The 2016 NJCAA Championships are underway with the Indian River State College looking to continue their historic runs atop the division. The first day of prelims did not disappoint as The River rolled right through the morning picking up at least the top 2 seeds in every event.
Women’s 50 breast
Indian River picked up three of the top eight times in the sprint breaststroke. Breaststroke specialist Christina Loh led the way with a 30.03, while teammate Lauren Meyrick posted a 30.14. Iowa Central’s Ann Marie Spiker snared third with a 31.42.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Loh, Christina 21 Indian River-FL 1:01.20 30.03 2 Meyrick, Lauren 19 Indian River-FL 1:05.13 30.14 3 Spiker, AnnMarie Iowa Central-IA 1:10.35 31.42 4 Kokemiller, Kate Iowa Central-IA 1:12.38 32.50 5 Shull, Addy 18 SWOCC 1:11.25 32.54 6 Meece, Caitlyn SGSC 1:12.99 33.03 7 Miller, Taylor 18 Indian River-FL 1:12.46 33.21 8 Silvanie, Islelie Genesee 1:19.15 33.39 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Keohan, Tatiana SGSC 1:12.42 33.78 10 Weber, Augusta Iowa Central-IA 1:23.05 34.03 11 Underwood, Lauren Iowa Central-IA 1:16.23 34.16 12 Elliot, Madison SGSC 1:17.13 34.22 13 Kincaid, Lea SGSC 1:20.01 37.97 14 Mercer, Jordan HCCC-US 1:24.62 39.82 15 Nehring, Renee 18 ILCC-IA 1:28.96 40.13 16 Ho, Natalie FIT-MR 1:28.59 40.15
Men’s 50 breast
Indian River claimed the top four seeds in the men’s sprint breast with Craig Elmslie racing his way to a 24.45. Matthew Ankerholz (25.61), Andrew Wojcik (25.72) and Serginni Marten (25.85) rounded out the top four.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Emslie, Craig 20 Indian River-FL 52.77 24.45 2 Ankerholz, Matthew 21 Indian River-FL 56.72 25.61 3 Wojcik, Andrew 19 Indian River-FL 56.01 25.72 4 Marten, Serginni 22 Indian River-FL 55.68 25.85 5 Kubo, Christian 20 SWOCC 58.07 26.12 6 Graham, Mitchell SGSC 57.15 26.69 7 Lewis, Steven SGSC 1:02.25 28.18 8 Broschat, Christian 19 SWOCC 1:00.83 28.33 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Lee, Joshua Iowa Central-IA 1:07.45 29.00 10 Salazar, Connor Iowa Central-IA 1:05.33 29.03 11 Woerner, Jason Genesee 1:15.50 32.56 12 Noury, Charles FIT-MR 1:19.28 34.57 13 Herrlett, Nicholas HCCC-US 1:18.22 34.86
Women’s 200 IM
IRSC’s Morgan Holt (2:09.06), Christina Loh (2:09.23) and Grace Lynch (2:10.93) went 1-2-3 for the River to lead qualifying. They will need to step their game up in finals to challenge the NJCAA record of 2:01.05 set by IRSC’s Barbara Caraballo last year.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Holt, Morgan 18 Indian River-FL 2:11.49 2:09.06 2 Loh, Christina 21 Indian River-FL 2:04.28 2:09.23 3 Lynch, Grace 19 Indian River-FL 2:10.55 2:10.93 4 Lynch, McKenna Iowa Central-IA 2:17.81 2:13.64 5 Ocasio-Molina, Kiana SGSC 2:20.45 2:19.34 6 Bozza, Angela MCC 2:28.24 2:19.75 7 Spiker, AnnMarie Iowa Central-IA 2:21.13 2:20.71 8 Keohan, Tatiana SGSC 2:18.46 2:21.33 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Jentges, Casey 18 SWOCC 2:27.62 2:27.64 10 Smith, Shannon 21 Lincoln-IL 2:36.85 2:30.38 11 Hedgepeth, Alyssa 19 SWOCC 2:35.45 2:34.27 12 VanNostrand, Jensen HCCC-US 2:36.43 2:35.26 13 Stubbs, Maddie 20 ILCC-IA 2:39.05 2:38.08 14 Leonard, Emma MCC 2:47.28 2:40.65 15 Farrell, Heather Genesee 2:47.22 2:44.56
Men’s 200 IM
Craig Elmslie put himself in position for a double tonight with a 1:51.46 for the top time for IRSC. His teammates Cameron Newton (1:52.06), Rawley Davis (1:52.09) and Andrew Wojcik (1:53.08) went 2-3-4 behind him. Elmslie has some time to drop to get after the 1998 NJCAA record of 1:47.68 set by Marcin Malinski of Indian River.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Emslie, Craig 20 Indian River-FL 1:57.26 1:51.46 2 Newton, Cameron 19 Indian River-FL 1:54.07 1:52.06 3 Davis, Rawley 19 Indian River-FL 1:53.34 1:52.09 4 Wojcik, Andrew 19 Indian River-FL 1:53.40 1:53.08 5 Kappe, Thomas Iowa Central-IA 2:00.37 2:00.38 6 Benassila, Badr Iowa Central-IA 2:05.30 2:00.66 7 Loucks, Michael MCC 2:10.60 2:00.94 8 Wagner, Lyle Genesee 2:10.38 2:01.10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Graham, Mitchell SGSC 2:05.32 2:02.42 10 Buisson, Tim SGSC 2:08.90 2:02.79 11 Carrillo, Luis 19 SWOCC 2:08.63 2:04.21 12 Shinkeyev, Ilya MCC 2:18.38 2:04.42 13 Brunelli, Nicholas Iowa Central-IA 2:06.61 2:04.90 14 Anderson, Devon Iowa Central-IA 2:06.71 2:05.43 15 Isaak, Grant Iowa Central-IA 2:08.34 2:05.52 16 Woerner, Austin MCC 2:17.18 2:05.59 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Lewis, Steven SGSC 2:07.39 2:06.22 18 Lopez, Mariano MCC 2:15.87 2:07.83 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Ament, Ty 19 Lincoln-IL 2:12.71 2:08.53 20 Tahiri, Ayoub MCC 2:17.06 2:09.55 21 Kelly, Vinny 19 SWOCC 2:12.08 2:09.67 22 Kompaniet, Reilly 20 SWOCC 2:14.91 2:09.86 23 Wintermute, Logan 19 SWOCC 2:15.15 2:11.56 24 Abrams, Ben 19 Lincoln-IL 2:18.48 2:14.14 25 Schrider, Dean HCCC-US 2:15.44 2:19.16
Women’s 50 free
IRSC went 1-2 in the sprint free. Osianna McReed paced prelims in 23.75 with teammate Yasmine Ware posting a second-seeded 23.89. Lincoln’s Aunyx Ashby put up a third-seeded effort of 24.11. The NJCAA record is a 22.93 from IRSC’s Rebecca Caraballo from 2014.
