USA Swimming National Championships day 5
2011-08-07
Fabio Terrone
Worlds gold medalllist Franklin wins 100 freestyle. Open water world champion Gemmel, takes 1500 title. Swim MAC Carolina set US Open relay record

Palo Alto, California - Swim MAC Carolina set a new US Open 400 metres medley relay record.

The team of Nick Thoman, Kevin Swander, Timothy Phillips and Davis Tarwater, won the national title in 3:33.70.

The previous mark of 3:34.24 was set by Aaron Peirsol, Ed Moses, Michael Phelps and Neil Walker, at the Duel in the Pool on june 4, 2003.

Leading results at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships on Saturday.

WOMEN

800 FREESTYLE
1. Gillian Ryan, Parkland Aquatics 8:27.64
2. Haley Anderson, Trojan Swim Club, 8:29.19
3. Ashley Twichell, Mission Viejo Nadadores, 8:35.20

100 FREESTYLE
1. Melissa Franklin, Colorado Stars-C, 53.63
2. Amanda Weir, SwimAtlanta-GA, 54.14
3. Dana Vollmer, California Aquatics, 54.27

200 BREASTSTROKE
1. Micah Lawrence, SwimMAC Carolina, 2:27.06
2. Haley Spencer, Minnesota Aquatics, 2:27.09
3. Michelle McKeehan, Athens Bulldog S-GA, 2:27.57

4X100 MEDLEY RELAY
1. Tucson Ford Deal-AZ 'A' (Denninghoff, Chandler, Smart, Geer) 4:04.25
2. Tennessee Aquati-SE 'B' (Connolly, Hannis, Floyd, Gendron) 4:04.49
3. Stanford Swimmin-PC 'B' (Webb, Smith, Breeden, Dwelley) 4:06.02

MEN

200 BACKSTROKE
1. Matthew Grevers, Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics, 1:57.26
2. Rexford Tullius, Daytona Beach Swim Club, 1:57.48
3. Nick Thoman, SwimMAC Carolina, 1:59.31

200 BREASTSTROKE
1. Brendan Hansen, Longhorn Aquatics, 2:10.59
2. Eric Friedland, Longhorn Aquatics, 2:12.91
3. Chris Burckle, Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics, 2:13.08

1500 FREESTYLE
1. Andrew Gemmell, Delaware Swim Team, 15:01.31
2. Sean Ryan, Scenic City Aquatics, 15:01.43
3. Michael Klueh, FAST Swim Team-C, 15:04.24

4X100 MEDLEY RELAY
1. SwimMAC Carolina-NC 'A' (Thoman, Swander, Phillips, Tarwater) 3:33.70
2. Tucson Ford Deal-AZ 'A' (Chitwood, Burckle, Tipton, Grevers) 3:39.82
3. Stanford Swimmin-PC 'A' (Thompson, Lovelace, Bollier, Coville) 3:40.06