Spring Nationals, Day #3
men's 800m Free: Luca De Tullio, 7.47.60
women's 200m IM: Anita Gastaldi, 2.11.06; Chiara Della Corte, 2.11.58 (European Champs QT)
men's 200m IM: Jacopo Barbotti, 1.57.75; Alberto Razzetti, 1.57.76 (European Champs QT)
women's 100m Free: Sara Curtis, 53.40; Emma Virginia Menicucci, 53.75 (PB, European Champs QT)
men's 100m Free: Carlos D'Ambrosio, 47.83; Alessandro Miressi, 48.46 (European Champs QT)
as usual, the most expected and at the same time, the most disappointing race of the championship
only 1 man below the 48-sec mark (and by not so much, after a letargic 1st split, 22.76 at the 50m turn), all the other guys well above the 48-sec mark...but we know that they will perform differently when it really matters
women's 1500m Free: Simona Quadarella, 15.55.89; Ginevra Taddeucci, 16.08.35 (European Champs QT)
men's 4*100m Medley Relay: best splits: Thomas Ceccon, 53.17 and Michele Lamberti, 53.74 (Backstroke leg at the start); Simone Cerasuolo, 58.93 and Christian Mantegazza, 59.19 (Breaststroke leg, internal); Alberto Razzetti, 51.10 (Fly leg, internal); Carlos D'Ambrosio, 48.08 (Freestyle leg, internal)
women's 4*100m Medley Relay: best splits: Sara Curtis, 1.00.35 (Backstroke leg at the start); Benedetta Pilato, 1.05.42, Anita Bottazzo, 1.06.18 and Lisa Angiolini, 1.06.84 (Breaststroke leg, internal); Anita Gastaldi, 58.65 (Fly leg, internal); Emma Virginia Menicucci, 53.37 and Chiara Tarantino, 53.98 (Freestyle leg, internal)
not the session I expected
only positive notes by Jacopo Barbotti in the men's 200 IM and by Emma Virginia Menicucci (improving herself twice in a day after a few tough months, following a bad car accident last December) in the women's 100m Free