Hannah Cox Among Top Qualifiers at 2015 USA Swimming Winter Junior Nationals East Day 2

Photo Courtesy: Erin Quinn

Hannah Cox of Upper Valley was one of the top qualifiers of the day at the 2015 USA Swimming Winter Junior Nationals East being held in Atlanta, Ga.

Women’s 500 free

Upper Valley’s Hannah Cox led the way in the women’s 500-yard free with a time of 4:42.70. That swim is well off the meet record of 4:38.89 set by Amber McDermott back in 2008, but Cox could make a run tonight. Chattahoochee Gold’s Lauren Case qualified second in 4:44.03 with Marlins of Raleigh’s Madison Homovich turning in a third-seeded 4:44.55.

A Finalists:

                     === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Hannah Cox       17 Upper Valley Aqu  4:42.32    4:42.70 q      
    r:+0.73  25.45        53.57 (28.12)
        1:21.90 (28.33)     1:50.38 (28.48)
        2:18.99 (28.61)     2:47.67 (28.68)
        3:16.52 (28.85)     3:45.55 (29.03)
        4:14.27 (28.72)     4:42.70 (28.43)
  2 Lauren Case      17 Chattahoochee Go  4:44.57    4:44.03 q      
    r:+0.71  25.72        53.66 (27.94)
        1:22.22 (28.56)     1:51.07 (28.85)
        2:20.18 (29.11)     2:49.21 (29.03)
        3:17.97 (28.76)     3:46.99 (29.02)
        4:15.90 (28.91)     4:44.03 (28.13)
  3 Madison Homovic  15 Marlins of Ralei  4:44.53    4:44.55 q      
    r:+0.73  25.63        53.41 (27.78)
        1:22.04 (28.63)     1:50.63 (28.59)
        2:19.31 (28.68)     2:48.30 (28.99)
        3:17.42 (29.12)     3:46.66 (29.24)
        4:15.95 (29.29)     4:44.55 (28.60)
  4 Kaitlin Harty    18 Una YNS-NE        4:47.83    4:45.29 q      
    r:+0.72  25.22        52.93 (27.71)
        1:21.44 (28.51)     1:50.14 (28.70)
        2:19.11 (28.97)     2:48.20 (29.09)
        3:17.65 (29.45)     3:47.07 (29.42)
        4:16.46 (29.39)     4:45.29 (28.83)
  5 Paige Madden     17 City of Mobile S  4:45.29    4:46.41 q      
    r:+0.76  25.75        53.37 (27.62)
        1:21.77 (28.40)     1:50.55 (28.78)
        2:19.67 (29.12)     2:48.84 (29.17)
        3:18.24 (29.40)     3:47.69 (29.45)
        4:17.40 (29.71)     4:46.41 (29.01)
  6 Ana Pozder       15 Triangle Aquatic  4:47.28    4:47.67 q      
    r:+0.80  26.10        54.03 (27.93)
        1:22.58 (28.55)     1:51.56 (28.98)
        2:20.69 (29.13)     2:50.06 (29.37)
        3:19.44 (29.38)     3:48.91 (29.47)
        4:18.46 (29.55)     4:47.67 (29.21)
  7 Kendall Dawson   18 Fast Lane Aquati  4:50.90    4:48.68 q      
    r:+0.67  25.86        53.87 (28.01)
        1:22.34 (28.47)     1:51.36 (29.02)
        2:20.46 (29.10)     2:49.64 (29.18)
        3:19.00 (29.36)     3:48.76 (29.76)
        4:18.84 (30.08)     4:48.68 (29.84)
  8 Amanda Nunan     16 Egg Harbor Twp S  4:49.95    4:49.16 q      
    r:+0.89  26.71        55.13 (28.42)
        1:24.24 (29.11)     1:53.69 (29.45)
        2:23.21 (29.52)     2:52.73 (29.52)
        3:22.41 (29.68)     3:51.75 (29.34)
        4:20.89 (29.14)     4:49.16 (28.27)

Men’s 500 free

Baylor’s Trey Freeman, who unleashed a scorching 1:36.95 200-yard free leadoff last night to challenge the 15-16 age group record, paced prelims of the middle distance event in 4:20.97. He has some time to drop to challenge the meet record of 4:16.59 set by Sean Grieshop last year. Grieshop will be putting up his own time out West as well.

Tennessee’s Walker Higgins (4:24.28) and NOVA’s Ted Schubert (4:24.98) qualified second and third.

