The fourth morning of prelims at Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow, N.Y., featured two swims in the 1:50-range in the men’s 200 free, as Alex Zettle and Carson Foster, each event winners earlier in the week, set up a tight duel in the final.
Elsewhere, Easop Lee put up a strong swim in the women’s 200 free, as did Daniel Roy in the men’s 200 breast. Read below for full coverage of the morning session.
Women’s 200 Free
North Baltimore’s Easop Lee paced the field in the women’s 200 free with a top time of 2:01.33, just topping the 2:01.39 recorded by Enfinity’s Olivia Carter in an early heat. Lee finished 20th in the event at the FINA World Championships last month while representing South Korea, while Carter won the 200 fly at Juniors on night one.
La Mirada Armada’s Taylor Ault, the 400 free winner Thursday night, qualified third in 2:01.45, just ahead of Gator’s Isabel Ivey (2:01.48).
Other A-finalists in a strong field included Pleasanton’s Miranda Heckman (2:01.61), Brea Aquatics’ Kenisha Liu (2:01.81), Lakeside’s Lauren Pitzer (2:01.90) and Austin Swim Club’s Dakota Luther (2:01.97). Liu has already picked up the 100 free win this week, while Luther set a meet record in the women’s 100 fly Thursday night.
Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann (2:02.03) and Greater Tampa’s Morgan Tankersley (2:02.22) both just missed out on the final.
The meet record in this event is 1:58.26, set by Olympian Lia Neal in 2011. With both Lee and Ivey having been 1:58s in the past, that record could be challenged in the evening.
Event 20 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 1:56.12 8/20/2014 Shen Duo, China
Meet: M 1:58.26 8/11/2011 Lia Neal, Asphalt Green Un
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Lee, Easop 17 North Baltimore- 1:58.64 2:01.33 q807
r:+0.77 28.29 59.03 (30.74)
1:30.24 (31.21) 2:01.33 (31.09)
2 Carter, Olivia 17 Enfinity Aquatic 2:04.99 2:01.39 q806
r:+0.71 28.18 58.96 (30.78)
1:30.51 (31.55) 2:01.39 (30.88)
3 Ault, Taylor 18 La Mirada Armada 2:00.18 2:01.45 q805
r:+0.75 28.99 59.64 (30.65)
1:30.70 (31.06) 2:01.45 (30.75)
4 Ivey, Isabel 16 Gator Swim Club- 1:58.94 2:01.48 q804
r:+0.77 28.23 58.95 (30.72)
1:30.07 (31.12) 2:01.48 (31.41)
5 Heckman, Mirand 16 Pleasanton Seaha 2:00.80 2:01.61 q801
r:+0.84 28.56 59.44 (30.88)
1:30.51 (31.07) 2:01.61 (31.10)
6 Liu, Kenisha 18 Brea Aquatics-CA 2:01.98 2:01.81 q797
r:+0.64 28.45 59.46 (31.01)
1:30.62 (31.16) 2:01.81 (31.19)
7 Pitzer, Lauren 18 Lakeside Aquatic 1:59.83 2:01.90 q796
r:+0.73 27.88 58.69 (30.81)
1:30.27 (31.58) 2:01.90 (31.63)
8 Luther, Dakota 17 Austin Swim Club 2:01.58 2:01.97 q794
r:+0.77 28.60 59.65 (31.05)
1:30.81 (31.16) 2:01.97 (31.16)
Men’s 200 Free
Lakeside’s Alex Zettle, fresh off a win Thursday night in the 400 free, topped prelims of the 200-meter distance in 1:50.03, but he will have to work hard in the final to hold off Mason Manta Rays’ Carson Foster. Foster, the 200 fly and 200 back champion at Juniors, qualified in 1:50.48 after anchoring his team’s 800 free relay Thursday night in 1:49.99.
North Texas Nadadores’ Jack LeVant finished third in prelims in 1:51.04, ahead of Team Greenville’s Tal Davis (1:51.47) and Nation’s Capital’s Lane Stone (1:51.61). Nitro’s Shaine Casas, the 100 fly winner from Thursday, took sixth in 1:51.65.
Securing the outside lanes for the final were Irvine Novaquatics teammates Andrew Koustik (1:52.11) and Owen Kao (1:52.30).
