Geoff Huegill wins, but faces nervous wait

Geoff Huegill faces an anxious wait to book a place on the Australian team for July's world swimming championships in Shanghai despite claiming his first 100m butterfly national title since 2004.
Huegill (52.36secs) won Thursday night's final from Sam Ashby (52.48) and Joseph Carter (52.91) but his time fell 0.11 seconds outside the qualifying time set by Australian head coach Leigh Nugent.
The 32-year-old's fate now rests with Nugent, who will name the squad for worlds on Friday night, but it appears likely he will earn selection for the medley relay team, which would allow him to swim in his pet individual event in China.
"I guess I wait nervously like everyone else," said Huegill, who was told by media his time was outside the qualifying time.
"It's one of those things where obviously benchmarks are set but once they go through and pick the team and see what results are left over, you wait and see from there ... It's out of my control."
Asked whether his value to the medley relay would be enough to get him a place on the team, Huegill said: "You'd wanna hope so, but stranger things have happened.
Huegill was happy to have reclaimed the 100m title from Andrew Lauterstein, who failed to qualify for the final, but admitted he was disappointed with the time.
While many athletes at this week's meet have improved in their times from last year's Commonwealth Games, Huegill went 0.67 slower than his swim to claim gold in Delhi after his well-documented comeback.
"It would have been good to sneak under 52 seconds," Huegill said.
"It wasn't one of my better swims ... I think I probably had a little higher expectations.
"But it's been seven years since I won my last 100 fly so I'm really going to enjoy this one."
Belinda Hocking produced the swim of the night, smashing the Australian record to take out the 200m backstroke in 2:06.88, the fastest time in the world this year, to beat Meagen Nay (2:09.56).
"For me tonight it was not only getting the record but I also wanted to keep the title holder position for the third year," Hocking said.
Sprinter Matt Abood (22.02) reclaimed his 50m freestyle title won in 2009 after a disappointing performance in last year's final, winning from Matt Targett (22.15)
"It's sweet, it feels like yesterday I was here last year and that disappointment but to come back and win tonight and put it together in a finals situation is a great feeling," Abood said.
Eamon Sullivan (22.40) was equal fifth, while 100m winner James Magnussen (22.52) finished last.
Reigning world 50m butterfly champion Marieke Guehrer (26.42) retained her national title by a fingernail from Alice Mills (26.43) but will not get a shot at retaining her title, with qualification for non-Olympic events only decided through the 100m swims.