Day two finals of the 2017 Brazilian National Championships, also known as the Maria Lenk Trophy meet, saw multiple athletes earning tickets to this summer’s World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n
Andrea Berrino<\/strong> turned up the speed in finals of the women’s 100 back, moving from her third place seed to a first place finish. Berrino stopped the clock at a 1:01.56, nearly two seconds faster than her prelims time of 1:03.36.<\/p>\n Fernanda Goeij<\/strong> maintained her spot at second, slashing .92 seconds off her prelims time to finish with a 1:02.04, while\u00a0Natalia de Luccas<\/strong> slipped to third with a 1:02.46.<\/p>\n All three athletes finished beneath the FINA ‘B’ standard of 1:02.73, however, only one ‘B’ qualifying time is allowed per event per country, placing Berrino at the top of that list.<\/p>\n Guilherme Guido<\/strong> continued to reign atop the men’s 100 back in finals, adding a slim .06 seconds to his prelims time of 53.78. Guido stopped the clock at a 53.84 for the gold, and with the FINA ‘A’ cut set at a 54.06 he has qualified himself for Brazil’s World Championships team.<\/p>\n Guildherme Dias Masse<\/strong> finished second overall with a 54.78, improving upon his prelims swim of 55.24, while\u00a0Nathan Bighetti<\/strong> was third with a 54.93. Both swimmers finished below the FINA ‘B’ cut of 55.95.<\/p>\n Joanna Maranhao<\/strong> arrived at finals of the women’s 200 IM ready to race. After qualifying a close second in prelims, the Brazilian National Record holder turned up the heat in finals to dash past her qualifying time of 2:18.40 to settle at a 2:13.32. In doing so, Maranhao succeeded in edging past the FINA ‘A’ cut of 2:13.41 and qualifying for the World Championships.<\/p>\n Gabrielle Goncalves<\/strong> continued the large time drops with a second place finish of 2:16.22, slashing 4.94 seconds off her prelims swim of 2:21.16.\u00a0Virginia Bardach Martin<\/strong> maintained her spot at third with a 2:16.96 showing. Both swimmers were beneath the FINA ‘B’ cut of 2:18.08.<\/p>\n Thiago Teixeira Simon<\/strong> continued to reign over the men’s 200 IM in finals, turning in a final time of 1:59.49 to be the only athlete beneath the two minute mark. Simon’s time also edged past the FINA ‘A’ cut of 2:00.22, earning him a spot on Brazil’s World Championships roster.<\/p>\n Brandonn Pierry Cruz\u00a0<\/strong>finished second overall with a 2:00.95, finishing just ahead of\u00a0Vinicius Lanza<\/strong> and his time of 2:00.97. Both athletes were beneath the FINA ‘B’ cut of 2:04.43.<\/p>\n Viviane Eichelberger<\/strong> soared ahead of the competition in the women’s 1500 free final, finishing more than 15 seconds ahead of the competition with a 16:27.57. Eichelberger’s time qualifies her for Brazil’s World Championships team as she swam several seconds beneath the FINA ‘A’ cut of 16:32.04.<\/p>\n Poliana Okimoto<\/strong> finished second overall with a time of 16:43.35, followed by\u00a0Ana Marcela’s<\/strong> 16:48.86.<\/p>\n The men’s 800 free was a tight field in finals as the top three finishers touched within two seconds of each other.\u00a0Lucas Kanieski<\/strong> led the charge with a final time of 7:58.85, landing below the FINA ‘B’ cut of 8:10.91. With one ‘B’ cut entry allowed per event Kanieski will likely travel to Worlds this summer.<\/p>\n Miguel Valente<\/strong> turned in a second place finish of 7:59.92, followed closely by\u00a0Diogo Villarinho’s<\/strong> 8:00.42.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day two finals of the 2017 Brazilian National Championships, also known as the Maria Lenk Trophy meet, saw multiple athletes earning tickets to this summer’s World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":144885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[61296],"class_list":["post-254131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2017-brazilian-swimming-championships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nMen’s 100 Back<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 IM<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 IM<\/h3>\n
Women’s 1500 Free<\/h3>\n
Men’s 800 Free<\/h3>\n