Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Yasuhiro Koseki Clinches 100 Breast Title; Cordes With Another DQ
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 22. JAPAN’s Yasuhiro Koseki clipped Brazil’s Felipe da Silva, 59.62 to 59.82, for gold in the 100-meter breaststroke finale at the Pan Pacific Championships. That’s a season best for both men as Koseki moved up to seventh in the world from a 59.91, while da Silva improved upon his own 59.91.
The win kept the title in Japanese hands after breaststroke legend Kosuke Kitajima won the title back in 2010.
New Zealand’s Gkenn Snyders (1:00.18), USA’s Nic Fink (1:00.24), Canada’s Richard Funk (1:00.36), Australia’s Jake Packard (1:00.54) and Japan’s Naoya Tomita (1:01.08) completed the A final with legal swims.
You do not, however, want to be Kevin Cordes of the U.S. right now. In yet another high profile meet, he has drawn a breaststroke disqualification. A year after being part of a relay transition disqualification with Matt Grevers in the 400 medley relay at the 2013 World Championships, Cordes was disqualified tonight in the 100. Cordes is now on the outside looking in for the 2015 Worlds roster spot after that disqualification.
Cordes’ cap slipped off at the start, and his goggles filled up with water. He wound up trying to take them off during the turn as his international meet bad luck continued.
A Final Results
1 KOSEKI, YASUHIR 22 JAPAN 1:00.20 59.62 942 r:+0.67 27.91 59.62 (31.71) 2 SILVA, FELIPE F 27 BRAZIL 59.92 59.82 933 r:+0.71 27.82 59.82 (32.00) 3 SNYDERS, GLENN 27 NEW ZEALAND 1:00.41 1:00.18 916 r:+0.64 27.70 1:00.18 (32.48) 4 FINK, NICOLAS 21 UNITED STATES 1:00.72 1:00.24 913 r:+0.73 28.33 1:00.24 (31.91) 5 FUNK, RICHARD 21 CANADA 1:00.82 1:00.36 908 r:+0.61 28.52 1:00.36 (31.84) 6 PACKARD, JAKE 20 AUSTRALIA 1:00.44 1:00.54 900 r:+0.70 28.07 1:00.54 (32.47) 7 TOMITA, NAOYA 25 JAPAN 1:01.11 1:01.08 876 r:+0.61 28.42 1:01.08 (32.66) -- CORDES, KEVIN 21 UNITED STATES 59.70 DQ r:+0.75 28.21 DQ (31.98)
USA’s Cody Miller could not replicate his sub-1:00 swim from Nationals, where he posted a 59.91, but he still managed to take the B final win with a 1:00.76 in his first major international night swim. Brazil’s Joao Gomes took second in 1:00.99 with Japan’s Hiromasa Sakimoto finishing third in 1:01.54.
Brazil’s Tales Cerdeira (1:02.44), Canada’s Lyam Dias (1:03.03), Philippines’ Joshua Hall (1:03.18), South Africa’s Jared Pike (1:03.20) and Hong Kong’s Ronald Tsui (1:03.52) also contested the consolation heat.
B Final Results
9 MILLER, CODY 22 UNITED STATES 1:01.54 1:00.76 890 r:+0.66 28.49 1:00.76 (32.27) 10 GOMES, JOAO 28 BRAZIL 1:01.17 1:00.99 880 r:+0.67 28.53 1:00.99 (32.46) 11 SAKIMOTO, HIROM 30 JAPAN 1:01.16 1:01.54 857 r:+0.67 28.93 1:01.54 (32.61) 12 CERDEIRA, TALES 27 BRAZIL 1:02.06 1:02.44 820 r:+0.63 29.44 1:02.44 (33.00) 13 DIAS, LYAM 21 CANADA 1:03.23 1:03.03 797 r:+0.65 29.60 1:03.03 (33.43) 14 HALL, JOSHUA 23 PHILLIPINES 1:02.41 1:03.18 792 r:+0.66 29.76 1:03.18 (33.42) 15 PIKE, JARED 23 SOUTH AFRICA 1:03.34 1:03.20 791 r:+0.73 29.18 1:03.20 (34.02) 16 TSUI, RONALD 21 HONG KONG 1:03.53 1:03.52 779 r:+0.62 29.65 1:03.52 (33.87)