Malmo Takes Men’s 400 Free Relay at Swedish Champs for the First Time Since 1926

by Lennart La Fleur

NORKOPPING, Sweden, June 28. THE second day of the Swedish National Championships and World Championship Trials produced no upsets and no earth-shattering times.

The highlight came in the men's 4×100 free relay when the team from Malmö won the event for the first time in 77 years. The Malmö squad Malmo, which clocked 3:26.00, was made up of Jonas Persson, erik anderson, former University of Pittsburgh standout Max von Bundungen, and current University of arizona sprint ace Eric La Fleur.

A quick rundown of today's events:

200 free men: Last year´s winner Jonas Persson did it again, but his time of 1:52.96 was disappointing. Where's Anders Holmerz when we need him?

100 fly men: Olympic champ Lars Frolander won, as expected, in 53.82, but faded noticeably in the final 15 meters. Finland´s Tero Valimaa was second in 54.47.

200 breast ladies: Emma Igelstrom was on national record pace through 150 meters, but faded on the final 50. She still managed to fashion a three-second victory in 2:30.16.

200 fly ladies: A tight race where winner Mia Brodén came from behind the last 50 meters to defeat junior Linda Knutsson and former U of Nebraska swimmer Destiny Laurén, just before SMU freshman Sara Nordenstam.

1500 free ladies: USC senior Åsa Sandlund couldn´t fully match her Swedish record from last year but won a convincing race – led from first stroke.

4×100 free men: First win for Malmö since 1926.

The semis

200 free ladies. This shapes up as an extremely interesting fight for the places on the WC team. Contestants includes M Svahnstöm, UCLA; Lotta Wänberg, a senior at SMU; and Ida Mattsson, training at Sun Devils Aquatics in Phoenix in addition to the already nominated Lillhage and Sjöberg.

200 breast men. It won't be difficult to predict the winner. Already WC nominated Martin Gustavsson will cruise to victory.

RESULTS

Men's 200m free final
1 Jonas Persson 83 Malmö Kappsimningsklubb 01:52.96
2 Peter Edvardsson 81 Simklubben Neptun 01:53.57
3 Johan Claar 84 Jönköpings Simsällskap 01:55.47
4 Petter Stymne 83 Simklubben Neptun 01:55.51
5 Magnus Egmar 83 Spårvägens Simförening 01:56.18
6 Max von Bodungen 79 Malmö Kappsimningsklubb 01:56.26
7 Jesper Levander 80 Södertörns Simsällskap 01:56.29
8 Erik Ivinger 86 Norrköpings Kappsimningsklubb 02:00.05

Women's 200 m freestyle semifinal
1 Johanna Sjöberg 78 Spårvägens Simförening 02:01.25
2 Josefin Lillhage 80 Väsby Simsällskap 02:01.59
3 Ida Mattsson 85 Trelleborgs Simsällskap 02:03.59
4 Malin Svahnström 80 Väsby Simsällskap 02:03.82
5 Lotta Wänberg 79 Malmö Kappsimningsklubb 02:05.35
6 Maria Öberg 79 Malmö Kappsimningsklubb 02:06.03

Men's 100 m butterfly final
1 Lars Frölander 74 Linköpings Allmänna SS 00:53.82
2 Tero Välimaa 78 Simklubben Neptun 00:54.47
3 Erik Andersson 84 Trollhättans Simsällskap 00:54.84
4 Johannes Nordenstam 80 Väsby Simsällskap 00:55.60
5 David Gustafsson 82 Norrköpings Kappsimningsklubb 00:55.74
6 Björn Lundin 82 Simklubben Lödde 00:55.97
7 Tor Sundin 84 Upsala Simsällskap 00:56.89
8 Martin Harlenbäck 83 Simklubben Poseidon 00:57.01

Men's 200 m backstroke semifinal
1 Kristoffer Sjöstedt 81 Södertälje Simsällskap 02:09.23
2 Micke Jacobsson 79 Täby Sim 02:09.46
3 Pontus Renholm 86 Polisens IF 02:09.69
4 Johan Sunrydh 83 Kungsbacka Simsällskap 02:09.91
5 Jens Petersson 83 Stockholms Kappsimningsklubb 02:09.92
6 Magnus Key 82 Jönköpings Simsällskap 02:10.29
7 Olof Gustafsson 85 Malmö Kappsimningsklubb 02:11.14
8 Anders Svensson 83 Turebergs Simklubb 02:12.03

Women's 200 m breaststroke final
1 Emma Igelström 80 Spårvägens Simförening 02:30.16
2 Sara Larsson 83 Ludvika Simsällskap 02:33.61
3 Emma Svanbäck 87 Sundsvalls Simsällskap 02:35.10
4 Josefin Wede 87 Simklubben Sydsim 02:38.24
5 Malin Norberg 84 Spårvägens Simförening 02:38.62
6 Kia Karelmo 85 Umeå Simsällskap 02:38.78
7 Mariel Cronström 88 Malmö Kappsimningsklubb 02:41.85
8 Linnea Tossavainen 81 Södertälje Simsällskap 02:43.54

Men's 200 m breaststroke semifinal
1 Martin Gustavsson 80 Malmö KK 02:18.52
2 Jakob Dorch 85 Linköpings 02:22.75
3 Joakim Nielsen 84 Anderstorps 02:22.94
4 Kristian Ramkvist 85 Lödde 02:25.27
5 Dag Jönsson 81 Västerås 02:25.35
6 Richard Ohlsson 84 Kungsbacka 02:26.23
7 Jonas Andersson 84 Neptun 02:26.27
8 Gabriel Linton 82 Örebro 02:26.81

Women's 200 m fly final
1 Mia Brodén 83 Falu Simsällskap 02:15.34
2 Linda Knutsson 85 Linköpings Allmänna SS 02:16.83
3 Destiny Laurén 76 Simklubben Neptun 02:17.36
4 Sara Nordenstam 83 Väsby Simsällskap 02:17.41
5 Linda Jönsson 85 Ystads Simsällskap 02:19.11
6 Martina Nilsson 86 Sjöbo Simsällskap 02:21.55
7 Emilia Nilsson 88 Linköpings Allmänna SS 02:21.88
8 Malin Fredriksson 86 Kalmar Simsällskap 02:25.74

Women's 100 m backstroke semifinal
1 Martina Svensson 81 Linköpings Allmänna SS 01:06.07
2 Susannah Moonan 87 Södertörns Simsällskap 01:06.32
3 Erika Hegestig 85 Jönköpings Simsällskap 01:06.53
4 Carin Möller 83 Kalmar Simsällskap 01:06.76
5 Emma Wallin 85 Sundsvalls Simsällskap 01:06.90
6 Elin Harnebrandt 88 Simavdelningen 1902 01:06.95
7 Kim Ödin 85 Trelleborgs Simsällskap 01:07.07
8 Ida Börjesson 85 Simklubben Laxen 01:07.37

Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay final
1 Mkk Lag 1 82 Malmö Kappsimningsklubb 3:26.00
2 Trelleborgs SS Trelleborgs Simsällskap 3:26.49
3 Lass Linköpings Allmänna SS 3:26.59
4 Södertörns SS Södertörns Simsällskap 3:27.17
5 SK Neptun Simklubben Neptun 3:27.95
6 Spårvägens SF Spårvägens Simförening 3:32.09
7 Södertälje SS Södertälje Simsällskap 3:34.25
8 Nkk Norrköpings Kappsimningsklubb 3:34.82

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