Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Cammile Adams Touches Out Natsumi Hoshi for 200 Fly Crown
Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 21.
USA’s Cammile Adams clipped Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi at the wall, 2:06.61 to 2:06.68 in a huge victory for the American. Hoshi is the world leader this year with a 2:05.98 to her credit from Japanese Nationals, and Adams was able to improve upon her 2:07.12 from U.S. Nationals to capture the title.
That’s the first U.S. win in the event since Summer Sanders topped the 200 fly with a 2:09.84 back in 1991. Her time still would have placed her seventh this year.
USA’s Katie McLaughin lowered her own World Junior Record of 2:08.02 from prelims with a third-place 2:07.08 to vault to eighth in the world rankings as well. The time also moved her back ahead of Maya DiRado for the second spot on the U.S. roster at the 2015 World Championships.
Japan’s Miyu Nakano (2:08.54), Canada’s Audrey Lacroix (2:08.81), Canada’s Katerine Savard (2:09.42), Australia’s Madeline Groves (2:10.15) and Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto (2:13.28) also competed in the championship finale.
A Final Results
1 ADAMS, CAMMILE 22 UNITED STATES 2:08.22 2:06.61. 890 r:+0.77 29.15 1:01.64 (32.49) 1:34.14 (32.50) 2:06.61 (32.47) 2 HOSHI, NATSUMI 24 JAPAN 2:09.11 2:06.68. 889 r:+0.65 28.77 1:01.34 (32.57) 1:33.98 (32.64) 2:06.68 (32.70) 3 MCLAUGHLIN, KAT 17 UNITED STATES 2:08.02 2:07.08 880 r:+0.75 28.73 1:01.39 (32.66) 1:34.23 (32.84) 2:07.08 (32.85) 4 NAKANO, MIYU 16 JAPAN 2:09.21 2:08.54 851 r:+0.71 28.59 1:00.83 (32.24) 1:34.15 (33.32) 2:08.54 (34.39) 5 LACROIX, AUDREY 30 CANADA 2:08.82 2:08.81 845 r:+0.73 28.92 1:01.97 (33.05) 1:35.02 (33.05) 2:08.81 (33.79) 6 SAVARD, KATERIN 21 CANADA 2:11.77 2:09.42 833 r:+0.63 29.21 1:01.82 (32.61) 1:34.98 (33.16) 2:09.42 (34.44) 7 GROVES, MADELIN 19 AUSTRALIA 2:13.24 2:10.15 819 r:+0.69 28.32 1:01.61 (33.29) 1:35.48 (33.87) 2:10.15 (34.67) 8 PINTO, ANDREINA 22 VENEZUELA 2:10.17 2:13.28 763 r:+0.79 30.10 1:03.50 (33.40) 1:38.13 (34.63) 2:13.28 (35.15)
The evening started out with the sparsely populated B finals of the 200 flies. USA’s Maya DiRado won the consolation heat with a 2:07.42 to move to 10th in the world, while Hali Flickinger took second in 2:08.81. Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu earned third in 2:10.06.
B Final Results
1 DIRADO, MAYA 21 UNITED STATES 2:11.33 2:07.42 r:+0.70 28.87 1:01.27 (32.40) 1:34.06 (32.79) 2:07.42 (33.36) 2 FLICKINGER, HALI 20 UNITED STATES 2:08.33 2:08.81 r:+0.75 29.14 1:01.80 (32.66) 1:34.76 (32.96) 2:08.81 (34.05) 3 SHIMIZU, SAKIKO 22 JAPAN 2:09.66 2:10.06 r:+0.71 29.07 1:02.02 (32.95) 1:35.48 (33.46) 2:10.06 (34.58) 4 LEVERENZ, CAITLIN 23 UNITED STATES 2:11.83 2:11.64 r:+0.72 29.63 1:02.67 (33.04) 1:36.98 (34.31) 2:11.64 (34.66) 5 LEE, SAMANTHA 22 NEW ZEALAND 2:13.85 2:13.08 r:+0.73 29.41 1:02.93 (33.52) 1:37.22 (34.29) 2:13.08 (35.86) 6 MOHR, VANESSA 19 SOUTH AFRICA 2:19.05 2:19.19 r:+0.69 29.90 1:05.82 (35.92) 1:42.63 (36.81) 2:19.19 (36.56)
How did more than one American get to swim in the B final?
DiRado was not 3rd American in prelims. Could have been a big issue re American World Champs team if McLaughlin hadn’t had such a great final.