Jacob Ores Breaks 29 Year Old Record on Final Night of Mt. Hood Sectionals

Photo Courtesy: USA Swimming

The final day of the 2015 Mt. Hood Sectionals meet was a hot one, but that seemed to only encourage the swimmers to post some hot times. One of the most exciting results came out of the men’s 1500 freestyle. Jacob Ores, an afternoon swimmer dominated the men’s 1500, winning the event in a non-final heat. His time of 15:34.67 was enough to beat the winner of the finals heat, Dylan Bunch. Ores’s effort was also enough to qualify him for Olympic Trials, and to break the longstanding meet record, 15:42.37 which set in 1986 by Jay Benner. Bunch was second in a time of 15:51.44. Another afternoon swimmer was third, as Liam Gately posted a time of 15:55.22 earlier in the day to win the bronze.

The women’s 1500 freestyle shaped up to be a great race in the final heat, with Kira Webster and Amanda Richey battling for the win. Webster eventually overpowered Richey going into the last 400 and posted a solid 17:09.72. Richey was second in 17:14.48. In third, Lucia Davis got to the wall in a time of 17:17.01.

Just before the 1500s, Taylor Ruck won the women’s 200 IM. She led the heat the entire race, hitting the wall in 2:17.77, and getting her Olympic Trials qualifying time in the process. She was followed by Samantha Wicks, who was second in a time of 2:19.04, while Hannah Holman was third in a time of 2:19.46.

Daniel Carr continued his fantastic meet with a win in the men’s 200 IM. He posted a 2:05.72, which was just enough of an effort to out touch Nicholas Thorne who was second in a time of 2:05.94. Kyle Robrock was third in a time of 2:07.64.

In the splash and dash thrill of the women’s 50 freestyle, Gillian St. John did just enough to win the heat and to qualify herself for Olympic Trials, hitting the wall in the exact qualifying time of a 26.19. She was followed by Eleanor Matheson who posted a time of 26.24, while Sierra Sexton was third in a time of 26.34.

The men’s heat of the 50 freestyle saw Kyle Robrock win with an Olympic Trials qualifying time, coming into the wall in 23.08. He was followed by Angus Hannan who swam a 23.68. Bronze went to Colin Eaton who hit the wall in 23.75.

For the final event of the meet, the women’s 400 medley relay proved to be an exciting race, with Tualatin Hills throwing down a fantastic race. Their team of Sara Metzsch (1:04.49) Blaise Wittenauer-Lee (1:12.19) Michelle Cefal (1:00.93) and Keaton Blovad (58.00) combined for a dominating win in a time of 4:15.61. Scottsdale Aquatic Club was second with their group of Taylor Ruck (1:04.00) Alyson Yancy (1:14.70) Hannah Holman (1:04.24) and Victoria Toris (58.50) came together to post a time of 4:21.44. The bronze went to Tualatin Hills Swim Club’s B team, with the group of Emily Cook (1:05.76) Prudence Rooker (1:13.78) Megan Lam (1:05.37) and Celia Keany (58.68) for a final time of 4:23.59.

The men’s 400 medley relay was also dominated by the Tualatin Hills Swim Club with the group of Sean Calkins (58.96) Gabriel Rooker (1:04.02) Evan Carlson (56.37) and Liam Metzsch for a final time of of 3:51.97. The University of Denver Hilltoppers were second with Lane Bretschneider (1:01.86) Timothy Cottam (1:05.57) Kyle Robrock (55.34) and Dylan Bunch (53.42) for a time of 3:56.19. Third was the Phoenix Swim Club whose team of Calvin Higgins (1:01.99) Patrick Schramm (1:08.58) Ryan McCoy (54.58) and Angus Hannan (51.27) for a time of 3:56.42.

High Point awards in the meet were awarded to Eleanor Matheson for the women’s high point, and Daniel Carr for the men.

Top teams in the meet were the Scottsdale Aquatic Club on the women’s side, and Phoenix Swim Club for the men. The overall team champion was Scottsdale Aquatic Club.

2015 Mt. Hood Speedo Sectionals, Day Five – Results

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