Mel Zajac Jr. International: Dana Vollmer Doubles, Sets Meet Record on First Night

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 28. THE first night of swimming came to a close at the Mel Zajac Jr. International meet with Dana Vollmer doubling up, including a meet-record swim in the long course meet.

Dana Vollmer charted a swift time of 1:58.41 to move into a 13th-place tie in the world rankings in the women's 200 free. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom owns the other matching time, while Vollmer is the second-fastest American in the event this year behind Dagny Knutson's smoking 1:57.83 from the Charlotte UltraSwim. Julia Wilkinson finished second in 2:01.60, while Alex Gabor earned third in 2:02.52. Vollmer doubled up with a meet record in the women's 50 fly. She clocked a 26.64 to eclipse the 26.83 set by Jenny Thompson back in 2000. The timing of the record is fitting considering Thompson is back in the news as she attempts to help save her self-named pool in Dover, New Hampshire. Hang Yu Sze took second in 27.42, while Chantal Vanlandeghem wound up third in 27.69.

Brent Hayden beat Blake Worsley to the wall in the men's 200 free, 1:51.14 to 1:51.50. Stefan Hirniak rounded out the top three in 1:52.27. Kelly Aspinall walked away with the men's 50 fly in 25.02. Kyle Troskot took second in 25.51, while Ho Chun Yan placed third in 25.86.

Ryan Cochrane clocked in with a 7:57.88 in the men's 800 free for the win. That performance fell about four seconds short of his season-best effort of 7:53.90 from April. His top time this year put him third in the world behind Samuel Pizzetti (7:51.42) and Sebastien Rouault (7:51.94). Jeremy Bagshaw placed second in 8:12.15, while Kier Maitland grabbed third in 8:18.37.

Deanna Matthews topped the women's 200 back in 2:14.16, while Hilary Caldwell placed second in 2:15.61. Brooklyn Snodgrass wound up third overall in 2:17.39. Daniel Arnamnart followed with a 2:03.39 to win the men's 200 back. Nicholas Sinclair earned second in 2:04.77, while Braeden Newton claimed third in 2:07.31.

Annamay Pierse and Tianna Rissling battled to the very end of the women's 100 breast with the Canadian record holder Pierse winning in the end, 1:09.55 to 1:09.58. Ashley Wanland completed the top three in 1:10.41. Scott Dickens then captured the men's 100 breast in 1:03.58. Eetu Karvonen held off Paul Kornfeld, 1:04.42 to 1:04.92, for second place in the event.

Hanna Pierse checked in with a 4:49.47 to win the women's 400 IM, while Katie Caldwell touched second in 4:53.72. Monika Stitski claimed third in 4:55.17. Alec Page earned the win in the men's 400 IM with a 4:31.50. David Dimitrov finished second in 4:31.99, while Evan Broderick took third in 4:35.34.

Savannah King topped the women's 1500 free in 16:50.77, while Danielle Beckwith took second in 16:54.68. Mercedes Sloane pocketed third in 17:13.23.

In relay action, Seanna Mitchell, Katy Murdoch, Lindsay Delmar and Breanna Hendriks won the women's 400 freestyle relay in 3:52.11. Chun Yin Kong, Chun Nam Derick Ng, Ho Chun Yan and Kai Wai David Wong won the men's 400 free relay in 3:29.

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