Emma Schanz Wins Two Events at Day Two of Federal Way Sectionals

Photo Courtesy: David Far

FEDERAL WAY–Emma Schanz succeeded in claiming gold in two events yesterday during day two of the Speedo Sectionals held at King County Aquatic Center.

Kings Aquatic Club leads the meet after day two with a whopping 468.5 points. Fort Collins Area Swim Team is second with 298 with Bellevue Club Swim Team close behind with 282 points.

Day two of the Federal Way Speedo Sectionals began with Jillian Visscher of Oregon City Swim claiming the gold in the 100 free with a 49.29. Ashley Sutherland of Kings Aquatics Club finished second with a 49.88 with Mount Hood Aquatic’s Jamie Stone close behind with a 49.95 to grab third.

Aukai Lileikis of Aulea Swim Club was champion of the men’s 100 free touching first with a swift 44.30. John Holler (44.56) of Lobo Aquatics Club and Thomas Anderson (44.57) of Kings Aquatics Club battled it out for second, but it was Holler who won out. Holler’s splits of 21.14 and 23.42 were just quick enough to out-touch Anderson’s splits of 20.95 and 23.62.

Emma Schanz, swimming unattached, took first in the 200 breaststroke with a quick 2:09.03. Kimberly Williams of Bellevue Club Swim claimed second with a 2:11.35, while Fort Collins Area Bailey Kovac rounded out the top three with a 2:13.21.

Despite a quick second half from Nicholas Chaney of Mount Hood Aquatics, Thomas Brewer of Current Swimming claimed gold in the 200 breaststroke. Brewer dashed to a 1:58.15 with Chaney right behind at a 1:58.52. Jeffco Hurricane’s Keegan Foulke was third with a 1:59.46.

Schanz took gold again with a swift 1:54.43 in the 200 back, dropping three seconds from her prelim time. Missoula Aquatic’s Hannah Leach finished second with a 1:55.32, while Fort Collins Area’s Bailey Nero was third in 1:56.83.

Fortune arrived for King Aquatics Club’s Anderson in the shape of the men’s 200 back. The sixteen-year-old succeeded in dropping two seconds from his prelim time to win with a 1:44.10. Anthony Kim of Charger Aquatics finished second with a 1:45.22, while Curtis Klein of Lake Oswego Swim rounded out the top three in 1:45.97.

Fort Collins Area’s Nero swept the competition in the 200 fly with a 1:55.71. Nero barely missed Michelle Cefal’s Western Sectional record time of 1:55.50 set in 2013. Bellevue’s Williams took second with a 1:58.55, while Kamehameha Swim’s Lea Foster finished third with a 2:00.55.

Mathias Oh of King Aquatics Club succeeded in out-touching Cascade Swim Club’s Abraham Devine in the 200 fly. Oh finished with a 1:45.18 putting him only .10 seconds off his own Western Sectionals record of 1:45.08 from 2014. Devine claimed second with a 1:45.75. Maxwell Holter of Fort Collins Area finished third with a 1:46.39.

The night ended with some quick men’s and women’s 200 medley relays. On the women’s side it was the Kings Aquatic relay team of Laura Williams (26.02), Mariah Lindsay (28.80), Eva Kim (25.11) and Ashley Sutherland (22.36) who were the champions. Oregon City Swim was close behind with a 1:42.97, while Fort Collins Area grabbed third with a 1:44.07.

Kings Aquatic Club finished first on the men’s side as well with the relay team of Anderson (23.27), Mitchell Hovis (25.99), Mathias Oh (21.14) and Kevin Dang (21.09) dashing to a swift 1:31.49. Bellevue Club swam to a quick 1:33.34 to grab second and beat out the ‘B’ relay team from Kings Aquatic Club who finished third with a 1:33.61.

2015 Speedo Sectionals – Federal Way, Day Two – Results

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Bill Bell
9 years ago

I think Thomas Brewer will be a tad disappointed he won the 200 FREE in 1:58.15 but will take a win in that time for the 200 BREAST.

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