Peter Bernek, Boglarka Kapas Win at Day One of Hungary Nationals

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

The Hungarian Nationals kicked off with some quick preliminary, semi-final and final swims. Peter Bernek and Boglarka Kapas claimed the first wins of the meet in the 400-meter free.

Evelyn Verraszto clocked an impressive 1:00.17 in prelims of the women’s 100-meter fly. Zsuzsanna Jakabos and Alys Thomas tied for the second-place seed with a 1:00.29.

Verraszto continued to lead the event in semi-finals with a swift 59.47. Jakabos clocked a 59.76 to claim the second-place seed going into tomorrow’s finals, while Lilliana Szilegyi moved up to the third-place seed with a 59.98.

Prelims of the men’s 400-meter free saw Akaram Ahmed leading with a 3:55.86. Samuel Pizzetti clocked a 3:58.36, while Peter Bernek took the third-place seed with a 3:58.74.

In finals it was Bernak who moved up and secured the first-place finish with a 3:48.71, an astonishing 10.03 second drop from his prelims time of 3:58.74. Ahmed finished second with a 3:50.10, while Daniel Dudas moved up to finish third with a 3:55.21.

Jakabos was back in the women’s 200-meter IM clocked a 2:14.70 in prelims. Reka Gyorgy took the second-place seed with a 2:17.13, while Dalma Sebestyen finished in 2:19.04 for the third-place seed.

Despite adding .21 seconds from her prelims time, Jakabos was able to hold her first-place seed in semi-finals with a finishing time of 2:14.91. Carlotta Toni moved up to the second-place seed with a 2:15.16, while Gyorgy took third with a 2:15.21.

The men’s 50-meter fly saw Mohamed Eissa Omar Ahmed, Laslo Cseh, and Adam Telegdy tying for the first-place seed with a 24.51. The men spread out some in the semi-finals with Cseh moving to the first-place seed with a 23.95. Krisztian Takacs moved to the second-place seed with a 24.08, while Ahmed was third with a 24.44.

Prelims of the women’s 400-meter free saw Erika Musso leading with a 4:16.15. Melinda Novoszath claimed the second-place seed with a 4:19.52, while Boglarka Kapas took third with a 4:20.09.

In finals it was Kapas who dominated finishing in 4:08.89, dropping 11.2 seconds from her prelims time. Musso was second with a final time of 4:10.21, and Novoszath took third with a 4:14.84.

Eduoardo Giorgetti led the men’s 100-meter breaststroke prelims with a 1:02.93. Gabor Financsek claimed the second-place seed with a 1:03.20. David Horueth finished close behind with a 1:03.66 to secure the third-place seed going into semi-finals.

Giorgetti maintained his lead throughout semi-finals finishing with a time of 1:02.14. Horueth moved up to the second-place seed with a 1:02.68, while Financsek dropped to third with a 1:03.60.

The women’s 400-meter free relay team of Bettina Boszormenyl, Viktoria Kardos, Sara Vereblyl and Kapas from BVSC Zuglo claimed first with a 3:53.90. Vasas SC finished second with a 3:55.21, while FTC was third with a 3:55.41.

It was the men of Kobanya Sport Club who took first in the men’s 400-meter free relay. Telegdy, Norbert Stabo, Bence Pulai and Vince Pulai were first with a time of 3:26.58. The men of Dunaffer DVSI took second with a 3:28.36, while the men of BACSVIZ KVSC KESI claimed third with a 3:29.43.

2015 Hungary National Championships, Day One Results – Results

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Dunc1952

8 years ago

Where is Katinka?