USA Swimming Junior Nationals: Missy Franklin On Fire

FEDERAL WAY, Washington, August 11. THE second evening of long course swimming at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals featured an incredible triple from Missy Franklin of the Colorado Stars.

Franklin announced her arrival on the sprint scene for the U.S. in a big way with a stunning 54.03 to win the women's 100 free. She became the sixth-fastest American of all time in the event behind Amanda Weir (53.02), Dana Vollmer (53.30), Natalie Coughlin (53.39), Dara Torres (53.76) and Lacey Nymeyer (54.02) and moved into the top 30 ever. Her performance squashed the meet record of 55.13 set by Lia Neal in the morning.

Neal, swimming for AGUA, took second in 55.00, while Greenville's Lauren Perdue placed third in 55.50.

Franklin continued her amazing evening by doubling with a 200 back win in 2:09.16. She jumped into eighth all time among Americans with the time. She stands behind Margaret Hoelzer (2:06.09), Elizabeth Beisel (2:06.39), Hayley McGregory (2:07.69), Elizabeth Pelton (2:08.04), Natalie Coughlin (2:08.53), Betsy Mitchell (2:08.60) and Janie Wagstaff (2:09.09). Franklin easily smashed her meet record of 2:11.24 set during prelims.

Crow Canyon's Madison White touched second in 2:11.31, while Fort Lauderdale's Lauren Driscoll claimed third in 2:12.03.

The Colorado Stars' team of Jordan Mattern, Kelly Naze, Caroline Piehl and Franklin raced to a meet record time of 3:48.52 in the women's 400 free relay. Franklin threw down a swift 54.30 anchor leg en route to completing the evening title trifecta.

Terrapins' Aaron Wayne became the first sub-50 swimmer in meet history with a 49.99 for the men's 100 free win. The swim beat Vlad Morozov's meet record of 50.23. Eagle's Giles Smith raced to second in 50.40 after flipping fourth with a 24.52. Long Island's John Wagner claimed third in 50.51.

Greenwood's Jared Markham topped the men's 200 back in 2:00.54 leaving one of the few meet records standing. Matt Thompson's 2:00.50 from 2007 stood for another year. Hawgs' Ellis Miller took second in 2:01.12, while Long Island's John Wagner earned third in 2:02.18.

AGUA's Sara Giberson overtook Fast Lane's Lysistrati Halkides down the stretch to win the women's 400 IM, 4:45.18 to 4:45.68. Giberson posted a 30.76 against Halkides' 31.79 in the final 50 meters. Both final times beat the meet record of 4:47.19 set by Haley Anderson last year. AGUA's Annie Zhu placed third in 4:48.75.

Duneland's Kyle Whitaker crushed the field in the men's 400 IM with a 4:17.59. The performance smashed Andrew Gemmell's meet record of 4:22.36 set last year. Greenville's Matthew Houser wound up second in 4:22.35, also under Gemmell's standard, while Peddie's Connor Signorin claimed third in 4:23.66.

City of Plano's Paul Leonhardt, Zachary Walters, Brendan McIntee and Seth Stubblefield topped the men's 400 free relay in 3:26.79.

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