Pair of Meet Records Fall at TYR Swim Meet of Champions; Kate Ziegler Continues to Stalk Janet Evans

MISSION VIEJO, California, June 15. KATE Ziegler continued on her hunt of Janet Evans' records at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions held in Mission Viejo, Calif., from June 14-17. This time, Ziegler shot down Evans' meet and pool record in the 400 free with a time of 4:05.44 for her second victory in as many nights.

Not to be outdone, Germany's Britta Steffen also lodged a meet record with a time of 56.25 in the 100 freestyle.

Women's 100 freestyle
World record holder Britta Steffen of Germany led an action-packed two-lap freestyle race when she nipped the meet record of 56.27 with a time of 56.25.

Meanwhile, a pair of Germans and an American each dead-heated at 56.72 for second place efforts as Meike Freitag, Antje Buschschulte and Lacey Nymeyer all touched with identical times.

Kate Ziegler, swimming for The Fish, came in fifth with a time of 56.76 after leading prelims with a 56.60.

Also, Germany's Petra Dallmann dropped the hammer in the consolation final with a 56.28, which would have given her second in finals.

Men's 100 freestyle
Jason Lezak scared his meet record of 49.74 with a winning effort of 49.90 as the lone sub-50 swimmer in the heat.

Nick Brunelli of Sun Devil Aquatics hit the wall in 50.26, while Lyndon Ferns of Tucson Ford Aquatics clocked a third-place 50.59.

Notably, Roland Schoeman, also of Tucson Ford, took sixth in 51.25.

Women's 200 butterfly
17-year-old Tanya Krisman of North Coast Aquatics won the women's 200 fly in 2:13.54, while Lyndsay DePaul claimed second in 2:14.40.

Courtney Eads of Claremont rounded out the podium in 2:14.87.

Men's 200 butterfly
Eddie Erazo of the Aquazots went sub-2:00 with a time of 1:59.91 to outlast the rest of the field.

Tamas Kerekjarto of Trojan Swim Club wound up second in 2:01.53, while Juan Veloz of Tucson Ford touched right behind with a third-place 2:01.70.

Women's 200 backstroke
Continuing the international flavor of the meet, 17-year-old Penelope Marshall of New Zealand held off both Caitlin Iversen and Kathryn Thompson of Tucson Ford with a first-place time of 2:18.04.

Iverson earned second-place honors with a 2:18.24, while Thompson placed third in 2:18.68.

Meanwhile, Julianne McLane of the Terrapins and Sachiko Yamada of Mission Viejo tied for fourth with matching 2:18.92s.

Notably, Erin Volcan of the Aquazots clocked the fastest time of finals with a 2:16.86 after finishing outside the top eight during prelims.

Men's 200 backstroke
Coming off a tough week of training and competition at the National Club Swimming Association's All-American meet in Hawaii, Cory Chitwood of the Northern Kentucky Clippers had enough in the tank to hold off a talented field. Chitwood stopped the clock in 2:03.41 to emerge victorious.

New Zealand's Kurt Bassett wound up in second with a time of 2:03.64, while St. Petersburg's Robert Margalis took third in 2:04.24.

Women's 400 freestyle
Kate Ziegler obliterated another meet and pool record, this time taking down a 19-year-old Janet Evans' standard as she continues to stalk the Evans trail. She notched a 4:05.44 to eclipse the 4:09.46 set by Evans in 1988.

Christine Jennings of Minnesota provided a distant second-place time of 4:15.91, while Rachel Komisarz of Lakeside took third in 4:17.59.

Men's 400 freestyle
Germany's Paul Biedermann garnered the victory in the men's middle distance event when he touched in 3:53.11.

Robert Margalis of St. Petersburg finished more than a second behind in 3:54.96, while Chad La Tourette of Mission Viejo placed third in 3:56.28.

Last night's 800 free winner, Tom Koucheravy took fourth in 3:58.51.

Relays
Tucson Ford Aquatics swept the men's and women's 400 freestyle relay events.

The women's team of Anna Turner, Courtney Cashion, Emma Darlington and Lacey Nymeyer clocked a time of 3:52.79, while the men's contingent of Nicolas Oliveira, Roland Schoeman, Adam Ritter and Lyndon Ferns touched in 3:23.57.

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