EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, June 6. PIETER van den Hoogenband popped a time of 22.21 to win the men's 50 free at the Dutch Nationals held in Eindhoven during the first morning of finals.<\/p>\n
The time moved him up into the top 15 in the world this year as he continues his march towards another Olympic run.<\/p>\n
In the women's 50 free, Marleen Veldhuis posted a top time of 24.67, while Hinkelien Schreuder finished second in 24.81. Ranomi Kromowidjojo took third in 25.01 with a national age group record.<\/p>\n
Femke Heemskerk, who earlier set the Dutch record in the women's 200 IM with a 2:15.52 during last night's prelims, matched Minouche Smit's 1999 former record of 2:15.73 to win the event this morning.<\/p>\n
Melanie Nocher of Swim Ireland upended Irish teammate Aishling Cooney, who led qualifying with a 2:14.59, by clocking a meet-record time of 2:13.84 in the women's 200 back. Cooney settles for second in 2:13.89.<\/p>\n
Nick Driebergen dominated the men's 200 backstroke with a winning time of 2:00.46, seven seconds ahead of teammate Henk van Niejenhuis (2:07.61). Meanwhile, Robin van Aggele took the 100 breast title in 1:02.16, slower than the evening preliminary time of 1:02.09. van Aggele would go on to win the men's 200 IM as well in 2:06.16. Additionally, Lia Dekker touched in 1:10.08 to claim the women's 100 breast.<\/p>\n
In the 200 fly events, Joeri Verlinden grabbed the men's title in 2:02.43, while Lorna Cummins won the women's title in 2:16.27.<\/p>\n
In the 400 free timed finals, Sebastiaan Vershuren won the men's title in 3:53.45, while Rieneke Terink took the women's crown in 4:21.57.<\/p>\n