Three Meet Records Fall on Final Night of Janet Evans Invitational

LOS ANGELES, California, July 15. A meet-record trifecta took place on the final night of long course meter competition at the Janet Evans Invitational held on the campus of the University of Southern California.

Dana Vollmer, and Olympic gold medalist representing California Aquatics, set the meet record in the 100 fly with a time of 58.40. Stanford's Elaine Breeden (59.63) and Team Bruin's Kim Vandenberg (59.67) took second and third, respectively. Vollmer added the 100 fly to her 100 free title won on Friday.

"After cruising so easily this morning to a 59, I was excited to push myself tonight to see how fast I could go," Vollmer said.

New Zealand's Helen Norfolk set the second meet record with a time of 2:15.04 in the 200 IM. Breeden also placed second in the event in 2:17.45, while Madeline DiRado placed third in 2:17.64. The win gave Norfolk a medley sweep as she had previously won the 400 IM yesterday.

Trojan Swim Club's Tamas Kerekjarto turned in the third of three meet records with a time of 2:02.37 in the 200 IM to beat Tucson Ford's Simon Burnett (2:04.67) and Adam Ritter (2:04.87).

Meanwhile, Trojan Swim Club's Larsen Jensen tripled for the weekend with a 1500 free win in 15:16.08. He had previously won the 400 and 800 the past two nights.

"I didn't really go into this meet with any kind of expectations," Jensen said. "I just wanted to put my best effort forward. I would have liked to have been a little closer to 15 (minutes), and I was a little bit off that today. It was a lot slower than I thought it would be. I felt like the effort was there, but it was a long weekend."

Stanford's Hongzhe Sun added the 100 back title to his coffer by touching out Burnett, 56.18 to 56.21, while British Columbia's Callum Ng placed third in 57.35.

Trojan Swim Club's Rebecca Soni swept the breaststroke events with a 100 breast time of 1:07.84. She had already put the 200 breast to bed on Saturday.

In other action, Stanford's Ben Wildman-Tobriner, the reigning 50 free world champion, claimed the 100 fly as outside smoke from lane eight with a time of 53.47. New Zealand's Corney Swanepoel wound up second in 53.69, while Stirling Swim's Todd Cooper took third in 53.78.

Wildman-Tobriner's time was just three-hundredths of a second off the meet record set by Michael Phelps in 2002. Initially, he qualified ninth after this morning's prelims, but moved into the finals after South African Olympic star Roland Schoeman scratched from the event.

"First of all, I'd like to thank Roland, because he scratched," Wilman-Tobriner said. "The 100 fly for me is an event I like to work on. It's good to focus on events outside the sprint free. It helps keep you sharp. Of course, it's all just part of a tune-up for a couple weeks from now (for Nationals) in Indianapolis."

The women's 100 back provided some fireworks as the 1-5 spots saw less than a second between them. New Zealand's Elizabeth Coster won the event in 1:02.72 with Cougar Aquatic's Lauren English (1:03.16) and New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (1:03.34) taking second and third, respectively.

New Zealand's Glenn Snyder garnered the 100 breast crown in 1:03.22 to add to his 200 breast win, while Swim Pasadena's Samantha VandenBerge won the women's 1500 free in 16:51.53.

Special thanks to USA Swimming for contributing to this report.

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