FINAL MEN'S 100M FREESTYLE

NEW WORLD RECORD IN MEN'S 50M BUTTERFLY
Klim led all the way with a 23.50 split to come home for a gold medal (48.05) in this event just seven minutes after his first WR attempt in the 50m fly.

Todd Pearson who is a potential member of the 4x200 freestyle relay team for the 2000 OG in Sydney finished fast to take silver (48.61) in front of Ashley Callus (48.68) coached by David Urquhart in southern Queensland.

All make the cut for the Athens championships but it is doubtful if Klim will make himself available for the WSC. I understand this applies to all Pan Pac team members.

FINAL WOMEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Lori Munz was too strong for this field and won (2:10.64) by the comfortable margin of four and a half seconds.

FINAL WOMEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE

Atlanta Olympian Helen Denman won her first (1:07.77) SC 100m breaststroke ahead of 17 year old Tarnee White (1:08.22) who is coached by Ken Wood at Redcliffe.

FINAL MEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE

Matt Welsh led the field from the gun and turned marginally ahead of Robert Wyllie.

Welsh split the 100m in 25.12 on target for a fast time of (51.77).He completed the sweep of all three backstroke titles in Commonwealth and Australian record times, equalling the existing world mark in his 50 win earlier in the championships.

Welsh's time in the 100 is the second World All Time Best SC.

FINAL WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY

1996 Olympian and a three time holder of this title, Angela Kennedy, led with her customary fast start and turns but touched second (1:00.47).

Julia Ham came through with a strong fourth lap to overtake Kennedy (1:00.11). 16 year old Jordana Webb, won her first senior championship medal (1:00.69).

FINAL MEN'S 200M BREASTSTRTOKE FINAL

Zane King making a comeback from injury took the field hrough the first half, leading the eight times title holder in this event Matt Dunn to the turn into breaststroke.

With his strongest two strokes to come Dunn took the lead after 25m of this stroke and was able to fend (1:58.53) off a determined improver Grant McGregor and the early leader (1:59.10).

FINAL WOMEN'S 200M BACKSTROKE

17 year old Clementine Stoney from Albury wom her first national SC title by a narrow margin (2:11.08) from 96 Olympian Emma Johnson (2:12.15).

Stoney held a full body length lead going into the 150m turnbut was challenged by the fast finishing Johnson, who has returned from her US studies to begin her Olympic selection campaign under former coach Brian Wilkinson.

16 old Taryn Callaghan from the Rob Lawson coached United club in NSW was third with 2:13.60.

FINAL MEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Zane King making a comeback from injury took the field hrough the first half, leading the eight times title holder in this event Matt Dunn to the turn into breaststroke.

With his strongest two strokes to come Dunn tokk the lead after 25m of this stroke and was able to fend off a determined improver Grant McGregor and the early leader.

FINAL WOMEN'S 200M FREESTYLE

The ironwoman of Australian swimmig Lori Munz (1"57/79) took out the 200m freestyle from Jacinta van Lint (1:58.93) and 15 old Kirsten Thompson (2:00.72).

FINAL MEN'S 50M BUTTERFLY

World record holder in the 100m fly Michael Klim made an attempt on the world mark in semi-final 1 tonight, and then swam down for his 100m Freetyle final which was the next event.

He was just .08 short of taking the WR held by Milos Milosevic CRO, 23.30, set at Sheffield on 12 Dec 1998. Michael did however take Geoff Huegill's national record with a fine sprint swim.

In the final Klim's protagonist Geoff Huegill and national team member Bill Kirby were not in the starting area when they were called and regrettably missed the final of this event.

Michael recorded his second gold for the night in another good sprint fly time and finishedwith the fourth All Time Best 50m fly for his semi-final time, moving Huegill down to fifth position.

Then in an extraordinary set of circumstances Huegill and Kirby's request for a time trial was allowed due to the program running ahead of time.

In addition Michael Klim's request was allowed for a WR attempt. Both events took place as the ASI Board members retired to ratify the selectors' list for the 2000 Athens World SC team.

In the time trial for Huegill and Kirby the former recorded the fast time of 23.50 to finish ahead of Kirby 24.98.

Then the inform Klim hit the water in fourth race for the night and swam a technique 50m butterfly to knock a .09 lump off Milosevic's record - the fourth WR for the Gennadi Touretski trained swimmer.

FINAL MEN'S 1500M FREESTYLE

In the absence of world champion Grant Hackett and WR holder Kieren Perkins due to influenza the up and coming young Craig Stevens improved his SC time by twenty seconds (15.04.90) to win his first national gold medal in just over the fifteen minute mark. Not used to SC racing Coach Frost said: "It was the turns which hurt him, not the swim. He hasn't had much racing SC and we train LC all the time."

Stevens is a possibility for the Olympic team with uncertainty hanging over Kowalski and Perkins. Both Stevens and the silver medallist Penfold (15:23.72) have great training partners in Thorpe and Hackett respectively.

FINAL WOMEN'S 400M MEDLEY RELAY

RESULTS
1.	Claremont Uniswim	Western Australia	4:20.78
2.	Nunawading	Victoria	4:20.77
3.	Yeronga Park	Queensland	4:21.09

FINAL MEN'S 400M MEDLEY RELAY

RESULTS
1.	Yeronga Park	Queensland	3:47.64
2.	Nunawading A	Victoria	3:50.78
3.	Norwood	South Australia	3:51.28