Meet-Record Twosome Erased in Day Three Prelims at Pan Pacs

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 19. DURING the first weekend competition at the 2006 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships, a pair of championship standards fell throughout third-day preliminary swims in Victoria, British Columbia on Saturday. World-record holder Ian Crocker downed the 100-meter fly standard, while Japan’s Takami Igarashi wiped out the 200-meter backstroke record in the following heats.

Women’s 400-meter freestyle
A healthy mix of countries represented the top-eight finishers in the women’s 400-meter freestyle as Australia picked up two spots, the United States grabbed four and Japan earned two.

Australian Bronte Barratt touched out American Katie Hoff in heat three of preliminary competition as Barratt stopped the clock in 4:09.55, while Hoff hit the wall at 4:09.70. At the 300-meter mark, it looked like Hoff would run away with the top spot as she stretched her lead over Barratt to 3:05.48 to 3:06.69. The Australian, however, would have none of it as she kicked it into high gear to make up the difference in the final 100 meters.

Swimming World Magazine’s Female National High School Swimmer of the Year Kate Ziegler, who also claimed the 2006 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National title in the event earlier this month, qualified third in 4:10.94.

Other swimmers in the top eight included Japan’s Ai Shibata (4th/4:11.04) and Sachiko Yamada (5th/4:11.22), United States’ Kelsey Ditto (6th/4:12.04), Australia’s Linda MacKenzie (7th/4:12.10) and United States’ Hayley Peirsol (8th/4:12.34).

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Due to the meet’s two-per country rule for finals, the finals heat sheet will be as follows:
A Final
1 BIAGIOLI Cecilia 85 ARG 4:13.54
2 YAMADA Sachiko 82 JPN 4:11.22
3 ZIEGLER Kate 88 USA 4:10.94
4 BARRATT Bronte 89 AUS 4:09.55
5 HOFF Katie 89 USA 4:09.70
6 SHIBATA Ai 82 JPN 4:11.04
7 MACKENZIE Linda 83 AUS 4:12.10
8 POLL Claudia 72 CRC 4:13.95

B Final
1 XIA Chenying 87 CHN 4:20.75
2 KÖBRICH Kristel 85 CHI 4:18.74
3 REIMER Brittany 88 CAN 4:14.92
4 DITTO Kelsey 89 USA 4:12.04
5 PALMER Kylie 90 AUS 4:13.72
6 HUNKS Tanya 80 CAN 4:15.00
7 LEE Ji Eun 89 KOR 4:20.07
8 UEDA Haruka 88 JPN 4:21.09

Men’s 400-meter freestyle
An extremely competitive heat, the fifth of five, produced the top five times of prelims in the 400-meter freestyle relay. Korean Tae Hwan Park and American Klete Keller battled through the first 350 meters of the event, trading the lead at both the 250-meter and the 350-meter marks, before Park dropped the hammer in the final 50 meters to post the top time of the morning with a 3:50.41.

Meanwhile, Keller’s compatriot Robert Margalis tracked down the USA Swimming National titlist in the event earlier this month with a 27.65 split during the final 50 meters to move into the second qualifying spot in 3:50.75. Keller wound up settling for third with a 3:50.92, but will be one of two U.S. representatives in the evening finals.

The United States dominated the rest of the top eight as Erik Vendt (5th/3:51.56), Peter Vanderkaay (6th/3:51.94) and Ryan Lochte (7th/3:52.33) picked up three of the final five spots, while Canada’s Andrew Hurd – the 800-meter freestyle winner – took fourth in 3:51.20 and China’s Lin Zhang finished eighth in 3:52.49.

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Due to the meet’s two-per country rule for finals, the finals heat sheet will be as follows:
A Final
1 MATSUDA Takeshi 84 JPN 3:52.80
2 ZHANG Lin 87 CHN 3:52.49
3 KELLER Klete 82 USA 3:50.92
4 PARK Tae Hwan 89 KOR 3:50.41
5 MARGALIS Robert 82 USA 3:50.75
6 HURD Andrew 82 CAN 3:51.20
7 COCHRANE Ryan 88 CAN 3:52.63
8 KANG Yong Hwan 85 KOR 3:54.60

B Final
1 XIN Tong 87 CHN 3:56.21
2 DOKI Kenichi 88 JPN 3:56.02
3 ARAUJO Felipe 84 BRA 3:55.10
4 VANDERKAAY Peter 84 USA 3:51.94
5 KROGH Joshua 82 AUS 3:54.93
6 NEGREIROS Armando 85 BRA 3:55.24
7 MATSUMOTO Hisato 84 JPN 3:56.15
8 FFROST Nicholas 86 AUS 3:56.77

Women’s 100-meter butterfly
The newest world-record holder for Australia, Jessicah Schipper, clocked the only sub-59-second time in the 100 fly after setting the global standard in the 200 fly on the first night of the meet. After going out in 27.42 at the halfway mark, Schipper came home in 30.84 to stop the clock in 58.26.

