German Open: Battles for the relay spots for EC 2018 continue

German Open 2018

• April 20-22 20.
• Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE), Berlin
• Organizer: Berliner Turn- und Sportclub e.V., Abt. Schwimmen
• Meet central
• Live Timing
• Live Stream 
• Start lists and results 

The German qualification period for the European LC Championships 2018 will expire on April, 29th.

The German Open offers one last good chance to compete against other fast German swimmers in the fast pool in Berlin.

Lisa Graf (200m backstroke) and Franziska Hentke (200 m butterfly) dipped under the qualification standards yesterday.

While German National Record holder Alexandra Wenk pulled out of the meet due to an injury, Franziska Hentke was the fastest woman in the 100m butterfly, she was clocked at 59,58. Fastest German female swimmer in 2018 so far is Aliena Schmidtke in 59,04, she is the first choice now for the 4x100m medley relay.

1. Hentke, Franziska 1989  00:59,58
2. Köhler, Angelina 2000 01:00,14
3. Ehring, Mareike 2001  01:01,01

On the men’s side, the victory went to Eric Friese with a time of 52,53. He posted a 52,53 in the morning’s heats, this is a new German age group record for 19-year old.

1. Friese, Eric 1999 00:52,53
2. Zwiesigk, Timo 1995 00:53,38
3. Klenz, Ramon 1998  00:53,39

Reva Foos made it with her winning time of 1:58,82 in the 200m freestyle back into the 4x200m freestyle relay for the 2018 European Championships. Isabel Gose, born 2002, is one of Germany’s most promising youngsters and she is already qualified for the 2018 European Junior Championships and also ist the second fastest swimmer so far in the 200m freestyle what will give her a spot in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the open class European Championships.

1. Foos, Reva 1993  01:58,82
2. Gose, Isabel 01:59,03
3. Pietruschka, Marie 01:59,37

These four German women are the fastest at the moment for the 4x100m freestyle relay:

Jacob Heidtmann set a new German best time in the 200m freestyle for this year, he touched first in 1:47,29. Also the men battled for a spot in the 4x200m freestyle relay.

1. Heidtmann, Jacob 1994  01:47,29
2. Wierling, Damian 1996  01:47,47
3. Zellmann, Poul 1995  01:48,14

Fastest German men in 2018:

The winner in the 200m IM were Anna Kroniger (2:19,67) and on the men’s side Thomas Rohmberger took the win in 2:03,58. Laura Riedemann (28,59) and Christian Diener (24,98) touched first the women’s/men’s 50m backstroke.

Malaika Schneider (born 2003) finished first in the women’s 50m breaststroke (32,34). Fabian Schwingenschlögl got his hands to the wall first in the men’s event with a time of 27,63. He is also the first choice for the men’s 4x100m medley relay, he is the fastest German in the 100m breaststroke in 2018.

Josephine Tesch was the fastet on the 800 m fresestyle in 8:42,94, on the men’s side Ruwen Straub was victorious with a time of 07:55,69.