{"id":207522,"date":"2015-08-10T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=207522"},"modified":"2015-08-10T06:00:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T20:00:37","slug":"chentsova-set-two-cnmi-national-swim-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/chentsova-set-two-cnmi-national-swim-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chentsova set two CNMI national swim marks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CNMI\u2019s Victoria Chentsova earned age group and national records in the 400m and 800m freestyle events during last week\u2019s races in the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia.<\/p>\n

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The CNMI\u2019s Victoria Chentsova competes in the 400m freestyle event in the 16th FINA World Championships last Monday at the Kazan Arena, in Kazan, Russia.
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Chentsova gained the 400m freestyle records right at the start of the tournament last Monday, as she clocked in at 4:44.15 on Heat 1 of the qualifying races. The 17-year-old Saipan Swim Club member crushed the 14-year marks of fellow SSC swimmer Xenavee Pangelinan, who posted the 17 to 18 age group and national records of 4:45.21 on July 29, 2001 during the World Championship in Fukuoka, Japan. The new marks are not yet official, as they need to be certified first by the Northern Mariana Islands Swimming Federation.<\/p>\n

Chentsova notched the 400m freestyle record in her third World Championships stint (long course). She had her first in China in 2011 and second in Spain in 2013 and despite having the experience in competing in the world stage, the Saipan International School graduate admitted feeling nervous in her first event in Kazan.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I was really, really nervous at first and was thinking that I have to think about everything that my coach (Jacoby Winkfield) has told me all those months back and so I was focused on all the little thing. At first I thought I was not going to make it and then at the end I was telling myself I have to make it, I have to do it, \u201cChentsova was quoted as saying in a report submitted by Mike Marron of The Reporters\u2019 Academy and forwarded to Saipan Tribune. The Reporters\u2019 Academy is media production company tasked to write stories on Oceania\u2019s swimmers competing in the world championships.<\/p>\n

Chentsova settled down after her first event and then registered her second age group and national records last Saturday after timing in at 9:48.87 on Heat 1 of the qualifying races for the 800m freestyle contest. Her mark surpassed the nearly 20-year-old record of SSC\u2019s Anneka Sakovich, who logged 9:50.22 on Aug. 18, 1995.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy. I didn\u2019t do as well as I hoped, I was aiming for 9 minutes 44 seconds but I beat my time so I\u2019m so happy and relieved,\u201d Chentsova was quoted as saying in an interview with the The Reporters\u2019 Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just trying not to die. I\u2019m always going out too slow and coming back way faster, so I\u2019m always negative splitting. So this time I wanted to go out a little faster so that I wasn\u2019t sprinting near the end. I just gave it my all,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, three other CNMI swimmers joined Chentsova in Kazan. Results of Kaito Yanai, Takumi Sugie, and Angel De Jesus\u2019 events will be reported in Saipan Tribune\u2019s Tuesday edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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