Event 21 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 1:47.10 8/7/2015 Maxime Rooney, USA
Meet: M 1:49.37 8/12/2010 Clay Youngquist, Lakeview Aquatic
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Zettle, Alexand 17 Lakeside Aquatic 1:50.24 1:50.03 q796
r:+0.77 25.70 53.23 (27.53)
1:21.37 (28.14) 1:50.03 (28.66)
2 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 1:51.37 1:50.48 q786
r:+0.73 25.98 53.56 (27.58)
1:22.03 (28.47) 1:50.48 (28.45)
3 LeVant, Jack 17 North Texas Nada 1:48.70 1:51.04 q775
r:+0.74 25.44 53.10 (27.66)
1:21.43 (28.33) 1:51.04 (29.61)
4 Davis, Tal 18 Team Greenville- 1:52.35 1:51.47 q766
r:+0.72 26.72 54.84 (28.12)
1:23.09 (28.25) 1:51.47 (28.38)
5 Stone, Lane 18 Nation's Capital 1:51.63 1:51.61 q763
r:+0.73 26.01 54.06 (28.05)
1:22.66 (28.60) 1:51.61 (28.95)
6 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 1:53.68 1:51.65 q762
r:+0.71 26.02 54.83 (28.81)
1:23.52 (28.69) 1:51.65 (28.13)
7 Koustik, Andrew 18 Irvine Novaquati 1:54.61 1:52.11 q753
r:+0.68 25.88 54.20 (28.32)
1:23.68 (29.48) 1:52.11 (28.43)
8 Kao, Owen 17 Irvine Novaquati 1:51.96 1:52.30 q749
r:+0.70 26.14 54.58 (28.44)
1:23.18 (28.60) 1:52.30 (29.12)
Women’s 200 Breast
15-year-old Claire Donan from Triton Swimming recorded the top time in the women’s 200 breast prelims at 2:31.18, about ofur tenths ahead of Texas Ford’s Rachel Ramey (2:31.57). Crow Canyon’s Zoe Hartman, who opened her week at Juniors with a win in the 100 breast, was third in 2:32.17.
Chelsea Piers’ Kaki Christensen qualified fourth in 2:33.55, followed by Lakeside’s Emma Garfield (2:33.62), Waves Bloomington’s Noelle Peplowski (2:33.94), Terrapins’ Emily Lo (2:33.99) and Lake Erie Silver Dophin’s Laura Goettler (2:34.94).
Event 22 Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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Jr World: W 2:19.64 8/30/2015 Viktoria Gunes, Turkey
Meet: M 2:26.35 8/13/2012 Allie Szekely, Central Bucks Sw
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Donan, Claire 15 Triton Swimming- 2:32.10 2:31.18 q779
r:+0.66 34.25 1:12.35 (38.10)
1:51.04 (38.69) 2:31.18 (40.14)
2 Ramey, Rachel 18 Texas Ford Aquat 2:30.43 2:31.57 q773
r:+0.73 34.77 1:13.40 (38.63)
1:52.27 (38.87) 2:31.57 (39.30)
3 Hartman, Zoie 16 Crow Canyon Coun 2:32.22 2:32.17 q763
r:+0.77 35.24 1:13.90 (38.66)
1:53.39 (39.49) 2:32.17 (38.78)
4 Christensen, Ka 17 Chelsea Piers Aq 2:33.33 2:33.55 q743
r:+0.78 35.01 1:14.02 (39.01)
1:53.69 (39.67) 2:33.55 (39.86)
5 Garfield, Emma 17 Lakeside Aquatic 2:35.55 2:33.62 q742
r:+0.69 35.32 1:14.57 (39.25)
1:53.96 (39.39) 2:33.62 (39.66)
6 Peplowski, Noel 17 Waves Bloomingto 2:34.12 2:33.94 q737
r:+0.72 34.20 1:13.19 (38.99)
1:53.04 (39.85) 2:33.94 (40.90)
7 Lo, Emily 16 Terrapins Swim T 2:36.96 2:33.99 q737
r:+0.77 35.13 1:14.11 (38.98)
1:53.39 (39.28) 2:33.99 (40.60)
8 Goettler, Laura 15 Lake Erie Silver 2:35.66 2:34.94 q723
r:+0.71 34.24 1:12.98 (38.74)
1:53.13 (40.15) 2:34.94 (41.81)
Men’s 200 Breast
King’s Daniel Roy put on a show in prelims as he powered his way to a 2:12.31, narrowly missing the meet record of 2:12.17 set by Reece Whitley two years ago. Roy, who won the 100 breast Tuesday in 1:01.42 and will join Whitley in the 200 breast at the World Junior Championships later this month, has a lifetime best time of 2:11.92.
Mason Manta Rays’ Jake Foster, the 400 IM winner from Wednesday, qualified second in 2:14.97, and Ridgefield’s AJ Bornstein qualified third in 2:15.75.
Team Rebel’s Zane Backes edged out Crimson’s Calvin Yang for the No. 4 seed, 2:16.34 to 2:16.59, and others making the A-final included Backes’ teammate AJ Pouch (2:17.59), Portland’s Josh Bottleberghe (2:17.60) and King’s Ethan Deng (2:17.80).
