NCSA Junior National Championships: Three Meet Records Fall on First Night

ORLANDO, Florida, March 18. THE National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior National Championships began with a vengeance on the first night of swimming as three meet records fell in Orlando.

Emily Kelly, 15, of Long Island Aquatics knocked 15 seconds from the women's 1650 freestyle meet record with a time of 16:07.43. That time smashed the 16:21.57 set by Stephanie Cota of the Sierra Marlins in 2002.

Katelyn Martin, 17, of Magnus Aquatics finished second in 16:18.04, while Rachel Naurath, 15, of Nova of Virginia finished third in 16:24.88.

On the men's side, Brent Hitchcock of the Dayton Raiders whacked five seconds from the meet record in the 1000 free when he hit the wall in 9:00.42. That performance destroyed the 9:05.10 set by Scott Spansail of Irvine NOVA in 2005.

Matt Barber, 16, of Blue Tide touched second in 9:04.57, while Eegan Groome, 15, of First Colony placed third in 9:07.12.

Rockville-Montgomery set the third meet record as the quartet of Brady Fox, Eric Friedland, Mark Meyer and Sean Stewart edged North Bay's foursome of Jed DeMoss, Jon Denton-Schneider, Jack Ostler and Chris Packer, 1:32.51 to 1:32.64, in the 200 medley relay. Rockville-Montgomery had set the previous standard with a 1:33.09 from 2005.

The lone event without a record came from Curl-Burke in the women's 200 medley relay. Suzanne Schwee, Ellyn Baumgardner, Hailey Hewitt and Molly Emery won in 1:44.06.

Results: 2008 NCSA Junior National Swimming Champs – (03-18-2008 – 03-22-2008)

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