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Jhennifer Conceicao Trims Her 100 Breast Record to Start Trofeu Brasil
Jhennifer Conceicao trimmed a hundredth of a second off her Brazilian record in the women’s 100 breaststroke to start the Trofeu Brasil Championships in Rio this week.
The meet will run from Monday through Saturday and serve as a primary selection meet for the World Championships. Monday’s first night delivered five FINA A cuts, part of the hybrid selection model.
Conceicao led the way in the 100 breast. She had gone 1:07.13 at Sette Colli in 2021 to set the Brazilian record. She went 1:07.92 in prelims Monday morning, then blasted a 1:07.12 at night. That’s under the FINA A standard of 1:07.43.
Despite those times, the 24-year-old did not swim at the Tokyo Olympics. She swam at the Rio Games in 2016.
Conceicao was one of two FINA A cuts from women. Viviane Jungblut won the 400 freestyle in 4:09.52, just under a second within the FINA cut. She’s zeroing in on the national record in that event, held by Joanna Maranhao at 4:09.41 since 2017. Jungblut owns the 800 and 1,500 free national records.
The other women’s event win went to Gabrielle Goncalves, who won the 400 individual medley in 4:46.44. That’s shy of the FINA A standard by more than three seconds.
On the men’s side, both Guilherme Costa and Fernando Scheffer were under the A standard in the 400 free. Costa won the race in 3:47.42, withing two seconds of his national record from Brazilian Olympic Trials last spring. Scheffer, the national record-holder in the 200 free, was second in 3:48.13, .02 under the A standard.
Stephan Steverink delivered a stellar swim to get his first senior international berth. The 18-year-old went 4:16.44 in the 400 IM, dropping 2.5 seconds off his seed time and upsetting top seed Brandonn Almeida. Almeida, who has been in the 4:13s, went 4:18.84 for second place. Leonardo Santos was third in 4:20.92. The FINA A cut is 4:17.48.
Felipe Franca Silva won the men’s 100 breast in 59.88. That’s shy of the FINA A standard (59.75), but Silva holds the Brazilian record in 59.01. Second was Joao Gomes Junior in 1:00.01.
