2009 Best Performers
200 METRES BREASTSTROKE
| # | Country | Time | Name | IPS | Meet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | CAN | 2:17.50 | Pierse, Annamay | 1012 | CANSCMAR |
| 2 |  | AUS | 2:18.26 | Jones, Leisel | 1004 | VICSCJUL |
| 3 |  | JPN | 2:18.64 | Kaneto, Rie | 1000 | JPOPNFEB |
| 4 |  | AUT | 2:19.23 | Jukic, Mirna | 994 | AUTTMDEC |
| 5 | | JPN | 2:19.52 | Tamura, Nanaka | 991 | JPOPNFEB |
USA: On a night when Matt Grevers, Mary DeScenza and Dagny Knutson set US s/c championship records at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Ryan Lochte swam close to best time despite having only recently got back into training. Lochte clocked 1:40.89 seconds in the 200y medley. For those of us not used to seeing yards times, a better idea of where that figures in the life of JMr Lochte: it was just off his personal best of 1:40.08. Not bad for a man who took two months off after Beijing and is still only training an hour a day. "That felt good," he told AP. "I'm really surprised. I had no idea I would go near a best time." Second in the medley with a best of 1:42.59 (previous: 1:43.91) was Eric Shanteau, post-cancer treatment and racing for the first time since surgery on August 26.
Lochte, meanwhile, is entered in six events during the three-day meet at the 1996 Olympic pool complex. On day one he also competed in the 50 freestyle, finishing seventh in a race won by Matt Grevers. Grevers, also back from a long post-Olympic break, got the sprint touch in 18.95, a championship record. Mary Descenza won the 500 freestyle in 4:35.63 and 16-year-old Dagny Knutson, a high school junior, claimed the 200 medley in 1:54.03.
South Africa: results from the 5th and final session of finals at the 9th African Swimming Championships held at the Ellis Park Aquatics Centre in Johannesburg: Men - 50 free: Oussama Mellouli (Tun) 23.26. 1500 metres freestyle: Mellouli 16:12.00. 100 back: G du Rand (SA) 55.92. Women: 200 medley: Mandy Loots (RSA) 2:18.91.
Results from the 4th session of finals at the 9th African Swimming Championships held at the Ellis Park Aquatics Centre in Johannesburg: Men: 400m freestyle: 1 Oussama Mellouli (Tun) 3:58.17, 2 R Schoeman (SA) 3:58.57. 200m breaststroke: 1 W Diering (RSA) 2:16.00; 2 Mellouli 2:17.57. 200m medley: 1 Mellouli 2:06.04, 2 C le Clos (RSA) 2:06.76. 4x100m freestyle: 1 Tunisia 3:29.79; 2 South Africa 3:32.34. Women: 100m breaststroke: 1 A Ajulu-Bushell (Ken) 1:12.88. 100m butterfly: 1 M Loots (RSA) 1:00.58, 2 M Scott (SA) 1:03.46, 3 M Meddeb (Tun) 1:04.01.
