Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Cate Campbell Becomes First Aussie Victor in 100 Free in Pan Pacs History
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 22. THE Campbell sisters dominated the finale as Cate (52.72) and Bronte (53.45) went 1-2 in the 100-meter free tonight. Cate was unable to match her Australian All-Comers and Pan Pacs Championship mark of 52.62 from prelims, but had more than enough to chart a title-winning effort this evening.
That’s the first time since 1989 that an American has not won the title. In fact, 1989 is the only time someone from America has not won the 100 with Zhuang of China taking that title in 55.68. This is the first time an Australian has won the event in the history of Pan Pacs.
Meanwhile, USA’s Simone Manuel edged teammate Missy Franklin at the wall for third, 53.71 to 53.87. Both have been faster this year with Manuel (53.60) and Franklin (53.43) both turning in better times at Nationals.
Canada’s Chantal Van Landeghem (54.55), Canada’s Victoria Poon (54.82), Japan’s Miki Uchida (54.91) and Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng (55.09) also swam in the championship heat.
A Final Results
1 CAMPBELL, CATE 22 AUSTRALIA 52.62 52.72. 963 r:+0.77 25.35 52.72 (27.37) 2 CAMPBELL, BRONT 20 AUSTRALIA 53.50 53.45. 924 r:+0.69 25.91 53.45 (27.54) 3 MANUEL, SIMONE 18 UNITED STATES 53.91 53.71 911 r:+0.68 25.80 53.71 (27.91) 4 FRANKLIN, MISSY 19 UNITED STATES 53.75 53.87 903 r:+0.74 25.99 53.87 (27.88) 5 VAN LANDEGHEM, 20 CANADA 54.73 54.55 869 r:+0.69 26.04 54.55 (28.51) 6 POON, VICTORIA 29 CANADA 55.06 54.82 856 r:+0.74 26.37 54.82 (28.45) 7 UCHIDA, MIKI 19 JAPAN 54.86 54.91 852 r:+0.70 26.42 54.91 (28.49) 8 CHENG, CAMILLE 21 HONG KONG 55.45 55.09 844 r:+0.20 26.49 55.09 (28.60)
Australia’s Melanie Schlanger ran away with the B final win in 53.65, moving to eighth in the world rankings in the process. USA’s Abbey Weitzeil, the American high school sprint queen with national high school records in both the 50 and 100-yard events, stepped up in competition in a big way with a second-place 54.78.
Brazil’s Graciele Herrmann (54.94), Japan’s Misaki Yamaguchi (55.17), Japan’s Yayori Matsumoto (55.60), Canada’s Alyson Ackman (55.79), New Zealand’s Samantha Lucie-Smith (55.97) and New Zealand’s Laura Quilter (56.00) also put up times in the B final.
B Final Results
9 SCHLANGER, MELA 27 AUSTRALIA 53.65 53.65. 914 r:+0.69 25.98 53.65 (27.67) 10 WEITZEIL, ABBEY 17 UNITED STATES 54.50 54.78 858 r:+0.74 26.06 54.78 (28.72) 11 HERRMANN, GRACI 22 BRAZIL 55.47 54.94 851 r:+0.67 26.24 54.94 (28.70) 12 YAMAGUCHI, MISA 24 JAPAN 55.66 55.17 840 r:+0.63 26.73 55.17 (28.44) 13 MATSUMOTO, YAYO 24 JAPAN 55.74 55.60 821 r:+0.69 26.81 55.60 (28.79) 14 ACKMAN, ALYSON 21 CANADA 55.84 55.79 813 r:+0.62 27.08 55.79 (28.71) 15 LUCIE-SMITH, SA 22 NEW ZEALAND 56.25 55.97 805 r:+0.75 27.29 55.97 (28.68) 16 QUILTER, LAURA 22 NEW ZEALAND 55.87 56.00 803 r:+0.68 26.75 56.00 (29.25)