A Finalists:

                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Trey Freeman     15 Baylor Swim Club  4:27.52    4:20.97 q      
    r:+0.72  23.14        48.75 (25.61)
        1:14.96 (26.21)     1:41.65 (26.69)
        2:08.30 (26.65)     2:34.77 (26.47)
        3:01.33 (26.56)     3:28.09 (26.76)
        3:54.83 (26.74)     4:20.97 (26.14)
  2 Walker Higgins   18 Tennessee Aquati  4:23.13    4:24.28 q      
    r:+0.77  23.94        50.15 (26.21)
        1:16.43 (26.28)     1:43.15 (26.72)
        2:09.70 (26.55)     2:36.22 (26.52)
        3:03.14 (26.92)     3:30.63 (27.49)
        3:57.85 (27.22)     4:24.28 (26.43)
  3 Ted Schubert     18 NOVA of Virginia  4:30.76    4:24.98 q      
    r:+0.70  24.50        50.92 (26.42)
        1:17.52 (26.60)     1:44.45 (26.93)
        2:11.26 (26.81)     2:38.19 (26.93)
        3:05.02 (26.83)     3:31.84 (26.82)
        3:58.55 (26.71)     4:24.98 (26.43)
  4 Jake Sannem      16 Upper Dublin Aqu  4:28.25    4:25.54 q      
    r:+0.80  23.67        50.19 (26.52)
        1:17.10 (26.91)     1:43.90 (26.80)
        2:10.54 (26.64)     2:37.26 (26.72)
        3:03.98 (26.72)     3:31.21 (27.23)
        3:58.53 (27.32)     4:25.54 (27.01)
  5 *Santi Corredor  16 Swim Florida-FL   4:23.17    4:26.65 q      
    r:+0.73  24.67        51.37 (26.70)
        1:18.68 (27.31)     1:45.75 (27.07)
        2:12.87 (27.12)     2:39.60 (26.73)
        3:06.79 (27.19)     3:34.21 (27.42)
        4:00.52 (26.31)     4:26.65 (26.13)
  6 Nathan Murray    18 SwimMAC Carolina  4:29.74    4:26.88 q      
    r:+0.74  24.08        50.36 (26.28)
        1:17.36 (27.00)     1:44.45 (27.09)
        2:11.66 (27.21)     2:38.96 (27.30)
        3:06.32 (27.36)     3:33.38 (27.06)
        4:00.29 (26.91)     4:26.88 (26.59)
  7 Charlie Swanson  17 NOVA of Virginia  4:26.75    4:27.07 q      
    r:+0.72  24.29        50.61 (26.32)
        1:17.12 (26.51)     1:44.24 (27.12)
        2:11.71 (27.47)     2:39.08 (27.37)
        3:06.30 (27.22)     3:33.81 (27.51)
        4:00.71 (26.90)     4:27.07 (26.36)
  8 Hank Siefert     17 Coffman YMCA-OH   4:30.30    4:27.37 q      
    r:+0.75  24.12        50.18 (26.06)
        1:17.21 (27.03)     1:44.75 (27.54)
        2:12.37 (27.62)     2:40.06 (27.69)
        3:07.59 (27.53)     3:34.71 (27.12)
        4:01.26 (26.55)     4:27.37 (26.11)

Women’s 200 IM

Nashville’s Tatum Wade touched out Gator’s Isabel Ivey, 1:58.33 to 1:58.35, for the top seed heading into finals. The two have more than two seconds to drop to catch Ella Eastin’s 2013 meet record of 1:56.02. Nashville’s Alex Walsh (1:58.80) and Allie Raab (1:58.93) also went 3-4 to demonstrate Nashville’s depth in the event. \

A Finalists:

                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Tatum Wade       17 Nashville Aquati  1:57.53    1:58.33 q      
    r:+0.84  26.01        55.67 (29.66)
        1:29.96 (34.29)     1:58.33 (28.37)
  2 Isabel Ivey      15 Gator Swim Club-  2:01.83    1:58.35 q      
    r:+0.79  25.14        54.32 (29.18)
        1:30.01 (35.69)     1:58.35 (28.34)
  3 Alex Walsh       14 Nashville Aquati  2:00.07    1:58.80 q      
    r:+0.84  26.09        56.13 (30.04)
        1:30.72 (34.59)     1:58.80 (28.08)
  4 Allie Raab       15 Nashville Aquati  2:02.05    1:58.93 q      
    r:+0.71  26.30        57.61 (31.31)
        1:30.75 (33.14)     1:58.93 (28.18)
  5 Brooke Forde     16 Lakeside Swim Te  1:59.85    1:59.25 q      
    r:+0.80  26.44        56.63 (30.19)
        1:31.25 (34.62)     1:59.25 (28.00)
  6 Asia Seidt       18 Lakeside Swim Te  1:58.89    1:59.64 q      
    r:+0.72  25.82        54.37 (28.55)
        1:31.58 (37.21)     1:59.64 (28.06)
  7 Ali Galyer       17 Y-Spartaquatics-  2:03.21    2:00.64 q      
    r:+0.74  26.82        55.74 (28.92)
        1:32.13 (36.39)     2:00.64 (28.51)
  8 Kay Sargent      17 Victor Swim Club  2:00.46    2:00.68 q      
    r:+0.71  26.40        57.06 (30.66)
        1:33.01 (35.95)     2:00.68 (27.67)

Men’s 200 IM

Grosse Pointe’s Jacob Montague put up the top time of the morning with a 1:47.77. He has a tough task ahead to track down Curtis Ogren’s meet record of 1:45.08 from 2013. Metro’s Dean Farris (1:48.14) and Barracuda’s Daniel Chang (1:48.22) snared the second and third seed.

