USA Swimming Sectional, Mount Hood: First Two Nights Feature Several Meet Records

MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 17. THE first couple of nights at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Mount Hood featured several meet records falling.

During the first night of action, Amber McDermott, 15, of Salmon Bay Aquatics copped the women's 800 free with a time of 8:53.80. Bonnie Brandon, 14, of MACS took second in 8:57.16, while Dominique Chevalier of North Jeffco finished third in 8:58.78.

The men's 800 free title went to Blake Worsley of the Denver Hilltoppers in 8:19.18, while Logan Storie of Corvallis Aquatics finished second in 8:19.84. Marcus Guttmann of Lobo Aquatics wound up third in 8:29.70.

The Colorado Stars team of Kristin Schmid, Caroline Piehl, Jordan Mattern and Missy Franklin when won the women's 200 free relay in 1:46.75, while the Tucson Ford team of Herbie Behm, Ben Aaberg, Adrian Kirkpatrick and Nick Hadinger took the men's 200 free relay in 1:35.31.

Morgan Scroggy started the second evening of swimming with a winning time of 56.81 in the women's 100 free representing Tualatin Hills. Franklin, 13, finished second in 57.39, while Christel Simms placed third in 57.43.

Tucson Ford then blistered the men's 100 free with a 1-2, both under the meet record. Lyndon Ferns clocked a time of 48.77, while Roland Schoeman took second in 49.04. The duo cleared the meet record of 50.01 set by Nathan Adrian last year. Worsley captured third in 51.54.

Bridgette McNally, 15, of Denver claimed the women's 200 breast crown in 2:33.64 with Katie Johnson of North Jeffco (2:34.85) and Libby Brooks of Mt. Hood (2:37.03) rounding out the top three.

The men's 200 breast title went to Michel DeCarolis of Crimson Aquatics with a meet-record time of 2:19.56. Nicholas Brunger of Denver joined him under the standard with a second-place 2:19.74. John Rasmussen of Mt. Hood held the previous record with a time of 2:20.07 set in 2004. Sam Rowan finished third in 2:20.88.

Brandon earned the women's 200 back crown in 2:14.32, breaking the 2000 record of 2:15.15 set by Jamie Reid. Franklin, meanwhile, placed second in 2:16.93 with Kirsten Milberg of Denver taking third in 2:18.32.

Connor McCarroll of Tualatin Hills followed with a win in the men's 200 back in 2:03.84. Austin Ringquist, 15, of Hillsboro placed second in 2:04.59, while Jon Banker of Washington Aquatics clinched third in 2:06.32.

The women's 200 fly went to Malia Johnson, 16, of Brophy East in a touch-out win over Erin Campbell of Washington Aquatics, 2:18.50 to 2:18.86. Hannah Points of Tigard Tualatin also went 2:18, this time with a 2:18.95 for third.

While Garth Summers won the men's 200 fly in 2:03.80, the story of the race might have been Dennis Baker, 47, of David Douglas claiming second in 2:04.07. John Wojciechowski, 16, of Brophy East finished third in 2:06.24.

The night finished with the 200 medley relays. Noriko Inada, Jaclyn Branning, Cimone Miner and Halye Krakoski of Brophy East won the women's race in 1:59.16, while Tucson Ford's Hadinger, Behm, Ferns and Schoeman claimed the men's event in a meet-record 1:43.90. They crushed the previous standard of 1:45.25 set by Sun Devil Aquatics in 2002.

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