Meanwhile, the U.S. claimed the next two spots as Rachel Komisarz touched in second with a 59.16, while Mary Descenza recorded a third-place 59.26.

The rest of the top-eight was comprised of Canada’s MacKenzie Downing (4th/59.43), Japan’s Ayako Doi (5th/59.58) and Yuko Nakanishi (6th/59.72) and Americans Whitney Myers (7th/59.91) and Dana Vollmer (8th/1:00.06).

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Due to the meet’s two-per country rule for finals, the finals heat sheet will be as follows:
A Final
1 SHIN Hae In 89 KOR 1:00.23
2 DOI Ayako 80 JPN 59.58
3 DESCENZA Mary 84 USA 59.26
4 SCHIPPER Jessicah 86 AUS 58.26
5 KOMISARZ Rachel 76 USA 59.16
6 DOWNING MacKenzie 86 CAN 59.43
7 NAKANISHI Yuko 81 JPN 59.72
8 LACROIX Audrey 83 CAN 1:00.39

B Final
1 HORNER Stephanie 89 CAN 1:01.87
2 COSTER Liz 82 NZL 1:01.59
3 CHOI Hye Ra 91 KOR 1:00.59
4 MYERS Whitney 84 USA 59.91
5 RICE Stephanie 88 AUS 1:00.51
6 YANO Yurie 88 JPN 1:00.68
7 MOLINA Fabiola 75 BRA 1:01.81
8 WILSON Hannah Jane Arnett 89 HKG 1:02.31

Men’s 100-meter butterfly
World-record holder Ian Crocker provided the first meet standard of the day as he turned in an eye-popping 51.78 during preliminary action in the 100 fly. That time eclipsed the 52.21 he put on the board in 2002. Additionally, Crocker went out like a flash with a 23.98 at the 50-meter mark, before bringing it home in 27.80.

Japan’s Ryo Takayasu and South Africa’s Lyndon Ferns tied for the second-best time of the morning in 52.96, while Japan continues to demonstrate its depth in the butterfly arena as Takashi Yamamoto (53.24) and Ryuichi Shibata (53.26) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Brazilians Gabriel Mangabeira (6th/53.35) and Kaio Almeida (7th/53.44) as well as American Davis Tarwater (8th/53.58) closed out the rest of the top eight.

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Due to the meet’s two-per country rule for finals, the finals heat sheet will be as follows:
A Final
1 TARWATER Davis 84 USA 53.58
2 MANGABEIRA Gabriel 82 BRA 53.35
3 TAKAYASU Ryo 81 JPN 52.96
4 CROCKER Ian 82 USA 51.78
5 FERNS Lyndon 83 RSA 52.96
6 YAMAMOTO Takashi 78 JPN 53.24
7 ALMEIDA Kaio 84 BRA 53.44
8 BARTOCH Joe 83 CAN 53.68

B Final
1 KNOWLES Jeremy 81 BAH 54.33
2 SWANEPOEL Corney 86 NZL 54.26
3 BURMESTER Moss 81 NZL 54.01
4 SHIBATA Ryuichi 83 JPN 53.26
5 LAUTERSTEIN Andrew 87 AUS 53.87
6 SILVA Fermando 86 BRA 54.18
7 KINDLER Thomas 80 CAN 54.30
8 MADWED Daniel 89 USA 54.38

Women’s 200-meter backstroke
After a shocking upset-victory of Japan’s Hanae Ito over 100 back world-record holder Natalie Coughlin on the first night of competition, the Japanese made a statement during prelims of the longer backstroke event. Takami Igarashi punched the clock in a meet-record time of 2:10.02, which surpassed the 15-year-old record of 2:10.79 previously set by New Zealand’s Anna Simcic in 1991.

