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DeScenza sets meet record twice in 100 fly - The Heat Index

DeScenza sets meet record twice in 100 fly

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Naperville native Mary DeScenza broke the meet record for the 100-meter butterfly both in the prelims and the finals on Friday at the Charlotte UltraSwim.

She swam a 59.25 in the prelims and a 58.54 in the championship heat.

DeScenza's meet record in this morning's prelims shattered the 8-year-old mark held by Slovakian Olympian Martina Moracova by 24-hundredths of a second.

In bettering that record in Friday night's finals, she out-touched the University of Tennessee's Christine Magnuson in a down-to-the-wire finish, 58.54 to 58.59. Magnuson had a slight lead on DeScenza for most of the race, but DeScenza managed to slither past in the final five meters for the win.

"It's my best time by about two-tenths," DeScanza said. "I don't normally go that fast in-season, but I've been training my butt off this year. This is just a trial run for (Olympic) Trials, and I've been getting out there and racing as much as I can. You can't do average times all year, and then expect to go fast at Trials. That's my philosophy this year."

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