Bunch of Meet Records Crumble at Minneapolis Speedo Sectional

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 20. SEVERAL other meet records fell during the third night of long course meter competition at the Minneapolis Speedo Sectional on Friday.

Four meet standards went by the wayside on the women's side of the meet. Minnesota's Yuen Kobayashi lowered her 400 free record to 4:16.54, while Patriot Aquatics' Ashley Wanland, 17, knocked a second off Keri Hehn's meet record of 1:11.54 in the 100 breast with a time of 1:10.28.

In the 100 fly, Academy Bullets' Olivia Scott, 14, surpassed the 1:02.05 set by Katie Braun in 2005 with a time of 1:01.60, while Minnesota's foursome of Kobayashi, Christine Jennings, Erin Holtmeyer and Roxane Akradi chopped almost five seconds off the 8:30.37 set by Badger Aquatics in the 800 freestyle relay in 2003 when the Golden Gophers clocked an 8:25.84.

Eric Nilsson of the Bluefish Swim Club picked off his second standard in as many nights with a time of 3:56.73 in the 400 free to take down his prelim time of 3:59.09, while Minnesota's quartet of Alex Wold, Tyler Schmidt, Steve Miller and Zach Wood downed the 800 free relay record of 7:44.31 set by the Gophers in 2001 with a time of 7:43.32.

Other individual winners include Katie Wind of Minnesota in the 200 back with a time of 2:19.40, while David Plummer of Minnesota won the men's version in 2:06.70. Additionally, Sam Wilcher of the Arlington Alligators captured the 100 fly in 55.68.

Finally, Jon Roberts of Minnesota smoked the men's 100 breaststroke in 1:01.46. The effort is among the top 20 times in the world this year and broke the meet record by three seconds.

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