NSW Open Championships: Tae Hwan Park Doubles; Therese Alshammar, Leisel Jones Shine

SYDNEY, Australia, February 12. THE first day of long course meter action at the NSW Open Championships held in Australia featured some quick swimming with a month left until the Australian Trials.

Korea's Tae Hwan Park cruised in the men's 400 free to open up the first night of finals. He clocked a 3:45.03 for the win, while Robert Hurley placed second in 3:49.78. Ryan Napoleon completed the top three in 3:51.42, just holding off Ryan Cochrane's fourth-place 3:51.59. Park then rattled his Korean record in the men's 100 free with a 49.45. That performance finished just off his 49.32 set in 2007. Tommaso D'Orsogna placed second in 49.80, while Cameron Prosser finished third in 49.90.

Sweden's Therese Alshammar dominated the women's 50 fly with a 25.60, just a half-second behind her world record time of 25.07 set last year. Emily Seebohm finished well behind with a second-place 26.58, while Felicity Galvez took third in 26.87. Seebohm returned the favor in the women's 100 free with a 55.39 to 55.44 victory over Alshammar. Alicia Coutts finished third in 55.67.

Leisel Jones put her Australian record in the women's 100 breast on notice heading into Trials next month with a sterling time of 1:05.85. That swim closed to within a second of her 1:05.09 national record set back in 2006. Sarah Katsoulis took second in 1:08.18, while Samantha Marshall placed third in 1:09.24.

Brenton Rickard topped the men's 50 breast with a touch-out triumph over Glenn Snyders, 28.51 to 285.9. Brad Morrison earned third in 28.76. Stephanie Rice checked in with a 4:40.37 to win the women's 400 IM. Samantha Hamill placed second in 4:41.28, while Natalie Wiegersma claimed third in 4:41.37.

Belinda Hocking eased through the women's 200 back with a winning time of 2:08.36, while Meagen Nay placed second in 2:10.31. Melissa Ingram finished third in 2:11.23. Daniel Arnamnart touched first in the men's 50 back with a 25.23, while Hayden Stoeckel placed second in 25.54. Ashley Delaney grabbed third in 25.62.

Nick D'Arcy rang up a 1:56.82 in the men's 200 fly for the win, while Chris Wright touched a distant second in 1:59.54. Calum Timms rounded out the top three in 2:00.08.

In relay action, Samantha Bennett, Jones, Ellese Zalewski and Shayne Reese won the women's 400 medley relay in 4:11.64. Travis Mahoney, Jack Laidler, Sam Ashby and Jeremy Saunders captured the men's 400 medley relay in 3:52.98.

In multi-disability events, Peter Leek was listed first in the men's 50 free with a 27.31, while Jacqueline Freeney was listed first in the women's 50 free in 32.33.

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