World Cup, Sydney: Day One Prelims Complete

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SYDNEY, Australia, October 24. THE first day of swimming came to a close during the third stop of the FINA World Cup held in Sydney, Australia.

Men's 100 freestyle
Sweden's Stefan Nystrand cruised into finals with the top seed in 48.37, while Australia's Mitchell Patterson took second in 48.73.

Australia claimed the rest of the top eight spots as Matthew Abood (48.91), Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.97), Ashley Delaney (48.99), Nicholas Ffrost (49.04), Leith Brodie (49.11) and Kris Taylor (49.15) all qualified for finals.

Women's 200 freestyle
Australia's Ellen Fullerton topped the 200 free in 1:58.89, while Russia's Kira Volodina (1:59.96) and New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (2:00.29) completed the top three.

Australia's Bronte Barratt (2:00.32), Merindah Dingjan (2:00.38) and Jessica Ash (2:00.47) took fourth through sixth, while New Zealand's Hayley Palmer (2:01.19) and Great Britain's Ellen Gandy (2:02.27) finished seventh and eighth.

Men's 50 breaststroke
Brenton Rickard (27.99) and Christian Sprenger (28.05) of Australian touched first and second, while New Zealand's Glenn Snyders (28.67) and William Diering of South Africa (28.74) wrapped up the top four.

Australia's Brad Morrison (28.76), James Stacey (28.95), Craig Calder (29.12) and Matthew Abood (29.14) completed the top eight.

Women's 100 breaststroke
Sweden's Joline Hostman qualified first in 1:08.31, while Australia's Samantha Marshall (1:08.58), Sarah Katsoulis (1:08.84), Jade Edmistone (1:08.95) and Sally Foster (1:08.95) took second through fourth.

Russia's Svetlana Karpeeva (1:09.34), Australia's Morrison Kristy (1:10.10) and Erin Malone (1:10.37) placed fifth through eighth.

Men's 400 IM slower seeds
New Zealand's Daniel Ryan led the slower heat with a 4:25.71, while Australia's Kieran Casey (4:27.30) and Michael Fenn (4:31.24) finished second and third.

Women's 100 butterfly
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom cleared 59 seconds for the top seed in 58.70, while Brazil's Daynara De Paula (59.07) and Australia's Marieke Guehrer (59.94) went sub-1:00 for second and third.

Great Britain's Ellen Gandy (1:00.52), Australia's Nadine Jones (1:00.70), Jessica Ash (1:00.78), Nicole Mee (1:01.33) and Jackie Staples (1:01.54) rounded out the top eight.

Men's 100 backstroke
Russia's Stanislav Donets touched first in 52.76, while Australia's Robert Hurley (52.99) and Ashley Delaney (53.34) took second and third.

New Zealand's John Gatfield (53.39), South Africa's Garth Tune (53.80), Australia's Daniel Arnamnart (53.89), Ryan Nolan (55.67) and Matthew Armfield (56.54) completed the finale field.

Women's 50 backstroke
Australia's Emily Seebohm snared the first seed in 27.74, while teammate Amy Cockerton took second in 28.01.

Brazil's Fabiola Molina (28.11), Australia's Belinda Hocking (28.26) and Sophie Edington (28.36) placed third through fifth, while Canada's Katy Murdoch (28.37), Australia's Stephanie Williams (28.45) and Bridgette-Rose Taylor (28.64) made up the rest of the finale.

Men's 200 butterfly
Host country swimmers nearly made it the Australia Short Course Championships as Australia's Chris Wright (1:56.14), Nick D'Arcy (1:56.23), Jayden Hadler (1:57.03), Nick Cordner (1:58.15), Adam Kable (1:59.09), Lachlan Staples (2:00.31) and Shane Asbury (2:01.48) took first through seventh.

New Zealand's Brett Newall proved to be the lone swimmer from outside the country with an eighth-place 2:01.58.

D'Arcy is returning from a dark period when he was kicked off the Australian Olympic team prior to Beijing for conduct unbecoming a National Team member when he engaged in a bar brawl shortly after Trials.

Women's 200 IM
Australia's Ellen Fullerton led another prelim with a time of 2:13.86, while New Zealand's Natalie Wiegersma (2:14.76) and Russia's Svetlana Karpeeva (2:14.82) took second and third.

Australia's Morrison Kristy (2:16.32), Sweden's Stina Gardell (2:16.84), South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim (2:18.12), Australia's Amy White (2:19.14) and Nicole Mee (2:19.85) collected the rest of the transfer spots.

Men's 400 freestyle
Australia's Robert Hurley paced the middle distance event in 3:49.69, while New Zealand's Matt Woodrow finished second in 3:50.08. Early 2008 World Cup star Ous Mellouli of Tunisia took third in 3:50.55.

Australia's Ryan Napolean (3:50.81), Thomas Fraser-Holmes (3:50.83) and Cameron Smith (3:50.87) placed fourth through sixth, while New Zealand's Michael Jack (3:51.39) and Australia's Jared Goldthorpe (3:55.64) picked up seventh and eighth.

Women's 50 freestyle
Australia's Cate Campbell scorched the preliminary round with a time of 24.12, while Sweden's Claire Hedenskog (24.91) and Australia's Marieke Guehrer (25.22) placed second and third.

New Zealand's Hayley Palmer (25.30), Australia's Sally Foster (25.40), Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom (25.54), Australia's Yolane Kukla (25.56) and Australia's Angie Bainbridge (25.60) completed the rest of the finale.

Men's 200 breaststroke
South Africa's William Diering (2:14.75), Brazil's Tales Cerdeira (2:14.88) and Russia's Artem Babikhin (2:15.46) guaranteed an international final, while 2008 World Cup points leader Christian Sprenger of Australia took fourth in 2:15.94.

Australia's Craig Calder (2:16.47), Germany's Jan-David Schepers (2:17.96), Australia's Shaun Abbott (2:19.85) and James Stacey (2:22.44) placed fifth through eighth.

Men's 100 IM
Australia's Chris Wright earned the top seed in the sprint medley in 55.61, while Tunisia's Ous Mellouli qualified second in 55.82. New Zealand's John Gatfield touched third in 56.17.

Australia's Kyle Richardson (56.18), Leith Brodie (56.44), Stephen Parkes (56.48) and Tommaso D'Orsogna (56.57) placed fourth through seventh, while New Zealand's Daniel Bell took eighth in 56.64.

Women's 200 backstroke
Australia's Belinda Hocking led the way in the 200 back with a time of 2:09.55, while New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (2:10.42) and Australia's Stephanie Williams (2:10.99) completed the top three.

Canada's Katy Murdoch (2:11.09), South Africa's Melissa Corfe (2:13.79), Australia's Eliza Smith (2:13.92), Australia's Bridgette-Rose Taylor (2:14.61) and Australia's Jackie Staples (2:14.79) also qualified for finals.

Men's 50 butterfly
Australia's Matt Jaukovic (23.00) and Garth Tunes (23.57) collected the top two spots of the sprint fly, while Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (23.75) and South Africa's Garth Tune (24.01) and New Zealand's Daniel Bell (24.01) finished among the top five.

New Zealand's Corney Swanepoel (24.06), Australia's Chris Wright (24.15) and Brazil's Tales Cerdeira (24.19) claimed the final transfer spots to finals.

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