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First Night of 2009 Minneapolis Grand Prix Swim Meet

Olympians Chloe Sutton and Rebecca Soni both won two medals and set meet records Friday on the first night of the 2009 Minneapolis Grand Prix Swim Meet. Sutton, of Mission Viejo Nadadores, won gold in the women's 1000-yard freestyle with a meet record of 9:33.72, and also took silver in the women's 200y free in 1:48.18. Soni, of Trojan Swim Club, set the meet record in the finals of the women's 100y breast in 59.69 and later took silver in the 200y IM in 2:01.75.

Sutton came out on top of a close race in the 1000 free, edging 2008 Olympic teammate Kate Ziegler (Great Falls, Va.) by four-tenths of a second. The former meet record of 9:33.98 was set in 2007 by Swiss Olympian Flavia Rigamonti. Both Sutton and Ziegler finished more than eight seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

Soni bested the former meet record in the 100y breast, set by Trojan Swim Club's Jessica Hardy (Long Beach, Calif.) in 2007, by about a half a second. Soni touched nearly a second ahead of second-place finisher Katlin Freeman (Concord, Calif.) of Santa Barbara Aquatics (1:00.67), while Jillian Tyler of Minnesota was third in 1:01.16.

Besides Sutton and Soni, a number of other swimmers claimed multiple medals on day 1. Andre Schultz of the University of Michigan won gold in the men's 1000y free (9:05.01) and silver in the 200y IM (1:46.83); Erika Erndl (Naples, Fla.) of Swim Florida won gold in the women's 200y free (1:47.84) and bronze in the 200y IM (2:02.62); Talor Whitaker of Washington State won gold in the women's 200y IM (2:00.89) and bronze in the 100y fly (55.66); and U.S.

National Teamer Dan Madwed (Stamford, Conn.) of the University of Michigan won bronze in the men's 200y free (1:38.18) and bronze in the 100y fly (49.04).

Other swimmers winning gold in individual events Friday included Bulgarian Olympian Michael Alexandrov in the men's 100y breast (53.61); Cal's William Copeland in the men's 200y free (1:36.16); Washington State's Michaela Ahlin in the women's 100y fly (54.11); Kenyan Olympian Jason Dunford in the men's 100 fly (47.25); and Trojan Swim Club's Thiago Pereira in the men's 200y IM (1:45.41).

The Minneapolis Grand Prix will continue Saturday and Sunday. For complete results, go to the 2009-10 USA Swimming Grand Prix Page.
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