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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24.
Australia’s Cate Campbell tied the textile best of 23.96 set by Fran Halsall at the Commonwealth Games earlier this month with a 23.96 of her own tonight. The time downed her Pan Pacs record of 24.35 from this morning, and also edged Libby Trickett’s Australian record of 23.97 from 2008 in the process. Notably, Halsall’s time also stood as the Commonwealth record, putting Campbell in a tie for that mark as well as she continues her remarkable ascendance to the top of the sprint heap.
Campbell is the first swimmer to sweep the 50, 100 frees on the women’s side since Jenny Thompson did it in 2002 with a 25.13 in the 50 and a 54.89 in the 100.
Campbell’s sister Bronte took second among a pack of swimmers that touched well behind the leader as Bronte posted a 24.56. Canada’s Chantal Van Landeghem won bronze in 24.69 to beat Victoria Poon’s Canadian record of 24.75 from 2009.
USA’s Simone Manuel (24.70), Brazil’s Graciele Herrmann (24.78), Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (25.07), USA’s Ivy Martin (25.18) and Canada’s Michelle Williams (25.64) also took part in the epic finale.
A Final Results
1 CAMPBELL, CATE 22 AUSTRALIA 24.35 23.96C 971
r:+0.76
2 CAMPBELL, BRONT 20 AUSTRALIA 24.67 24.56. 902
r:+0.68
3 VAN LANDEGHEM, 20 CANADA 25.22 24.69 887
r:+0.67
4 MANUEL, SIMONE 18 UNITED STATES 24.97 24.70 886
r:+0.64
5 HERRMANN, GRACI 22 BRAZIL 25.01 24.78 878
r:+0.68
6 MEDEIROS, ETIEN 23 BRAZIL 24.99 25.07 848
r:+0.62
7 MARTIN, IVY 21 UNITED STATES 25.18 25.18 837
r:+0.70
8 WILLIAMS, MICHE 23 CANADA 25.54 25.64 792
r:+0.74
Australia’s Melanie Schlanger had just enough to take down USA’s Madeline Locus in the B final, 25.23 to 25.24, in what proved to be an entertaining consolation heat. Brazil’s Alessandra Marchioro finished third in 25.37 with Japan’s Miki Uchida (25.56) and Canada’s Victoria Poon (25.69) also among the top finishers in the heat.
B Final Results
9 SCHLANGER, MELA 27 AUSTRALIA 24.87 25.23 832
r:+0.67
10 LOCUS, MADELINE 21 UNITED STATES 25.20 25.24 831
r:+0.73
11 MARCHIORO, ALES 21 BRAZIL 25.48 25.37 818
r:+0.70
12 UCHIDA, MIKI 19 JAPAN 25.68 25.56 800
r:+0.69
13 POON, VICTORIA 29 CANADA 25.80 25.69 788
r:+0.76
14 YAMAGUCHI, MISA 24 JAPAN 25.68 25.70 787
r:+0.65
15 QUILTER, LAURA 22 NEW ZEALAND 26.01 26.10 751
r:+0.72
16 MATSUMOTO, YAYO 24 JAPAN 26.03 26.35 730
r:+0.71
