World Cup, Singapore: Day One Prelims

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SINGAPORE, October 15. THE first day of short course meter preliminary action is complete at the World Cup stop in Singapore.

Women's 800 free slower heat
Four swimmers from Singapore competed in the slow heat of the distance free: Ting Ting Koh (9:17.76), Chelsea Lin Fuchs (9:23.93), Marina Chan (9:23.94) and Chloe Wang (9:39.80).

Men's 100 free
South Africa's Lyndon Ferns led the way with a top time of 48.07, while teammates Darian Townsend (48.23) and Graeme Moore (48.35) qualified second and third.

Australia's Kyle Richardson (48.52), Sweden's Lars Frolander (48.53), Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (48.64), Russia's Sergey Fesikov (48.86) and Switzerland's Erik Van Dooren (49.97) completed the top eight.

Women's 200 free
Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala claimed the top seed with a time of 2:00.21, while China's Zhang Jiaqi (2:01.66), New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (2:01.82) and Singapore's Amanda Lim (2:01.87) grabbed second through fourth.

Japan's Yumi Kida (2:01.91), Brazil's Tatiana Lemos-Barbosa (2:02.64), Japan's Ayano Koguchi (2:03.28) and China's Zheng Yifei (2:03.79) qualified fifth through eighth.

Men's 50 breast
South Africa went 1-2 with Roland Schoeman (27.34) and Cameron van der Burgh (27.45) qualifying first and second. Brazil's Joao Gomes Jr. touched third in 27.75, while Japan's Naoya Tomita (28.11), Singapore's Lionel Khoo (28.38) and Indonesia's Nicko Biondi (28.49) placed fourth through sixth.

Indonesia's Omar Suryaatmadja (28.93) and Singapore's Kenneth Lim (28.97) also made the championship finale.

Women's 100 breast
USA's Jessica Hardy cruised into the top seed with a 1:07.69, while Japan's Nanaka Tamura placed second in 1:08.80. Sweden's Jennie Johansson (1:09.16) and Germany's Kerstin Vogel (1:09.28) touched third through fourth.

Germany's Dorothea Brandt (1:10.10), South Africa's Ronwyn Roper (1:12.42), Singapore's Samantha Yeo (1:12.43) and Singapore's Cheryl Lim (1:13.50) picked up the rest of the finale transfer spots.

Men's 400 IM slow heat
Singapore's Yan Han Lok (4:49.46) and Aaron Teo (4:51.07) took first and second with Zheng Wen Quah being disqualified.

Women's 100 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar , a World Cup veteran, clocked the top time with a 58.12. Singapore's Li Tao (58.75), USA's Natalie Coughlin (58.82) and USA's Elaine Breeden (59.52) also cleared 1:00 for second through fourth.

China's Gong Jie (1:01.67), Finland's Heidi Karjalainen (1:01.77), New Zealand's Charlotte Webby (1:02.27) and Singapore's Meagan Lim (1:02.76) rounded out the championship field.

Men's 100 back
Japan's Kazuki Watanabe touched out Brazil's Guilherme Guido, 54.29 to 54.34, for the top seed out of prelims. Australia's Hayden Stoeckel (54.87) and Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin (55.21) placed third and fourth.

USA's Randall Bal (55.28), USA's Peter Marshall (55.32), China's Lin Tai Qi (56.02) and Singapore's Rainer Ng (56.04) earned fifth through eighth.

Women's 50 back
Australia's Rachel Goh ripped off a 26.88 for the top time, moving to fourth in the world rankings. The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder took second in 27.76, while Australia's Marieke Guehrer (28.28) and Japan's Wakana Hirai (28.47) placed third through fourth.

Germany's Jenny Mensing (28.55), Australia's Kotuku Ngawati (28.64), USA's Madison Kennedy (28.80) and Singapore's Lynette Ng (28.81) captured the rest of the finale spots.

Men's 200 fly
Australia's Travis Nederpelt raced to the top seed with a 1:56.96, while Canada's Brian Johns finished second in 1:58.80. Switzerland's Alexandre Liess (1:58.86) and Brazil's Thiago Pereira (1:59.38) took third and fourth.

Switzerland's Nico Van Duijn (1:59.62), Australia's Shane Asbury (1:59.75), Indonesia's Donny Utomo (2:03.97) and Indonesia's Pratama Siahaan (2:06.84) also made the finale.

Women's 200 IM
Australia's Kotuku Ngawati paced prelims with a 2:13.34, while USA's Julia Smit placed second in 2:13.48. South Africa's Jessica Pengelly (2:15.68) and Kathryn Meaklim (2:15.71) touched third and fourth.

USA's Elaine Breeden (2:16.45), China's Zhang Jiaqi (2:16.90), South Africa's Bianca Meyer (2:18.84) and Indonesia's Ressa Dewi (2:19.81) claimed lanes in the championship heat as well.

Men's 400 free
Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry dominated prelims with a 3:52.79, while Singapore's Clement Lim (3:59.69) and Brazil's Lucas Kanieski (4:00.00) qualified second and third.

Russia's Mikhail Polishchuk (4:01.79), Singapore's Jeremy Mathews (4:03.62), Singapore's Brandon Boon (4:10.44), Singapore's Mattias Ng (4:11.12) and Singapore's Mar-Cus Ong (4:13.26) snatched spots in the finale.

Women's 50 free
A star-studded finale will be led by The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (24.63), while Sweden's Therese Alshammar (24.72), USA's Jessica Hardy (24.74) and Australia's Marieke Guehrer (24.80) finished second through fourth.

Germany's Dorothea Brandt (24.94), USA's Madison Kennedy (25.10), Brazil's Tatiana Lemos-Barbosa (25.49) and Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala (25.61) also made the championship heat.

Men's 200 breast
Japan's Kazuki Otsuka (2:12.62) and Naoya Tomita (2:12.83) qualified first and second, while Russia's Grigory Falko (2:13.83) and Singapore's Mark Tan (2:17.15) finished third through fourth.

Indonesia's Muhammad Dasuki (2:17.56), Indonesia's Billy Arfianto (2:19.30), Indonesia's Muhammad Nasution (2:19.91) and Singapore's Kenneth Lim (2:21.26) placed fifth through eighth.

Men's 100 IM
South Africa's Darian Townsend cleared 55 seconds with a first-place 54.57. Russia's Sergey Fesikov (55.65), Canada's Andrew Ford (56.12) and Canada's Tobias Oriwol (56.20) placed second through fourth.

Brazil's Thiago Pereira (56.22), Australia's Travis Nederpelt (56.77), China's Huang Zhenghan (57.15) and Indonesia's Gede Sudartawa (58.21) also made finals.

Women's 200 back
Germany's Jenny Mensing touched first in prelims with a 2:09.69, while USA's Julia Smit (2:11.45), New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (2:12.70) and Australia's Rachel Goh (2:12.72) placed second through fourth.

South Africa's Jessica Pengelly (2:13.90), Australia's Kotuku Ngawati (2:14.85), Indonesia's Yessy Yosaputra (2:19.98) and Finland's Anni Alitalo (2:23.83) finished fifth through eighth.

Men's 50 fly
Germany's Steffen Deibler raced to a top time of 22.93, just short of his top-ranked effort of 22.49. Sweden's Lars Frolander (23.55), South Africa's Roland Schoeman (23.81) and South Africa's Graeme Moore (23.89) earned second through fourth.

Japan's Kohei Kawamoto (24.01), Indonesia's Guntur Putera (24.29), Switzerland's Nico Van Duijn (24.69) and Singapore's Dzulhaili Mohd Kamal (25.21) completed the championship field.

Day One Prelims Results

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