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SINGAPORE, November 22. THE second day of short course meter finals came to a close at the FINA World Cup stop hosted in Singapore with three world records being set by Kathryn Meaklim, Peter Marshall and Therese Alshammar.
Men's 1500 free
Australia's Robert Hurley won the distance event with a time of 14:32.47, while Tunisia's Ous Mellouli finished second in 14:56.31. Japan's Yu Machida rounded out the top three in 15:07.06.
Women's 100 free
Great Britain's Fran Halsall lowered the World Cup record with a time of 51.19. She downed her time of 51.61 set in Stockholm, that also stood as her national record, and came up just short of Libby Lenton's world record of 51.01. The Netherlands' Inge Dekker finished second in 52.11, while Germany's Daniela Schreiber took third in 53.18.
Men's 200 free
South Africa's Darian Townsend claimed the event title with a time of 1:41.65, while Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry finished second in 1:42.83. Meichtry lowered his national record of 1:43.11 set back in 2008. Great Britain's Ross Davenport wound up third in 1:43.25.
Women's 50 breast
In an all-star finale, Jessica Hardy of the U.S. cruised to victory in the sprint breast with a time of 29.09. Australia's Sarah Katsoulis finished second in 29.50, while Leisel Jones placed third in 30.07. Katsoulis downed her Australian record of 29.61 set in August 2009.
Men's 100 breast
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh easily nabbed the crown with a time of 56.25. Teammate Neil Versfeld touched second in 56.74, while Brazil's Felipe Da Silva snatched third in 57.11.
Women's 400 IM
South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim smashed the distance medley world record with a time of 4:22.88. That swim wiped out the 4:25.06 set by Mireia Belmonte Garcia back in December of 2008.
Here are the comparative splits:
Meaklim: 28.84, 1:01.68 (32.84), 1:36.73 (35.05), 2:10.57 (33.84), 2:46.62 (36.05), 3:22.75 (36.13), 3:53.48 (30.73), 4:22.88 (29.40)
Belmonte Garcia: 29.60, 1:02.28 (32.68), 1:36.63 (34.35), 2:10.12 (33.49), 2:46.86 (36.74), 3:24.51 (37.65), 3:55.13 (30.62), 4:25.06 (29.93)
Notably, Meaklim also crushed Belmonte Garcia's World Cup record of 4:26.40 set in Stockholm.
Russia's Svetlana Karpeeva (4:38.35) and Singapore's Ting Ting Koh (4:54.81) completed the top three.
Men's 100 fly
Australia's Mitchell Patterson won the event in 49.51, while South Africa's Garth Tune touched second in 50.36. Australia's Geoff Huegill wound up third in 50.47. Patterson beat Andrew Lauterstein's Australian record of 49.54 set twice this circuit.
Women's 100 back
Australia's Marieke Guehrer captured the event in 56.97, while Great Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds placed second in 57.10. Australia's Emily Seebohm wound up third in 57.67. Guehrer cleared Seebohm's Australian record of 57.47 set in August of this year.
Men's 50 back
Peter Marshall of the U.S. checked in with a world record time of 22.61 in the sprint back. That performance clipped his global standard of 22.73 set at the Stockholm stop. Russia's Stanislav Donets finished second in 23.34, while Brazil's Guilherme Guido took third in 23.39.
Women's 200 fly
Australia's Jessicah Schipper beat her national record with a time of 2:03.27. Her previous time of 2:03.32 was set in August of this year. South Africa's Mandy Loots wound up second in 2:04.24, lowering her national standard of 2:04.48 set at the Berlin stop. Felicity Galvez of Australia completed the top three in 2:04.38.
Men's 200 IM
South Africa's Darian Townsend raced to victory in 1:52.49, while Australia's Leith Brodie claimed second in 1:56.66. South Africa's Jay-Cee Thomson completed the podium with a time of 1:56.86.
Women's 400 free
Australia's Blair Evans snatched the middle distance crown in 4:02.77, while Sweden's Petra Grandlund took second in 4:05.03. Hong Kong's Stephanie Au finished third in 4:05.83 to crush her national record of 4:13.63 set last year in Stockholm.
Men's 50 free
Brazil's Nicholas Dos Santos just missed his national record of 20.74 with a winning time of 20.75. South Africa's Roland Schoeman touched second in 20.89, while Australia's Matthew Abood took hold of third in 20.90 – also just short of his national mark of 20.89.
Women's 200 breast
South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim won the longer distance breaststroke with a time of 2:20.52. Australia's Leisel Jones took second in 2:21.31, while teammate Sarah Katsoulis picked up third in 2:22.83.
Women's 100 IM
The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder took home the sprint medley title with a 58.32. Australia's Emily Seebohm took second in 58.50, to beat her national record of 58.54 set in August. Great Britain's Fran Halsall took third in 58.55, downing her national mark of 58.81 set in Stockholm. Whitney Myers of the U.S. set an American record with a fourth-place time of 58.75. That effort beat Natalie Coughlin's 58.80 set in 2002.
Men's 200 back
Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin just missed his world record of 1:46.11 with a winning effort of 1:46.41. Australia's Daniel Blackborrow (1:54.29) and Avrton Dickey (1:56.71) also finished among the top three.
Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar closed out the World Cup circuit with a bang as she downed her world record in the sprint fly. Alshammar posted a time of 24.38 to beat her previous record of 24.46. The Netherlands' Inge Dekker (25.09) and Australia's Marieke Guehrer (25.14) also made the podium. Dekker beat her previous national record of 25.17 set in Stockholm.