Australia’s Eamon Sullivan defended his 2006 title in the men’s 50 Free with a time of 22.30. World Championship gold medalist Ben Wildman-Tobriner touched second in 22.35. Snagging the last spot on the podium was Canadian Brent Hayden with a time of 22.73. Matt Grevers swam in the ‘B’ final and finished 23.50 to take that final’s top spot.
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Shiho Sakai of Japan made it to the wall first in the women’s 100 Back finalin 1:01.81; just .06 ahead of the runner-up Emily Seebohm of Australia (1:01.87). Megan nay, also representing Australia, took third in 1:02.18. World Championship team members Mary Descenza (1:02.73) and Elizabeth Beisel (1:04.59) finished 5th and 8th respectively.
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Michael Phelps picked up his second victory of the day, tying Aaron Peirsol’s 2004 meet record with a 1:56.95 swim. Longhorn swimmers put in a 2-3 finish as David Cromwell (2:01.08) and Nick Thoman (2:01.88) closed out the podium. Competing in the ‘B’ final, Erik Vendt finished 7th (16t overall) with a 2:07.55 swim.
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Kelly Stubbins from Australia just out-touched Allison Schmitt of Club Wolverine to take the women’s 200 Free title in 2:00.33. Schmitt touched just .03 later, in 2:00.36. Shayne Reese, also of Australia, made the podium with a 2:01.14 swim. Kaitlin Sandeno just missed the top 3, turning in a2:01.22 performance.
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Michael Phelps erased Klete Keller’s meet record from 2006 with his win in the men’s 400 Free. He made it to the wall in 3:47.34, ahead of Michael Klueh of Longhorn Aquatics’ 3:50.83 effort. Ryan Cochrane of Island Swimming finished third in 3:50.89. Elsewhere in the championship final, Erik Vendt placed 5th (3:52.53) and Chris DeJong 7th (3:57.21).
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Leisel Jones added another first place finish to her tally at the International meet with a win in the women’s 100 Breast (1:07.09). Tara Kirk was the second place finisher after her 1:07.35 swim. Closing out the top 3 was another Aussie, Sarah Katsoulis (1:09.70).
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South African Lyndon Ferns bested the field in the men’s 100 fly final with a time of 53.71. Swim Star Matt Grevers touched in 54.01 to take second. Jason Dunford of Stanford and Kenya took third in 54.05.
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Julia Smit of Stanford Aquatics took first in the women’s 400 IM with a time of 4:40.33. Touching in second was El Dorado Aquatics’ Caitlin Leverenz in 4:43.06. Jessica Rodriguez of Longhorn Aquatics rounded out the podium in 4:44.58.
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Australian Eamon Sullivan clocked a time of 22.71 for the top seed. Scoot Goodrich of Arizona Swimming hit the wall next in 22.99. Stanford’s Ben Wildman-Tobriner followed in 23.00 for 3rd. Matt Grevers took 10th in 23.42.
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Aussie Emily Seebohm notched the top seed in 1:02.26, touching next, in 2nd, Japan’s Shiho Sakai in 1:02.29. Meagen Nay finished 3rd in 1:02.66.
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