Gillian Ryan and Janardana Burns capture gold medals – Speedo Junior National Championships

Gillian Ryan and Janardana Burns capture gold medals – Speedo Junior National Championships

Gillian Ryan and Janardana Burns captured gold medal of the 400m freestyle in Women and Men’s corner respectively at the 2012 Speedo Junior National Championships.

Ryan remained considerably ahead of her opponents throughout the event and tapped the wall for gold medal. She continued her scintillating form throughout the discipline and proved her mettle for gold medal of the event by touching the wall with a timing
of 4 minutes and 07.26 seconds.

The champion was chased by Taylor Katz, who was nearly eight seconds behind and posted a time of 4 minutes and 15.05 seconds for silver medal.

Katz was followed by Allison Brown, who was nearly three body lengths apart and secured bronze medal of the discipline by producing a time of 4 minutes and 17.72 seconds.

Brown was followed by Alexandra Malazdrewicz, who remained one body length slower from her former finisher and settled on the wall as fourth fastest swimmer with an effort of 4 minutes and 18.65 seconds.

Fifth fastest spot of the event was gained by Cecilia Williams, who remained half body length behind and appeared on the finishing end with a timing of 4 minutes and 19.21 seconds.

On the other hand, Burns occupied gold medal of the equivalent event in Men’s corner. The gold medallist was followed by Brock Turner, who was 0.39 seconds apart and finished second in the event by producing a time of 3 minutes and 56.93 seconds.

Turner was followed by James Yoder, who remained 1.59 seconds slower from his former finisher and touched the wall with a timing of 3 minutes and 58.52 seconds.

The bronze medallist was chased by Samuel Smiddy, who remained nearly half a second apart and settled on the finishing end for fourth position with a timing of 3 minutes and 59.07 seconds.

Fifth position of the discipline was secured by Cameron Stitt, who was 0.75 seconds slower and clocked a timing of 3 minutes and 59.82 seconds.

Furthermore, the position holders received medals and accolades for their notable efforts at the medal ceremony of the tournament.

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Posted by Mursil Mehmood Butt on Aug 17 2012. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry