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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 7. MARK Gangloff of SwimMAC Carolina knocked Brendan Hansen off the American pedestal as he scared the world record in the 100 breast, but wound up with the American standard.
Gangloff raced out to a 27.64 at the 50-meter mark to be under Hansen's 27.66 and Kitajima's 28.03 in the 100 breast. Gangloff finished the race with a sterling time of 59.01 to clear Hansen's national mark of 59.13 set at the 2006 U.S. National Championships held in Irvine, Calif. The time just missed Kitajima's global standard of 58.91.
Gangloff's time is the quickest in the world, besting the 59.03 set by Brazil's Henrique Barbosa.
"I have been trying to get that barrier for so long, I almost skipped 59," Gangloff said. "I was really focused before the race. It is really hard to get under the 1:00 barrier."
Eric Shanteau of Longhorn wound up taking second in 59.45, and received a round of applause from the crowd as he continues to show what a cancer-free body can do.
Tucson Ford's Marcus Titus placed third in 1:00.00, just missing becoming part of a select crowd of American swimmers to break the 1:00 barrier.
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July 7, 2009 Very impressive swim by Jaked, I mean Gangloff Submitted by: mjb
July 7, 2009 he swam the race, not the suit. congrats to gangloff. Submitted by: jim
July 7, 2009 No, its a fair question every time now: What suit was he wearing? When even the swimmers setting the records are calling for the suits to be banned, I don't see how you can say they are not an issue. Submitted by: prhjd
July 7, 2009 Happy for Sutton since she missed out on the Open water team; but she and Schmitt are way off medal contention at this point. It looks like Hoff could be sick??? vs. maybe missed the taper; hopefully the latter and she can challenge in her later events... Submitted by: liquidassets
July 7, 2009 Finally Gangloff breaks through. He's a definite medal contender now but will need that Jaked to stay one; it's a crowded field in the 59's now; and he has a history of swimming a little slower at worlds/Olympics than at Trials. I'm surprised with Shanteau; I never thought he'd get that low in the 100 regardless of suit. Looks like he wisely gave up the 400 IM to focus on this instead. This bodes well for his 200 breast and probably his 200 IM as well. Submitted by: liquidassets
July 7, 2009 Finally! So glad to see Gangloff finally break the 1:00 barrier, he's been so close so many times. Shanteau had a great swim for the short distance, looking forward to his 200. Almost had a fourth American (above two plus Hansen) join the 59 club, Titus 1:00.00. Submitted by: squiggles255
July 8, 2009 Sad to see Hansen's record wiped out by a poly suit...59.13 in jammers should have lasted longer. Submitted by: FatDrew
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