Event 23 Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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Jr World: W 2:09.64 8/6/2015 Anton Chupkov, Russia
Meet: M 2:12.17 8/2/2015 Reece Whitley, Penn Charter Aqu
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Roy, Daniel 17 King Aquatic Clu 2:11.92 2:12.31 q884
r:+0.63 30.73 1:03.56 (32.83)
1:37.81 (34.25) 2:12.31 (34.50)
2 Foster, Jake 16 Mason Manta Rays 2:15.67 2:14.97 q833
r:+0.73 30.93 1:04.96 (34.03)
1:39.51 (34.55) 2:14.97 (35.46)
3 Bornstein, AJ 17 Ridgefield Aquat 2:14.28 2:15.75 q819
r:+0.64 30.96 1:05.50 (34.54)
1:40.75 (35.25) 2:15.75 (35.00)
4 Backes, Zane 18 Team Rebel Aquat 2:17.29 2:16.34 q808
r:+0.75 31.14 1:05.74 (34.60)
1:41.46 (35.72) 2:16.34 (34.88)
5 Yang, Calvin 17 Crimson Aquatics 2:15.06 2:16.59 q804
r:+0.65 31.57 1:05.70 (34.13)
1:40.66 (34.96) 2:16.59 (35.93)
6 Pouch, AJ 16 Team Rebel Aquat 2:17.00 2:17.59 q786
r:+0.76 30.78 1:04.62 (33.84)
1:40.22 (35.60) 2:17.59 (37.37)
7 Bottelberghe, J 17 Portland Aquatic 2:17.52 2:17.60 q786
r:+0.80 31.32 1:06.12 (34.80)
1:42.08 (35.96) 2:17.60 (35.52)
8 Dang, Ethan 15 King Aquatic Clu 2:15.84 2:17.80 q783
r:+0.69 30.70 1:05.71 (35.01)
1:40.74 (35.03) 2:17.80 (37.06)
Women’s 100 Back
Gator’s Isabel Ivey qualified for her second championship final of the day, recording a 1:01.81 in the 100 back about two hours after she finished fourth in the 200 free prelims. Joining Ivey under 1:01 in the finals were Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann (1:01.90) and Missoula’s Katharine Berkoff (1:01.97).
Nordmann entered the meet as the top seed, holding a lifetime best time of 1:00.16, and with an outstanding swim, she could challenge Rachel Bootsma’s meet record of 59.77.
Fastjets’ Isabel Stadden qualified fourth in 1:02.02. SwimMAC’s Sinclair Larson (1:02.25) and Julia Menkhaus (1:02.41), Beach Cities’ Alexandra Crisera (1:02.42) and Indiana’s Grace Haskett (1:02.66) finished fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
Event 24 Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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Jr World: W 59.34 7/2/2016 Minna Atherton, Australia
Meet: M 59.77 8/14/2009 Rachel Bootsma, Aquajets
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ivey, Isabel 16 Gator Swim Club- 1:01.36 1:01.81 q831
r:+0.69 30.05 1:01.81 (31.76)
2 Nordmann, Lucie 17 Magnolia Aquatic 1:00.16 1:01.90 q827
r:+0.56 30.17 1:01.90 (31.73)
3 Berkoff, Kathar 16 Missoula Aquatic 1:01.55 1:01.97 q824
r:+0.61 29.73 1:01.97 (32.24)
4 Stadden, Isabel 15 Fastjets-MN 1:01.48 1:02.02 q822
r:+0.61 30.10 1:02.02 (31.92)
5 Larson, Sinclai 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:02.21 1:02.25 q813
r:+0.65 30.69 1:02.25 (31.56)
6 Menkhaus, Julia 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:01.72 1:02.41 q807
r:+0.66 30.38 1:02.41 (32.03)
7 Crisera, Alexan 16 Beach Cities Swi 1:03.20 1:02.42 q807
r:+0.51 30.52 1:02.42 (31.90)
8 Haskett, Grace 18 Indiana Swim Te 1:02.55 1:02.66 q798
r:+7.73 29.90 1:02.66 (32.76)
Men’s 100 Back
Mason Manta Rays’ Carson Foster picked up the top seed in the 100 back, earning himself a second finals swim for the evening after already qualifying second in the 200 free. Foster posted a time of 55.93 to secure the middle lane, while Nitro’s Shaine Casas also will double up with the 200 free and 100 back after qualifying second in 56.13.
Academy Bullets’ Spencer Walker was third in 56.69, and also breaking 57 were Katy Aquatic Team’s Glen Cowand (56.76) and Aquajets’ Jack Dahlgren (56.91).
Other finalists included Nitro’s Isaac Gwin (57.46), Fort Collins’ Danny Kovac (57.52) and Pacific Swim’s Hayden Cornellison (57.60).
Event 25 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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Jr World: W 53.65 7/7/2016 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
Meet: M 54.99 8/2/2015 Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming-M
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 56.10 55.93 q800
r:+0.61 27.48 55.93 (28.45)
2 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 58.19 56.13 q792
r:+0.55 27.28 56.13 (28.85)
3 Walker, Spencer 17 Academy Bullets- 57.83 56.69 q769
r:+0.61 27.32 56.69 (29.37)
4 Cowand, Glen 18 Katy Aquatic Tea 56.72 56.76 q766
r:+0.53 27.35 56.76 (29.41)
5 Dahlgren, Jack 17 Aquajets Swim Te 57.49 56.91 q760
r:+0.61 27.41 56.91 (29.50)
6 Gwin, Isaac 17 Nitro Swimming-S 56.73 57.46 q738
r:+0.59 27.49 57.46 (29.97)
7 Kovac, Danny 17 Fort Collins Are 58.02 57.52 q736
r:+1.01 28.09 57.52 (29.43)
8 Cornellison, Ha 17 Pacific Swim-SI 49.80Y 57.60 q733
r:+0.62 28.18 57.60 (29.42)
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