{"id":282017,"date":"2018-08-10T06:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=282017"},"modified":"2018-08-10T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:06:37","slug":"suzuki-drops-time-makes-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/suzuki-drops-time-makes-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzuki drops time, makes finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lennosuke Suzuki, seen here racing in a local event, broke his entry time during the 100m breaststroke event in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018 at the Tatsumi International Swimming Center yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI\u2019s Nelson Batallones and Lennosuke Suzuki debuted in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018 at the Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo yesterday.<\/p>\n

Suzuki was the first to plunge into the pool, as he raced on Heat 1 of the qualifying swims for the 100m breaststroke event yesterday morning and clocked in 1:17.36. The Saipan Swim Club member went on to advance to the B-finals and competed against the Philippines\u2019 Timothy Yen (1:07.05), China\u2019s Jia Song (1:02.13) and Yunsong Liu (1:02.69), Japan\u2019s Ippei Watanabe (1:00.35), the U.S.\u2019 Joshua Prenot (1:00.22), Australia\u2019s Zac Stubblety-Cook (1:00.32), and Canada\u2019s Eli Wall (1:01.55). Results of yesterday afternoon\u2019s B-Finals race were unavailable at press time.<\/p>\n

Besides making it to the B-finals, Suzuki also chopped off more a than a minute from his entry time (1:18.93).<\/p>\n

In other results in the 100m breaststroke, the U.S.\u2019 Andrew Lawrence Wilson ruled Heat 1 and also posted the fastest time among the 16 swimmers that raced in the event after recording 59.42 seconds. China\u2019s Lizhuo Wang earned the second best time at 59.50 seconds and he and Wilson were joined in the finals by the U.S.\u2019 Michael Andrew (59.55), Japan\u2019s Yasuhiro Loseki (59.67), Brazil\u2019s Luiz Gomes (59.74), Australia\u2019s Jake Packard (59.81) and Matthew Wilson (59.90), and Canada\u2019s Richard Funk (1.00.03).<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s 200m freestyle, Batallones submitted 2:18.42 on Heat 1, which was won by the Philippines\u2019 Jarod Jason Hatch (1:55.99).<\/p>\n

The U.S. had a 1-2 finish in the overall ranking in the 200m freestyle with Andrew Seliskar and Townley Haas leading the finals qualifiers after registering 1:45.81 and 1:46.19, respectively, in their heats. The two Americans will race in the medal round against Australia\u2019s Alexander Graham (1:46.35) and Clyde Lewis (1:46.54), Brazil\u2019s Luiz Melo (1:47.19) and Fernando Scheffer (1:46.63), and Japan\u2019s Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:46.42) and Naito Ehara (1:47.67).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Suzuki and Batallones will have their second event in the 18-nation tournament today with the former seeing action on Heat 1 of the 100m freestyle qualifying races and the latter on Heat 2 of the 200m butterfly preliminaries.<\/p>\n

Batallones is grouped with China\u2019s Shuchang Zhou, the U.S.\u2019 Zachary Scott Harting, Japan\u2019s Daiya Seto and Yuya Yajima, Colombia\u2019s Jonathan Gomez, and Brazil\u2019s Iago Moussalem. Suzuki, on the other hand, will race against fellow islanders Noel Keane of Palau and Mark Imazu of Guam and the U.S.\u2019 Seliskar, the Philippines\u2019 Rafael Barreto and Armand Pierre Chan, and Oman\u2019s Issa Samir Al Adawi.<\/p>\n

Joining the two CNMI swimmers in the Pan Pac is coach Jacoby Winkfield, who is upbeat on Suzuki and Batallones\u2019 performance and experience in the four-day tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe atmosphere here is electric, so many fast swimmers and every moment is an opportunity to learn and gain some valuable experience. I am excited for Nelson and Len and this opportunity,\u201d Winkfield told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CNMI had a successful first day of swimming. It is a bit unfair that the boys are being thrown into the fire here in Tokyo, with the top swimmers in the world at this meet. They are being forced to learn fast, adapt, observe, and react. Thus far they are doing a great job and representing the CNMI well. Thanks to everyone back home for their support,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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