Mustang Swimmer Wins Silver At European Short Course Championships
Dec 15 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Dec. 15, 2007
DEBRECEN, Hungary (SMU)--Alex Hetland won the silver medal in the 50m breast Saturday at the European Short Course Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. This is the second medal Hetland has won at the European S.C. Championships, and the first this year.
Hetland took first in the preliminary heat, touching the wall in 26.93. In the semifinals, he came in fourth, clocking a time of 27.14. In the final, Hetland touched the wall in 26.95, just two tenths of a second behind the gold medalist, earning him his first silver medal at the European Short Course Championships. Last year, Hetland won bronze in the 100m IM.
Hetland also competed in the 100m IM, finishing seventh in the qualifying heats in 54.99. He qualified for the semis, but opted not to swim.
Petra Klosova and Angela San Juan Cisneros both competed for the women. Klosova swam the 50m back in 29.10, placing 24th in the heats, but did not qualify for the semis. San Juan Cisneros swam the 100m fly in 59.86, finishing 13th in the qualifying heats, moving on to the semifinals. In the semis, San Juan Cisneros finished 15th, touching the wall in 1:00.27.
Former Mustangs Flavia Rigamonti and Per Nylin also competed Saturday. Rigamonti swam the 400m fly, finishing third in the heats (4:03.73) and fifth in the finals (4:03.77). Nylin qualified for the finals in the 100m IM, touching the wall 14th in the heats (55.51) and seventh in the semis (54.56). The finals of the men's 100m IM will be held Sunday.
Sunday, Klosova and San Juan Cisneros are scheduled to swim the 50m free, Rigamonti will swim the 200m free, Anja Carman will swim the 200m back, Nylin will compete in the finals of the 100m IM and former Mustang and Olympic gold medalist Lars Froelander will swim the 50m fly. Complete results can be found at www.omegatiming.com
