2019 BRAZIL TROPHY (FORMERLY MARIA LENK)
- April 16th-21st, 2019
- Maria Lenk Aquatic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Meet central
- Entry list
- Start list
- Live results
American sprinter Mallory Comerford broke the Brazil Trophy/Maria Lenk Championship Record in the women’s 100 free on Wednesday evening in Rio.
Hired by the Minas Tenis club as a mercenary for this year’s meet, she swam a 54.11 in prelims and then a 53.33 in the final. The new Meet Record added 50 bonus points toward her team’s total as Minas Tenis finished the day with a 145-point lead over 2nd-place Pinheiros (and the two pushed well ahead of the rest of the field).
While not a personal best for Comerford (which is 52.59), to break a record at this meet, where teams have a history of bringing in big-time sprint names, is a significant trophy for Comerford. She broke the old meet record of 53.78 that was set by Jeanette Ottesen in 2014.
That is Comerford’s best time outside of a US National Championship or an international championship meet. Her previous fastest in that category was a 53.91 from the Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis in 2017. Comerford indicated in both her social media posts and a pre-meet interview with SwimSwam’s Reid Carlson that she was putting in some rest for this week’s racing.
I always thought this was a national meet. Mercenary swimmers are great for the winning club, I guess.
Why anyone would willingly go to Brazil is beyond me
As of today the fastest American sprinter this season.
Rio is nice place! Cept for a bathroom the Americanos tore up during the Olympico!!!
Looked like it needed a remodel anyways 🙂
Awesome‼️
Surely a lifelong dream….
What’s YOUR dream and how close are you from making it come true??
Your sarcasm diminishes the dream of hundreds of young swimmers in a country you’re probably too ignorant to know about… so please, keep it to yourself.
You must be real fun at parties…