A world’s top 12 time in the women’s 50 meter breaststroke was a high point of the 2016 Belgian Open Championships, held Friday through Sunday in Antwerp.<\/p>\n
Fanny Lecluyse\u00a0<\/strong>stopped the clock in 30.99 to win the women’s 50 breaststroke. That time tied for 12th best in the world this year.\u00a0With Lecluyse’s absence, Amit Ivry\u00a0<\/strong>claimed the women’s 100 title with a 1:09.60.\u00a0Lecluyse\u00a0was the only swimmer under five minutes in the women’s 400 IM with her 4:52.84. She was back on top of the podium again with a 2:26.05 200 breaststroke, winning the event by nearly six seconds.<\/p>\n The men’s 50 freestyle featured a tie as\u00a0Jasper Aerents\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Pieter Timmers\u00a0<\/strong>both touched in 22.37 seconds.\u00a0Timmmers\u00a0<\/strong>also won\u00a0the men’s 200 freestyle in 1:47.34.\u00a0Dieter Dekoninck\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Lorenz Weiremans\u00a0<\/strong>posted times of 1:48.25 and 1:48.99 to finish second and third, as the only other swimmers under 1:50. Aerents beat out Dekoninck for the 100 freestyle title, 49.34 to 49.61.<\/p>\n Marieke Tienstra\u00a0<\/strong>won the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:18.22, over three seconds faster than the next best swimmer. She had a much closer race on her way to winning the women’s 400 freestyle. Tienstra swam a 4:21.35, finishing just ahead of\u00a0Edith Mattens\u00a0<\/strong>in 4:22.22.\u00a0Mattens\u00a0<\/strong>stopped the clock in 9:04.47 to win the 800 freestyle\u00a0by 25 seconds.<\/p>\n Tienstra showed her versatility, dropping down to win the 50 backstroke in 29.60.\u00a0Jade Smits\u00a0<\/strong>also cracked 30 with a second place 29.97.\u00a0Smits\u00a0<\/strong>won the women’s 100 backstroke when she touched in 1:03.61.<\/p>\n Lander Hendrickx <\/strong>won\u00a0one of the closer races this weekend. He earned gold in the men’s 400 freestyle with a 3:52.49. Weiremans was a second behind in 3:53.78 for second and\u00a0Marc Hinawi\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in 3:54.66.<\/p>\n