Jenna Laukkanen lowered a pair of Finnish national records during the two-day short course meter 2015 Finnish Grand Prix 1 this weekend.
Laukkanen started off her epic weekend with a 1:05.02 in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke. That swim lowered her previous mark of 1:05.64 from the 2014 FINA World Championships in Doha.
Her time this weekend would have finished in the top 10 in the world during last year’s short course season.
Laukkanen also accomplished a clean sweep of the Finnish breaststroke records with a 30.05 in the women’s 50-meter breast. That swim downed the 2009 record of 30.40 set by Katja Lehtonen at the 2009 FINA World Cup stop in Stockholm, Sweden.
Laukkanen now owns all three short course Finnish breaststroke records with a 2:21.30 from last year. She just missed that record with a 2:21.84 to win the event this weekend.
Laukkanen also won the women’s 200-meter IM in a time of 2:11.61, just a second off Tanja Kylliainen’s national mark of 2:10.51.
Fanny Teijonsalo downed Laukkanen in the women’s 100-meter IM, 1:00.12 to 1:00.73. Teijonsalo also topped the women’s 50-meter fly in 27.49.
Other winners:
Men:
Anton Herrala: 100 free (49.43)
Eetu Piiroinen: 200 free (1:51.12)
Pietari Virta: 400 free (4:06.61)
Joni Kitinoja: 1500 free (16:33.55)
Jaakko Rautalin: 50 back (24.99)
Janne Markus Markkanen: 100 back (54.93)
Valtteri Halonen: 200 back (2:03.77)
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen: 50 free (21.76), 50 breast (27.50), 100 breast (59.16)
Sami Myren: 200 breast (2:13.83)
Riku Poytakivi: 50 fly (23.66)
Tuomas Pokkinen: 100 fly (52.98)
Emil Marikainen: 200 fly (2:04.93)
Teemu Vuorela: 100 IM (55.08)
Kalle Pyykkonen: 200 IM (2:02.84), 400 IM (4:22.33)
Women:
Marlene Niemi: 50 free (25.25)
Mimosa Jallow: 100 free (55.45)
Laura Lajunen: 200 free (2:02.85), 400 free (4:13.66), 800 free (8:42.51)
Lotta Upanne: 50 back (28.43), 100 back (1:01.20), 200 IM (2:13.60)
Emilia Pikkarainen: 100 fly (58.93)
Nea Norismaa: 200 fly (2:13.31)
Heini Tahka: 400 IM (5:07.19)
