HOBART, Australia, August 12. DURING the final day of competition at the Australian Short Course Championships, Jessicah Schipper lowered the world record in the women's 100 fly.
Schipper captured the world record in the women's 100 fly with a time of 55.68. She just clipped Libby Trickett's 2008 standard of 55.74 set in Canberra.
Here are the comparative splits:
Schipper: 26.33, 55.68 (29.35)
Trickett: 26.11, 55.74 (29.63)
Event 42 Women 100 SC Metre Butterfly
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World: ! 55.68 12/08/2009Jessicah Schipper, Australia
Commonwealth: # 55.68 12/08/2009Jessicah Schipper, Australia
Australian: ^ 55.68 12/08/2009Jessicah Schipper, Commercial
All Comers: ' 55.68 12/08/2009Jessicah Schipper, Commercial
Title Holder: . 56.96 24/09/2008Marieke Guehrer, Melb. Vicentre
Meet Qualifying: 1:05.50
Name Age Team Semis Finals FINA
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=== Finals ===
1 SCHIPPER, JESSI 22 COMMERCIAL 56.26 55.68! 1035
26.33 55.68 (29.35)
2 GALVEZ, FELICIT 24 SOPAC 57.00 56.15. 1009
26.67 56.15 (29.48)
3 HAMILL, SAMANTH 18 KAWANA WATERS 58.26 58.27 903
27.64 58.27 (30.63)
4 SMITH, AMY 19 STPETERS WESTERN 58.44 58.35 899
27.83 58.35 (30.52)
5 ZALEWSKI, ELLES 17 NUNAWADING 58.84 58.48 893
27.33 58.48 (31.15)
6 GANDY (V), ELLE 17 GREAT BRITAIN 58.44 58.62 887
27.70 58.62 (30.92)
7 JOHNSON, ZOE (N 16 SYDNEY SWIM PLC 59.72 59.06 867
27.72 59.06 (31.34)
8 FLETCHER, CAITL 19 YERONGA PARK 1:00.36 1:00.52 806
28.32 1:00.52 (32.20)