Meanwhile, Japan registered the second and fourth-best efforts of the morning as Reiko Nakamura touched in 2:10.14 for second and Ito recorded a fourth-place 2:10.76. Additionally, American Margaret Hoelzer, the USA Swimming National titlist in the event earlier this month, placed third in 2:10.20. Amazingly, each top-four time went under Simcic’s championship standard.

In other action, American youngster Elizabeth Beisel placed fifth in 2:11.68, while Australian Joanna Fargus finished sixth in 2:12.30. New Zealand’s Melissa Ingram (7th/2:12.75) and Australia’s Fran Adcock (8th/2:12.88) rounded out the top eight.

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Due to the meet’s two-per country rule for finals, the finals heat sheet will be as follows:
A Final
1 ADCOCK Fran 84 AUS 2:12.88
2 FARGUS Joanna 82 AUS 2:12.30
3 HOELZER Margaret 83 USA 2:10.20
4 IGARASHI Takami 84 JPN 2:10.02
5 NAKAMURA Reiko 82 JPN 2:10.14
6 BEISEL Elizabeth 92 USA 2:11.68
7 INGRAM Melissa 85 NZL 2:12.75
8 COVENTRY Kirsty 83 ZIM 2:13.11

B Final
1 STEFANYSHYN Kelly 82 CAN 2:15.99
2 JUNG Yoo Jin 89 KOR 2:15.39
3 LEANE Karina 85 AUS 2:14.52
4 ITO Hanae 85 JPN 2:10.76
5 CRIPPEN Teresa 90 USA 2:12.90
6 CORFE Melissa 86 RSA 2:14.64
7 MCLEAN Hannah 81 NZL 2:15.60
8 LEE Nam Eun 89 KOR 2:17.59

Men’s 200-meter backstroke
As always, the 200 backstroke will come down to a battle between world-record holder Aaron Peirsol and Michael Phelps as Peirsol clocked the only time under 1:57.00 with a 1:56.81 during qualifying, while Phelps touched second in 1:57.64.

In the main event in which Phelps is a continual underdog, Peirsol went out in 56.94 with Phelps nearly a second behind in 57.90.

Japan’s Tomomi Morita cruised in for third place with a 1:59.10, while American Ryan Lochte finished fourth in 1:59.30. Japan’s Ryosuke Irie closed out the sub-two-minute performances with a fifth-place 1:59.89.

Meanwhile, Japan’s Masafumi Yamaguchi (6th/2:00.01), Australia’s Hayden Stoeckel (7th/2:00.47) and United States’ Hongzhe Sun (8th/2:00.55) comprised the rest of the top eight.

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Due to the meet’s two-per country rule for finals, the finals heat sheet will be as follows:
A Final
1 SALATTA Lucas 87 BRA 2:00.73
2 STOECKEL Hayden 84 AUS 2:00.47
3 MORITA Tomomi 84 JPN 1:59.10
4 PEIRSOL Aaron 83 USA 1:56.81
5 PHELPS Michael 85 USA 1:57.64
6 IRIE Ryosuke 90 JPN 1:59.89
7 HANNANT Ephraim 88 AUS 2:00.56
8 HAWES Matthew 86 CAN 2:00.75

B Final
1 ZULCH John 87 NZL 2:04.70
2 ROLFF Ethan 82 AUS 2:02.80
3 BEAVERS Keith 83 CAN 2:00.92
4 YAMAGUCHI Masafumi 84 JPN 2:00.01
5 SUN Hongzhe 85 USA 2:00.55
6 DU RAND George 82 RSA 2:01.24
7 TAPP Jake 88 CAN 2:04.51
8 SCHULTZ Andre 88 BRA 2:04.91

Also being contested during finals will be a pair of 400-meter freestyle relays.

Women
1 Hong Kong HKG 3:51.90
2 Korea KOR 3:44.81
3 Canada CAN 3:42.84
4 Australia AUS 3:36.49
5 United States USA 3:36.99
6 New Zealand NZL 3:43.49
7 Japan JPN 3:46.29

Men
1 Chinese Taipei TPE 3:30.61
2 Brazil BRA 3:22.71
3 United States USA 3:16.42
4 Australia AUS 3:15.54
5 Canada CAN 3:15.74
6 Japan JPN 3:19.27
7 New Zealand NZL 3:29.21

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