=== Preliminaries === 1 McReed, Osianna 18 Indian River-FL 23.83 23.75 2 Ware, Yasmine 19 Indian River-FL 24.03 23.89 3 Ashby, Aunyx Lincoln-IL 24.11 24.11 4 Ives, Carolyn SGSC 24.29 24.21 5 Sims, Leah 19 Indian River-FL 24.52 24.24 6 Ewald, Madi 18 Lincoln-IL 24.76 24.29 7 Rova, Adele 19 ILCC-IA 24.81 24.52 8 Clear, Annessa 19 SWOCC 24.59 24.73 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Neely, Sarah 20 Indian River-FL 24.81 24.81 10 Daley, Nikki SGSC 25.64 24.92 11 Dostie, Sarah 18 Indian River-FL 25.71 25.17 12 Tripp, Abby MCC 26.29 25.27 13 Brown, Kristin MCC 26.79 25.88 14 Westhoff, Madison 19 Lincoln-IL 25.96 26.11 15 Weber, Augusta Iowa Central-IA 25.70 26.18 16 Carpenter, MiKenna Genesee 26.93 26.41 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Lebsock, Sarah Iowa Central-IA 26.68 26.55 18 Richardson, Lindsay FIT-MR 28.94 27.08 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Johnson, Marilyn 18 SWOCC 28.25 27.35 20 Hogan, Katie FIT-MR 28.06 27.39 21 Messerly, Kassandra Iowa Central-IA 27.62 27.46 22 Scarpino, Morgan JCC-AM 27.72 27.56 23 Russell, Elli Iowa Central-IA 27.90 27.80 24 Pacult, Anna FIT-MR 28.93 27.84 25 Banks, Brittany 20 SWOCC 28.23 27.99 26 Gorgano, Lauren FIT-MR 30.15 28.35 27 Anders, Nina FIT-MR 29.93 29.65
Men’s 50 free
IRSC’s Danny Hartley turned in the top time of the morning with a 20.47. His IRSC training partners Gavin Erdmann (20.55) and John Fauteux (20.79) made up the rest of the top three. It is doubtful that the NJCAA record of 19.06 set by IRSC’s Brad Tandy in 2012 will be challenged tonight.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Hartley, Danny 21 Indian River-FL 21.83 20.47 2 Erdmann, Gavin 19 Indian River-FL 20.76 20.55 3 Fauteux, John 19 Indian River-FL 20.63 20.79 4 Reams, Thomas 19 SWOCC 21.37 20.90 5 Sedacca, Joey 20 Indian River-FL 21.21 20.99 6 Haymond, Alex SGSC 21.50 21.19 7 McDanel, Logan 18 Lincoln-IL 22.28 21.92 8 Davis, Jake SGSC 22.12 21.96 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Callan, Kyle MCC 23.02 21.99 10 Cook, Jason MCC 22.82 22.21 11 Crawford, Thomas 18 SWOCC 23.00 22.37 12 Anderson, Jayc 20 ILCC-IA 22.56 22.49 13 Sauer, Isaac Iowa Central-IA 23.21 22.53 14 McClerkin, Carlos 18 SWOCC 22.93 22.54 15 Recinos, Danniel 20 SWOCC 23.12 22.56 16 Fields, Michael 19 SWOCC 23.71 23.02 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Rose, Carson 19 SWOCC 23.79 23.15 18 Roten, Cameron HCCC-US 23.35 23.17 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Mateer, Jonathan FIT-MR 24.58 23.72 20 Cardinal, Jacob HCCC-US 24.66 24.01 21 D'Angelo, Nick JCC-AM 24.66 24.14 22 Beckerink, Alex JCC-AM 24.59 24.36 23 Utter, Cory MCC 26.04 24.42 24 Kyllo, Caleb 19 SWOCC 24.71 24.81 25 Richardson, Tom Genesee 26.17 24.89 26 Bryant, Konnor JCC-AM 25.69 25.38 27 Kitts, Jayson Iowa Central-IA 25.82 25.65 28 Noury, Charles FIT-MR 26.42 26.69 -- Marten, Serginni 22 Indian River-FL 21.59 DQ -- Wittmann, Lucas Iowa Central-IA 21.32 DQ -- Broschat, Christian 19 SWOCC 23.70 NS
1000 Frees
Monroe’s Hannah Fedeli set the time to beat for the women tonight in the timed final event. Fedeli clocked an 11:30.72. Meanwhile, Iowa Central’s James Maag put up the top time out of the early heats for the men with a 10:32.61.
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