Cate Campbell Ties Textile Best, World Leader; Lowers Aussie Record in 50 Free (Pan Pacific Championships, Results)

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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24.

Australia’s Cate Campbell tied the textile best of 23.96 set by Fran Halsall at the Commonwealth Games earlier this month with a 23.96 of her own tonight. The time downed her Pan Pacs record of 24.35 from this morning, and also edged Libby Trickett’s Australian record of 23.97 from 2008 in the process. Notably, Halsall’s time also stood as the Commonwealth record, putting Campbell in a tie for that mark as well as she continues her remarkable ascendance to the top of the sprint heap.

Campbell is the first swimmer to sweep the 50, 100 frees on the women’s side since Jenny Thompson did it in 2002 with a 25.13 in the 50 and a 54.89 in the 100.

Campbell’s sister Bronte took second among a pack of swimmers that touched well behind the leader as Bronte posted a 24.56. Canada’s Chantal Van Landeghem won bronze in 24.69 to beat Victoria Poon’s Canadian record of 24.75 from 2009.

USA’s Simone Manuel (24.70), Brazil’s Graciele Herrmann (24.78), Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (25.07), USA’s Ivy Martin (25.18) and Canada’s Michelle Williams (25.64) also took part in the epic finale.

A Final Results

  1 CAMPBELL, CATE   22 AUSTRALIA           24.35      23.96C  971  
         r:+0.76                       
  2 CAMPBELL, BRONT  20 AUSTRALIA           24.67      24.56.  902  
         r:+0.68                       
  3 VAN LANDEGHEM,   20 CANADA              25.22      24.69   887  
         r:+0.67                       
  4 MANUEL, SIMONE   18 UNITED STATES       24.97      24.70   886  
         r:+0.64                       
  5 HERRMANN, GRACI  22 BRAZIL              25.01      24.78   878  
         r:+0.68                       
  6 MEDEIROS, ETIEN  23 BRAZIL              24.99      25.07   848  
         r:+0.62                       
  7 MARTIN, IVY      21 UNITED STATES       25.18      25.18   837  
         r:+0.70                       
  8 WILLIAMS, MICHE  23 CANADA              25.54      25.64   792  
         r:+0.74

Australia’s Melanie Schlanger had just enough to take down USA’s Madeline Locus in the B final, 25.23 to 25.24, in what proved to be an entertaining consolation heat. Brazil’s Alessandra Marchioro finished third in 25.37 with Japan’s Miki Uchida (25.56) and Canada’s Victoria Poon (25.69) also among the top finishers in the heat.

B Final Results

  9 SCHLANGER, MELA  27 AUSTRALIA           24.87      25.23   832  
         r:+0.67                       
 10 LOCUS, MADELINE  21 UNITED STATES       25.20      25.24   831  
         r:+0.73                       
 11 MARCHIORO, ALES  21 BRAZIL              25.48      25.37   818  
         r:+0.70                       
 12 UCHIDA, MIKI     19 JAPAN               25.68      25.56   800  
         r:+0.69                       
 13 POON, VICTORIA   29 CANADA              25.80      25.69   788  
         r:+0.76                       
 14 YAMAGUCHI, MISA  24 JAPAN               25.68      25.70   787  
         r:+0.65                       
 15 QUILTER, LAURA   22 NEW ZEALAND         26.01      26.10   751  
         r:+0.72                       
 16 MATSUMOTO, YAYO  24 JAPAN               26.03      26.35   730  
         r:+0.71

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