Steffen Deibler, with a 21.91sec victory over 50 metres freestyle, and Paul Biedermann, with a 3:41.60 win over 400m freestyle, at the national short-course championships in Essen gave Germany hope that a new generation of talent is about to break through in senior waters.

Both will be medal hopes when they compete at the European short-course championships in Trieste, Italy, next month. At the helm of the German team will be seasoned veterans such as Thomas Rupprath and Annika Melhorn, both multi-title winners in Essen.

Kamil Kasprowicz, of Hannover, took two titles in the final session in Essen, winning the 200m breaststroke in 2:11.56 and the 200m medley in 1:58.58.

Most times recorded in Essen would look good on a long-course sheet but suggest a team in transition.

German SC Championships - Results
Essen, GER - Nov 24-27, 2005 (25m)


Men

50m free
1 Steffen Deibler (1987 TG Biberach) 21.91
2 Carsten Dehmlow (1977 SGS Hamburg) 21.97
3 Jens Schreiber (1982 W98 Hannover) 22.11

400m free
1 Paul Biedermann (1986 SV Halle) 3:41.60
2 Christian Hein (1982 SG EWR Rheinhessen) 3:44.15
3 Benjamin Starke (1986 PSV Cottbus) 3:48.51

200m breaststroke
1 Kamil Kasprowicz (1984 W98 Hannover) 2:11.56
2 Andreas Lösel (1983 SSG 81 Erlangen) 2:11.88
3 Frank Schmidt (1985 SSG Saar Max Ritter) 2:13.77

100m butterfly
1 Thomas Rupprath (1977 W98 Hannover) 51.30
=2 Johannes Dietrich (1985 SwC Berlin) and Benjamin Starke (1986 PSV Cottbus) 52.06 

200m medley
1 Kamil Kasprowicz (1984 W98 Hannover) 1:58.58
2 Lukasz Wojt (1982 EOSC Offenbach) 1:59.22
3 Stefan Herbst (1978 SSV Leutzsch) 1:59.37



Women

50m freestyle
1 Dorothea Brandt (1984 SG Neukölln) 25.09
2 Petra Dallmann (1978 SV Nikar Heidelberg) 25.25
3 Daniela Samulski (1984 SG Bayer Wup/Uer/Dor) 25.27

100m backstroke
1 Franziska Gähler (1988 EVI Hildesheim) 1:01.74
2 Jenny Mensing (1986 SC Wiesbaden 1911) 1:01.76
3 Michelle Matthes (1988 SC DHfK Leipzig) 1:01.78

400m freestyle
1 Johanna Manz (1988 SG EWR Rheinhessen) 4:07.76
2 Janina-Kristin Götz (1981 SC DHfK Leipzig) 4:07.99
3 Petra Dallmann (1978 SV Nikar Heidelberg) 4:08.24

200m breaststroke
1 Anne Poleska (1980 SG Essen) 2:23.57
2 Simone Weiler (1978 SV Nikar Heidelberg) 2:24.53
3 Birte Steven (1980 Vfl Sindelfingen) 2:27.27

100m butterfly
1 Annika Mehlhorn (1983 SG ACT/Baunatal) 59.02
2 Daniela Samulski (1984 SG Bayer Wup/Uer/Dor) 1:00.08
3 Franziska Skrubel (1987 W98 Hannover) 1:00.82

100m medley
1 Annika Mehlhorn (1983 SG ACT/Baunatal) 1:01.99
2 Sonja Schöber (1985 SG Dortmund) 1:02.38
3 Lisa Bronowski (1983 AMTV-FTV) 1:02.75