McMillan and Jack put in strong performances during heats

New Zealanders Andrew McMillan and Michael Jack swam well in the mens 200 Free at the Swimming World Champs in Rome today.

Both swimmers missed the semi-final but their strong swims saw them come in 27th and 40th respectively with McMillan swimming on his best and Jack less than a second short of his top performance of 1:48.37.

Daniel Bell was just outside his best,  54.58sec in the 100m backstroke in 49th.

This evening Moss Burmester swims his favourite 200m butterfly and Glenn Snyders swims the 50m breaststroke.

Times: for full results from the men's 200 Free heats click here

27 MCMILLAN Andrew NZL
24.93
52.24 27.31
1:20.26 28.02
1:48.30 28.04

40 JACK Michael NZL
25.57
52.82 27.25
1:20.95 28.13
1:49.11 28.16

Click here for results of the mens 100 Back

23  BELL Daniel NZL
26.11
54.58 

Other results and records from Roma09.it

Five World Records fell in eight races in today's session. Rickard, Sjostrom, Soni, Zueva and Kukors all set records.

Australian Brenton Rickard swam 58.58 in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke while all other records were set by women.

Swedish Sarah Sjostrom set a new record in the Women’s 100m Butterfly, breaking her own from the day before.

Half an hour later, American Rebecca Soni won the final and set the world record in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke in 1:04.84.

Anastasia Zueva took Kirsty Coventry’s record in the Women’s 100m Backstroke.

Other notable events were Milorad Cavic’s gold medal in the Men’s 50m Butterfly, and Aaron Peirsol’s exclusion from the Men’s 100m Backstroke Final.