Alex Athletics Jubilaums Challenge: Kate Ziegler Adds 400 Free Title at German Swim Meet

ESSEN, Germany, October 13. AFTER putting together a sizzling 1500 free yesterday en route to both the metric mile and 800 free world records over short course meters (for complete coverage, click here), Kate Ziegler settled in with another gold medal at the Alex Athletics Jubilaums Challenge held in Essen, Germany.

This time, Ziegler easily won the 400 free with a time of 4:03.41, just two seconds off her personal best time of 4:01.79 set at the 2006 Short Course World Championships. Additionally, France's Laure Manaudou held on to one of her short course meter global standards, as her 3:56.09 held up.

Meike Freitag placed second in the race with a time of 4:11.64, while Cathleen Rund took third in 4:21.29.

In the next event, Jeanette Luster touched first in the women's 200 fly with a time of 2:18.28, just ahead of Alina Polplatz's second-place time of 2:18.76. Denise Moller finished third in 2:23.41.

In the men's 200 fly, Dennis da Silva captured the title in 2:06.29, while Bjorn Koch (2:07.08) and Melvin Herrmann (2:07.27) rounded out the top three.

In the 50 breaststroke events, Kerstin Vogel topped all women with a time of 31.46, while Manuel Stiem did the same for the men with a time of 29.56.

Thomas Lurz claimed his second gold medal of the meet with a win in the men's 400 free. He clocked a time of 4:21.75, to far surpass Julian Jungbluth (4:35.49) and Stiem (4:36.55).

In the 100 backstroke, Jenny Mensing captured the women's title in 1:01.24, just ahead of Christin Zenner (1:01.68) and Xenia Madziarska (1:03.47), while German record-holder Thomas Rupprath easily won the men's gold in 52.29. Steffen Driesen (55.45) and Gabriel Mangabeira (55.70) took second and third, respectively.

In the 200 IM, Rund picked up the win in 2:17.73 from the women's field that included Jessica Stieger (2:19.78) and Ozlem Taskin (2:23.57) finishing 2-3. Meanwhile, Jens Schreiber won the men's 200 free in 1:48.29, with Christoph Fildebrandt (1:49.79) and Jan Wolfgarten (1:50.59) taking second and third.

In the 50 freestyle, Freitag paced the women with a time of 25.63, while Schreiber won amongst the men with a time of 22.89.

Vogel claimed her second breaststroke event of the day with a time of 1:09.41 in the 100, while Rebecca Horstmann (1:12.12) and Carolin Rademacher (1:12.19) rounded out the top three. For the men, Troy Arnicke won in 1:04.03, ahead of Stiem (1:04.81) and Eduard Alboni (1:05.00).

Finally, in the 100 IMs, Zenner won the women's title in 1:05.66, in front of Kerstin Lange (1:06.64) and Christina Kotzur (1:07.67), while Rupprath claimed his second title of the day with a time of 54.26, while Marco Di Carli (57.87) and Stiem (1:00.70) closed out the top three.

Click here to view event results PDF file.

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