Women’s 200m freestyle:
\n1996 Olympic gold medalist Cristina Teuscher won the 200m freestyle in 2:01.00. Teuscher finished a disappointing sixth in this event at the 1996 Olympics but came back to win a gold medal in the 800m freestyle relay. <\/p>\n
USC’s Lindsay Benko finished a very impressive 2nd. Brooke Bennett, the distance ace, grabbed the 3rd position, while Jenny Thompson completed the 800m freestyle relay team with a 4th place finish. <\/p>\n
1996 Olympic gold medalist Trina Jackson was no better than 5th, but she is virtually guaranteed a position on the relay provided that there are enough doubles (2 or more wins by one swimmer). <\/p>\n
Men’s 400m IM:
\nTom Dolan, the defending Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 400 IM won his specialty with a 4:17.13. Dolan holds the world record of 4:12.30. It was only his third meet since the 1996 Olympics and first one he rested and shaved for. <\/p>\n
2nd place belonged to Reno’s Steve Brown, who will be attending Stanford this fall. Brown defeated pre-meet favorites Chad Carvin and Tom Wilkens, who finished 3rd and 4th respectively. <\/p>\n
Women’s 100m breaststroke:
\nUniversity of Georgia sophomore Kristy Kowal won the 100m breaststroke in 1:08.80. In the process she broke Tracey McFarlane’s World Championship Meet Record (Kowal actually lowered the record twice: once in the morning when she broke McFarlane’s record and again at night when she lowered her own standard.) <\/p>\n
Kristine Quance, who always seems to swim well in this event despite not being a sprint breaststroker, finished 2nd with a time of 1:09.63. She was only 3\/100 off her personal best time of 1:09.60 (which was set at the Nationals following the 1992 Olympics). <\/p>\n
Amanda Beard, the 1996 Olympic silver medalist in the 100m breaststroke, failed to reach the final in this event. Beard qualified ninth, missing the final by 1\/100th of a second. Interestingly enough, Anita Nall, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in this event failed to make the final at the 1994 World Championship Trials. Nall also qualified 9th. <\/p>\n
Men’s 800m freestyle:
\nTimothy Siciliano won the 800m freestyle in 8:02.83. It was his second national title. The 800 is not contested at the World Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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