A Finalists:

                     === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Jacob Montague   17 Grosse Pointe Ga  1:48.30    1:47.77 q      
    r:+0.70  23.25        51.41 (28.16)
        1:21.33 (29.92)     1:47.77 (26.44)
  2 Dean Farris      18 Metro Atlanta Aq  1:48.65    1:48.14 q      
    r:+0.68  22.92        48.94 (26.02)
        1:22.64 (33.70)     1:48.14 (25.50)
  3 Daniel Chang     17 Barracuda Swim C  1:46.98    1:48.22 q      
    r:+0.65  23.87        50.65 (26.78)
        1:21.69 (31.04)     1:48.22 (26.53)
  4 Cooper Hodge     18 Mason Manta Rays  1:50.04    1:48.87 q      
    r:+0.71  23.57        51.46 (27.89)
        1:22.02 (30.56)     1:48.87 (26.85)
  5 Brennan Pastore  17 Georgia Coastal-  1:47.98    1:48.90 q      
    r:+0.58  23.95        51.55 (27.60)
        1:22.82 (31.27)     1:48.90 (26.08)
  6 Nicolas Albiero  16 Cardinal Aquatic  1:50.64    1:49.15 q      
    r:+0.69  23.19        50.84 (27.65)
        1:22.42 (31.58)     1:49.15 (26.73)
  7 Alex Taylor      18 SwimAtlanta-GA    1:48.85    1:49.20 q      
    r:+0.69  24.00        50.78 (26.78)
        1:22.83 (32.05)     1:49.20 (26.37)
  8 Alexander Marti  18 X-Cel Swimming-N  1:50.18    1:49.46 q      
    r:+0.69  23.41        50.69 (27.28)
        1:23.20 (32.51)     1:49.46 (26.26)

Women’s 50 free

Mason Manta Rays’ Ashley Volpenheim and Pine Crest’s Marta Ciesla tied for the top seed with matching 22.68s. That’s well off Abbey Weizeil’s 21.49 meet record from last year . SwimMAC’s Alyssa Marsh qualified third in 22.79.

A Finalists:

                     === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ashley Volpenhe  17 Mason Manta Rays    22.35      22.68 q      
    r:+0.75  11.09        22.68 (11.59)
  1 Marta Ciesla     17 Pine Crest Swimm    22.56      22.68 q      
    r:+0.80  11.02        22.68 (11.66)
  3 Alyssa Marsh     18 SwimMAC Carolina    22.76      22.79 q      
    r:+0.68  11.00        22.79 (11.79)
  4 Sherridon Dress  17 Bolles School Sh    23.07      22.84 q      
    r:+0.71  10.94        22.84 (11.90)
  5 Lauren Case      17 Chattahoochee Go    26.52L     22.86 q      
    r:+0.69  11.12        22.86 (11.74)
  5 Christina Lappi  17 SwimMAC Carolina    26.75L     22.86 q      
    r:+0.74  11.09        22.86 (11.77)
  7 Morgan Tankersl  16 Greater Tampa Sw    23.19      22.90 q      
    r:+0.70  11.18        22.90 (11.72)
  8 Grace Countie    16 Marlins of Ralei    23.08      22.95 q      
    r:+0.80  11.12        22.95 (11.83)

Men’s 50 free

Azura Florida’s Raiz Tjon-A-Joe topped prelims in the sprint free with a time of 19.94. He’s just off Vlad Morozov’s meet record of 19.83 set back in 2009, and should make a run at that time tonight. Drew Kibler (20.17) and Michael Jensen (20.28) qualified second and third.

                     === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 *Raiz Tjon-A-Jo  18 Azura Florida Aq    20.10      19.94 q      
     r:+0.64  9.61        19.94 (10.33)
  2 Drew Kibler      15 Carmel Swim Club    20.86      20.17 q      
     r:+0.69  9.70        20.17 (10.47)
  3 Michael Jensen   17 Upper Dublin Aqu    20.20      20.28 q      
     r:+0.76  9.90        20.28 (10.38)
  4 Nikolai Syssoev  17 Bernal's Gator S    20.55      20.33 q      
     r:+0.68  9.92        20.33 (10.41)
  4 Dean Farris      18 Metro Atlanta Aq    20.36      20.33 q      
     r:+0.69  9.82        20.33 (10.51)
  6 Will Davis       15 Bolles School Sh    23.32L     20.36 q      
     r:+0.64  9.94        20.36 (10.42)
  7 Brody Heck       18 Saint Andrew's S    20.18      20.41 q      
     r:+0.65  9.91        20.41 (10.50)
  8 David Madej      15 SwimStrong-LE       23.85L     20.56 q      
     r:+0.58  9.95        20.56 (10.61)

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Kristin Burlew

8 years ago

Yeah Hannah!

Monica Larbie

8 years ago

Wow! Keep it up dear