Hiroko Makino Closes Out Japan Sports Festival With 200 IM Meet Record

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

NAGASAKI, Japan, September 14.  THE three-day Japan Sports Festival featured four meet records, with three occurring on day one and the final one happening today during the last day of competition in Nagasaki.

Hiroko Makino, a Junior Pan Pacific Championships competitor, clocked a 2:13.75 in the women’s 200-meter IM to down the meet mark.  After a second day that featured no records, it was a nice way to close out the meet.

Earlier on day one, Sachi Mochida, who just competed at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, clocked a 55.54 in the women’s 100-meter freestyle.  That swim lowered the meet record as well as the national junior high school record.

Meanwhile, Suzuka Hasegawa downed the women’s 100-meter fly meet record in prelims with a 58.89 before returning to win the finale in 58.99.

Finally, Keita Sunama won the men’s 200-meter IM in 1:59.34 for the third meet record of the night.

As previously detailed in our Throwback Thursday piece yesterday, this meet has grown in prestige since Akihiro Yamaguchi set a world record in the 200-meter breaststroke during the meet.  Although, this year, most of the big guns in Japan are focused on the Asian Games that are starting later this month.

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