CASEY GARRISON SOUTH KOREA - Winning an Individual Swimming Championship in Warrior Country seems like something for which one would train hard. For Jason Kim, winning 1 in 2 of the fastest categories and winning 1 with a team in a relay race came second nature. He placed 1 in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 26:31, 1 in the 10-meter freestyle with a time of 1:08:41 and 2 in the 10-meter backstroke with a time of 1:21:06.
I really didn't train for the competition. I was a member of the swimming team in college, but haven't been in the pool in more than a year, Kim said.
Kim was not the only Soldier to place high in more than one event. Cody Jones placed 1 in the 200- meter freestyle with a time of 2:39:45, 1 in the Men's Open 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:27:41, 3 in the Men's Open 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:37:19, 1 in the Men's Division 200 meter medley relay as part of the 4 man team of Michael Gonzalez, Jason Sorell, and Eric Corbett with a time of 2:45:60, 2 in the Men's Division 200-meter freestyle relay of the same team with a time of 2:20:46.
Anthony Esposito placed 2 in the Men's Open 50-meter freestyle with a time of 28:03, 1 in the Men's Open10-meter backstroke with a time of 1:21:00, 2 in the Men's Division 200-meter medley relay as part of a 4 man team with Patrick Walsh, Eric Dieter, and Daniel English with a time of 2:48:47, 1 in the Men's Division 20- meter freestyle relay with the same team clocking 2:13:81.
Soldiers compete for individual swimming honors
Patrick Walsh placed 1 in 4 categories of the Men's Senior bracket. He placed 1 in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 32:26, 1 in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:52:56, 1 in the 20- meter individual medley with a time of 4:11:25, 1 as part of the team Daniel English, Eric Dieter and Anthony Esposito as mentioned before.
Ambur Pittman placed 1 in 2 of the Women's events, the 10- meter freestyle with a time of 2:00:44, the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 2:10:78, and 2 in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 48:69.
"These results are made more remarkable considering we had a field of more than 100 competitors," said James Williams, USAG-Casey sports specialist.
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