USA Swimming Sectionals, Bakersfield: Four Meet Records Fall

BAKERSFIELD, California, July 20. A total of four meet records met their end during the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Bakersfield today.

Presley Bard of Terrapins demolished the meet record in the women's 100 back. Bard, who swims for Indiana University collegiately, clocked a time of 1:01.67 to crush the 1:03.99 set by Lauren Rogers in 2005. Ashley Vrieze of De Anza Cupertino also surpassed the previous record with a second-place 1:03.29. Deborah Roth, 15, of North Bay placed third in 1:04.38.

The men's 100 back also featured a meet record. Vladimir Morozov touched in 57.12 to beat Louis Vayo's 58.07 from 2005. Matt Benoit took second in 59.21, while Nic Trowbridge finished third in 59.30.

Kate Dwelley of Terrapins provided a sub-1:00 effort in the women's 100 fly to lower her meet record of 1:00.45 set last year. Dwelley posted a 59.73 to win, while Hannah Wilson of California finished second in 1:00.59 and Ursi Dailey, 17, of Fog City snagged third in 1:02.20.

Sara Sun of Swim Pasadena opened the day with a win in the women's 1500 free in 17:13.46. Aislinn Smalling of Class Aquatics took second in 17:24.12, while Tristin Baxter, 16, finished third in 17:29.44.

The men's metric mile featured John Mendoza of La Mirada Armada winning in 15:57.14. Andrew Deters touched second in 16:01.77, while Jon Daniec, 15, of Mission Viejo wound up third in 16:14.97.

Paige Bradley, 17, touched out Jordan Danny, 16, 1:11.75 to 1:11.90, in the women's 100 breast, while Shaila Yoder, 17, completed the top three in 1:12.88.

Cody Miller, 16, of Clark County captured the men's 100 breast in 1:05.86 with John Dwelley of Terrapins (1:06.24) and Jon Denton-Schneider, 17, of North Bay (1:06.44) placing second and third.

Dwelley came back in the men's 100 fly to win in 55.76. Tom Shields, 17, of Nova placed second in 56.36 with Danny McClary of Gaucho taking third in 56.54.

The 400 medley relays concluded the night. Vrieze, Eva Chen, Hayes Hyde and Madeline Schaefer won the women's crown in 4:21.25, while Terrapins Colin Hanna, Sean Mahoney, Dwelley and Aaron Wayne snared the men's title in 3:51.36. They also broke the meet record of 3:53.95 set in 2005.

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