Night of the Meet Record in Final Session of Junior Nationals

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11. IT was a night of continual erasing for the wards of the meet-record book at the 2006 Speedo USA Swimming Junior National Championships in Irvine, Calif., on Friday. In all, every event featured a meet standard bettered as eight records fell.

Women’s 200-meter IM
Nova of Virginia’s Lauren Beaudreau came through in the 200 IM with a meet-record time of 2:18.38. That effort eclipsed the 2:19.06 previously set by Orinda Aquatics’ Heather White last year. Meanwhile, Salmon Bay’s Lauren Hill finished second in 2:19.94, while Kerr-McGee’s Samantha Woodward garnered third in 2:20.44. All three cleared the Olympic Trial cut.

Men’s 200-meter IM
Four swimmers cleared the meet record in the 200 IM, but Dallas Mustang Matthew Thompson touched first in 2:05.71. That performance bettered the 2:06.27 set by Aces Swim Club’s Mark Dylla during prelims. Meanwhile, Lakeside Swim Team’s Christopher Burckle took second in 2:06.19, while Northern Kentucky Clipper Cory Chitwood placed third in 2:06.26. Dylla wound up fourth in 2:06.27 to equal his prelim time. Overall, five swimmers notched Olympic Trial cuts.

Women’s 50-meter Freestyle
Kerr-McGee’s Samantha Woodward raced home to become the first junior national woman under the 26-second barrier with a 25.85. That time broke her meet record of 26.14 set last year. Additionally, Arizona Desert Fox Katherine Raatz snared silver in 26.01, while Sun Devil Aquatics’ Traycie Swartz picked up bronze in 26.42.

Men’s 50-meter Freestyle
Star Swim Team’s Michael Richards broke his own 50 free meet record of 23.59 set during prelims with a 23.49 during finals to capture the gold medal with the only Olympic Trial cut of the men’s 50 free. In other action, Blackhawk Area’s Nicklaus Cordes turned in a silver 23.58, while Clovis Swim Club’s Joshua Daniels pocketed bronze in 23.70.

Women’s 1500-meter Freestyle
Swim Pasadena’s Samantha Vanden Berge rolled past her own meet record of 16:48.57 set last year in the distance event with a 16:46.47. Meanwhile, SoNoCo Swim Club’s Alicia Mathieu earned silver in 16:51.66, while Arizona Desert Fox Alexandra Clarke rounded out the top three with a 16:53.35.

Men’s 1500-meter Freestyle
Fast Swim Team’s Tyler Clary made it six meet records in a row with a 15:40.84 to best the 15:40.96 put up by Mission Viejo’s Chad La Tourette last year. City of Shreveport’s Robert Looney placed second in 15:44.88, while Arden Hills’ Scott Korotkin finished third in 15:49.92.

Women’s 400-meter Medley Relay
Lakeside Swim Team’s squad of Amanda Faulkner (1:06.13), Devon Callaghan (1:11.86), Leah Reinhardt (1:03.14) and Abigail Fish (58.60) cruised home for a three-second triumph in the 400 medley relay with a 4:19.73. That time shattered the club’s meet-record time of 4:22.88 set last year.

Meanwhile, Texas Gold’s contingent of Cassandra Cunningham (1:06.49), Micah Lawrence (1:13.13), Lacey Bobo (1:05.17) and Sherrill Thompson (57.39) claimed silver in 4:22.18, while Sun Devil Aquatics’ Haley Krakowski (1:10.08), Mary Olsen (1:13.73), Whitney Lopus (1:01.99) and Traycie Swartz (57.33) finished with bronze in 4:23.13.

Men’s 400-meter Medley Relay
Irvine Novaquatics went off in front of its home crowd as Aaron Casey (1:00.43), John Criste (1:04.92), Kyle Smith (57.31) and Antonio Cisneros (52.64) closed out the men’s meet with a 3:55.30 win in the 400 medley relay. The performance bested the previous meet record of 3:56.03 set by the Cincinnati Marlins last year.

Additionally, Mecklenburg Aquatics’ sent former head coach Dave Gibson off with a silver medal time as Daniel Johnson (58.86), Chandler Thomas (1:06.42), Kyle Veatch (57.60) and David Toffaletti (53.04) stopped the clock in 3:55.92.

Nova of Virginia’s contingent of David Wren (59.56), William Harris (1:07.15), Ian Vogt (57.20) and Gaites Brown (53.36) picked up bronze in 3:57.27.

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