Mel Zajac Jr. International: Dana Vollmer, Annamay Pierse Set Meet Records

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 29. THE second evening of long course meter action feature two more meet records falling at the Mel Zajac Jr. International.

Dana Vollmer remained on fire in Vancouver with a meet record in the women's 100 fly. She clocked a time of 58.59 to eclipse Jenny Thompson's 1997 meet mark of 1:00.23. That was the second Thompson record Vollmer has downed so far this meet, and the time came up just short of Vollmer's season best of 58.42 set in Austin in March. That time moved her to sixth in the world rankings. MacKenzie Downing placed second in 1:01.09, while Kendra Chernoff grabbed third in 1:01.55.

Annamay Pierse joined Martha McCabe under the meet record in the women's 200 breast. Pierse clocked a 2:27.18, while McCabe touched in 2:28.54 as both smashed Pierse's meet mark of 2:29.42 set in 2008. Both times are well back of Pierse (2:24.76) and McCabe's (2:25.44) top times from this year, which put them in the top 10 in the world rankings. Haylee Johnson took third in 2:30.87.

Julia Wilkinson moved up to 20th in the world rankings in the women's 50 back with a time of 28.83. That effort cleared the 28.85 clocked by Ksenia Moskvina earlier this month. Katy Murdoch finished second in 29.71, while Brooklyn Snodgrass claimed third in 29.87. Wilkinson doubled up with a 2:14.40 in the women's 200 IM. Erica Morninstar finished second in 2:15.84, while Andie Taylor snared third in 2:17.38.

Stefan Hirniak pocketed the men's 100 fly title in 55.52. Karl Wolk finished just behind in second with a 55.73, while Andre Blyth earned third in 56.03. Daniel Arnamnart won the men's 50 back in 25.87, while Pascal Wollach finished second in 26.66. Steven Ung rounded out the top three in 27.53.

Alex Kormarnycky topped the women's 400 free in 4:14.43, while Taylor wound up taking second in 4:15.35 for her second podium of the night. Tanya Hunks completed the podium with a third-place time of 4:19.52. Ryan Cochrane followed in the men's 400 free with a victorious time of 3:53.50. He easily won the middle distance event with Jeremy Bagshaw taking a distant second in 3:58.54. Blake Worsley grabbed third in 3:59.07.

Becki Thompson grabbed the women's 50 free crown in 25.78, while Chantal Vanlandeghem touched second in 26.10. Seanna Mitchell placed third in 26.23. Brent Hayden followed with a 22.87 to win the men's 50 free. Kyle Troskot took second in 23.61, while Ho Chun Yan finished third in 23.83.

David Dimitrov cruised to the win in the men's 200 IM with a time of 2:08.50. Alec Page posted a second-place time of 2:10.01, while Samuel Rowan captured third in 2:10.22. Scott Dickens finished in 2:17.24 in the men's 200 breast for the win. Eetu Karvonen took second in 2:19.19, while Jeffrey Nicol claimed third in 2:23.07.

Kormarnycky, Cassie Morrice, Sydney Carr and Wilkinson claimed the women's 800 free relay title in 8:23.79. Worsley, Hirniak, Bagshaw and Cochrane earned the men's 800 free relay title in 7:32.57.

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