden West College on Sunday, September 23.
Watanabe went full rampant in the 200m discipline to overpower her toughest challenger over the finishing end. With her immaculate efforts, she remained prominently ahead of her following rival and transpired on the finishing end for gold medal.
Her commendable pace remained 0.61 seconds ahead of her closest swimmer as she tapped the wall for title by producing a phenomenal time of 2 minutes and 15.03 seconds.
The gold medallist was followed by Janet Y Hu of NCSA, who remained half body length behind and surfaced on the finishing blockade as second position holder by touching the wall with a nice effort of 2 minutes and 15.64 seconds.
Hu was followed by Miki Kamemori of Itoman, who stayed nearly full body length slower from her former finisher and touched the wall for bronze medal with a timing of 2 minutes and 16.53 seconds.
Kamemori was chased by Lisa N Bratton of NCSA, who stayed 0.28 seconds behind and settled on the finishing blockade as fourth fastest swimmer by clocking a time of 2 minutes and 16.81 seconds.
Fifth fastest spot of the event was obtained by Mayu Kimoto of Itoman, who remained nearly two body lengths apart and clocked an effort of 2 minutes and 18.76 seconds.
Kimoto was traced by her teammate, Aya Watanabe, who stayed 0.11 seconds behind and touched the wall with a timing of 2 minutes and 18.87 seconds for sixth position.
Watanabe was followed by Megan E Byrnes of NCSA, who remained considerably slower from her former finisher and posted a time of 2 minutes and 23.56 seconds.
Byrnes was chased by Jessica R Short of NCSA, who was 0.80 seconds behind and clocked a time of 2 minutes and 24.36 seconds for eighth position.
Furthermore, Watanabe received massive admiration from the crowd for her undisputed efforts and articulated her desire of accomplishing the same at superior levels of swimming.
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