On the second night of the Mare Nostrum competition in Monaco Olympic champion Camille Muffat dominated the field in the 400 freestyle winning the event in a meet record and world’s best time of 4:02.84. That is a season’s best for Muffat who had posted a time of 4:04.16 at the French Nationals in April and betters Bronte Barratt‘s top ranked time of 4:03.52, which was also swum in April.
Jazmin Carlin finished second in a time of 4:06.67 followed Lotte Friis who recorded a time of 4:07.60.
After breaking the European record in the 100 breaststroke yesterday swimming a 1:05.20 Ruta Meilutyte returned to the pool for the second evening of finals and posted a world’s best in the 50 breaststroke swimming a time of 30.11. Meilutyte’s time is only two one-hundredths of a second off of Yuliya Yefimova‘s European record time of 30.09 and is a season’s best by almost half a second.
Valentina Artemyeva qualified for the final 50 showdown with Meilutyte posting a time a time of 31.20.
All the head to head match ups are now set for the fourth round of 50s:
After only 59 one-hundreths of a second separated Daiya Seto and Laszlo Cseh in the 200 IM it looked like the 400 IM may be another great race between the two, but that was not so. Seto, who two weeks ago posted a 4:10.90 at Japanese nationals dominated the race breaking the meet record in a time of 4:13.09.
Cseh finished second in a time of 4:17.37 a season’s best and Michael Meyer who recorded a time of 4:21.50 to finish third.
Chad le Clos took the men’s 100 butterfly in a time of 52.11. He was followed by Steffen Deibler who posted a time of 52.72.
The race for third was as tight as it gets with Nikita Konovalov beating Bence Pulai by one one-hundredth of a second. Konovalov swam a 53.17 while Pulai recorded a 53.18.
Katinka Hosszu won the women’s 200 butterfly in a season’s best time of 2:09.94. Hosszu recorded her previous season’s best of 2:10.24 at the Arena Grand Prix in April.
Jemma Lowe finished second posting a time of 2:11.05 followed by Martina Van Berkel who recorded a 2:12.22 to finish third.
The men’s 200 back was another blow out swim with Peter Bernek winning the event by over three seconds. Bernek posted a 1:57.77 to take the event followed by Eric Ress who recorded a time of 2:00.95 for second while Benjamin Stasiulis finished third in a time of 2:02.62.
Simona Baumrtova won the women’s 100 backstroke in a time of 1:00.59 36 one-hundredths of a second ahead of Georgia Davies who recorded a time of 1:00.95. Elizabeth Simmonds finished third in a time of 1:01.76.
Vyacheslav Sinkevich took the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:01.25 followed by Kirill Strelnikov who posted a time of 1:01.91. Damir Dugonjic finished third in a time of 1:01.98.
Irina Novikova won the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:26.74 she was followed Xiang Li who recorded a time of 2:29.23 and Anna Belousova who finished in a time of 2:30.53.
Jeremy Stravius took the men’s 200 freestyle in a time of 1:46.88 beating Myles Brown, the winner of the 400 freestyle, by almost a full two seconds. Brown finished in a time of 1:48.83 followed by Chad le Clos who posted a time of 1:50.29 in his third event of the event of the evening.
The women’s 100 freestyle was a great race between Britta Steffen, Sarah Sjoestroem and Camille Muffat. Steffen was the class of the field winning the event in a time of 54.05 followed by Sjoestroem who posted a 54.15 while Muffat finished third in a time of 54.54.
Katinka Hosszu won her second event of the evening taking the 200 IM in a time of 2:11.52. Her time was a season’s best by over a second having recorded a 2:12.68 at the Arena Grand Prix in April.
She was followed by Evelyn Verraszto who posted a time of 2:12.99 while Victoria Andreeva finished third in a time of 2:13.70.
In the 50 head to head show downs the results were as follows:
Men’s 50 butterfly
Roland Schoeman defeated Steffen Deibler posting a 23.24 while Deibler finished in a time of 23.69.
Men’s 50 breaststroke
Damir Dugonjic defeated Hendrik Feldwehr winning in a new meet record time of 27.49 Feldwehr finished in a time of 27.90.
