Swimmers Shine at 2015 TYR Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions

Friday evening began with a new meet and pool record in the women’s 100-meter freestyle. Abbey Weitzell of Canyons (Santa Clarita, CA) won in 54.42, less than a stroke ahead of McLaughlin, who finished in 55.05. Roadrunner’s (Bakersfield, CA) Stanzi Moseley, a U.S. Junior Team member finished third in 55.30. All three ladies finished under the U.S. Olympic Trial berth of 56.49. Shelton finished ninth and earned an Olympic Trial berth.

In the men’s 100-meter freestyle, nearly all eyes were on USC Trojan, Santo Condorelli, and Olympian, Nathan Adrian’s, meet and pool records of 48.54 set in 2012. Condorelli won the event in 49.65, touching USC teammate, Cristian Quintero by 0.01, so Adrian’s records are safe for now. Cascade’s (Calgary, Canada) Yuri Kisil finished third in 50.18.

In the women’s 200-meter freestyle, McLaughlin broke Brittany Elmslie’s meet and pool records of 1:57.75, winning the event in 1:57.55. Davis finished a rather distant second in 2:00.10 and Mosely finished third in 2:00.42. Shelton took the fourth spot with a time of 2:01.99, with Franzen finishing fifth in 2:03.94.

USC Trojan and Venezuelan Olympian, Cristian Qunitero led the Trojan sweep of the men’s 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:49.09. Teammates Reed Malone and Glaesner finished second and third, respectively. In a very tight race for second between the top seven contenders in the field, Malone, a U.S. National Team member finished in 1:50.75, and Glaesner finished in 1:51.00. Shoults finished fifth in 1:51.10.

UBC’s Tera Van Belien destroyed the field in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:30.04. TOBA’s Kelsey Wog (Manitoba, Canada) finished second in 2:31.61. Marin Pirates’ (Novato, CA) Riley Scott finished third in 2:32.82.

In the men’s 200-meter breaststroke, Nitro’s Will Licon, who is also an NCAA Division I Champion for the University of Texas, bested two-time Japanese Olympian and former world record holder in the 100- and 200-meter breastrokes, Kosuke Kitajima, to win the event in 2:12.92. Kitajima (Coca-Cola, Tokyo, Japan) finished a distant second in 2:16.67. Kitajima was able to retain his meet and pool records of 2:11.02 set in 2011. Terrapins’ (Concord, CA) Sean Mahoney couldn’t quite pass Kitajima and settled for third with a time of 2:16.86.

In the women’s 50-meter freestyle, Weitzell won in 25.19. In a tight race for second, Moseley edged AZOT’s Eva Merrell by 0.06 with Mosely going 26.01 and Merrell in at 26.07. McLaughlin went 25.88 in prelims, but opted to swim the event backstroke in finals, finishing eighth in 28.35.

Danny Tucker (Boilermaker Aquatics, Lafayette, IN) won the men’s 50 free in 22.68. Tucker was followed by Alex Loginov (Toronto Swim Club, Toronto, Canada) in 22.84. Condorelli finished a close third in 22.95.

In a tight women’s 400-meter individual medley race, Anderson edged out Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (Greater Ottawa Kingfish, Ottawa, Canada) 4:44.64 to 4:45.04. Nitro’s Regan Barney finished third in 4:47.00.

In the men’s event, Grieshop won in 4:21.08, Okubo was second in 4:23.94, and Takahashi finished third in 4:29.03.

On Saturday evening, the Nadadores women won the relay again. This time it was the 800-meter freestyle relay. The Nadadores won in 8:15.01, nearly 25 meters ahead of their closest competition. They were followed by the Tualatin Hills Thunderbolts (Tualatin Hills, OR) in 8:28.52, and Team Alberta (Alberta, Canada) finished third in 8:28.74.Not to be outdone by the ladies, in the men’s 800-meter freestyle relay, the Mission Viejo men’s relays finished first and third. The “A” relay won in 7:37.55, and the “B” relay finished in 7:49.71. Nitro prevented the Nadadores sweep by finishing second in 7:39.95.

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

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