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Nation's Capital Aquatics' Janet Hu broke 24 seconds to capture the women's 50-yard fly title in 23.87. She clocked a 24.04 this morning to tie with Academy Bullets' Mary Schneider in prelims, which served as the lifetime best for Hu. Hu's previous best had been a 24.40 from the 2011 NCSA Junior Nationals. Schneider touched in 24.04 yet again tonight, just short of her personal record of 23.95 from the 2012 NCSA Juniors.
Jack Conger of Rockville-Montgomery, who is headed to Texas after his senior season, twice lowered his lifetime best in the men's 50-yad fly. Conger first posted a 21.83 in prelims before winning this evening in 21.08. His previous best was a 21.88 from the 2011 NCSAs. NCAP's Andrew Seliskar surged to second in 21.31 after posting a 21.82 this morning. USC-bound Michael Domagala of Asphalt Green placed third in 21.48 in what proved to be a strong finale.
Aguajets's Olivia Anderson, 15, cleared 29 seconds twice today in the women's 50-yard breast after coming into the meet with a lifetime best of 29.13 from last year's NCSA Junior Nationals. Anderson first posted a 28.90 in prelims before winning in 28.32 tonight. Last night's 100-yard breast victor Kennedy Lohman of Lakeside, also 15, took second in 28.37. Rae Bullinger, the prelim leader with a 28.59 for the Aquajets, took third in 28.70.
Tide's Austin Temple relegated Seliskar to silver again with a 24.86 to 24.94 victory in the men's 50-yard breast. Machine's Brandon Fiala finished in a third-place tie with Andrew Schuehler with matching 25.44s. NCAP's Carsten Vissering and Panama City's Michael Duderstadt tied for fifth with matching 25.46s.
First Colony's Simone Manuel, who took down a Dagny Knutson 15-16 U.S. National Age Group record last night in the 100-yard free, came up a bit short of Knutson's 200-yard freestyle mark of 1:42.81 tonight. Manuel did, however, clip her lifetime best with a winning time of 1:44.22. That swim edged the 1:44.86 she clocked at the 2012 U.S. Winter National Championships a few months ago. Dynamo's Kylie Stewart, who had a national age group record of her own, took second in 1:45.32, just missing her personal record of 1:45.26 from Winter Nationals. Hu earned her second podium of the night with a third-place 1:46.74.
Conger doubled up with a sizzling time of 1:34.27 in the men's 200-yard free. That swim just missed his best time of 1:34.16 set as a relay leadoff at the 2012 Tom Dolan Invitational, both times coming within a second of Troy Dalbey's historic 1987 17-18 U.S. National Age Group record of 1:33.28. Bolles' Caeleb Dressel raced into second with a 1:35.51, which along with his prelim 1:37.91, eclipsed his previous best of 1:38.25 set at the 2011 U.S. Junior Nationals. He just missed Kyle Gornay's 15-16 national age group record of 1:34.99 from earlier this year. AGUA's Michael Domagala claimed third in 1:37.28, while First Colony's Brett Pinfold also beat 1:38 with a fourth-place 1:37.64.
Clearwater's Becca Mann snared the women's 400-yard IM victory with a sterling time of 4:07.51. That time clipped her previous best of 4:08.73 from the Al Soltis Memorial in January. Delaware's Kaitlyn Jones also cleared 4:08 with a 4:07.99 for second-place honors. Her time this morning of 4:11.50 was her personal best, clearing the 4:11.67 from the 2011 Tom Dolan Invitational. Her finale time obliterating both of those efforts. Stewart podiumed for the second time tonight with a third-place 4:09.15. Stewart cleared her lifetime best of 4:13.49 twice today, first with a 4:12.77 in prelims.
After a few silvers tonight, NCAP's Andrew Seliskar crushed the breaststroke leg of the men's 400-yard IM en route to a lifetime-best win of 3:44.83. That time cut a second-and-a-half off his previous best of 3:46.13 from Winter Nationals, and moved the 16 year old close to Michael Phelps' unbelievable 15-16 National Age Group record of 3:42.08 from 2002. Northern Kentucky Clipper Max Williamson turned in a strong time of his own with a second-place 3:46.74, cutting three seconds off his previous best of 3:49.19 from last year's NCSAs. Nitro's William Licon turned in a third-place time of 3:47.75.
In one of the closest finishes of the night, NCAP's Janet Hu (48.79), Laura Branton (51.63), Kristina Li (50.69) and Hannah Baker (50.37) took the women's 400-yard free relay title with a 3:21.48. Aquajets' Kaia Grobe (50.52), Zoe Avestruz (50.50), Emma Paulson (50.90) and Rachel Wittmer (49.67) took a close second in 3:21.59. Third and fourth place also had a shot at the crown as Dynamo's Kylie Stewart, Caitlin Cooper, Katie Christy and Nicole Stafford placed third in 3:21.82. SwimAtlanta's Kaitlin Grover, Aja Malone, Rachel Muller and Kaitlin Kitchens finished fourth in 3:21.92.
NCAP swept the relays on the night as Andrew Seliskar (44.97), Chris Grimmett-Norris (45.10), Grant Goddard (45.57) and Paul O'Hara (44.81) raced to the men's 400-yard free relay win in a sterling 3:00.45. Club Wolverine's Josh Ehrman, Chris Klein, Adam Whitener and David Boland took second in 3:01.42. That's nearly the same team that broke the national public high school record for Saline High in the 200-yard medley relay earlier this week in Michigan. Rockville-Montgomery's Barrett Mangold, Jack Conger, Matt Colkett and Brady Welch rolled to third in 3:01.75 with a stunning 43.10 split by Conger.
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