Anthony Ervin celebrates on the podium after his win in the 50-meter freestyle swimming final during the Santa Clara International Grand Prix, Saturday, June 2, 2012, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Anthony Ervin, the 2000 Olympic champion making a comeback after 12 years, won the 50-meter freestyle, while Stephanie Rice of Australia took the 400 individual medley and Park Tae-hwan of South Korea won his fourth event at the Santa Clara Grand Prix swim meet on Saturday night.
Ervin touched in 22.35 seconds, followed by training partner William Copeland in 22.74. Takuro Fuji of Japan was third at 22.86.
Rice led all the way in winning the 400 IM in 4 minutes, 35.87 seconds. Caitlin Leverenz was second at 4:37.13 and 14-year-old Zhao Min of China was third at 4:40.67.
Park won his fourth event of the meet, taking the 200 freestyle in 1:46.88, with the Olympic silver medalist beating the field by nearly 2 seconds. Ryan Napoleon of Australia was second at 1:48.66 and Yuki Kobori of Japan was third at 1:49.36. Park earlier won titles in the 100, 400 and 800 freestyles.
Tyler Clary won two events on the third night of the season’s final Grand Prix meet. He won the 400 IM in 4:15.02, with Yuya Horihata of Japan second at 4:16.27. Clary returned later to win the 200 backstroke in 1:57.09, while Kazuki Wantanabe of Japan was second at 1:59.56. Ashley Delaney of Australia took third at 2:00.14.
Yolane Kukla, a 16-year-old Aussie, won the 50 free in 24.97. Madison Kennedy was second at 25.05 and Aussie Libby Trickett took third in 25.22.
Aussie teammates Meagan Nay and Emily Seebohm went 1-2 in the 200 back. Nay touched first in 2:08.04 followed by Seebohm in 2:08.08.
Bronte Barratt of Australia lowered her own meet record in winning the 200 free in 1:57.17. Dana Vollmer was second at 1:57.25, and Hanae Ito of Japan was third in 1:58.05.
