World Cup, Singapore: Day Two Prelims

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SINGAPORE, October 16. THE second day of short course meter prelim action is underway at the World Cup stop in Singapore.

Women's 100 free
Australia's Kotuku Ngawati topped prelims with a 54.58, while The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder earned second in 54.88. Australia's Marieke Guehrer (54.90) and Brazil's Tatiana Lemos-Barbosa (55.88) took third and fourth.

Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala (55.96), USA's Madison Kennedy (56.14), China's Zhang Jiaqi (56.41) and China's Zheng Yifei (56.50) rounded out the top eight.

Men's 200 free
South Africa's Darian Townsend touched out Australia's Kyle Richardson, 1:47.64 to 1:47.79, for the top seed. Canada's Brian Johns (1:48.09) and Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry (1:48.22) placed third and fourth.

Russia's Mikhail Polishchuk (1:48.34), Australia's Shane Asbury (1:48.55), New Zealand's Michael Jack (1:48.70) and Switzerland's Alexandre Liess (1:49.05) also made up the rest of the finale.

Women's 50 breast
USA's Jessica Hardy and Germany's Dorothea Brandt posted matching 31.49s for the top seeds in the sprint breast. Sweden's Jennie Johansson (31.55) and Germany's Kerstin Vogel (31.67) also cleared 32 seconds for third and fourth.

Japan's Nanaka Tamura (32.29), South Africa's Ronwyn Roper (34.39), Singapore's Cheryl Lim (34.41) and Singapore's Natasha Lin Low (34.46) snared the last four transfer spots into finals.

Men's 100 breast
Japan's Kazuki Otsuka grabbed the top seed with a 1:01.06, while Russia's Grigory Falko (1:01.21), South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh (1:01.50) and Japan's Naoya Tomita (1:01.65) also cleared 1:02 to place second through fourth.

Singapore's Lionel Khoo (1:02.62), Indonesia's Nicko Biondi (1:02.74), Singapore's Kenneth Lim (1:02.77) and Singapore's Mark Tan (1:03.03) picked up the rest of the championship spots.

Women's 400 IM slow heat
Two swimmers from Singapore swam in the slow heat: Ting Ting Koh (5:05.86), Marina Chan (5:07.48).

Men's 100 fly
Switzerland's Nico Van Duijn posted the top time in prelims with a 53.81, while Sweden's Lars Frolander touched second in 54.13. Germany's Steffen Deibler (54.21) and Japan's Kohei Kawamoto (54.47) picked up third and fourth.

Brazil's Andre Brasil Esteves (55.65), South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (55.79), Singapore's Dzulhaili Mohd Kamal (56.50) and Indonesia's Brian Howard (57.19) rounded out the championship field.

Women's 100 back
Australia's Rachel Goh cleared 1:00 to pace prelims with a 59.59. USA's Natalie Coughlin captured second in 1:00.13, while New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (1:00.78) and Germany's Jenny Mensing (1:01.68) placed third and fourth.

Australia's Kotuku Ngawati (1:02.12), Singapore's Lynette Ng (1:04.33), Indonesia's Yessy Yosaputra (1:05.13) and Finland's Anni Alitalo (1:05.23) placed fifth through eighth.

Men's 50 back
Australia's Hayden Stoeckel (24.27), USA's Randall Bal (24.32), Brazil's Guilherme Guido (24.49) and Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin (24.91) cleared 25 seconds to take the top four seeds.

USA's Peter Marshall (25.06), Japan's Kazuki Watanabe (25.59), South Africa's George Du Rand (25.71) and Indonesia's Gede Sudartawa (25.80) qualified fifth through eighth.

Women's 200 fly
China's Gong Jie dominated prelims with a 2:08.43, while USA's Elaine Breeden finished second in 2:11.11. New Zealand's Charlotte Webby (2:12.41) and Singapore's Meagan Lim (2:18.38) touched third and fourth.

South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim (2:19.29), Indonesia's Raina Grahana (2:19.63), Singapore's Anissa Lye (2:24.34) and Singapore's Gayle Tan (2:26.92) comprised the championship field.

Men's 200 IM
Canada's Tobias Oriwol (2:00.42) and Australia's Travis Nederpelt (2:00.92) clocked 2:00s for first and second. Canada's Andrew Ford (2:01.69) and Brian Johns (2:01.78) placed third and fourth.

South Africa's Darian Townsend (2:02.23), Brazil's Thiago Pereira (2:03.02), China's Ni Zhanpeng (2:05.42) and China's Huang Zhenghan (2:05.61) earned fifth through eighth.

Women's 400 free
South Africa's Jessica Pengelly claimed the top seed in 4:12.19. Japan's Yumi Kida (4:13.36), Japan's Ayano Koguchi (4:17.41) and Liechtenstein's Julia Hassler (4:12.18) qualified second through fourth.

New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (4:21.84), China's Lin Lin (4:22.25), Indonesia's Ressa Dewi (4:24.21) and Indonesia's Yessy Yosaputra (4:31.13) also made the finale.

Men's 50 free
South Africa's Roland Schoeman clocked a 21.91 for the top seed, while Russia's Sergey Fesikov (22.10) and South Africa's Graeme Moore (22.12) touched second and third.

Australia's Kyle Richardson (22.17), Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (22.20), Germany's Steffen Deibler (22.43), Switzerland's Erik Van Dooren (22.44) and South Africa's Darian Townsend (22.52) picked up spots in the finale.

Women's 200 breast
Sweden's Jennie Johansson turned in the top seed with a time of 2:31.88. Japan's Nanaka Tamura (2:32.03) and South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim (2:34.09) placed second and third.

South Africa's Ronwyn Roper (2:34.59), Singapore's Samantha Yeo (2:36.84), Singapore's Natasha Lin Low (2:39.40), Singapore's Cheryl Lim (2:40.41) and Thai's Phaanokhwan Pawapotako (2:42.77) finished fourth through eighth.

Women's 100 IM
USA's Julia Smit (1:01.19) and Natalie Coughlin (1:01.84) qualified first and second. The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (1:02.09) and Australia's Kotuku Ngawati (1:02.19) qualified third and fourth.

USA's Jessica Hardy (1:02.26), Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala (1:03.32), China's Zhang Jiaqi (1:03.44) and Japan's Wakana Hirai (1:04.05) also made the championship heat.

Men's 200 back
South Africa's George Du Rand cleared 2:00 with the top time of 1:59.39. Japan's Kazuki Watanabe (2:00.71), Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin (2:00.79) and Canada's Tobias Oriwol (2:00.97) took second through fourth.

Singapore's Rainer Ng (2:02.64), China's Lin Tai Qi (2:03.21), China's Fu Yangbin (2:03.50) and Singapore's Zach Ong (2:03.88) made their way into the championship field.

Women's 50 fly
Singapore's Li Tao led the way in the sprint fly with a 25.54. Sweden's Therese Alshammar (25.74), Australia's Marieke Guehrer (26.39), USA's Elaine Breeden (26.96) and The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (27.28) qualified second through fifth.

Finland's Heidi Karjalainen (27.61), USA's Madison Kennedy (27.78) and China's Gong Jie (28.21) completed the championship heat.

Day Two Prelims Results

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