Women’s 50 breaststroke
Ruta Meilutyte defeated Valentina Artemyeva winning in a time of 30.19 while Artemyeva recorded a time of 31.01.
Men’s 50 freestyle
Andrey Grechin took the 50 freestyle in a time 22.05 beating Shinri Shioura who recorded a 22.14.
Women’s 50 freestyle
Ranomi Kromowidjojo defeated Sarah Sjoestroem winning the event in a time of 24.52 Sjoestroem finished in a time of 24.84.
Women’s 50 butterfly
Jeanette Ottesen Gray dominated the 50 butterfly winning in a time of 25.69. Melanie Henique finished second in a time of 26.68.
Men’s 50 backstroke
Jeremy Stravius won the 50 backstroke in a new meet record time of 24.61 followed Vitaly Borisov who finished in a time of 25.56.
Women’s 50 backstroke
Aya Terakawa defeated Mercedes Peris Minguet winning the event in a meet record time of 27.53. Peris Minguet finished in a time of 28.04.
Full results can be found here
Live results can be found here
can we please get a picture of Ruta where she doesn’t look like shes scared and frightened?
I have a feeling we’ll see more of her this summer and it’d be nice to have a non “oh-shit” look on her face.
And very very very impressive Jérémy Stravius! 24.61 in the 50 back, untapered, after a fast 200 free! The more Barcelona is close, the more Jérémy Stravius is becoming my big favorite for the 50 back and the 100 back. I think he will swim 24 low and 52.50 next summer. I’m still waiting for the USA trials to be sure but I already know that Matt Grevers doesn’t expect best times this year. However, Ryan Murphy is the guy to watch. Nobody knows his limits. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him under 53 in Indianapolis.
Bob will only be there 10 days to two weeks not three weeks because of USA trials
I imagine there are other good coaches at NBAC. And perhaps Yannick Agnel will go to Indianapolis with Mr Bowman to watch some races.
We all know Ledecky is paying attention to Muffat’s swim. It’s going to be a great battle between the two come this summer.
If Muffat´s 200m free was a bit of disappointment at least for me, the same cannot be said for her 400m. Her winning time is almost the same than she did in last year´s Mare Nostrum, Cannet. No significant progress but a similar condition at this point of the season led to the Olympic gold. I expect Ledecky and Barratt to push it under 4:02. And where is Pellegrini and what will she do!
I’m not certain how this Mare Nostrum trophy is awarded but if I have understood it correctly, for instance, Muffat and Meilutyte get the points of an event which are the highest. In this case Meilutyte is awarded 969 points for her 50m BR in semi-finals… Read more »
Pellegrini is focusing on the backstroke events this year, so forget about her in the 200/400 free.
Is Pellegrini really going to skip every freestyle event? I knew she initiated herself in backstroke events but if she abandoned freestyle completely, it is news to me. Her time of 1:56.51 in 200m free from Italian Championships in April still stands at the 3rd position in the FINA´s world rankings this season. If I had a medal prospect, I would give it a chance.
Well, I don’t know if she abandons free this year, but a couple of months ago, on record, she said she focuses on back events this year.
She will swim only backstroke on individual in Barcelona.
Here are some recent news about Miss Pellegrini.
http://edintorni.net/related/service/redirect/?ac=edisud&ch=1&rf=http%3A//www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/notizia.php%3FIDNotizia%3D592066%26IDCategoria%3D2694
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Thanks Bobo!
At least Pellegrini swims freestyle at not-so-important competitions. She just went 400m freestyle in a time of 4:11.28 in heats of Sette Colli this morning after Balmy, Frees and Muffat.
http://www.federnuoto.it/eventi/settecolli-2013/settecolli-2013.html
BoBo thanks for the heads up we have just published a post about her injury.
News from Roland Garros where Yannick Agnel was for the men’s final. He goes next Tuesday to Baltimore to train with Bob Bowman until end June. He trains for 3 weeks with his first coach following the training plans of Bob Bowman.
Good job Camille! She wanted the best time of the year and she has it! I know she always swims fast in-season but 4.02.84 is very promising. I think she’s able to swim again 4.01 in Barcelona. And at this level, I only see Katie Ledecky this year to play with her.