Sette Colli (Seven Hills): Several Italian, Meet Records Tumble

ROME, Italy, June 8. QUITE possibly the strongest meet of the weekend came to a close at the Sette Colli (Seven Hills) meet held in Rome, Italy.

Markus Rogan of Austria opened the final day with a meet record in the men's 200 back. Rogan clocked a time of 1:57.50, beating the 1:58.26 set by Razvan Florea in 2004. Australia's Hayden Stoeckel also surpassed the previous standard with a second-place 1:57.98, while Florea took third in 1:58.58.

Hanae Ito of Japan followed in the women's 200 back with a meet record time of 2:08.80. She cleared the previous record of 2:09.04 set by Alessia Filippi last year. Ito's time is among the top 10 in the world this year. Great Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds tied the former record with a second-place 2:09.04, while Australia's Meagen Nay finished third in 2:09.28.

Andrew Lauterstein of Australia took home the men's 50 fly title in 23.70, while Lars Frolander of Sweden finished second in 23.84. Australia's Garth Kates took third in 23.86, while Mattia Nalesso lowered his own Italian record with a fourth-place 23.96. His previous standard had been a 24.05 in 2006.

Anna-Karin Kammerling of Sweden beat her best time of the year with a winning effort of 26.20 in the women's 50 fly. She had been the fourth-best swimmer in the world this year with a 26.32, and today's swim moved her closer to Chantal Groot's 26.03. Great Britain's Fran Halsall placed second in 26.31, while Australian backstroke specialist Emily Seebohm took third in 26.88. Meanwhile, Therese Alshammar popped a meet-record time of 25.95 in the B final of the 50 fly. She lowered her meet record of 26.03 set last year.

The 200 breaststrokes followed with Kristopher Gilchrist of Great Britain winning the men's title in 2:12.43. Paolo Bossini took second in 2:13.69, while Loris Facci finished third in 2:15.50.

Leisel Jones then nearly topped her best time in the world of this year with a meet-record time of 2:21.81. In March, she clocked the best effort with a 2:21.34. Jones completely destroyed the previous meet record of 2:26.10 set by Mirna Jukic in 2004. Sweden's Joline Hostman placed second in 2:25.38, also under the former record. Great Britain's Kirsty Balfour rounded out the top three in 2:28.85.

Filippo Magnini popped one of the top 10 times in the world this year with a meet-record time of 48.35 in the men's 100 free. He dipped under his previous record of 48.81 set in 2007. France's Alain Bernard and Australia's Eamon Sullivan then matched each other with second-place times of 48.41. Sweden's Stefan Nystrand grabbed fourth in 48.98.

Federica Pellegrini claimed the second-fastest time in the world this year with a time of 1:56.10. She stands behind only Katie Hoff's 1:56.08 from February this year. She also obliterated Otylia Jedrzejczak's meet record of 1:58.38 from 2006. Great Britain's Joanne Jackson finished second in 1:56.61, while Slovenia's Sara Isakovic placed third in 1:57.65.

Federico Colbertaldo of Italy scorched the men's 1500 free with a time of 14:50.59. That lowered his previous Italian record of 14:56.22 set at the 2007 World Championships. He also stands as the fourth-fastest swimmer in the year this year behind Erik Vendt (14:46.78), Grant Hackett (14:48.65) and Yuri Prilukov (14:50.40).

Poland's Mateusz Sawrymowicz finished second in 15:02.51, while Italy's Samuel Pizzetti placed third in 15:09.71.

World-record holder Stephanie Rice blitzed the women's 200 IM with a time of 2:11.34. That performance cleared Yana Klochkova's meet record of 2:13.29 set in 2004. Great Britain's Hannah Miley pushed her with a time of 2:12.07, while Maria Palaez placed third in 2:16.13.

Great Britain's Liam Tancock followed in the men's 200 IM with a winning time of 2:00.26. He held off Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis, who finished second in 2:00.98. Great Britain's Euan Dale took third in 2:02.92.

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