WORLD RECORD!

2006 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships

Hobart Tasmania - August 2006

Libby Lenton celebrates after breaking the World Record

in the Women’s 100m Butterfly.

Libby slashed 0.39 off the 100m butterfly world record held by American Natalie Coughlin with a time of 55.95. Improving her best time by 0.65, Libby now holds world records for 100 and 200m freestyle and the 100m butterfly in the short course pool.

“Coming into tonight I knew I only had one more swim so I really wanted to finish on a high note and, after my 50m butterfly, I knew I had quite a lot of speed,” Lenton said. Libby broke the Commonwealth Record in the 50m butterfly on Saturday night.

“I knew I could do a PB and I’ve come up with a great swim so I’m really happy.” Libby said she hoped she would be considered a butterflyer now as well as a freestyler. “I’ve been second to Jess for a couple of years but after that maybe people will take me seriously as a ‘flyer.”

Jessicah Schipper, another swimmer proudly sponsored by Fuji Xerox Australia, also had a great meet. Libby and Jess’s results from the meet are:

50m Freestyle Libby 1 st place.

100m Freestyle Libby 1 st place.

50m Butterfly Libby 1 st place and Jess 4 th place.

100m Butterfly Libby 1 st place and Jess 2 nd place.

200m Butterfly Jessicah 1 st place.

The focus now turns to the Telstra Australian Championships that will be held at Brisbane’s Chandler Aquatic Centre from December 3-10. That meet will be used to select the Telstra Dolphins team to compete at the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne next March.