{"id":260987,"date":"2017-06-15T11:13:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=260987"},"modified":"2017-06-15T11:13:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:13:25","slug":"jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Steiger, Aliena Schmidtke Take Down German Records at National Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 German National Championships kicked off Thursday in Berlin with eight national finals as athletes went after spots at this summer&#8217;s World Championships in Budapest. Highlighting the action were\u00a0<strong>Jessica Steiger\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Aliena Schmidtke<\/strong>, who each took down German national records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Kohler\u00a0<\/strong>won the first event of the meet, taking the women&#8217;s 400 free by over a second and touching in 4:08.30.\u00a0<strong>Johanna Friedrich<\/strong> touched second in 4:09.36, and\u00a0<strong>Isabel Marie Gose\u00a0<\/strong>was third in 4:10.00.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260988\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/1-56\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"990,521\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-3-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-3.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260988\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-3.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"580\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-3.png 990w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-3-533x280.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-3-280x147.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Poul Zellman\u00a0<\/strong>won the men&#8217;s 400 free in 3:47.49, almost a second ahead of runner-up\u00a0<strong>Clemens Rapp<\/strong>. Rapp came in at 3:38.31, and third went to\u00a0<strong>Henning Muhlleitner\u00a0<\/strong>in 3:50.93.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/2-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"997,526\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260989\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"580\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2.png 997w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2-533x281.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-2-280x148.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steiger broke the first national record of the day when she won the women&#8217;s 200 breast in 2:25.00. That edged out the 2:25.33 set by\u00a0<strong>Birte Steven\u00a0<\/strong>more than a decade ago in Berlin.\u00a0<strong>Vanessa Grimberg\u00a0<\/strong>finished second in 2:27.18, and\u00a0<strong>Michelle Lambert\u00a0<\/strong>posted a third-place time of 2:29.84.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/3-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1072,529\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2-1024x505.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260990\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"625\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2.png 1072w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2-533x263.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2-280x138.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3-2-1024x505.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christian Von Lehm<\/strong> took first in the men&#8217;s 100 breast in 59.47, improving to eighth in the world and finishing not far off\u00a0<strong>Hendrik Feldwehr&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>2009 German record of 59.15.\u00a0<strong>Fabien Schwingenschlogl<\/strong> finished in second in 1:00.47, and 200 breast World Champ\u00a0<strong>Marco Koch<\/strong> touched third at 1:00.56.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/4-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1005,521\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4-2-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4-2.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260991\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4-2.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"581\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4-2.png 1005w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4-2-533x276.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4-2-280x145.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Julia Mrozinski<\/strong> won the national title in the women&#8217;s 400 IM as she came out on top of a tight dual with\u00a0<strong>Julian Reinhold<\/strong>. Mrozinski touched in 4:43.82, followed closely by Reinhold in 4:43.96.\u00a0<strong>Kathrin Demler\u00a0<\/strong>took third in 4:46.36.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260992\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/5-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1008,532\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260992\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2.png\" alt=\"5\" width=\"580\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2.png 1008w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2-533x281.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2-280x148.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marek Ulrich\u00a0<\/strong>held off\u00a0<strong>Jan-Philip Glania\u00a0<\/strong>to win the men&#8217;s 100 back, 54.27 to 54.36.\u00a0<strong>Christian Diener\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in 54.96.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/6-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1007,523\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6-2-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6-2.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260993\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6-2.png\" alt=\"6\" width=\"581\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6-2.png 1007w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6-2-533x277.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6-2-280x145.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aliena Schmidtke\u00a0<\/strong>lowered the second national record of the day when she won the 50 fly in 26.00, two hundredths faster than\u00a0<strong>Dorothea Brandt&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>time of 26.02 set last year.\u00a0<strong>Anna Dietterle\u00a0<\/strong>finished just behind in second, posting a 26.17, and\u00a0<strong>Maya Tobehn<\/strong> took third in 26.74.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/7-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1079,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2-700x389.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2-1024x369.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260994\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2.png\" alt=\"7\" width=\"627\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2.png 1079w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2-533x192.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2-280x101.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7-2-1024x369.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the final event of the day,\u00a0<strong>David Thomasberger\u00a0<\/strong>won the men&#8217;s 50 fly in 23.81. He touched out\u00a0<strong>Damian Wierling<\/strong>, who came in second at 23.84, while\u00a0<strong>Luca Nik Armbruster\u00a0<\/strong>was third in 24.06.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-steiger-aliena-schmidtke-take-down-german-records-at-national-champs\/8-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"995,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"8\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8-2-700x390.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8-2.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-260995\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8-2.png\" alt=\"8\" width=\"582\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8-2.png 995w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8-2-533x209.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8-2-280x110.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2017-german-national-championships-day-one-day-1-international-elite-2017-06-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Full results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 German National Championships kicked off Thursday in Berlin with eight national finals as athletes went after spots at this summer&#8217;s World Championships in Budapest. Highlighting the action were\u00a0Jessica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":137799,"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":[62107],"class_list":["post-260987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2017-german-national-championships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast 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